A slightly odd lorry.

[Cock Womble 7]

This is a spot-hire 7.5 tonner that turned up at work today:



A fairly normal, boxed 7.5 tonner.

But let's look at the other side:



A curtain-sider.

Box on one side, curtain on the other. Whisky Tango Foxtrot?

[Turn7]

Bizaare, but very handy I would say.

[PH lurker]

I can't really see it being worth having one box side as surely the offside curtain is handy at least occasionally.

[Cock Womble 7]

Turn7 said:

Bizarre, but very handy I would say.

Totally and utterly useless in our line of work.

[Turn7]

Cock Womble 7 said:

Turn7 said:

Bizarre, but very handy I would say.

Totally and utterly useless in our line of work.

You dont do multi drop tho do you ?

And I mean MULTI drop in a DHL 130 drops/day stylee, not 3/4 kitchens.

[Cock Womble 7]

Turn7 said:

And I mean MULTI drop in a DHL 130 drops/day stylee, not 3/4 kitchens.

Still completely useless for what we do and the way we do it.

[stevenr]

Cock Womble 7 said:

Still completely useless for what we do and the way we do it.

Well then you need to talk to whoever hired it,no?

[Cock Womble 7]

stevenr said:

Well then you need to talk to whoever hired it,no?

"It's all we had left mate."

[GC8]

Cock Womble 7 said:

Turn7 said:

Bizarre, but very handy I would say.

Totally and utterly useless in our line of work.

Really? Ive only ever been able to load on one side (Easysheet on the NS), and thats never caused a problem.

Surely its only a matter of habit?

[Justayellowbadge]

Ye gods, how have I missed the excitement of this forum up till now?

[Cock Womble 7]

GC8 said:

Really? I've only ever been able to load on one side (Easysheet on the NS), and that's never caused a problem.

Surely its only a matter of habit?

And a matter of evenly distributing the load. The kitchens need to be on the side with the curtain, because they're hand-balled off (and we're talking on average around 100 components per stillage). Having them on the other side would mean getting on the back of the lorry and passing them over. A right ball ache.

So, you would end up having all the bulk of the weight along one side of the lorry. I wouldn't fancy driving that with (say) three one tonne kitchens loaded along the same side.

[GTIR]

Justayellowbadge said:

Ye gods, how have I missed the excitement of this forum up till now?

Oh god.

We're all fked now.


All hail etc

[GC8]

Cock Womble 7 said:

And a matter of evenly distributing the load. The kitchens need to be on the side with the curtain, because they're hand-balled off (and we're talking on average around 100 components per stillage). Having them on the other side would mean getting on the back of the lorry and passing them over. A right ball ache.

So, you would end up having all the bulk of the weight along one side of the lorry. I wouldn't fancy driving that with (say) three one tonne kitchens loaded along the same side.

I see. If that had happened with twenty tonnes of red hot coated stone, then a dab on the brakes evens it all out...

[Cock Womble 7]

Justayellowbadge said:

Ye gods, how have I missed the excitement of this forum up till now?

Listen, Captain Sarcasm, if it wasn't for the likes of us lot, how do you think your quail's eggs and tweed underpants would get delivered to Fortnum and Masons?

[pidsy]

we had one of those for an outdoor function - it was used as a makeshift stage for a band. curtain open, looked just like a normal stage (and kept the rain out on all other sides)

[speedchick]

The company that himself works for has one of those, used for general stuff I think.

[Cock Womble 7]

It would be like having a four-door saloon with only two doors on one side.

[Odie]

Cock Womble 7 said:

It would be like having a four-door saloon with only two doors on one side.

you mean like a hyundai veloster....

[iva cosworth]

GC8 said:

Cock Womble 7 said:

Turn7 said:

Bizarre, but very handy I would say.

Totally and utterly useless in our line of work.

Really? Ive only ever been able to load on one side (Easysheet on the NS), and thats never caused a problem.

Surely its only a matter of habit?

When delivering to random houses,you are never going to know which side of the road you

are going to stop on unless you fancy driving further on to turn around to stop on

your preffered side.


Or reversing into a tiny alley where unloading is only available from one side ,unless you fancy

driving in forwards and a completely blind reverse back out.

Conclusion as per CW7......one side curtain = useless

[FunBusMk2]

It's used for carrying glass.

The solid side can be used for securing the sheets or bars to keep the load central if not a full load.