welcome to my world agricultural vehicles are not exempt from load securing
They could make horse owners stop and pick up their turds for starters. Be interesting to see some of the snobby fat cows dismount to scrape a heap up into a bag and take it home.
open vessel need a sheet or net regardless of how full it isIt's those that pile their trailers brim full and lose contents onto the road that are the problem, where do you draw the line, level full if not sheeted..?
True but won’t be long before they have to. Have you ever followed a straw lorry down the motorway with fresh baled stuff? Straw shorts go everywhere. Some loads are worse than others.I've never seen a straw merchant net a lorry load of straw before to stop the bits flying off.
But if a grey area this one, net would be no good on straw and the h&s implications of sheeting a load up. Should be made to use tautliners.True but won’t be long before they have to. Have you ever followed a straw lorry down the motorway with fresh baled stuff? Straw shorts go everywhere. Some loads are worse than others.
Yes, a nearby farmer was taking potato boxes of pumpkins to a retail outlet on a flatbed Ivor Williams when he was stopped and charged with insecure load. As none had fallen off nor did he think any were likely to he refused the fixed penalty and went to court. He defended himself, stated to the judge that he didn’t think it likely that anything could fall off and that if the police Officer thought otherwise why did he let him continue his journey and Case was dismissed.They allowed you to carry on after claiming youre load was insecure?
Was there something on the other thread about that being the way to get out of the ticket, as plod effectively sent an insecure load back onto the road?
Years ago unless something fell off your vehicle it was deemed to be safe. Then they changed the wording to if you’re involved in an accident or taking avoiding action then Your load should stay on the vehicle. We had a lorry driver here the other day delivering 1 ton bags of fertiliser in a tautliner and he had strapped every bag down with ratchet straps. I commented on his professionalism to secure the load and said it must have taken a while to do it. He then explained they wont let any vehicle leave the loading point unless it’s done this way.
if you are not losing load then it is OK and plod has no business stopping you
and the increased journeys/traffic movements and increased costs not to mention the environmentBut if a grey area this one, net would be no good on straw and the h&s implications of sheeting a load up. Should be made to use tautliners.