Does anybody know if there are any load rules regarding ladders ontop of vans?

 

I know obviously weight is an issue to the bars and roof, but what about length? Am I right in saying that to be legal, ladders must not stick out further than the footprint of the van?

afaik they shouldnt and if they do you need warning triangles etc if they do

I dont know. i do know that many years ago one of my lads lost ladders on the M62. I was summonsed By West Yorkshire Police. i gave a written defence withs specifications for the Astra Roof Bars, the Ladders and the ladder clamps. I sites exceptional weather as the cause (not the nob driving). Th Chief Constable accepted the argument and dropped the charge. Be warned it Was Me! they prococuted.

Try the highway code.

1m overhang front & rear 300mm sides

you can go much further but wil require marker boards/ beacons & if really big a escort vehicle (s)

google it ?

1m overhang front & rear 300mm sides

you can go much further but will require marker boards/ beacons & if really big a escort vehicle (s)

 

QFA.

 

However the high-vis vest on the end of ridiculously overhanging ladders seems to go unnoticed by local plod.

 

Obviously they're busy updating there website

I dont know. i do know that many years ago one of my lads lost ladders on the M62. I was summonsed By West Yorkshire Police. i gave a written defence withs specifications for the Astra Roof Bars, the Ladders and the ladder clamps. I sites exceptional weather as the cause (not the nob driving). Th Chief Constable accepted the argument and dropped the charge. Be warned it Was Me! they prococuted.

Try the highway code.

 

He forget to clamp them down?

 

I've done this a couple of times with steps and they bounced off the bonnet soon as i used the brakes. I've also driven twenty odd miles without clamping my little giants down and they never moved an inch as they are so heavy. Didn't realise until i looked out the bedroom window and though f*ck!

 

I guess i have been lucky as i could be serving a sentence for manslaughter 

He forget to clamp them down?

He did well to get on to the motorway without losing them, if they weren't clamped.

I have always put my ladder clamps in the drivers footwell and padlock on the drivers seat, so I don't forget.

Ditto SWB.

I have always put my ladder clamps in the drivers footwell

That's what I've always done, I must be some sort of ladder genius as I can also-

a.) Put them on vehicle w/o scuffing f'ck out of the paint

b.) Clamp them on w/o bending the ladder bars to a V

c.) Not throw the clamp around loosing the m12 washers or bungs

d.) Not hurt myself loading them on / off

e.) put the padlocks on so they don't get pinched

f.)  Not drop them on the vehicle

Edited December 22, 201213 yr by MrHappy
corrected in blue

Lol