15m HGV Turntable - Asda, Bearsden

15m HGV turntable designed, manufactured and installed at Asda, Bearsden by Movetech UK, a division of British Turntable Company Limited.

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Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Asda
• Bearsden
• Truck
• HGV
• turntable
• vehicle
• access
• yard

[2obsessivecompulsive]

Best u-turn i've ever seen..no tyre scrub on the trailer,no need to use forward and reverse gear,no danger of hitting something in the numerous blind spots.

[DinoDoesStuff]

Great bit of kit but I still rely on that old fashioned skill - REVERSING!!

[CreepingJesus73]

Been on this one a few times, it's good fun. FWIW, the loading bay's inside a 40' cutting under the shop (which is built onto a hill), and while a blindside spin would *just* be possible, one false move would get you stuck, and recovery would be a pain. Besides, there's two doors, and if one has an artic on it there's even less space. I reckon the TT's a good thing.

I've done plenty of horror shops, and Somerfield/Co-op are some of the worst! Somerfield Larkhall, anyone? (One among many...)

[MrSputnikboy]

wish i could have something like this at coop and somerfield stores

anyway we r the best drivers in uk

when u need to reverse 300 yards to reach one store with a 44 trailer with sharp bends and and cars everywhere cos its an high street ..... but this video is cool!!

[yeomanpip]

Would be a good idea if they had used a little more thought.

Seems daft to drive the wagon in, an employee (banksman?) stops you in the right place, then you've got to sit there waiting for it to turn before you continue driving (in reverse to dock!

Should be that the wagon drives up to a raised stop, then driver goes off for a cuppa, the turntable turns and the loading dock extends to the tail.

This system does seem a bit pointless.

[colinj58]

very neat turntable old fashioned idea that still works , may be the big shopping centres need to be planned better ,

[PhantomMark]

what a pointless piece of crap......if there is room to park end to end you could screw it round easy peasy, no effort at all, just use ultra low tack surface to reduce scrub on the trailer tyres, and a banksman to cover the bad spots for inexperienced drivers.

[ingveingveingve2]

lol



[robertdavey6]

Why not design a Goods-In area that is big enough? I'm sure that all (not just ASDA's) stores are designed with minimal thought given to delivering stock to them. Lots of room to park customer's cars. Lots of room for the shop floor. No room for the trucks, to deliver. Without the trucks, there would be nothing on the shelves.

[1010griffin1010]

if asda have money to spend on turntables why cant they lower the prices it would be more useful to the people who give em 140 quid a week

[zzonedout]

M&S Chester have a smaller version...problem with that one is you have to drop the trailer pull along side it then get turned re-couple...bit of a ball ache but better than trying to reverse in from the road..

[1dropdude]

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