Here’s a map I got for christmas last year I think it was. It shows weight limits, truck stops and bridge heights.
amazon.co.uk/AA-Close-up-Bri … 211&sr=1-3
I’m hoping the price is a misprint otherwise it was a really expensive prezzie
JDB:
Here’s a map I got for christmas last year I think it was. It shows weight limits, truck stops and bridge heights.amazon.co.uk/AA-Close-up-Bri … 211&sr=1-3
I’m hoping the price is a misprint otherwise it was a really expensive prezzie
I’ve got that map too JDB, it does show bridge weight limits, but not general weight limits as SC is after.
Well I can see where SC’s coming from, even if some of the rest of you can’t. Usk is a classic example; we deliver to four or five places around the outskirts of the town, and if you get all of 'em on the same day no matter how you do it you’ve got to go completely through one weight limit and back a couple of times, without actually stopping within it. As those of you who’ve had the misfortune to deliver there recently will know, there’s a campaign on to limit access even further still, a “bridge watch” similar to that being done at Bradford-on-Avon. The only way to avoid the limits completely is to use a myriad network of narrow farm lanes which are even less suitable for HGV’s than the town. You’ve also got to contend with a railway overbridge coming from Cwmbran way. It’s bad enough for those like us who actually know the place, be a nightmare for anyone who doesn’t.
Google Gloucestershire freight quality map; this was given out to hauliers when many new weight limits SC was talking about came out. This shows weight limits, most suitable roads for lorries etc and largest laybys. Apparently Oxfordshire have just made a similar one or so I heard on the radio on Friday.
Muckaway:
Google Gloucestershire freight quality map; this was given out to hauliers when many new weight limits SC was talking about came out. This shows weight limits, most suitable roads for lorries etc and largest laybys. Apparently Oxfordshire have just made a similar one or so I heard on the radio on Friday.
Thats a bloody good idea, shame every county cant have a map like that.
Saaamon:
Muckaway:
Google Gloucestershire freight quality map; this was given out to hauliers when many new weight limits SC was talking about came out. This shows weight limits, most suitable roads for lorries etc and largest laybys. Apparently Oxfordshire have just made a similar one or so I heard on the radio on Friday.Thats a bloody good idea, shame every county cant have a map like that.
Google advisory lorry routes. Many counties do have maps available as PDFs detailing advised lorry routes.
schrodingers cat:
I would put Gloucester as an example, they have 7.5 tonne weight limits except for access all the way around the city, what do you do if your delivery address is within that?
What the hell do you think “Except for Access” means? It means you can go in it if you need to access a location in that zone.
Conor:
schrodingers cat:
I would put Gloucester as an example, they have 7.5 tonne weight limits except for access all the way around the city, what do you do if your delivery address is within that?What the hell do you think “Except for Access” means? It means you can go in it if you need to access a location in that zone.
Yeah that ones already covered here .
The problem is, if you don’t know the area, how the hell do you know if the address you’re going to is within the zone unless you drive all the way around it.
schrodingers cat:
Conor:
schrodingers cat:
I would put Gloucester as an example, they have 7.5 tonne weight limits except for access all the way around the city, what do you do if your delivery address is within that?What the hell do you think “Except for Access” means? It means you can go in it if you need to access a location in that zone.
Yeah that ones already covered here
The problem is, if you don’t know the area, how the hell do you know if the address you’re going to is within the zone unless you drive all the way around it.
Well you make a fair point, but with the map I have and what I can see on the road, I would go in to the “except for access” zone and if I got pulled over I would explain the situation.