It was a bloody hot day that’s why! 
A private road about 2 miles long in the woods high up on the Ridgeway;too good an opportunity to miss 
Muckaway:
It was a bloody hot day that’s why!
All your succeeding in doing Nathan is digging yourself deeper into the ■■■■!!! Anon!!
Anyway not wishing to continue taking the ■■■■,like what D.t R. and Anon II are doing!! here’s a sensible question for you Nathan----- Will the S.East/Home Counties ever run out of Sand and Ballast pits? Cheers Dennis PS how’s the wee fella coming on by the way?
Bewick:
Anyway not wishing to continue taking the ■■■■,like what D.t R. and Anon II are doing!! here’s a sensible question for you Nathan----- Will the S.East/Home Counties ever run out of Sand and Ballast pits? Cheers Dennis PS how’s the wee fella coming on by the way?
It will if the NIMBYS (with gravel drives 
) keep getting their way…They really are a pain in the arse they object to new quarries, object to extending existing ones and object when redundant ones may reopen. Standlake is a prime example around here; Virtually every house there had a “no to gravel extraction” sign up when Hansons wanted to reopen an old quarry (Browns" as it’s known around here) yet I delivered to 2 of these NIMBYs when they had extensions done by local building companies.
My Father in Law went to a public meeting about Hansons reopening Cassington pit and when he spoke out in favour of it, he was toldby one misinformed yokel it was a meeting for objections only 
Yoghurt knitting tossers.
Bewick:
how’s the wee fella coming on by the way?
His Grampy remembers someone else doing that not much older once upon a time
Responding to some naughty words heard on CH34…
Just incase Mr Smith reads this; I was on a legit 15minute break 
muckaway just found and read threw your thread just like to say absolutley brilliant lovely pics and stories and as for little man bless him when does he start on the books haha ■■ my 4 year old girl begs me to go with her every morning i will give in one day when i know it is safe enough !!
look forward to seing more posts
steve
Muckaway:
Bewick:
Anyway not wishing to continue taking the ■■■■■■■■■ what D.t R. and Anon II are doing!! here’s a sensible question for you Nathan----- Will the S.East/Home Counties ever run out of Sand and Ballast pits? Cheers Dennis PS how’s the wee fella coming on by the way?It will if the NIMBYS (with gravel drives
My Father in Law went to a public meeting about Hansons reopening Cassington pit and when he spoke out in favour of it, he was toldby one misinformed yokel it was a meeting for objections only
I couldn’t agree more Nathan-there was an application to quarry sand turned down in our area recently-mainly because of lorry movements-even the local MP joined with the nimbys and hooray henrys to object-they don’t seem to live in the real world-no wonder the country’s in a state.By the time your lad is old enough to drive lorries,they will probably only be allowed on the road between 9am and 3pm if some of these tossers have their way-rant over.
You Smiths lads get about a bit-I saw one of your Alpha 8 leggers on the A31 at Farnham last week-is this one still on the fleet
Muckaway:
Bewick:
how’s the wee fella coming on by the way?
His Grampy remembers someone else doing that not much older once upon a time
Responding to some naughty words heard on CH34…
Just incase Mr Smith reads this; I was on a legit 15minute break
ACE shots those Nathan!! Caption 1) "Whats this load of garbage the 'auld fella has plonked me in? 2) Yea,yea,he’s square wheeled outside his 10/20 (don’t know if this is right CB eeze!!) 3) This Foden really is a “bag of ■■■■” my old Pal up north tells me Scanias are far superior (well they were when he ran them!).Cheers Dennis.
Tim C, the lorry in your pic is still around; When your pic was taken was with the original driver, ■■■■ Staker, who now drives the sole FM. Richard “Chuddy” Bolton had it afterwards but was made redundant during the recession and it passed to Jim “Smiler” Sewell, who’s swapping it for a new MAN this week. Chuddy was taken back on earlier this year and will get RX03 back as they’re selling his Y reg.
…I bet Stobarts don’t play musical lorries like this
roadcommander2:
Nice pic of Altitudes new motor 
Not sure what Godfrey Smith would’ve said about the go faster stripes,“chap!” The new MANs are going on the road once the MAN driver trainer’s been out apparently. Jim told me yesterday that his new motor was weighed so it could have payload plates fitted on the bodyside and it tared in at 13t Once it’s fuelled up and carrying a bit of dirt I reckon 18.7-18.8 max; I carried that on a Foden 8w plated at 30.400… I thought “nearly as light as the Fodens” (as someone told me) was a bit hopeful
Our old TM would have had a Coronary at THAT payload Nathan! If we couldnt get 20.00 tonnes at 30.50 gross on the Fodens then the truck was useless, the Sed Aks didnt last long as they could only carry 19.30 payload, if we weighed out at 30.25 he used to make us go back to the quarry for another 5 cwt. It seems to me that trucks have to look all “Blinged up” these days, the fact that they are actually supposed to make money appears to be of secondary importance!
I must be getting old!
Pete.
Muckaway:
Not sure what Godfrey Smith would’ve said about the go faster stripes,“chap!”
Big 'eavy lumps MAN’s Nathan,well at least the tractors were as per the ones we had on demo periodically!!! Question----not being a “tipper chap!!” which is the best easi sheet system, the type on your new MAN or those that roll over from side to side? Cheers Dennis.
I would think the roll over easy sheet system is best for quarry work Dennis,but not for muckaway work,hence the type fitted to Smiths M A N.
Nathan will explain those systems better,as we had to sling the sheet over,never had all this easy stuff .
Cheers Dave.
Dave the Renegade:
I would think the roll over easy sheet system is best for quarry work Dennis,but not for muckaway work,hence the type fitted to Smiths M A N.
Nathan will explain those systems better,as we had to sling the sheet over,never had all this easy stuff
Cheers Dave.
'Elf and safety gone mad Dave!! I didn’t think the demolition or muckaway tippers used sheets,well not a good number that I’ve seen.Cheers Dennis.
Muckaway:
Not sure what Godfrey Smith would’ve said about the go faster stripes,“chap!”
I know its a different type of motor but these 38,000 GVW 305BHP “R” cab Scanias could carry a 26 ton payload on the deck or 25 ton on pallets.I know I’m talking 20year + ago but on our TASK tri-axles that was good going at the time.This particular shot is of one such load taken in the depot on a Sunday morning and the load is reels of paper.For big tractors(well they were at the time!) they were economic propositions! 
Side to side sheets are a must have for coated stone work, we used to sheet everything since about the mid 1970’s due to being in a National Park including stone a foot in diameter. Proper ankle breaking job that was, and then they invented rollover sheets which you couldnt drag over the stone due to the bulk of it above the siderails.
Pete.
Bewick:
Dave the Renegade:
I would think the roll over easy sheet system is best for quarry work Dennis,but not for muckaway work,hence the type fitted to Smiths M A N.
Nathan will explain those systems better,as we had to sling the sheet over,never had all this easy stuff
Cheers Dave.'Elf and safety gone mad Dave!! I didn’t think the demolition or muckaway tippers used sheets,well not a good number that I’ve seen.Cheers Dennis.
As you say Dennis its a H & S rule,and some muck shifting jobs have all sorts of rubbish and materials coming off the site.
There are still a few this way on both types of work that no sheeting system and sheet them the hard way.
Cheers Dave.
We use the rollover sheet to reduce damage to the sheeting system as it’s just as easy to load over either side without material dropping into the rolled up sheet and tearing it. We used to have the manual “Easy-sheets” (which weren’t in high winds) and these kept the load dry overnight unlike the glorified nets we have now. I use my sheet on crushed stuff or if sand is very dry but for short distances and part loads I don’t bother as it reduces the chances of hitting overhead cables.
The sheets we use are totally useless on lime haulage and now we can’t get onto/into the body to stabilise the load we end up spreading lime on grass verges Or in Altitudes’ case, over my windscreen when driving through Little Milton
Re the heavy MANs; We’ve got steel bodies which are 14m3 on 6wheelers and 18m3 on 8wheelers plus the new motors have auto tailgates so the tare weight soon creeps up.