purpose of tipper roof?

[TIMON]

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

Hopefully in that order....

[Thesnarlingbadger]

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.

But we are surgeons all be it tree surgeons, so I guess it's a kind of ambulance.

[Mark Bolam]

But all my patients usually die!

[Gary Prentice]

So it's a big hearse...

[Paul Jenks]

Any 3.5tonne vehicle with a tipper is going to have a maximum load capacity of 1-1.1 tonnes and that's assuming you have a lightweight chassis and an aluminium body. 

By the time you have tools and manpower loaded this is usually down to 800-900kgs which amounts to 3-4 cubic metres of chip. 

 

I think £600 would be on the conservative side for a fine if VOSA really wanted to get started. They have to self fund after all. 

 

As for a full roof cover, a tarp can be expensive, but a bit of chip in a passerby' face might cost a little more. 

[wicklamulla]

1 hour ago, Paul Jenks said:

Any 3.5tonne vehicle with a tipper is going to have a maximum load capacity of 1-1.1 tonnes and that's assuming you have a lightweight chassis and an aluminium body. 

By the time you have tools and manpower loaded this is usually down to 800-900kgs which amounts to 3-4 cubic metres of chip. 

 

I think £600 would be on the conservative side for a fine if VOSA really wanted to get started. They have to self fund after all. 

 

As for a full roof cover, a tarp can be expensive, but a bit of chip in a passerby' face might cost a little more. 

I bought a dozen or so cheap tarps from Tool Station,  handy for laying down when doing hedge trimming,  i also use 1 of them with a few bungie cords to erect a temporary 'chip box roof' which traps all the chip that bounces around in the back and results in very little chip overshooting the vehicle.  I do have to remove it afore driving off though as it's so lightweight and flimsy it would rip off at 30mph.