No excuses for stopping if you work for a parcel firm.
youtube.com/watch?v=P5woTiEGDtI
Edit:
This one is actually alot worse. The guy drove like a complete idiot.
youtube.com/watch?v=zD6dFIaxbwc
Was a bit hairy at 5am this morning crossing the second Severn crossing, at that bit just before the wind deflectors lol
Chuffing broke my door today . Wind ripped it straight out of my hand . Bent all the hinges ! I’m honestly surprised it stayed on . I’ve not seen wind like it before !
the maoster:
switchlogic:
robroy:
An old hand who drove for the firm always told me ‘‘Just keep it going, never mind all this slowing down ■■■■■■■■’’
Rightly or wrongly his theory was it was harder to blow over at speed.I think that slowing down theory might be more to do with what happens if you do go over.
I get that and I understand the logic, I do wonder though if falling over at 45mph feels much different to falling over at 55mph? You could argue that the faster a gyroscope is spinning the harder it is to turn it on its side.
As I said, it’s worked for me over the years, so I’ll just carry on (driving through it like a ■■■■ hooligan on crack, deafened by rock music to take my mind off it. 
)
I have got some disapproving looks in the past whilst overtaking, but for all I know they maybe ended up on their sides as I cracked on. 
Nah seriously,.I ain’t sure if going slow through it is better or not, you just have to do what works for YOU I reckon.
the maoster:
switchlogic:
robroy:
An old hand who drove for the firm always told me ‘‘Just keep it going, never mind all this slowing down ■■■■■■■■’’
Rightly or wrongly his theory was it was harder to blow over at speed.I think that slowing down theory might be more to do with what happens if you do go over.
I get that and I understand the logic, I do wonder though if falling over at 45mph feels much different to falling over at 55mph? You could argue that the faster a gyroscope is spinning the harder it is to turn it on its side.
I imagine it can make a big difference if you hit something
Suedehead:
JIMBO47:
I got caught out once strong winds big gusts expected yup ok I hauling an aggregate btrain at full weight . Left yrd at six not bad at all coming back two hrs later ffs the wind had my back trailer on the gravel and I was full loaded with stone , I was running the unit over the centre line , just to keep moving I was three gears down with 80km -90 gusts but constant 60 .Seemed like the whole world was moving dirt storms from the fields .the last 100kms were straight into the wind (actually it’s 100km straight as a die west/east)I was down to 30km at times thought the screen was coming in The climb up from the flatlands up the escarpment I was hardly moving , watching my temp gauges, I used as much fuel in the one run as I usually did in three . That load stayed on till the next day as I was not tipping that day. I parked next one o the tankers to get my door open and ok not bad but the hundred yards to the offices/garage I was lucky to have taken four steps as the wind blew me up against the walls and had to get round to a sheltered door . We all sat until the wind dropped a bit then we all made a break for home. Lesson well learned that day for mebut have you ever ran over Shap ?
Yes on the auld road next to my old fella , and many many days /nights on the m6
A couple of year ago they shut the M62 between 23 and 22 because of the high winds.
People decided to use the A640 and the local paper got a picture of something like four in a row on there side,looked like one big gust took em all over at once 
Nobody got injured fortunately…
JIMBO47:
Suedehead:
JIMBO47:
I got caught out once strong winds big gusts expected yup ok I hauling an aggregate btrain at full weight . Left yrd at six not bad at all coming back two hrs later ffs the wind had my back trailer on the gravel and I was full loaded with stone , I was running the unit over the centre line , just to keep moving I was three gears down with 80km -90 gusts but constant 60 .Seemed like the whole world was moving dirt storms from the fields .the last 100kms were straight into the wind (actually it’s 100km straight as a die west/east)I was down to 30km at times thought the screen was coming in The climb up from the flatlands up the escarpment I was hardly moving , watching my temp gauges, I used as much fuel in the one run as I usually did in three . That load stayed on till the next day as I was not tipping that day. I parked next one o the tankers to get my door open and ok not bad but the hundred yards to the offices/garage I was lucky to have taken four steps as the wind blew me up against the walls and had to get round to a sheltered door . We all sat until the wind dropped a bit then we all made a break for home. Lesson well learned that day for mebut have you ever ran over Shap ?
Yes on the auld road next to my old fella , and many many days /nights on the m6
You’ll remember the windy bit by metal bridge then Jimbo , when the police stopped you at Carlisle and paired a bulker or tanker with a high motor to act as a wind break on that stretch . When cb was going we used to sort ourselves out in a similar fashion .
Occasionally the section just before Crooklands heading south on the M6 could wake you up quite sharply.
dave docwra:
Occasionally the section just before Crooklands heading south on the M6 could wake you up quite sharply.
I think the worst bit is that sweeping bend (s/b) between Shap, and just before Tebay.
Suedehead:
JIMBO47:
I got caught out once strong winds big gusts expected yup ok I hauling an aggregate btrain at full weight . Left yrd at six not bad at all coming back two hrs later ffs the wind had my back trailer on the gravel and I was full loaded with stone , I was running the unit over the centre line , just to keep moving I was three gears down with 80km -90 gusts but constant 60 .Seemed like the whole world was moving dirt storms from the fields .the last 100kms were straight into the wind (actually it’s 100km straight as a die west/east)I was down to 30km at times thought the screen was coming in The climb up from the flatlands up the escarpment I was hardly moving , watching my temp gauges, I used as much fuel in the one run as I usually did in three . That load stayed on till the next day as I was not tipping that day. I parked next one o the tankers to get my door open and ok not bad but the hundred yards to the offices/garage I was lucky to have taken four steps as the wind blew me up against the walls and had to get round to a sheltered door . We all sat until the wind dropped a bit then we all made a break for home. Lesson well learned that day for mebut have you ever ran over Shap ?
Wasn’t that John Noakes dag?