Peter's Truck Thread

[Rupe]

I got it when I worked for Stockport Council, they offered it to me on the provisio that I went on call for highway gritting. Once I had C, I still needed C+E to tow the chipper with the 7.5 tonner, so they paid for that too.

 

SAS sounds cooler though, I'll go with that.

 

 

Cool. I'm all info'd up now!. Lucky you, thats a good thing to have under your belt.

[arc]

Thats handy loooking rig, got my class 1 been thinking along the lines of a grab wagon for myself still not sure tho, arc how do find yours?

 

It been invaluable these last few weeks while the big mogs been in Alex Prices.

We got the grab and rotator all piped up, so its been moving timber, woodchip and plant all over the place. It's way better than the mog for traveling in.

Huddersifeld and back in a day 230 mile round trip, Skipton and back in a day 200mile round trip, Glasgow and back in a day 360 mile round trip.

You can do that in the mog but its not pleasant.

 

I just need some more bodies to really make it useufull. A plant body, and high sider for woodchip, rootballs etc and maybe a bolster body for timber.

Maybe a drawbar conversion is on the cards as well.

 

It can't travell off road like the mog can and the cranes not hte best for loading timber as its more of a hook crane but its a good compromise.

 

If anyones thinking of an o licence i'd say go for it, we got ours 3 years ago and never looked back.

Apply for as many trucks as you can show you can afford to keep, or the operating centre can hold.

 

I was being optomistic and applied for 6 trucks and 2 trailers and initially we didn't even have a truck to put on, so I put the mogs on there before any neighbours to the yard started to complaining.

Then came a 7.5t tipper, the 26t hookloader and I'm now looking at a 7.5t hookloader so we're nearly at capacity.

[dazlog]

Is the O licience much hassle to get? Got few do gooders live near by yard they kick off:confused1:

[18 stoner]

It been invaluable these last few weeks while the big mogs been in Alex Prices.

We got the grab and rotator all piped up, so its been moving timber, woodchip and plant all over the place. It's way better than the mog for traveling in.

Huddersifeld and back in a day 230 mile round trip, Skipton and back in a day 200mile round trip, Glasgow and back in a day 360 mile round trip.

 

 

You can do that in the mog but its not pleasant.

 

Is your Mog on Ag?

[Peter]

Objections from members of the public willl probably be the biggest hurdle. Try to get the ad in at a time when everyone is busy, ie christmas or school holidays. Also, get the application form ready, then put the ad in before you send anything off, that way if you get loads of objections you can have a rethink before paying the application fees.

[arc]

Is your Mog on Ag?

 

The're both registered as agricultural, yes.

 

We had no objections when I put my ad in the paper, and I had to put it in twice as I missed the deadline for submissions.

 

If you can sneak into a paper that you think your 'do gooders' won't read you might get lucky.

[Stephen Blair]

i am totally lost, why do you need to put an add in the paper?

[skyhuck]

i am totally lost, why do you need to put an add in the paper?

 

So your neighbors can say "Oh no!! you can't park that big nasty truck next door to me!!!!!!!!!!!!":001_rolleyes:

[Stephen Blair]

So its your work address, where the truck will be kept?

[skyhuck]

So its your work address, where the truck will be kept?

 

Yes, you need an "operating address" for your "operators license" as far as I know.