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bikertomm
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PostPosted: 20:41 - 29 Nov 2010    Post subject: Gritting Lorrys.... Reply with quote
Heads Up.. Watch the fuck out ! Very Happy

I was just in the car and a gritter lorry came round the corner in the other direction and shitted all over my car.

If I was on a bike I reckon I would have come off and... died.

But yeah I also experienced this on a motorway and you get a longer wave of the shit - if had a nice car I would not be impressed at all !

Stay clear Smile

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PostPosted: 20:45 - 29 Nov 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Mate of mine got belted by one driver after stopping him a few times telling him he was loosing his load.


He deserved it for being such an arse Wink
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PostPosted: 20:51 - 29 Nov 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Lol ! Oh dear Razz
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PostPosted: 09:09 - 30 Nov 2010    Post subject: Re: Gritting Lorrys.... Reply with quote
Gritter lorry spreads grit! Stop the presses!
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PostPosted: 09:11 - 30 Nov 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
I passed a couple on the motorway on my bike yesterday.. Had salt in my helmet when I got off :/
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PostPosted: 20:12 - 01 Dec 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
A snow plough gritter combo came up, then down the road today, but didn't grit nor plough. Totally waste of time if you ask me. Confused
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PostPosted: 20:44 - 01 Dec 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
If they damage your car... you can claim for it, but only if you can prove it wasnt there before and was caused by them.

Brother is a highways agency site agent.. and told me to put a claim in for the damage sustained to my bike in a spillage as they didnt attend quickly, also said if my car gets sprayed (its a sports car, any other crapper i wouldnt mind) just call up and demand a form to claim for gritter damage Laughing
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PostPosted: 20:51 - 01 Dec 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
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A snow plough gritter combo came down the road today, but didn't grit nor plough. Totally waste of time if you ask me. Confused

Ever think he was maybe out of grit? I mean if you plough the snow you compact it and turn it to ice, so you need grit coming out the back to then help remove said compacted snow/ice that you have created.

Now if you have no grit and you plough you are just creating compacted ice for the cars behind, in which case you can no longer sue the council for throwing grit at you/your car but now sue them for not putting any grit down and you skidded on ice and snow, and it is all their fault. Rolling Eyes Rolling Eyes

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PostPosted: 21:04 - 01 Dec 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
How the hell do you STAY CLEAR of grit lorrys?
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PostPosted: 22:14 - 01 Dec 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Clanger wrote:
A snow plough gritter combo came down the road today, but didn't grit nor plough. Totally waste of time if you ask me. Confused


Ever think that maybe he was trying to get somewhere? Thinking
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PostPosted: 22:16 - 01 Dec 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
pits wrote:
Ever think he was maybe out of grit?


Nope, I could see the grit in the thingie on the back.

McJamweasel wrote:
Ever think that maybe he was trying to get somewhere? Thinking


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PostPosted: 22:23 - 01 Dec 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Maybe he was going to the end and then was going to grit it on the way back?
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PostPosted: 22:29 - 01 Dec 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
What a load of whinging.

I for one have always been pleased to see gritting lorries, cos I am not very fond indeed of the alternative.

The gritting man dropped a shovel load of grit at the end of my street this morning, I nearly dropped my shopping and hugged him.
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PostPosted: 22:33 - 01 Dec 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
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The gritting man dropped a shovel load of grit at the end of my street this morning.


Coolio. Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 22:33 - 01 Dec 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
So people complain when they dont grit, then complain when they do grit. HMMM?


Clanger, only thing I can think of is that the councils and that have high priority roads and if yours is a smaller road and he needed to grit a main road he might have had to conserve it. Frustrating though I know.
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PostPosted: 22:36 - 01 Dec 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Deaks650 wrote:
Clanger, only thing I can think of is that the councils and that have high priority roads and if yours is a smaller road and he needed to grit a main road he might have had to conserve it. Frustrating though I know.


Oh, I'm not complaining... apart from popping to the local shops, I worked from home today... Mr. Green Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 23:18 - 01 Dec 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
I don't complain when they don't grit, college shuts if there is like 3 cm of snow, which means a day of nothing or cod Razz

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PostPosted: 23:20 - 01 Dec 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
ncrn wrote:
I passed a couple on the motorway on my bike yesterday.. Had salt in my helmet when I got off :/
Shocked dirty bugger yeh
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PostPosted: 18:08 - 02 Dec 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
I was sat behind one on the A3 near guildford. Lights off, not spitting out the salt.
As I went to over take, bastard turned his lights on 'shit' went to throttle it - and got pelted real bad
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PostPosted: 20:30 - 02 Dec 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Fucking hell, people just LOVE to whine don't they? All I've seen on BCF in the last few days is whinge whinge whinge, about the snow, the cold, the footy, how unprepared the UK is for snow, and now that they're doing something about the snow people complain about that too? Just ease off the accelerator and stay clear, it's not much worse than driving behind a car on a gravel road Confused
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PostPosted: 10:37 - 03 Dec 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
hellkat wrote:
What a load of whinging.

I for one have always been pleased to see gritting lorries, cos I am not very fond indeed of the alternative.

The gritting man dropped a shovel load of grit at the end of my street this morning, I nearly dropped my shopping and hugged him.


I'd never dreamed it was possible to be so excited about the gritting man. You're delightful. Wub
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PostPosted: 21:37 - 03 Dec 2010    Post subject: Re: Gritting Lorrys.... Reply with quote
bikertomm wrote:
Heads Up.. Watch the fuck out ! Very Happy

I was just in the car and a gritter lorry came round the corner in the other direction and shitted all over my car.

If I was on a bike I reckon I would have come off and... died.

But yeah I also experienced this on a motorway and you get a longer wave of the shit - if had a nice car I would not be impressed at all !

Stay clear Smile

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Sorry Tom.

I'm one of the gritter drivers.

Normally I drive a dustcart,but in this mess we've all been seconded to gritter duties.

We're given maps of roads to be gritted,roads to be 'twin-run',and roads to be ploughed only.
We also have red-routes which we're not allowed to turn into,let alone drive down.
Invariably,after a 10-hour night of gritting,there are several calls coming in regarding complaints from people who have had their cars scattered as we go by.
I cannot turn the spinners off to go by vehicles or pedestrians,as this leaves a 30-foot long patch of un-cleared ice/snow,which is exactly what drivers who think a road has been gritted aren't prepared for.
We're doing our best mate.
I'm just a bloke in a truck,trying to keep it on the road as I clear as many routes as possible in 10 hours.
Ours are old 8-legger Fodens-the heaters are u/s,they leak cold air in from every seam,the suspension is neanderthal,no radio,and keeping the windscreen clear is a full time job with old towels and rags.
The blokes you see on Newsnight,in their fancy Iveco multispinners,with heaters and air suspension are the favoured few.
The rest of us have to drive old 'D'-series 6 leggers,or these Fodens.
They do the job,plough their way through some pretty deep shit,open up routes,and get the salt/grit down.

But we can NOT turn off the spinners just to go by a flash paint job.

Sorry bro.

I'll let my council know you're peeved-they may let us all stay home.
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