Please forgive me for being so thick , I have read this letter a number of times and still do not understand the point the author is making .
I have visions of a truck breaking down , the driver whilst on the hard shoulder getting out the socket set and spanners and removing the drivers seat then dragging it along the hard shoulder to the back of the truck and standing it up .
Is this how I understand it because truthfully I don’t have a clue what the author is saying . Can somebody please explain .
Yours faithfully , Troubled of Doncaster.
Glad it wasn’t just me who didn’t get it either. Never seen or heard of anyone taking the seat out and putting it on the hard shoulder while broken down. No idea what the hell he was on about.
I’ve bought T&D since it started in the 80s, and still have loads of copies on the attic somewhere. Lately it seems to have gone off a bit, so I haven’t bought one since about May.
I get the jist of it but what was put exactly?
Would it not be easier and safer to remove the passenger seat.?
not having read the letter, was it possible that the driver was recounting something that used to happen a long time ago.
I remember seeing seats behind a broken down vehicle in my early days driving. These seats were quite easy to remove , simply being on sliders and came out without any need for tools etc. Frequently on some older trucks it was neccessary to remove a seat in order to have space to work on the engine via the in -cab bonnet. Some others would have the batteries under the seats also.
One warning I have used myself was to remove the radiator grill (a bonnet key and two seconds to remove) and prop that behind the vehicle.
Never heard of either done on a motorway though.
robroy:
I’ve bought T&D since it started in the 80s, and still have loads of copies on the attic somewhere. Lately it seems to have gone off a bit, so I haven’t bought one since about May.
I get the jist of it but what was put exactly?
Couldn’t be arsed typing it so here’s a photo instead.
Well I’ve NEVER seen a seat at the back of a trailer in all the years that I’ve been driving 
robroy:
Well I’ve NEVER seen a seat at the back of a trailer in all the years that I’ve been driving
Do you think Bob Parslow is dozys real name?[emoji3]
London bus drivers used to prop a seat back against the rear of the bus (AEC Routemaster) when broken down,I’ve seen that quite a few times.perhaps the letter writer is getting(very)confused with this old practice?
If that’s the best letter then I’m guessing quite a few must arrive written in crayon.
ill equipped Brit equivalent of a red triangle warning of broken down vehicle?, it’s not that long ago we didn’t have 4 way hazard flashers, so you’d stick summat unusual at the back of the lorry so even the terminally stupid might eventually twig you really were stopped and going nowhere.
andrew.s:
London bus drivers used to prop a seat back against the rear of the bus (AEC Routemaster) when broken down,I’ve seen that quite a few times.perhaps the letter writer is getting(very)confused with this old practice?
I had the same thought - never seen a truck do it though!
The inference being that there are people out there who can’t differentiate stopped vehicles from ones running at the motorway limits.Together with the mindset there is a vehicle on the hard shoulder, it must be moving and therefore the hard shoulder is now lane 1. 
In days past us tipper drivers used to prop a shovel against the OSR wing [not that that Scammell 8 wheelers broke down that often] 
Truck & Driver is crap in my opinion. All they focus on is blinged up, mega horsepower trucks that are pleasing on the eye. Why not show some of the less glamorous points of haulage such as a fleet of standard, everyday trucks? Perhaps interview a fitter from an oily back street garage? Spend a couple
Of days with a driver on muck away/trunking/tankers etc.
Matt.
I used to lean a bus bench seat on the rear of the bus when broke down as some ■■■■ would walk into the engine hatch if it was left open.
if it was sunny two more seats would be used to make a bed on the verge for a sunbathe 
robroy:
Well I’ve NEVER seen a seat at the back of a trailer in all the years that I’ve been driving
There you go,
muckles:
robroy:
Well I’ve NEVER seen a seat at the back of a trailer in all the years that I’ve been drivingThere you go,
That’s got me thinking…do you need a PSV licence to transport that 
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muckles:
robroy:
Well I’ve NEVER seen a seat at the back of a trailer in all the years that I’ve been drivingThere you go,
That’s got me thinking…do you need a PSV licence to transport that
Bugger never thought of that, 
Here goes 20 pages slagging from the holier than thou brigade for being a cowboy driver that should have never been allowed behind the wheel.
muckles:
robroy:
Well I’ve NEVER seen a seat at the back of a trailer in all the years that I’ve been drivingThere you go,
You’d be popular in Calais.