Ive been using our walking floor trailers for a couple of months now and would like to ask you more experienced guys a question…
The factory we load out of can take anything up to 24 hours (or more) to load the product so we have 3 trailers that are moved into place by various shunters day or night.
The trailers have been converted to electric sheets and as such the internal moving door cannot currently be locked into place at the front of the trailer.
This means that sometimes when tipping the product is the “wrong” side of the door. Most of it comes out but theres usually then a PIA job brushing/shoveling the remainder of the load out.
My question is … How do you guys secure the internal door to the bulkhead ? Or do you just move it there prior to loading?
I’m looking for some ideas so the workshop can solve the problem
Assuming your ‘internal door’ is something like the ‘clean sweep’ we use, after tipping, push it back up front, before loading, check that it’s still there and if not move it.
No possibility of sweeping/ shovelling most of the stuff I move if it’s the wrong side, off to the w/shop to get it taken out (after walking forward), off to tip (and sweep out), back to refit.
hanson:
Best to be put in place before loading makes life hard otherwise
Problem is I have to leave the trailer parked up and then a shunter will swap it for a loaded one at another time. I put the door to the front but if the shunter isnt gentle (he is a shunter so obviously gentle isnt in the vocabulary) the door moves to the back when the trailer is being moved. If when the trailer is in place for loading he cant be arsed to check the door…it then gets loaded regardless of where the door is.
Vid:
Assuming your ‘internal door’ is something like the ‘clean sweep’ we use, after tipping, push it back up front, before loading, check that it’s still there and if not move it.
No possibility of sweeping/ shovelling most of the stuff I move if it’s the wrong side, off to the w/shop to get it taken out (after walking forward), off to tip (and sweep out), back to refit.
Unfortunately I dont always get to load the trailer, its often put into the factory at a later date by a “cant be arsed to check inside” shunter…
Whoever is in charge of the shunters should tell them to sort their lives out and push the internal wall/sweeper back to the bulkhead when the trailer is in the position for loading. They only don’t care as it is not them sorting out the problem at the delivery end. Just lazy.
I used to have a strap attached to the internal door.Used to throw it over the front apron and hook it on outside near the suzies.Just remember to unhook it and open the sheet before tipping.Once tipped chuck the strap back out hook it on then the door will stay in place.
mrginge:
Whoever is in charge of the shunters should tell them to sort their lives out and push the internal wall/sweeper back to the bulkhead when the trailer is in the position for loading. They only don’t care as it is not them sorting out the problem at the delivery end. Just lazy.
Forever telling them, theres big signs at the loading point …still gets forgotten , as you say its not them tipping
Colin_scottish:
I used to have a strap attached to the internal door.Used to throw it over the front apron and hook it on outside near the suzies.Just remember to unhook it and open the sheet before tipping.Once tipped chuck the strap back out hook it on then the door will stay in place.
The trailers used to have this system, but when they were converted to electric sheets , theres a flap over the front that makes it impossible to reach from the gantry.
Other than for the convenience of clearing everything out of the trailer, do you actually need the door/ sheet? Are there runners that it moves along? Couldn’t you just jam them up with a couple of bits of wood? You’ll still have to sweep out if it needs to be completely cleared, but at least you’ll be on the right side of the door when doing it.
Vid:
Other than for the convenience of clearing everything out of the trailer, do you actually need the door/ sheet? Are there runners that it moves along? Couldn’t you just jam them up with a couple of bits of wood? You’ll still have to sweep out if it needs to be completely cleared, but at least you’ll be on the right side of the door when doing it.
The only product we move is quite light and bulky …full trailer is usually only a payload of around 18t …the door when correctly positioned moves it all out perfectly. If I jammed it up I’d have to sweep out everytime and as most loads are local (from 20 minutes drive away to at most 3 hours) I’d be doing it up to 3 times a day.
I had an idea of putting a metal rod on the door that when pushed up goes through a hole in the front of the trailer and a pin inserted into the rod securing the door in place. then prior to tipping remove the pin and the door is free to move back… Have you heard of this method being used ?
Like someone said attach strap to internal door push door to front roof open throw strap over bulkhead tie to something then when picking up trailer throw strap back in on top of load close roof then off u trot
hanson:
Best to be put in place before loading makes life hard otherwise
Problem is I have to leave the trailer parked up and then a shunter will swap it for a loaded one at another time. I put the door to the front but if the shunter isnt gentle (he is a shunter so obviously gentle isnt in the vocabulary) the door moves to the back when the trailer is being moved. If when the trailer is in place for loading he cant be arsed to check the door…it then gets loaded regardless of where the door is.
I would say its not your problem, if you cant tip it, take it either back where it was loaded, or back to your yard.
At the front of my trailer is a hole which you can attach rope to which fixes to the other side of the walking headboard… that would stop them getting it the load at the wrong side, my carpet stays in spot purely by suction (but it is new) just remember to untie it before tipping or you will either bend something or break it.
When people push the headboard back without lifting the carpet all they do is get a build up at the front and basically bend the headboard, needs to be up right.