New Member from the UK

[RichardT10829]

Cullercoats.

just had an email from the shipper saying the driver is charging for an extra 3 hours as the carrier needed secured properly...... hope this is not a trend for things to come. the carrier is pretty much jammed in there and the straps are cross format front and rear with the extra strap over the top i cannot fathom how it would take 3 hours to add one or two clicks per rachet strap. $195.00 onto my bill ! cant afford many extra costs like this.

kevin what is the situation when being billed, do you get invoiced when it hits UK soil, and if so what is the time scale to finalise the bill ?

cheers

Rich

[RichardT10829]

well all is clear now, spoke to Rob late last night it appears that after loading the driver set off but returned 30 minutes later saying there was banging from the back of the container, doors opened to find a carrier had broken six 5 tonne straps, it appears they forgot to chock the wheels and somehow all six straps have failled. lots of paint scrapes and a small dint in the container doors. carrier has been tied down with chains and turnbuckles and wedges put in place second time round. so lesson is make sure the wheels are chocked if using webbing straps (irrespective of load capabilities)

Rich

[tankbarrell]

Tracked vehicles with suspension but tracks not fitted are always a problem to secure. The suspension movement allows the straps or chains to loosen enough to set up a rocking at the same time and momentum does the rest!

I have found with tanks in similar condition it is sometimes best to jack up and block the hull to relieve the suspension of some weight.

[Ledsel]

Mostly a problem with a boneheaded trucker. Nobody gives a s@#$%^t anymore. That guy must have been flying!!

[RichardT10829]

yes it must have been some sudden or harsh breaking followed by foot to the floor, it has ripped one of the towing eyes out of the hull on the front, bent the front fenders onto the idler wheels and added a coat of paint onto the carrier.

it is now chained in and a full setup to chock / shore the wheels in situ.

fingers crossed, we will see how bad it is when she comes home

Rich

[Ledsel]

Just had a great thought, ( don't get those too often ) Why not put it through your trucking company's insurance? Just tell them it was a fully restored carrier when it was picked up. Those A-h#les deserve it after charging you more money to re-ty it down. P.S. They will probably try to charge you for damage to the container too. The more people I meet the more I like my cat.

[RichardT10829]

hahahaha good idea Ledsel i can say it rusted up as a result of the shock

Rob sent me some photo's of the bits, it was nice to see a cardboard box filled with linkages and some strange peices, i will post it up and we can play "guess the component" game there are some very questionable track pins in there too.




On the rear deck pannel there appears to be some sort of square frame made from right angle ? and one exhaust sheild is solid where as the other is the mesh type ?

and the box of bits.



i can see track pins, part of a steering linkage, and a service cover plate from the bottom of the hull (but which one ?)

what are the rest folks ?