The secret of the dungeon is to trust their directions and not even look in your mirrors. 100% focus on them and you'll be exactly where they want you with two inches to spare all round. The arguments and damage occurs when the drivers ignore the instructions. I did it many times and I found it a ball ache mainly because you ended up 4 to a cabin when it's that busy. Thanks for reminding me a part of driving I'd forgotten all about lol
Hi Sherrain, Thanks for this 'basement view' of the ferries. Makes me realise why, as a small van driver, I sometimes had to wait ages before little nuisances like me were let on board! Great video. So glad I found you!
Great stuff Ms Ballard. That guy really knew his stuff😮 I didn't even know this happened on ferries, I thought it was all ramps. Well done for your patience and trust in him👍🏼
Hi I love watching your videos I'm a retired truck driver now ...but I love your professionalism and you all ways seem to keep your cool ..like some drivers always seem to complain or moaning about the job ..I loved it yes you do get problems but so does a lot of jobs ...Well done you.keep making your videos👍
Hello Sherralin , love Your videos with Your running commentary absolutely a joy to watch , the Man doing the parking in the Dungeon , must be the most patience person around , doing His job every day , the TV show was Are You Being Served .... I also watch another Trucker , this one is here in Australia , He drives a road train , with 3 trailers , His biggest problems are Wide Loads , up to 7mts wide , Stupid People towing caravans and the Wild life , Love Your work , stay safe , Cheers Dave ......
I watch some Australian ones too. I follow Australia Cattle Carters. I’d love to give some of those adventures a go. You have so much room out there compared to us. I also follow Sam, The Travelling Jackaroo, his adventures in his are epic and all for charity. Thanks for watching. 😁👍🏻
Only watch You and 2 other truck driver , Tony with His 3 freezer/chiller vans , and another driver towing 2 trailers , but still does the Traps to protect His load , which is a dying art , I have seen the Traveling Jackaroo driving His old Chamberlain Tractor , So You know Livestock Carriers have the right of way , even the Wide load trucks have to give way to them by the Law , Thanks for Your reply ....@@GBtrucklady
I was put into the Dungeon with my coach, other coaches, multiple motorbikes and several camper vans on a Pont Aven crossing from Portsmouth to Santander. The sea conditions were awful on the crossing, so bad that when we got to Santander, the bow doors would not open. Several camper vans disappeared in clouds of clutch smoke on the reverse out up the ramp, a couple of the bike had tank slaps on the wet deck turning round, and I was the last coach out, 4 hours after we arrived and then had to turn the ship around........
Reminds me of one car trip Cairnryan - Belfast with Stena in the 2010's. They stuck loads of cars in the cellar (me included), never been up/down so many ramps in my life outside of a multi story carpark.
" Are you being served. " Loved that programme as well. I have watched lots of videos of long distance lorries, but never seen one with that content, it was really interesting. Enjoy your day, may it always be sunny and no traffic jams.🤣🤣x
Reminds me of the time I loaded onto a Ro-Ro ferry that had rammed the dock and the front door would not open. Trucks had to reverse off and other vehicles turn round. I was towing a trailer smaller than the truck and could not be seen in the mirrors. The crew were not used to this type of unloading and so not as skilled as your lot. Great vid presentation, keep it up thanks.
just stumbled on your vlogs. The guys and gals directing are superb. As you say you have to trust them and stay calm. Great job and very interesting. Wish i had done European work when i was driving in the 80s and 90s. Cheers Colin
I really enjoyed that video Sheralin as I have traveled that route many many time , due to me only driving rigid I never got put down the dungeon on that particular crossing how ever I always wanted to know how it worked , well now I know , have you a great safe weekend xxxxxxx
First time watching any of your videos and that was a brilliant first one! Whilst not a lorry driver, I can relate to that sense of not being in control on the lift. I live in the Tokyo area and I was driving my friend's car out of an underground carpark which had a lift just like this one. It didn't feel right at all! Very unnerving the first time. I thought the person guiding you was very clear and quite patient.
Never done the dungeon and hate having to pull the mirrors in . Might as well put a blindfold on 🤣. Got to trust those guys guiding and TBF they do it all day everyday. Still it would make anxiety levels go up a bit. Thanks for the upload and take care.
I used to use the ferries with a 6 wheeler and rear mounted Manitou forklift which always used to catch on the ramps going up or down usually resulting in wheelspin and no traction. The transporters were even worse, overhangs front, rear, and back end of the unit. Eleven car loads weren't exactly fun as they are high to start with and part of it is for turning gaps, trimming an extra inch or two out of the load and then waiting for the crunch when turning or going up/down a dip aged me ten years every time I did it.
Hi again Sherralie...Bryan S here, (Torrevieja). I used to work on the Normandie, Portsmouth/Ouisterham, I never thought that I would see THAT place again!😂. Blimey! What is the SWL on the platform? Your manoeuvres? BRILLIANT! What a palavar!😊. I got lost after Caen heading for Spain😢 ANOTHER palavar! Thank you again...🅱️🙏.
Fair play to You Sherralin, You really need to be on top of Your game for that, imagine a drivers first ferry trip and having to handle that. How many lorries in the dungeon? The TV comedy was "Are You Being Served" I guess We're both showing our age....🤣🤣
Another great video. You did a great job parking up in the dungeon 😀. Yes the programme you mentioned was. Are you being served with John Innman saying I’m free 😃. The late Wendy Richards was also in programme . Roll on your next video 👍👍
Ground floor... Lingerie 😂😂 Been down many a dungeon on a ferry. In fairness the crew are usually spot on with there directions. The Dublin / Liverpool p&o ramp from the top deck is good when you have to reverse down it with your mirrors folded in and the dude is spot on with his left and rights. 👌 Only the few trucks that are parked on the ramp have too reverse down it as the rest can turn on top deck. Great video in fairness.
Never saw this. Impressive mechanica and driving! So there is a lower deck without a ramp. It seems a time consuming process. Apparently that's ok. You'd think the quicker you load the better. How many ferries have this?
First time I ever used a ferry in an artic I had to go on one of those lifts and I was absolutely terrified. The stevedores always assume you use the ferry week in week out
when i used to go on bf they tried to get me down there but my cab n trailor was too long at 62ft so i never went in there as at the time i was using a kenworth W670 which have a long chassie then european trucks that was in 2001/2 it also heps if you got rear tyres that turn as well in tight places i had that built in when i got my own trailor
hi sherralin what a nightmare even the chuckle brothers would been stump with that 1 / 2 u / 2 me lol that must take up alot time loading lorries on and off why dont they not have 2 floors for entry and for off loading much easier till next 1 stay safe on road xx that would be are you being served 👍
Fascinating. Never heard of this 'compartment'. Is this the place where the send all the naughty hauliers behind on their payments? I do hope the Evian water & French bread wasn't too stale whilst incarcerated! Hah-hah!
That’s where the new camera mirrors would be handy Ground floor perfumery, stationery and leather goods, wigs and haberdashery kitchenware and food...going up First floor telephones, gents ready-made suits, shirts, socks, ties, hats, underwear and shoes...going up Second floor carpets, travel goods and bedding, material, soft furnishings, restaurant and teas. Going down!
Don’t know why you think that? All drivers are allocated a berth in a shared cabin, with drivers of the same sex of any nationality. There are many women do this job now, we all regularly share. We might not speak the same language but respect is multilingual. 🙂
@@GBtrucklady Without wanting to sound demeaning, do you know that when shunting, you don't need to use the service brake? Just change direction and step on the accelerator, the automatic system does the deceleration for you. I have a friend, it took him over a year to discover this feature.
I had to do that in whatever the equivalent was over 20 years ago. I was driven a hire 7.5 t and was absolutely bricking it. But I got a round of applause from the real truckers and felt 10ft tall in front of my 12 year old son. Didn't last. Ripped rhe side out of the truck going where I shouldn't have
