Landy 130 flat bed

[chopper brown]

Can anyone see a problem with turning my 130 into a flat bed and using it to carry my tr6 weighing 1300kg.

 

I'm going to rebuild the truck which is currently a tipper but was thinking outside the box.

 

We are all overloaded from time to time and thought if I towed a tipper trailer instead and ramped the chipper on the back of the Landy I would be better off from a pay load point of view.

 

I have no worries with trailer licence, tacho or the usual and just thought it was worth asking others in the know.

 

Cheers Jim

[treequip]

You are going to need to know what the weight distribution is, it would be easy to end up with something that wont do the job because of axle loadings

[chopper brown]

Cheers I'll have a read up of the spec and see what I come up with.

 

I just thought I'll probably have more weight in it when it's full as a tipper so if I do get the distribution right at least I'll know exactly what I'm carrying.

[casto]

Check what the gross weight of the defender is. Not all are 3.5t. My defender weights 2.2t empty and is plated at 3050kg

[chopper brown]

Its a 130 and definitely 3500kg gross.

 

I think what I'll do is when I strip it down and take the back off I'll ramp the chipper on the chassis cab and get it weighed so I know the loading.

[scraggs]

My 130 which is 3500kg with ally dropside flat short body and ply floor striped right down only has a 1400kg payload, so you are going to be pretty close to max and that's before you even think about axle loads

[casto]

Its a 130 and definitely 3500kg gross.

 

I think what I'll do is when I strip it down and take the back off I'll ramp the chipper on the chassis cab and get it weighed so I know the loading.

 

Yes, sorry my fault there, forgot it's a 130 till after I posted

[scraggs]

Not all 130's are 3500kg, I have come across a couple at 3050kg

[chopper brown]

Cheers for that info.

 

It's easy to think that you just deduct the vehicle weight and away you go.