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genuine pic
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11 years ago
Excellent!
I wonder how many people would need to hang on the end of the ladder to lift the front wheels of the van off the ground?
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11 years ago
Its a real shame that dropbox do not allow a more descriptive link to be made. It seems to just use the filename of the file. Brian
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11 years ago
It's a photo of a smallish van belonging to Brad's Aerials, with a set of ladders on a roof rack - including one very long one which extends about a van's length beyond the back of the van.
A case of "overhanging load" if ever there was one!
[I have to admit that I didn't notice the ladder at first sight because it's partially camouflaged by the building behind. I was trying to read what it said on the van - in case that was what Bill was pointing out - but most of the text isn't clear enough]- Vote on answer
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11 years ago
Surely 2/3 of that additional overhang could be eliminated by moving the roof ladder forward 3 or 4 rungs.
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11 years ago
The mind boggles!
What is the legal overhang BTW?
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11 years ago
With or without a marker? I don't think the marker being used is very good, they could at least have used a hi-vis item of clothing.
Found a preview of a document that was on the DfT site....
Not exceeding 1 metre
Front and rear: No requirements specified.
***************************************************** More than 1 metre, but not exceeding 2 metresRear: End must be made clearly visible. (C&U Schedule 12, para 4)
Front: No requirements specified.
***************************************************** More than 2 metres, but not exceeding 3.05 metres.Rear: Marker boards required (C&U Schedule 12, para 3)
Front: Attendant required (C&U Schedule 12, para 2) Marker boards required (C&U Schedule 12, para 3)
***************************************************** Exceeding 3.05 metresRear: Two clear working days notice to Police (C&U Schedule 12, paragraph 1) Attendant required (C&U Schedule 12, paragraph 2) Marker boards required (C&U Schedule 12, paragraph 3)
Front: Two clear working days notice to Police (C&U Schedule 12, paragraph 1) Attendant required (C&U Schedule 12, paragraph 2) Marker boards required (C&U Schedule 12, paragraph 3)
*****************************************************Going by that they should have notified the Rozzers and have had proper red and white marker boards.
Slide the roof-ladder forward so it overhangs the front by a metre and hang a hi-vis off the back and I think they would be legal.
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11 years ago
It has got something dangling off the back, but not what you would call highly visible...
(that seems to be a very long single piece roof ladder!)
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11 years ago
Yes it could! But he's been driving about round here like that for yonks. I had a picture months ago but it wasn't clear.
Bill
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11 years ago
1 metre behind the rear lights.
Bill
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11 years ago
Just one Were-Rabbit Gromit!!!!
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11 years ago
That should make reversing interesting!
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11 years ago
Hope there's no one on the pavements when he does a U turn.
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11 years ago
How much effort would it take to rip the roof-bars out of their mountings?
"Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall rip the lid off this van." Archimedes
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11 years ago
I think he actually said "????? ??? ??? ????? ?????? ?????? ??????? ???????? ??? ??? ????????? ??? ????? ??? ?? ?? ????????????, ??? ??? ?? ?????? ?? ?????? ??? ???? ?? ???????."
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11 years ago
Hmm, yes that type of overhand is not legal though. Obviously has not heard of folding ladders then. Sounds like a prop from an old Eric Sykes silent comedy.
Brian
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11 years ago
?????? ???????
?? ?? ????????????, ??? ???
That's all Greek to me
Psammead.
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?????? ???????
?? ?? ????????????, ??? ???
Did you know? There are two 'e's in Greek?
(Take that whichever way you want.)
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11 years ago
In addition to a normal extending ladder he seems to have a very long non extending (ans so non collapsing or folding) roof ladder (21 rungs by the look of it).
You could well imaging some "the plank" like antics as he goes round corners, swatting pedestrians off the pavement!
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11 years ago
I bet that's modern Greek. What would be the ancient Greek for truck?