I have to say i cut my teeth on ropes and sheets in the early 70s,although it was a lot of work there was nothing looked more proffesional than a well sheeted and flysheeted load.I remember the hemp ropes if you had a shaky load you used to tighten the ropes with double hitches then hoped it rained till you got were you were going.
dafdave:
I.I remember the hemp ropes if you had a shaky load you used to tighten the ropes with double hitches then hoped it rained till you got were you were going.
And then stopped just as you pulled in the gates. 
Spardo:
dafdave:
I.I remember the hemp ropes if you had a shaky load you used to tighten the ropes with double hitches then hoped it rained till you got were you were going.And then stopped just as you pulled in the gates.
Aye you got it spot on there mate.
Trubrit:
PS: I am going to assume that when you were running the Middle East you attempted to learn wraphead.
eeerrrrrr…may be not that long John
Arizona, Florida, well the Latinos were here first. Wait, um, the aborigines were here first! 
I only have one issue with all of this: so many Mexican restaurants here in Florida where you can’t get a burger. As for the new situation of Mexican long-haul trucks running the USA, they are fun to watch. The entertainment value is precious when you spend so much time looking through a windshield, er, windscreen.
the dolly knot as most people call it is in fact called “the carters hitch” it was used in the days of the horse and cart and the carters were the forerunners of todays trucks i used the knot in the 70s when i was tramping around the uk an old boy from brs taught me the knot and each time i rolled into BRS yard he would check up on my ropeing and sheeting and would tick me off if the load was not right yes happy days
I am left handed so I had to figure out the dolly in my own way.
harry:
I am left handed so I had to figure out the dolly in my own way.
And after I dug out that link with the photos for you too .
boys! boys!
keep it quiet.
you never want to let anyone know you can rope and sheet.
or drive a tipping trailer either
if your employers are reading this forum and they ever come on top.
who will be called to do it.
he whom speaks on the forum.
i never did it in my life,i swear,never pulled pandoro or b and i trailers.
out of dublin docks in the 70s.i only used to go there to look at them sir.
i never roped and sheeted them though.
greg50:
boys! boys!
keep it quiet.
you never want to let anyone know you can rope and sheet.
or drive a tipping trailer either
if your employers are reading this forum and they ever come on top.
who will be called to do it.
he whom speaks on the forum.
i never did it in my life,i swear,never pulled pandoro or b and i trailers.
out of dublin docks in the 70s.i only used to go there to look at them sir.
i never roped and sheeted them though.
greg50:
boys! boys!
keep it quiet.
you never want to let anyone know you can rope and sheet.
or drive a tipping trailer either
if your employers are reading this forum and they ever come on top.
who will be called to do it.
he whom speaks on the forum.
i never did it in my life,i swear,never pulled pandoro or b and i trailers.
out of dublin docks in the 70s.i only used to go there to look at them sir.
i never roped and sheeted them though.
Greg, I note that you don’t deny having pulled a tipping trailer 
I think Aubrey might give evidence to the contrary if you did I of course have never done either!!! 
Ross.
hello ros.
im caught again
im glad aubury hasnt got a computer.
i hate tipping.
no matter how careful you are.
your full of crap.
that what a mate of mine who drives one told me once.
i wouldnt know much about it myself except what i read in the truck mags
i also hate fodens and erfs.
greg50:
i also hate fodens and erfs.
Give that man a cigar
excuse my messy way of posting pictures.
i just enjoyed a half bottle of famous grouse.
its great and i would recommend it to anyone.
beware.
it makes the keyboard hard work.
the top commer,the green one.
i found this pic on the net hope whoever put it there is not annoyed.
i havent got permission to use it.
i learned how to drive in one of these.
i was 12.
my father had one.
no crash gearbox.just easy to drive,but noisy
the second picture of the merc.
this was a merc i drove some years later for a certain irish company whom i wont name.
never know who would be looking.
the third picture is of a more modern type t23 commer.
again
not my pic.
i found it on the net.
its the same as the first truck i ever bought all for me,
my first try as an owner driver.
i am not one now.
i shoud have listened to my mother and never got into the game in the first place.
or else kept our old trucks and done them up and now sold them for a fortune.
imagine a 1970 ts3 commer in perfect condition.
what value would it have now.id buy it myself/
but i never roped and sheeted or drove a tipper
im a fridge man at heart.
more to the point.
a pen pusher with a 44 tonner.
greg50:
but i never roped and sheeted or drove a tipper
im a fridge man at heart.
more to the point.
a pen pusher with a 44 tonner.
Don’t fret too much ,there’s still time.
My first commercial vehicle.
Actually it was like my Dads as he was a salesman for Massey Ferguson and I fell out of it and banged my head, hence been a truck driver in a later life 