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Ty Korrigan
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you should have been able to do a quick calc on the weight based on a quick vol rec, the tree lying on the groundapprox 6-7 cube, plus the branches and greenery approx 2 cube...take euccy at roughly 600=750 a cube, ...total between 5 1/2 and 6 1/2 ton, and always err on the heavy side.......better light than overweight,  not a black art, just logic

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9 hours ago, MattyF said:

Was on weigh bridge the other day loaded with beech chip and it came to 2 tonne ... I was more shocked when they said it was £45 a tonne on what had been a free chip tip.

I take it you mean they are charging to take the chip in?

One firm near me is paying £200 per 35 cu yd skip to buy in the chip from tree surgeons. They will even pay for conifer chip. They can burn the fine dust left after screening it, in their own boilers, and they sell the rest.

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10 hours ago, agrimog said:

600=750 a cube, ...total between 5 1/2 and 6 1/2 ton, and always err on the heavy side.......better light than overweight,  not a black art, just logic

 

 So the transiteers had it about right @ 3 transittons :laugh1:

 

 

Bob

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14 hours ago, MattyF said:

Was on weigh bridge the other day loaded with beech chip and it came to 2 tonne ... I was more shocked when they said it was £45 a tonne on what had been a free chip tip.

Our local tip charge £150 + vat per ton of green waste! They used to let us dump chip for free as all the local gardeners would come in and take it. Needless to say I dont dump there any more.

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I take it you mean they are charging to take the chip in?
One firm near me is paying £200 per 35 cu yd skip to buy in the chip from tree surgeons. They will even pay for conifer chip. They can burn the fine dust left after screening it, in their own boilers, and they sell the rest.

Yep , I had kind of priced the job on the basis that side of Newcastle’s council green waste was a mile down the road as it’s free every where else I use or you get paid for it.. chip is worth money so I don’t get it , I’d rather bring it back here but it’s a two hour round trip and half the day gone.
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18 hours ago, Ty Korrigan said:

To my surprise, a whisker over 6ton.

  I took my new Ifor tipper today and naughty naughty managed to exceed my gross train weight by 750kg with the 4t ticket.

Day before a mere 2t of chip on the weighbridge.

Luckily the tip was only 2.7miles away.

Hurray for Midlands uprated springs.

Iveco gets new brakes, discs, pads and calipers next week too.

   Stuart

 

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Was thinking about this this afternoon, the 4.12 tonne is what was on the trailer, (if the 2.02 tonne was what was on the transit) so you were a lot more than 750kg overweight, or am I reading it wrong?

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