- Location
- South Molton
One strap over the top.
Holds the top bales down on the bottom rows.
Safe or not?
Safe or unsafe load?
- Thread starter Sid
- Start date
One strap over the top.
Holds the top bales down on the bottom rows.
Safe or not?
- Location
- Wormingford, Essex
Safe and legal might be two different things.
- Location
- Welshpool Powys
Ok Kev here goes,
Tis as safe as houses
But have you seen the shocking state of some houses
Goweresque
Member
- Location
- North Wilts
Assuming no board at the back (similar to the front), then no, not safe. At least needs a strap round the back of the last two bales to pull them towards the front.
- Location
- Owaka, New Zealand
Exfarmer
Member
- Location
- Bury St Edmunds
As my father used to say
" safe as a church steeple , tied to a hedge"
don't know where it came from
" safe as a church steeple , tied to a hedge"
don't know where it came from
- Location
- Fife
I can't open the link. Tweet deleted?
- Location
- South Molton
Still live
- Location
- Fife
- Location
- Welshpool Powys
Heard the other day VOSA now want full height head boards on artic trailers carrying straw.
Or rigids I guess
Or rigids I guess
If there was a thripple on the back then one strap from front to back is perfect because it binds the load down tight. I also have heard of VOSA stopping loads this year and wanting every bale strapped. Idiots tipping unsafe loads and going to fast around corners is attracting attention on us all.
Of course it's not safe, all it takes is one swerve, trailer wheel in a pothole or similar and a bale falls off. Then it's a lottery whether it hits someone. It never ceases to amaze me that even one person defends these practices. Save 10 minutes strapping a load and run the risk of spending a lifetime regretting killing someone. In this case you have a young idiot who hasn't learnt any better but the biggest offender is the Father who allowed it to happen, he's old enough to know better.
- Location
- South Molton
10 minutes is very conservative given time to strap and u strap, more like 30 mins, it would take longer than some journey times on the public highway for some.
What about loads of vegetables in trailers or boxes.
They also could come off and hit someone.
Sheet every load.
- Location
- Near Beeston Castle
Isn’t that just enforcing existing rules.
Rope over every top bale ,
And rope x back bales more than adequate for that load
Rope right length for each bale rope thst up under ten mins and off you go
And rope x back bales more than adequate for that load
Rope right length for each bale rope thst up under ten mins and off you go
Of course they should all be secured, as to sheeting loads, try getting out of a quarry without sheeting a load. They won't allow it. You are obviously one of the dinosaurs who need to he taken off the road. Please stop trying to .make excuses for unsafe behaviour.
It doesn't matter if the journey is shorter than the travel time. Just do it and stop leaving bales on the road and potentially killing people
- Location
- South Molton
- Tags
- accident loader round bales