Fleet & Specs
The 658, and why it is on more of our lorries than anything else
More of our lorries carry a 658 than any other loader crane. It is not the biggest crane we run, and that is exactly why it does the most work.
Notes from the yard
What we have learned, written down
Real jobs, straight answers about what a lorry crane will and will not do, and the regulations that decide when a load can move.
The latest
Hiring Guides
One lorry twice, or two lorries once
Two units to move and one lorry available. Whether that is one lorry going twice or two lorries going once depends almost entirely on the distance.
Job Stories
Lifting over a hoarding you cannot see past
A site hoarding is two and a half metres of solid plywood. Going over it is easy. Knowing what is on the other side is the job.
Safety
What the man in the orange coat is actually doing
On most of our jobs the driver cannot see the load land. Somebody else can, and the whole lift runs on what that person tells him.
Hiring Guides
Access decides the vehicle, not the load
The question is never really how heavy it is. It is where a lorry can stand, how it gets there, and how it gets out again.
Regulations
Clean air zones and what they mean for your delivery
A charging zone is only a problem if the lorry turning up does not meet the standard. Ours do. Here is what is actually going on.
Job Stories
Two cranes, one load, and one person in charge
Some loads are too long for one crane rather than too heavy. Then you need two, working to one voice, and the planning triples.
Hiring Guides
Rigid or artic: which one turns up matters
Two vehicles, both with a crane on the back, and a world of difference on a narrow site. The choice is nearly always made by the access, not the load.
Company
What a backload is, and when it saves you money
Our lorries finish jobs a long way from Manchester and have to come home. What they carry on the way back is a backload, and it is the cheapest space on the road.
Sectors
Modular buildings arrive in the wrong order
Offsite construction moves the difficulty from the site to the road. What arrives is finished, heavy, awkward, and has to go in the order the building goes together.
Safety
What a lift plan is, and what it is not
Every site asks for RAMS. Fewer sites know what a good one contains, or why the useful part is the bit about the ground.
Regulations
How much notice an abnormal load needs
The lorry is rarely the problem. The notice periods are. Here is who has to be told about an oversized load and how far ahead.
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