purpose of tipper roof?

[Mark Bolam]

Smart little solution there Neil.
Hypothetically, would the roof support the weight of a slightly overweight owner/operator in certain situations?

[Ferguson system]

22 hours ago, Mark Bolam said:

I wonder what weight of chip you could get in a Tranny with full roof and barn doors....

About 2000-2500 kg depending on the size of the chip box

If the chip box measures 3m x 2,1m x 1m = 6,3 m3 x 350 kg = 2205 kg.

 

[Will Heal]

Smart little solution there Neil.
Hypothetically, would the roof support the weight of a slightly overweight owner/operator in certain situations?

Just a guess mark but I reckon it would.
The 12mm ply board which I temporarily screwed to the top of my greedy boards supports me ( as long as I keep near the edges) that looks slightly more substantial

[beechwood]

Smart little solution there Neil.
Hypothetically, would the roof support the weight of a slightly overweight owner/operator in certain situations?

Mark

You can stand on there no problem but obviously we wouldn't do that as there is no fall protection!
That and I don't make my arborists cut hedges, so why would we need to!
And thanks for compliment the lads are always telling me I'm little bit more than slightly overweight!!

Regards Neil

[Stephen Blair]

On 05/09/2017 at 21:23, Mark Bolam said:

I wonder what weight of chip you could get in a Tranny with full roof and barn doors....

Double cab with tools will tickle 8 ton with no passengers .

[Mark Bolam]

I reckon you're over by a bit there mate, but I've never had barn doors, so you could be right.
Full to the top of the boards, but sloping off at the back to the tailgate we went 6.4 (dry conny) with tools, groundie and dog.
That was for a haulage co., tipping on their private site.
Ram never missed a beat!
Truck is normally about 2.8 unladen, depending on tools.
2.5 stripped without dog and groundie (like,never).
Transit DC.

[Mick Dempsey]

9 hours ago, Will Heal said:

Just a guess mark but I reckon it would.
The 12mm ply board which I temporarily screwed to the top of my greedy boards supports me ( as long as I keep near the edges) that looks slightly more substantial

Ha ha, we've all done it, tiptoed round the edges of the roof with the pole saw at full extension.

[Stephen Blair]

Local builder was over 10 ton with rubble and no greedy boards!

trust me on the 8 ton Mark

[kimtree]

have a roll up canvas roof .doesn't weigh much and makes top loading so much easier 

[Ty Korrigan]

On 05/09/2017 at 22:11, Mark Bolam said:

l went for a chequerplate 1/4 top.
Stops the overspray and cheap.
I've never seen the point of a full roof.
It's not an ambulance.

Gives you a sheltered place to eat sarnies in the rain or a discreet dump as needs require...

   Ty