Stopped by police

[dig-dug-dan]

Put three bulk bags of seasoned conifer on my twin Cab iveco daily, got on a1m and was immediately asked to follow a police traffic officer to a weighbridge.

I was 5.1% overweight!!!

He let me off that, but told me the load was unsafe as the logs were higher than the sides.

I then manually reduced said bags so loose logs were now lower than the sides.

He still wasn't happy, and insisted the load should be sheeted as if I go over a pothole, a log could jump out!

Even a load of sand has to be sheeted he reckoned!

The final sting was asking why I had them on. I told him I was giving them away, so he let me off but if I was selling them he would need to check my licence!

It's getting harder to make a living!

I'm being reported and may get prosecuted!

[Haironyourchest]

Decent  copper...The rules for trailers are loose loads must be covered. Presumably same applies to pickups. I wonder how this squares with dumper trucks and the like, hauling 18-20 tonne of hardcore though? Maybe they're excepted.

 

Solid payloads must be tied down to the bed or trailer, to retain the objects in the event of a rollover. Concrete mixers, wheelbarrows, bales of posts etc.  

 

 

[Mick Dempsey]

It does appear that he was just doing his job, and even displayed a bit of common sense. 

[Haironyourchest]

Asking about what you were doing with the wood was sinister though. Mission creep. Unless he suspects the timber is stolen or something.

[dig-dug-dan]

30 minutes ago, Haironyourchest said:

Asking about what you were doing with the wood was sinister though. Mission creep. Unless he suspects the timber is stolen or something.

I got the impression it's done kind of licence. I've been asked for this before by certain customers who refused to buy from me unless I produced it

[dig-dug-dan]

40 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

It does appear that he was just doing his job, and even displayed a bit of common sense. 

Sheeting over a loose load of sand?

[openspaceman]

4 minutes ago, dig-dug-dan said:

Sheeting over a loose load of sand?

 

 

 

Securing loads on HGVs and goods vehicles - 4. Ways to secure a load in an HGV or goods vehicle - Guidance - GOV.UK

WWW.GOV.UK

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Equipment and methods you can use to secure a load in a goods vehicle and how to use it safely.

 

You must use sheeting and netting to stop loads bouncing upwards on open vehicles (for example sided flatbeds and bulk tippers) unless the load is secured by other means.

Sheets and nets used for load securing must:

• be in good condition - there must be no rips or tears
• be suitable for the load carried
• cover the entire load bed so that no part of the load can escape
• be secured down to the vehicle or trailer

 

 

 

 

 

[Mick Dempsey]

I suspect like France the UK coppers act differently on major roads. 
The A1 is just such. Better get your ducks in a row when you’re on there. 
 

[woody paul]

If you had of tied top of bag and strapped them on you could of been OK. 

I got told by a retired police officer if they can pull any thing off truck or even move it with little effort you will get ticket for it, then they may take a closer look at truck and find everything else that may be wrong with it, as why he asked why you hot logs on truck. 

[Haironyourchest]

1 hour ago, dig-dug-dan said:

I got the impression it's done kind of licence. I've been asked for this before by certain customers who refused to buy from me unless I produced it

 

Yeah he was probably hinting about your "woodshure" registration. ( Think that's what it's called). Licence to sell firewood. Complete bull. The police shouldn't even be thinking about policing this, or even know about it. Not a road safety matter.

 

Did he say he was going to report you to woodsure or do something else?