Good video but skipped a few safety features ie lock paddles holding top deck up if it fails,height of cages pallets top deck ,and yes I no weights etc on Swan neck etc plus again top deck must be lighter with load than bottom deck most of us no this but gor newbies etc .keep up good work cheers
@@loadapish when the top deck is raised there are four steel flaps that flip out one on each corner underneath the deck it prevents the deck collapsing if there is a failure ,basically chocks if these don't flip out once deck is raised do not go onto bottom deck.
Hate these bloody things: whenever I get to the yard in the morning, I’m always looking at the row of trailers, praying for a single decker - then get the paperwork and see the trailer number and know it’s one of these FFS 😆 Another thing you gotta watch, is not to have any straps still attached on the lower deck when you drop it down, or it’ll catch and get stuck. Great vid, Raul - love your channel! 🙏
nice video Raul but you should have mentioned the height of the top deck pallets don't go to high so as to avoid breaking the ceiling of the decker when its raised , ive seen a good few cracked roofs or crushed top deck pallets in my time .. but excellent video ...stay safe on the roads
Thanks for another video. I do not know if the dubbledecker trailers are something that is found outside of the UK. Not in the Nordic countries anyway. Here it is more common to have a "normal" trailer and use these aluminum bars to load a second row of pallets over the ones on the floor. There are som benefits to the deck I suppose, not as unstable as the bars. But there are always up and downsides to everything. When I was driving and delivering to supermarkets we just loaded pallets on top of each other without anything between. Just made sure that the pallet on top did not crush the bottom one. Often pallets of crisps on bog roll pallets. And almost anything on top of soda or beer pallets. You got the hang of it after a while. Knowing exactly what could go on top of what. See you next time pal. Drive carefully and stay safe.
There are a few companies throughout europe that have double decker trailers but not many, as in rest of europe you are restricted at 4m height, where in uk they have 5m, so makes more sense to have more here. anyway bridge strikes are very common in the UK
I see. Thanks for clarifying that. Maby it would be more effective to have a little more hight on trailers across Europe but I guess there are alot of low bridges around. That is one part of why we have these modular tractor,trailer units that are 25 meters long.
Good short video, Raul. Watching your last video I had the thought that it would be good to see how you edit; what files, software you use. I'm particularly interested in how you handle the panning of the 360 shots. 😁👍
I couldn't imagine how tipsy those feel to pull. Hauling double stack here in a US trailer is bad enough, let alone in UK, taller and heavier. Fuckin sneeze to hard while turning, roll your ass over 🤣😂
It must be hard trying avoid making mistakes as a HGV driver as you’ve got so many different responsibilities. What are employers like if you make a few mistakes? Can HGV drivers get sacked from work easily?
I don’t need to watch this, I’ve been working with them for about 8 years, you have no idea how many times it doesn’t work until you switch around the Anderson lead 🤣
at the separation point a wheeled gate is closed and locked in place. you can see it in the vid as Raul walks back from the front of trailer. at the rear end you would either use straps or bars depending on what,s supplied with the trailer. hope that helps.
Don’t want to be the health and safety guy here but you shouldn’t stand at the back of your trailer with the doors unsecured like that. One slight gust of wind and you’re in trouble. I once had to witness a guy almost being decapitated by doing that. As it was, it ended his career. His neck was broken and he never fully recovered from that. Very sad. This was 25 years ago and I still think about that incident often.
