Reversing an 18m artic with an Iveco Stralis and Kogel Big-MAXX. Biglorryblog has some fun going backwards!

And so to Millbrook test track to attend the Iveco 18m artic demonstration day, put together with Kogel who provided the 14.9m Big-MAXX trailer, and the Freight Transport Association who, along with Iveco, is calling for the DfT to allow on-road UK trials of 18m long artics. As part of the exercise, Iveco's demo driver 'Mr Colmondley-Warner' (Aka Paul Walker) performed a number of manouevring exercises to show how the rig handled including reversing the combination into this 'gate' while yours truly filmed it.(I then had as go when most everyone had b*ggered of to lunch!) With that extra over-hang at the rear the trick is to pull forward sufficiently far enough to get the end tucked in....I eventually got it sorted after nudging the odd cone. Of course the real issue is what's going on around the blind side---with all that extra length beyond the back-bogie the kick-out can take you by surprise. Meanwhile, I'll post up a couple more videos showing it in action before the end of this evening...YouTube permitting.