Walking floor trailer , advice needed please

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I know there’s a few walking floor drivers on here ,
Just wondered if any of you had to carry plasterboard that’s been sat outside , we (I :unamused: ) have to take ours for disposal and struggle to unload , the main reasons in my mind are its been sat outside in the wettest winter for ages and secondly it’s no longer plasterboard but more like plaster , damp dust :angry: ( as its been tracked over with a 360 machine sat on the pile to load ) .
The hydraulics struggle to push the 'planks ’ back under the load , as its quite claggy and almost clay like .
I’ve taken dry stuff many times before without problem , and a wet load but that was only about 20 tonnes not a full , 27 tonne load .
I’d appreciate any opinions or experiences :wink:

I have mentioned it a few times that it should be kept dry , but it’s fallen on deaf ears so far .

Cheers Mike

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Try putting a couple of mats if no mats carpet at the headboard over lapping and slightly up wall shud pull it out. And ask loader to load a foot or two from headboard I found that best on China clay

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Thanks Chester , yes I can see that working , never thought about a mat or carpet .
Only downside is having to retrieve it after unloading I suppose.
It’s our own waste and tbh it’s ridiculous that’s it’s sat outside soaking up water when we have to pay by the tonne for disposal/ recycling :unamused:

Cheers Mike

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it can be a real pain when tipping wet board, try dropping the air out of the trailer and lifting your unit right up, if that is possible it might help.

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Mikey D:
Thanks Chester , yes I can see that working , never thought about a mat or carpet .
Only downside is having to retrieve it after unloading I suppose.
It’s our own waste and tbh it’s ridiculous that’s it’s sat outside soaking up water when we have to pay by the tonne for disposal/ recycling :unamused:

Cheers Mike

Not normally too bad getting it back it’s the last thing out lol unless tipping over an edge lol. if you over lap up the wall a few inches saves a fair bit of sweeping out of what’s left at the sides

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I used to use an old 2 ton bag cut up to make a mat last a good while.Put it up the side of trailer and up the headboard a few inches and it should come out no bother.I used to always dump the air from trailer and raise the unit to max height and all was ok.