Wreckers!!

Deerefarmer said:

Yes yes....hope he gets the recognition he deserves...such an honorable chap

Nah. Send me a quad axle Smyth silage trailer and I'll be happy Furthermore trailers were in no way responsible for the situation here.

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ollie989898 said:

I don't think the escort vehicle should be so far in front of the abnormal load. This gives drives a false sense of security when they can't spot anything in their immediate vision.

No wide load sign, just flashing lights on the pick up, what the hell do flashing lights mean to the average motorist? Need to be more active as the escort vehicle and position the truck so people know something unusual is on the go.

In the clip however, the driver of the combine had either not clocked how wide he was or wasn't paying quite enough attention. In the long days and workload angst of a dodgy harvest, it could happen to anyone.

The telehandler coming down the road with three roundbales on the forks, well, what can you say.

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thorpe said:

w4nker!

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ollie989898 said:

If you had a 4 axle silage trailer over there, could you fill it and take in on the road legally?

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ollie989898 said:

Oh, well merry Christmas to you also.

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ollie989898 said:

I don't think the escort vehicle should be so far in front of the abnormal load. This gives drives a false sense of security when they can't spot anything in their immediate vision.

No wide load sign, just flashing lights on the pick up, what the hell do flashing lights mean to the average motorist? Need to be more active as the escort vehicle and position the truck so people know something unusual is on the go.

In the clip however, the driver of the combine had either not clocked how wide he was or wasn't paying quite enough attention. In the long days and workload angst of a dodgy harvest, it could happen to anyone.

The telehandler coming down the road with three roundbales on the forks, well, what can you say.

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Deerefarmer said:

Yes

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PSQ said:

This.

I didn't know I could lip read until I drove the combine 14 miles to the dealers for a 'big' service, and it was disheartening to see that many drivers couldn't comprehend that a 4ft wide fluorescent yellow 'wide load' sign and beacons on the escort vehicle actually meant something. They are just oblivious in their own bubbles, right up to the point when they've driven past the escort and found a combine lit up like Blackpool promenade around the corner and they have that "OH sh!t!" moment.

We use UHF radios when doing escorts, escort driver will try to get oncoming drivers attention so they acknowledge theres something ahead of them, but I'm starting to think we should fit the escort vehicle with a train horn to wake them up as they pass it. Beyond that, every journey is a numbers game just like Russian Roulette.

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chickens and wheat said:

Still aren't allowed to crash into them, no matter where they stop, sad but true

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farmerm said:

In a narrow spot I met an oversize static on a lorry yesterday. I think both myself and the car in front were both in our oblivious bubbles as I think we both failed to notice the wide load signs... the escort driver might have been IN an escort vehicle but he wasn't driving AS an escort vehicle.... what my brain registered was a vehicle with flashing lights pretty much hugging the inside curb and for a moment it just seemed to be related to the roadworks that have been going on at that spot earlier in the week. Now it didn't matter there was space for car to crawl past but it would have been a log jam if I was a lorry.

My approach on leading is to own the road, as far as possible I will occupy just as much of the road as the convoy vehicle needs. Unlike the convoy vehicle I still have the space to pull left at the last moment if someone is a bit slow to switch on to the situation. Assume everyone is an idiot because admit it or not whilst some are idiots all the time, all of us are idiots at some time.....

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colhonk said:

Hmmmmm, How do we know you arn`t

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ollie989898 said:

Do many people in North America do that, all seems to be trucks? Heck you could even have a fastrac....

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Nearly said:

The car driver couldn't pop a couple of wheels up onto the grass verge at the last minute?

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Nearly said:

The car driver couldn't pop a couple of wheels up onto the grass verge at the last minute?

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Highland Mule said:

I wouldn’t, if driving my weekend car. Maybe in a landrover but not a polo/ golf or whatever. Why would I risk damaging my car so some arrogant Twunt with a wide load doesn’t need to slow down?

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The car driver couldn't pop a couple of wheels up onto the grass verge at the last minute?

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daveydiesel1 said:

Obviously not as that would dirty his car. Got plenty like that round here that wont pull in and expect ye to get past and then have the gull to complain that your messin up the verge by pullin onto it

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