Nicely done there fella, that had me holding my breath for a minute. When your directional control is revoked from you due to the lack of any sort of contact adhesion, the sphincter pulsates rapidly until contact adhesion is gained 👌 Thankyou for the enlightening upload.
Always like to see someone making a comment all their own with originality and flare, good job. Enjoyed reading that Snowy. In fact just reading your comment vividly brings it all back. All the best.
That was terrifying!!! I've slid on ice before - on a freeway (motorway) and was perpendicular to the way I wanted to drive, sliding towards the back of a horse trailer!! Got lucky and got a bit of traction and jetted off into the snow berm, throwing snow everywhere. Perfect angle of the hit to the snowbank slowed me down, no damage to the car and I was back in control. All done to avoid t-boning a truck that had been in the lane next to me that lost control and went head on into the snowbank completely blocking my lane!! Now I hate driving when the roads are wet with rain or snow! I'd be spending all my time at home if I lived in England!!
Oh wow that must have been a shocking experience, nothing worse than realising you're not in control of your destiny. Glad it turned out alright in the end. You wouldn't be spending all your time at home over here, we do get one or two days nice weather each year! 😂🤣🤣🤣
Didn't realise what was happening till I saw the back of your truck sliding so gently to one side. Like others have said the site manager should have organised a few cubic metres of gravel over the access roads for safety reasons. The driver of the other truck seemed an impatient sod. Looked like he was ready to follow you down to the tip site before you had started reversing down. Thanks for sharing your daily "fun" and stay safe.
Hello Jamie yes fully agree that any sort of stone on there would have improved matters, and a good job other driver didn't just reverse in as I reckon I'd be needing a new cab! All the best.
Thankyou for showing us the underbelly, as it were, not always plain sailing and under such circumstances, even the professionals get caught out sometimes, whereas the dingbats that you encounter on a daily basis, show that their incompetance is self inflicted. Take care out there.
Used to be the Main problem with 6 wheelers especially if it was badly loaded with not enough weight over the front axle. The twin wheel axles will ignore the steering and just keep going straight on. I soon learned to steer the opposite way when braking on mud but it can fool you into a false sense if you go too fast. A company I once worked for had a twin wheel lift axle fitted to a lengthened 4 wheel tractor unit makung it into a kind of 6x4 but without a drive to the rear wheels, and because the old type trailers had the kingpin closer to the headboard meant that the fifth wheel coupling had to be between the twin axles which meant that there was hardly any load weight imposed on the front steering wheels. The result when I loaded slit steel coils off the headboard meant that the weight on the twin axles caused them to ignore the steering and carry on in a straight line when the road was wet. I managed to recover the steering with a little braking which enabled the front wheels to grip saving a nasty accident with a school bus coming the other way. I explained the dangers to the company and the other drivers were made aware of it to not load off the headboard with this particular tractor unit.
Hello Das hope you are well, that artic sounded like a right nightmare to drive, I think the way things are worked out today that wouldn't, or shouldn't happen these days. Also can you imagine the bad press having a crash with a school bus. Have spent a few years on 6 wheelers and yes can be a bit bad on slippery surfaces but with mine I used to load all the load, nearly 18 tonnes on mine, in one place with no material touching the backdoor, this made it the best it could be and against some of those others that used to load for grip, most overloaded on the back axles, they'd go sailing on straight ahead at the drop of a hat. I used to check my axle weights regularly when no one else was behind me at the weighbridge and loading like I did meant I was usually under on all axles. All the best Das.
@@cloudmaker It's a nasty surprise when the truck ignores the steering wheels but it's also dangerous because you lose 2 very important brakes on the front of the vehicle which effects the efficiency of stopping it. The new trailers have the coupling pin further under the trailer so they can take longer tractor units. I did prefer the 6 wheelers to 8 leggers mainly because of their versatility and they could be hired out cheaper like 4 wheelers so I got to do different types of work like demolition and roadworks as well as construction site work and excavations. The oldest I drove was an AEC Albion, they had air powered wipers but they were very comfortable off road. The only problem was it had the old air brakes system and it developed a leak while I was driving down the road so I lost the footbrakes. Luckily the handbrake was a solid lever and I managed to stop it in time by locking the rear wheels with them bouncing along the road until it stopped. I think I've had brake failure in every type of truck but luckily managed to control it.
Hello mate, house building there since 2019 and now even more land is being opened there so looks like a few more years there yet. This site is so big it even has it's own ring road system! And it's not the only one in Stafford, we are delivering to 3 major ones there at the moment. All the best.
You are dead right there Andrew, adding a bendy bit never makes it any easier, unless it's turning in a confined area on solid dry ground. Thanks for commenting.
I know that stuff well! It covers very large areas of Oz. I've spent many k's crabbing along one way then the next... all in slow motion. The best way to describe it would be Vaseline on glass. No traction to be had with that, either! You did well to get out & even better to not slide into the services trench! If only there was someone smart enough to have laid down a few inches of blue metal...
@@cloudmaker I knew you'd ask! Basalt or Olivine Basalt. It's interesting stuff, used many ways here, from railway ballast to mixing with tar to make road surfaces. Used as roadbase, it packs down smooth & hard, like concrete. Some old inner city laneways here still have the cobblestones streets & kerbs laid in the 1800's. HM Prison Pentridge in Melbourne, Victoria, is a massive example of it's use, entirely made of the stuff, also back in the 1800's, along with many churches & other prominent buildings built during the gold rush era & for years after.
That was no fun mate, the surface must have been clay and rained on just no traction. I bet your glad to get from that site, the problem is you probably end up going there again. take care mate
Hello mate been there loads of times since 2019-20 but only had about half a dozen loads that have been really slippery that the wagon goes it's own way. Take care Shaun.
I can't decide which is worse: narrow country lanes or building sites at groundworks stage. If the Buddhists are correct, I do not want to come back as a tipper truck driver! Well done you.
Might have been fun for others watching Mike. Just couldn't see it from where I was sat! Playing in the mud? I bet your Mum loved you for that. The poor woman! 😉😂🤣All the best Mike.
Hello there James, hope you are doing OK these days. This site was in Stafford, but we are doing deliveries into Crewe more and more these days, the firm I work for goes several times a day. All the best James and thank you for watching.
Well, mate. What can I say? Allow me to cogitate...... Right; here goes...... To coin a phrase often used by my Dad..... " #GordonBennet " That site is unsafe. Best that I say nowt else otherwise a few insults/hurty words may get posted *and censored*. Looks as though my post on previous vid might be hidden as no response. As for your 🏍 upload... Comments were disabled so I will say this...... Good job that you weren't in a DeLorean with a 1.21 GW time flux capacitor rofl 🤣 Laters, Rude Guy fan 😂
Hello Graham, just catching up with some responses, am getting a bit behind again. Gordon Bennett exclamation I've not heard for a while, obviously a generational thing. As for posts being hidden, not all come through to me at first, all these now are in the comments and mentions section so I can get the oldest, generally anyway, responded to. All the best Graham have a good week.
Nicely done there fella, that had me holding my breath for a minute. When your directional control is revoked from you due to the lack of any sort of contact adhesion, the sphincter pulsates rapidly until contact adhesion is gained 👌
Thankyou for the enlightening upload.
Always like to see someone making a comment all their own with originality and flare, good job. Enjoyed reading that Snowy. In fact just reading your comment vividly brings it all back. All the best.
@@cloudmaker I do try! Think I had to much ram air forced in my lungs from riding that day 😁💨🤪
Stay safe!
That was terrifying!!! I've slid on ice before - on a freeway (motorway) and was perpendicular to the way I wanted to drive, sliding towards the back of a horse trailer!! Got lucky and got a bit of traction and jetted off into the snow berm, throwing snow everywhere. Perfect angle of the hit to the snowbank slowed me down, no damage to the car and I was back in control. All done to avoid t-boning a truck that had been in the lane next to me that lost control and went head on into the snowbank completely blocking my lane!! Now I hate driving when the roads are wet with rain or snow! I'd be spending all my time at home if I lived in England!!
Oh wow that must have been a shocking experience, nothing worse than realising you're not in control of your destiny. Glad it turned out alright in the end. You wouldn't be spending all your time at home over here, we do get one or two days nice weather each year! 😂🤣🤣🤣
Didn't realise what was happening till I saw the back of your truck sliding so gently to one side.
Like others have said the site manager should have organised a few cubic metres of gravel over the access roads for safety reasons.
The driver of the other truck seemed an impatient sod.
Looked like he was ready to follow you down to the tip site before you had started reversing down.
Thanks for sharing your daily "fun" and stay safe.
Hello Jamie yes fully agree that any sort of stone on there would have improved matters, and a good job other driver didn't just reverse in as I reckon I'd be needing a new cab! All the best.
Thankyou for showing us the underbelly, as it were, not always plain sailing and under such circumstances, even the professionals get caught out sometimes, whereas the dingbats that you encounter on a daily basis, show that their incompetance is self inflicted. Take care out there.
Thank you Frank and couldn't agree more about the dingbats!
Great upload! You did a great job!
Cheers fella 👍
Thank you Tuga, take care fella.
Used to be the Main problem with 6 wheelers especially if it was badly loaded with not enough weight over the front axle. The twin wheel axles will ignore the steering and just keep going straight on.
I soon learned to steer the opposite way when braking on mud but it can fool you into a false sense if you go too fast.
A company I once worked for had a twin wheel lift axle fitted to a lengthened 4 wheel tractor unit makung it into a kind of 6x4 but without a drive to the rear wheels, and because the old type trailers had the kingpin closer to the headboard meant that the fifth wheel coupling had to be between the twin axles which meant that there was hardly any load weight imposed on the front steering wheels.
The result when I loaded slit steel coils off the headboard meant that the weight on the twin axles caused them to ignore the steering and carry on in a straight line when the road was wet.
I managed to recover the steering with a little braking which enabled the front wheels to grip saving a nasty accident with a school bus coming the other way.
I explained the dangers to the company and the other drivers were made aware of it to not load off the headboard with this particular tractor unit.
Hello Das hope you are well, that artic sounded like a right nightmare to drive, I think the way things are worked out today that wouldn't, or shouldn't happen these days. Also can you imagine the bad press having a crash with a school bus. Have spent a few years on 6 wheelers and yes can be a bit bad on slippery surfaces but with mine I used to load all the load, nearly 18 tonnes on mine, in one place with no material touching the backdoor, this made it the best it could be and against some of those others that used to load for grip, most overloaded on the back axles, they'd go sailing on straight ahead at the drop of a hat. I used to check my axle weights regularly when no one else was behind me at the weighbridge and loading like I did meant I was usually under on all axles. All the best Das.
@@cloudmaker
It's a nasty surprise when the truck ignores the steering wheels but it's also dangerous because you lose 2 very important brakes on the front of the vehicle which effects the efficiency of stopping it.
The new trailers have the coupling pin further under the trailer so they can take longer tractor units.
I did prefer the 6 wheelers to 8 leggers mainly because of their versatility and they could be hired out cheaper like 4 wheelers so I got to do different types of work like demolition and roadworks as well as construction site work and excavations.
The oldest I drove was an AEC Albion, they had air powered wipers but they were very comfortable off road. The only problem was it had the old air brakes system and it developed a leak while I was driving down the road so I lost the footbrakes. Luckily the handbrake was a solid lever and I managed to stop it in time by locking the rear wheels with them bouncing along the road until it stopped.
I think I've had brake failure in every type of truck but luckily managed to control it.
Well done mate , boy that looked scary.
Hello mate, it was scary! Thank you for the comment.
Wow, lots of new house building there. Looks like some tight driving for the lorry too
Hello mate, house building there since 2019 and now even more land is being opened there so looks like a few more years there yet. This site is so big it even has it's own ring road system! And it's not the only one in Stafford, we are delivering to 3 major ones there at the moment. All the best.
Wow that was very slippy but well done sir you got it out no need for a tow have a great week.
Thank you Norm, that week came and went and wasn't so bad. Take care out there.
Well done mate 👍 good stuff 🫡
Thanks mate for that, would be good stuff to put on those skid pans they use for training. All the best Dazza.
Good job it was in a wheelbarrow and not a articulated waggon😊
You are dead right there Andrew, adding a bendy bit never makes it any easier, unless it's turning in a confined area on solid dry ground. Thanks for commenting.
I know that stuff well! It covers very large areas of Oz. I've spent many k's crabbing along one way then the next... all in slow motion.
The best way to describe it would be Vaseline on glass. No traction to be had with that, either!
You did well to get out & even better to not slide into the services trench! If only there was someone smart enough to have laid down a few inches of blue metal...
Now you've got me wondering what blue metal might be?
@@cloudmaker I knew you'd ask! Basalt or Olivine Basalt. It's interesting stuff, used many ways here, from railway ballast to mixing with tar to make road surfaces.
Used as roadbase, it packs down smooth & hard, like concrete.
Some old inner city laneways here still have the cobblestones streets & kerbs laid in the 1800's.
HM Prison Pentridge in Melbourne, Victoria, is a massive example of it's use, entirely made of the stuff, also back in the 1800's, along with many churches & other prominent buildings built during the gold rush era & for years after.
That was no fun mate, the surface must have been clay and rained on just no traction. I bet your glad to get from that site, the problem is you probably end up going there again. take care mate
Hello mate been there loads of times since 2019-20 but only had about half a dozen loads that have been really slippery that the wagon goes it's own way. Take care Shaun.
I was a forman in construction for the life of me i can't understand why they didn't scrape that top layer of sludge of knowing they had delivery's!
Yes indeed Chris, probably down to it being someone else's job and someone else's problem. Thank you for commenting.
I can't decide which is worse: narrow country lanes or building sites at groundworks stage. If the Buddhists are correct, I do not want to come back as a tipper truck driver! Well done you.
Hello Don thank you for that comment Sir but don't worry tipper drivers aren't born they have to learn that stuff! 😂🤣🤣
I used to like playing in mud , I bet it was fun ! ! 😂
Might have been fun for others watching Mike. Just couldn't see it from where I was sat! Playing in the mud? I bet your Mum loved you for that. The poor woman! 😉😂🤣All the best Mike.
horrible to se the uk being covered in these doll houses
Yes indeed and lots of them, some are better than others but all are for quick build and stuff the people in.
Was that site in Crewe
Hello there James, hope you are doing OK these days. This site was in Stafford, but we are doing deliveries into Crewe more and more these days, the firm I work for goes several times a day. All the best James and thank you for watching.
Well, mate. What can I say?
Allow me to cogitate......
Right; here goes......
To coin a phrase often used by my Dad.....
" #GordonBennet "
That site is unsafe. Best that I say nowt else otherwise a few insults/hurty words may get posted *and censored*.
Looks as though my post on previous vid might be hidden as no response. As for your 🏍 upload... Comments were disabled so I will say this......
Good job that you weren't in a DeLorean with a 1.21 GW time flux capacitor rofl 🤣
Laters, Rude Guy fan 😂
Hello Graham, just catching up with some responses, am getting a bit behind again. Gordon Bennett exclamation I've not heard for a while, obviously a generational thing. As for posts being hidden, not all come through to me at first, all these now are in the comments and mentions section so I can get the oldest, generally anyway, responded to. All the best Graham have a good week.
Usual bad site shite order,not even winter time yet,can't the site manager stick the mechanised brush down there so you can have some traction.
Oh crikey I had not even thought of winter yet! Hopefully this site will have cleaned up it's act by then. Thank you for commenting Jonathan.