Wind............

[anonymous-user]

Tonight is the first time we have actually been told to stand down due to the wind! Normally get told to decide for ourselves but got the call to stay at home.
Mind you after the fun and games across Shap last night with double decker trailers I wouldn't have brought an empty back from Scotland!!
Noticed there are no trains along west coast and they have just shut Thelwall Viaduct near me, think this closure may have clinched it for us to be honest.
Good luck to anyone else out there tonight...........

[Richspec]

facebook rumours of four over near tebay services

[Humper]

The wind is rarely a problem to me in the truck, most stuff i carry is fairly low and the weight of the crane keeps it planted.
But i have to travel to work in a wee Daihatsu Sooty Van.......

[anonymous-user]

So it looks like 6 or 7 went over on my usual route if I have to trunk from Manchester to Europark Glasgow!!
Good choice to stay home.
Hope all the drivers are ok, back to work for me tonight now that's it's calmed down.

[StuntmanMike]

I was shipping out last night, got to dartford and it was all cancelled, the wind has bent the blindspot mirror above the windsreen.

[MJK 24]

NorfolkInClue1 said:

So it looks like 6 or 7 went over on my usual route if I have to trunk from Manchester to Europark Glasgow!!
Good choice to stay home.
Hope all the drivers are ok, back to work for me tonight now that's it's calmed down.

Do you still get a full days pay?

[anonymous-user]

MJK 24 said:

NorfolkInClue1 said:

So it looks like 6 or 7 went over on my usual route if I have to trunk from Manchester to Europark Glasgow!!
Good choice to stay home.
Hope all the drivers are ok, back to work for me tonight now that's it's calmed down.

Do you still get a full days pay?

Yep, salaried on a 45 hour contract so no probs.

[bigfatnick]

The wind ripped about a foot of sun visor off my usual volvo fh last night. going over the river trent on the m180. Glad i wasn't driving!

[s p a c e m a n]

I think the wind managed to blow over a stack of containers in Tilbury docks yesterday, never seen that happen before.

[chilistrucker]

Was rough yesterday.
I did Basildon, Spalding, Tilbury, and finished at the red lion, northants
some of it empty, some of it 40 tonne, but all of it getting battered.

[handpaper]

Loaded out of Saica paper outside Manchester Wednesday afternoon.
28 tonnes of paper reels, well strapped down - that'll do nicely!

[StuntmanMike]

StuntmanMike said:

s p a c e m a n said:

I think the wind managed to blow over a stack of containers in Tilbury docks yesterday, never seen that happen before.

Spaceman, there was some scary wind in Calais this morning, I farted inbetween the heatbeat moniter shed and the UK customs booth, the Volvo had both windows down and the sunroof open whilst I desperately tried to get rid of the smell.

[s p a c e m a n]

Think that I smelt that earlier, in Purfleet