Suedehead:
200mm ? - not much chance of them blowing off the back is there
Not blow off, but with a standard sided aggregate/tarmac tipper body the very bulk of the larger sized stone means that it is loaded well above the body sides and therefore tends to roll over the sides. This was very noticeable when the six wheeler gross weight was raised to 26 tonne, a lot of the bodies on older lorries were constructed for 24 tonnes gross and having to get another two tonnes into them (and still keep your axle weight’s in check) made life very awkward at times! Also made it hard to get a rollover sheet over the load as well without a lot of hand levelling into the corner’s (which of course you are no longer allowed to do).
Ha ha! Did that with a Sed Ak 400 once in front of the TM’s office (I was 5 cwt over on rear end) and ripped both second axle spring eye’s out! He wasn’t very impressed for some reason. If you loaded under the bins you could get it about right, but off stock the loaders just used to put you a big pile in the middle and let you struggle. Mind you, I remember a guy loading cyclone dust from the hopper, he put the brakes on and the dust came over the body front and pushed the cab rear window’s out! He looked like a Homepride flour grader, he was lucky really as you can “drown” in that stuff.
I’m sure that’s why we have trouble with our Alphas ABS Warning lights-major problem like Windrush said is that when loaded with a large bucket, there’s only a limited space for the shovel driver to load, hence you get a pile above the sides. Regarding the loadout conveyors, unless you carry coating it’s rare nowadays to be loaded with them. The only place I get loaded in this way is Wickwar and that only happens when the plant’s almost full and the dumpers are busy.I find it a better way to get loaded as by using my weigher I can load the right amount over the axles; That’s right I do know what each axle’s maximums are
This has been done to death on here so many times before.
Basically IMO, it comes down to familiarity. I’ve carried loads to Liverpool Docks before and I thought those container boys were bloody frightening! Why? Because they knew exactly where they were going and were trying to get there ASAP. I didn’t so went slower. Its a similar thing with the quarries, tippers tend to do short runs so know exactly where they’re going so the speed goes up a bit.
I’ve seen stupid things done by lots of drivers, driving all sorts of different types and makes of wagons.
The tired old “tipper drivers are crap” rubbish is usually trotted out by people on here trying to curry favour (i.e. ■■■■ up) to other users on here, marking themselves out as bandwagon jumpers and sheep who follow the crowd…imo of course.
If you loaded under the bins you could get it about right, but off stock the loaders just used to put you a big pile in the middle and let you struggle. Mind you, I remember a guy loading cyclone dust from the hopper, he put the brakes on and the dust came over the body front and pushed the cab rear window’s out! He looked like a Homepride flour grader, he was lucky really as you can “drown” in that stuff.
