Lorry Stuck on Sutton Bank. Traffic Jam Central

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Жыл бұрын

Lorry should Not have gone up Sutton Bank. The driver of this lorry has a very narrow escape as he ends up getting stuck on Sutton bank and can not get any grip to get up the hill.
The drive is very lucky we could all move out the way for him as he had to revers all the way back. Mayhem was caused..
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@whitesapphire5865 Жыл бұрын

Back in the day, I've even seen cars reversing up Sutton Bank, but of course, they would be Austin Seven, Ford Popular, Morris Minor 850cc and the like! Try Lythe Bank, Blue Bank, and even the diminutive Oswaldkirk Bank. Short, steep, and a nasty bend at the bottom! Get it wrong on Lythe Bank, and you're going in the sea!!

@patgeorge1 8 ай бұрын

I used to drive up and down Sutton bank in the early 70s. I was in the Army and drove either a land rover with trailer or an Austin k9 and generator trailer. We had to go up and down the hill in 4 wheel drive. On one occasion I was coming down in frost and ice and the vehicle slipped out of gear. The only way to get it back into drive was to stop. In doing so the vehicle slid , hit the rock face and ended up with generator trailer hanging over a very long drop. Change of underwear and back up the top to start again!

@nervo6321 Жыл бұрын

As an HGV driver of 32 years, the problem with this climb is that you can’t get a good run at due to a tight bend at the bottom of it…I have been up there many times in a Globetrotter with maybe 10 tonnes on a fridge trailer, as all trucks are now automatic you need to put it in manual and floor it, if it’s dry you will get up the incline.

@colinrunciman5166 Жыл бұрын

And there speaks a driver who knows what he's talking about!

@smudgealdrin1512 Жыл бұрын

Exactly .. That really slight climb before the main event lulls drivers into complacency for sure. Trouble is drivers think they know best & ignore the signs . Stick it in manual mode as soon as the power dies.. 1st gear & DONT FKN TOUCH IT & you are away. I regularly see guys just on the steep exit ramps out of Dover stall & thats only about 30mtr long. My last SB experiance was in a 480 Scania about 40t up with timber.. she was hot n screaming but climbed it ok.. Bit of a wobble with traction on that right hander at the top.. but we made it.

@nervo6321 Жыл бұрын

@@smudgealdrin1512 nice one mate.

@user-pi7bt4kk8i 9 ай бұрын

He could also do with raising his midlift, even if he is fully loaded, he'd certainly get more traction

@user-ge6dy1ru6x 3 ай бұрын

I helped an European trucker this morning in Manchester reversing back fro .tight bend. Dine in 10 minutes. Why can reat of uk folks not do that? Passive window curtain switchers.

@TRPGpilot 5 ай бұрын

The incline is NOT the the issue. The common use of 2x6 in the UK is the issue. All axles at the rear should be live/driven, either 4x6 or 4x2. I grew up in a hilly country where this incline is not even that steep. Imported used Euro trucks get that dead axle removed before import as they are of no use as highligted here.

@ronniehaworth4669 Жыл бұрын

went up Sutton Bank scenic route to north east fully loaded ( MISTAKE ) fortunately i was driving a FODEN with double drive and cross axle DIFF LOCKS the drive wheels started to spin about three quarters of the way up AND I WENT INTO A COLD SWEAT but finally made it ( the only good point with the FODEN was its ability to get the driver out of trouble in situations like this when driven by a numpty)

@leglessnotlifeless Жыл бұрын

Lesson learnt not for the faint hearted

@Cantav Жыл бұрын

Never a week goes by without a lorry getting stuck on this hill.

@mikes3975 Жыл бұрын

Drove a Gardner engined 1978 ERF 4 wheeler with 3 ton on her back up there without any trouble back in the day A true drivers wagon best I ever drove. The butchers turned her into a wrecker😢

@robertp.wainman4094 10 ай бұрын

Yep - a Gardner with a good driver will get up anywhere!

@mikes3975 10 ай бұрын

@@robertp.wainman4094 👍

@JohnObiro-sq4of 7 ай бұрын

Instead of watching him struggle, why didn't you get out and help him. Typical selfish unaware car driver.

@leglessnotlifeless 7 ай бұрын

Since I'm a full-time wheelchair I don't think it'll be much good because as soon as I got my wheelchair out I would have rolled back down the hill. If you also check the the video you will also find I blocked the traffic so he could reverse

@user-ig1xo3om2x 6 ай бұрын

Trucker not the first to stall out on the hairpin or the last pitch past the viewpoint car park. It's not like you can help beyond blocking traffic so they can reverse...

@Republicofliverpool Жыл бұрын

Oh well we’ve all been in sketchy situations no one knows everything in a job that you’ll learn something new all the time not one driver out there that knows everything most of the time you’ll learn from your mistakes as other drivers nowadays will not help you like the old days

@leglessnotlifeless Жыл бұрын

I know that I have learnt many a lesson form my mistakes.

@comforter7390 Жыл бұрын

I'm always impressed how Brits are patient on roads. Just waiting, no rush, no nervous. In country where I'm from would be big mess , honking, swearing. I feel really good in UK.😊

@leglessnotlifeless Жыл бұрын

We know how to wait.

@colinrunciman5166 Жыл бұрын

The answer is dont panic!

@colinrunciman5166 Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@davidpenn6133 Жыл бұрын

I've been up there twice. First time going to Scarborough, was half loaded, so 12 ton, but struggled. The second time has a abnormal load & the police movement order sent me that way. I was delivering to a building site in Kirkymoorside . Luckily they were flooring cassettes so wasn't very heavy, about 10 ton.

@user-cn1yq2xi4l 8 ай бұрын

Doctors brow at Sebergham in cumbria is another belter, I misjudged it one night in a milk tanker and was very lucky there was nothing behind me so I could roll back down and go again

@das5813 Жыл бұрын

The give away pointing to the drivers inexperience is that he has to keep stopping every couple meters to get his bearings whilst reversing. Bet he never used the lift axle on the tag or even the crawler gear ? Taken loads of artics and rigids up and down Sutton bank, it's a long way round if we don't use it.

@leglessnotlifeless Жыл бұрын

Would have to agree. Must say in all years of driving my rig have never gone up Sutton Bank only had the joy of coming down. Safe driving.

@das5813 Жыл бұрын

@@leglessnotlifeless It used to be prohibited for caravans to use Sutton Bank downhill because the caravan brakes would get hot and the drums would expand causing brakes fade which meant that the car brakes had to do all the braking and eventually they would burn out.

@leglessnotlifeless Жыл бұрын

Wow did not know that and think it should still be as seen many a car coming down with smoking wheels............ Not fun.

@winksongs Жыл бұрын

Don't be a tatie - go the long way round...

@das5813 Жыл бұрын

@@winksongs If your inexperienced I'd recommend just that. Of course a professional would make sure he's taking the road in the correct gear and speed for the road conditions.

@mickymcginn4500 10 ай бұрын

Lift the midlift or transfer weight of midlift would be good idea

@TRPGpilot 5 ай бұрын

The common use of 2x6 in the UK is the issue. All axles at the rear should be live/driven, either 4x6 or 4x2

@petew5289 Жыл бұрын

Sutton bank use to have a 7.5 tonne wieght limit and a caravan ban as i remember from years ago

@leglessnotlifeless Жыл бұрын

Yep and sometime I think it should still have it.

@Cantav Жыл бұрын

Caravans are still prohibited but many drivers can't read or choose to ignore the signs

@stottybox3185 10 ай бұрын

Yes but what legally is a caravan? It is in fact a trailer.

@Cantav 10 ай бұрын

@@stottybox3185 A trailer often times pulled by an underpowered car and/or an inexperience driver. The experienced drivers tend to take the caravan route avoiding the bank

@darrenfarrell-bn2cb 10 ай бұрын

It Can Happen he’s Trying His Best, MySelf and My Mate Went Up The Connor Pass One Rainy Night In Kerry with a Low Loader Turned and Got Her Back Down anything is Possible with a Competent Driver.

@andyfletcher3375 4 ай бұрын

It is signed.... Out of Thirsk the start of Sutton Road,on both sides of the road,massive signs... POLICE-NOTICE Caravans prohibited. Unsuitable for heavy loads, SUTTON BANK 5 miles. Severe Gradient. With a diversion sign, Obviously service vehicles that need that road hence for Hemsley or farm delivery know the road well and know how to take that bend,let alone in the right gear,like it's been said in an automatic get it into manual mode,the bend is almost hairpin let alone the sharp gradient.

@reviewmaster4x467 Жыл бұрын

Situations like that lift the middle axle then give it a good run up the hill.

@shed66215 3 ай бұрын

Not been up Sutton Bank on the bike (doubt I'd get up it) but have done done the road (Carr Lane) that gets to the A170 going through Coxwold and Kilburn - and that was tough enough.

@LeMagnum440 8 ай бұрын

Another steering wheel attendant, must have not seen all those signs. 😂

@gary63693 4 ай бұрын

Seem there are 2 solid white lines in the middle of that road. What do you expect on a hairpin corner?

@herbertjohnston4608 9 ай бұрын

I feel the drivers pain happened to me in donegall auto volvo back down hill select 1st lock and go again nitemare.

@jagracershoestring609 8 күн бұрын

I took a caravan up there once, years ago before the diversion route. the diversion is just as bad, steep, narrow, bad sign posting. Reversing down a hill is a bit iffy in my opinion, as grip is a problem. Click bait title, got views, though!

@anoncyclist2131 Жыл бұрын

have to be honest, if you dont know the area, you dont get much warning that your satnav is wrong to take you that way and have to hope you know where you are going. the satnav will try to pull you back to there through all the small roads over and over and finding somewhere to stop is rough to re route is hard in some of these places, no where that doesnt end up causing a bad blind overtake

@leglessnotlifeless Жыл бұрын

I know I found this out the hard way one day.

@BHRoadStoriesBH 9 ай бұрын

Hello, the video is extra, what camera are you using.. Thank you for taking the time to edit the clips. Warm regards, peace of mind and I wish you all the best

@leglessnotlifeless 9 ай бұрын

it was just my dash cam that got it.

@MrJimmyT Жыл бұрын

I got up it in a FH500 with 26 ton on, didn't mean to I was a fairly new driver talk about panik 😂😂

@leglessnotlifeless Жыл бұрын

Like it Ha ha

@stottybox3185 11 ай бұрын

You must be in low gear when you approach the hairpin, it is after all 25./. I won't go this way if it's been raining as the surface is slippery, if your truck is auto, as many are now, manually select 2nd gear, first not usually required.

@andrewtaylor5984 11 ай бұрын

The bottom of the bank is deceptive. Before the hairpin, there is an ascent, but it does not look like 1 in 4, although it is. Incidentally, when road numbering began, the A170 did not go through to Thirsk, as the MOT did not think that such a steep hill should be on an A-road. Sutton Bank was originally a B-road. Illogically, Countisbury and Porlock hills have always been on an A-road, the A39 to be precise!

@Dashflix Жыл бұрын

Hey mate! Is it okay to use it please ? Credited of course. Thanks in advance. Have a nice day.

@leglessnotlifeless 11 ай бұрын

yes as long as you credit it

@micathasteings 9 ай бұрын

Sutton bank you carnt get a run up it because ov that bend near the bottom.and no where to turn around

@terrahawk1977 Жыл бұрын

Seen plenty of euro drivers go up there. Irish by any chance obvs didn’t see big blue signs 🤔🤔🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

@leglessnotlifeless Жыл бұрын

My thoughts the same

@martinwebb1681 11 ай бұрын

@terrahawk1977 ... The companies Irish, but this particular vehicle is UK based and registered, based in one of their UK depots at either Liverpool, Heysham, Penrith or Cairnryan. McBurney Transport are based in Ballymena Northern Ireland, with depots in Liverpool, Heysham, Penrith and Cairnryan UK, and Dublin in Ireland, as well as two other Northern Ireland depots at Larne and Nutts Corner.

@user-ko4lg4hm6v 3 ай бұрын

Driver stops at top to grass to police

@leglessnotlifeless 2 ай бұрын

No drive stops at top to tell them that the hill is now blocked and they need to do something about it.

@anthonypotter3580 3 ай бұрын

He also missed the turn around escape area.....just reversed straight past it. Professional driver ? Pah !

@FBI_Agent_69420 2 ай бұрын

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@angelaweglarska8428 11 ай бұрын

It’s signposted that no caravans or lorries on Sutton bank x

@Vanrides. 11 ай бұрын

Lorries are allowed, no caravans

@angelaweglarska8428 11 ай бұрын

@@Vanrides. Been there a few times x

@Vanrides. 11 ай бұрын

@@angelaweglarska8428 Yes I,ve been there a few times aswell. Driven up it also in a 40 tonner a few times.

@Cantav 10 ай бұрын

I live near the bank. I have driven many times up and down the bank with my work and I have never seen a sign prohibiting lorries from using the bank.

@vicmiller4854 10 ай бұрын

I came down with a 4 berth caravan behind my Peugeot 406 HDI estate no problems

@colinrunciman5166 Жыл бұрын

Thers no scenic I in Haul Transport.

@alanscott6088 7 ай бұрын

No one bothered about the articulated cattle transporter coming down the bank though?? 🤔🤔

@leglessnotlifeless 7 ай бұрын

😂😂

@TRPGpilot 5 ай бұрын

The incline is NOT the the issue. The common use of 2x6 in the UK is the issue. All axles at the rear should be live/driven, either 4x6 or 4x2

@Rickytricky01 4 ай бұрын

What happens if there is a farm he has to visit along the way? Get a Chinook or Harrier to land or collect the livestock it's going up that is the problem is it not

@AnonymousEuropeanDriver 4 ай бұрын

Coming down the hill isn’t an issue even fully loaded. Why do you think it would be? No weight limit on that road in either direction.

@sdkezjarran5206 8 күн бұрын

No mayhem , no lucky escape he wasn't going to die, Typical false drama headlines.

@kentraberg6687 3 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@FBI_Agent_69420 2 ай бұрын

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@danielpark2991 Жыл бұрын

I just think it lack of driver knowledge on this kind of road. Sutton bank is no different to routes like the simplon pass in the alps. Best to be avoided if your not confident. But everyone claims to be the best driver and end up making a monkey out of them self's.

@leglessnotlifeless Жыл бұрын

Well said about everyone thinking they are the best.

@shaneprior 8 ай бұрын

You never learn if you never make any mistakes