- Location
- somerset
you only have to go on chopper pilots uk on facebook and see some of the infantile and stupid comments on there to see what we got to put up with
Watch out AD maize harvest is about
- Thread starter Norfolk Olly
- Start date
- Location
- hereford
Makes a change from spud trailers everywhere.
Suffolk Serf
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- Location
- Bury/Thetford
And onion trailers.
76masseyman
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- Location
- Lincolncestershire
Bet they've got the full set of 'Grassmen'
You still about or gone back home?
Grass Hopper
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- Location
- Kerry Ireland
Heading back tomorrow. Job done here
- Location
- norfolk
yorkie
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- Location
- pe34 norfolk,but not born there
snap
,the thing is to get to either end as quick as possible,then stand and talk,play with phone or try and chat up anything,being in right place at either end doesn't matter
Cab-over Pete
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- Location
- Kenilworth, Warwickshire
I used to be part of a silage gang years ago. A chap was telling me about a big customer they had with grass spread far and wide. He timed himself one day on a block several miles from the farm. If he went steady it took him whatever time, and if he caned the hell out of the tractor he could knock minute 15 seconds off the run. The round trip took 40 minutes at a steady pace. He reckoned if they all did a 12 hr chopping day and accounted for a lunch stop, he could do 16 loads a day. Thrashing about all day would mean he could just about squeeze another load in on the day. However, unless every driver on the team thrashed about like a d**kh**d all day long, all it meant was that he got to the field only to have to wait for the previous trailer to be filled........and everyone else would think he was a nob. That thrashing around minute saved would often be lost by the chopper moving fields, the metal detector stopping progress, chopper man needing a leak, etc, etc
If there's not enough trailers on the job and the chopper is waiting, that's not the trailer drivers fault. It's better to be late than in jail.
The chap I worked for had a reputation for cracking on well, but he always said to me to drive to the limit I felt safe at. He was a great bloke to work for and as long as we had a good steady day he was happy.
If there's not enough trailers on the job and the chopper is waiting, that's not the trailer drivers fault. It's better to be late than in jail.
The chap I worked for had a reputation for cracking on well, but he always said to me to drive to the limit I felt safe at. He was a great bloke to work for and as long as we had a good steady day he was happy.
Grassman
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- Location
- Derbyshire
It irks me on here that every time a trailer falls over it has to be a young lad on minimum wage working for a terrible boss, talking to his mate on the phone, with his beacons on (apparently using them makes you a worse driver)
I'm sure I've missed a few things off the list
- Location
- norfolk
It irks me on here that every time a trailer falls over it has to be a young lad on minimum wage working for a terrible boss, talking to his mate on the phone, with his beacons on (apparently using them makes you a worse driver)
I'm sure I've missed a few things off the list
So you've seen em too
Grassman
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- Location
- Derbyshire
The most recent one near here that turned over on a roundabout seems strangely familiar to your description!It irks me on here that every time a trailer falls over it has to be a young lad on minimum wage working for a terrible boss, talking to his mate on the phone, with his beacons on (apparently using them makes you a worse driver)
I'm sure I've missed a few things off the list
And on the next roundabout a similar driver tipped a load of silage over!
gone up the hill
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- Location
- Devon
It irks me on here that every time a trailer falls over it has to be a young lad on minimum wage working for a terrible boss, talking to his mate on the phone, with his beacons on (apparently using them makes you a worse driver)
I'm sure I've missed a few things off the list
Trouble is its nearly always young lads on silage trailers working for contractors that tip them over at roundabouts, of three big contractors around here, two have had young lads tip over trailers in the past 12 months, one contractor fired the lad on the spot I believe as he had already been warned about his driving, the other contractor laughed and said he would have to learn from his mistakes as he wasn't teaching him how to drive!! the latter contractor blokes never indicate at a roundabout, the third contractor's drivers are known to drive flat out on back lanes and refuse to slow down when a car is coming, hence a few cars have been forced off the road/ into ditches etc to miss them...
Hmmmm...why is it always roundabouts...
Always been the same I think, 20 years ago it was sticking it in neutral going downhill to gain more speed.
I guess it's a combination of faster tractors, bigger trailers, and every single mishap ends up on fannybook/twitter these days. Years ago, if the local paper didn't pick up on it, you got away with it....
Always been the same I think, 20 years ago it was sticking it in neutral going downhill to gain more speed.
I guess it's a combination of faster tractors, bigger trailers, and every single mishap ends up on fannybook/twitter these days. Years ago, if the local paper didn't pick up on it, you got away with it....
Grassman
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- Location
- Derbyshire
Roundabouts are a problem as the momentum and centre of gravity is pushing down on the left hand wheels severely. If you go round a corner on a bike you lean in or you would tip off the bike if you see what I mean!