Best rig set up?

[Jenwah She-Rah]

Arb tipper and tow behind or 4x4, tipper trailer and tracked chipper?

What do you reckon and why?

[Rough Hewn]

Both.
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[aspenarb]

Start off as you intend to continue and run legal.

1. Invest in yourself and get a licence to drive a 7.5 ton + truck and trailer.

2. Apply for an O license. ( restricted will do), use all the exemptions that apply to arb and tacho rules if they apply.

3. Get a tipper truck with a grab if you can , decent sized chipper, bigger overweight chippers and trucks are cheaper to buy.

4. Happy days, spend more time working than driving about overloaded while looking over your shoulder for plod or vosa

 

 

Bob

[Dan Maynard]

I think the problem is the ideal setup depends what you are doing. Tipper and 750kg chipper is compact and manoeuvrable, you can push it back into driveways etc - but payload is limited. Bob's suggested setup would be ideal for large removals.

4x4 and trailer gives you increased payload without the O license, but it is sometimes a menace to move around.

I went for 4x4 and trailer as I have a little bit of work on farms and woods, some off road tip sites, and do some subbie work where I wouldn't want to turn up in a tipper.

It's self reinforcing as well, you bid for and win stuff you are good at once you have the kit, so in a way you need to choose what kind of work you want to do first.

[jfc]

Tipper and tow behind chipper works best for me.

[s o c]

Tipper and tow behind for everyday stuff. Tractor and pto chipper +tractor and grain trailer for bigger jobs.

we rarely travel more than 50miles and have farmers etc who take chip and park stuff in most areas we work in so works ok

[Rough Hewn]

Chinook with vertically mounted 12 foot chipper with side spout.
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But I run a transit tipper,
(Which needs a bigger engine)
Need a 4x4 to pull a decent trailer for logs and plant.
That's why I said both.
And then you start looking at 4x4 tractors, off road 10 ton trucks,massive trailers, skylines, huge hiabs with rotating grapple Saw heads, forwarders,harvesters......
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[jmac]

All depends what type of work and where the bulk of your work is. For me its 4x4 and tracked chipper on 10x6 ifor tipper with chip box with tractor and grain trailer added for bigger jobs. Because I'm out in the country and can usually chip on site, trailed chipper and tipper would only work for me on about 5% of my jobs.

[MattyF]

If starting from scratch a Transit and chipper will see through most jobs and just make you more money than any other set up , to be honest I would probably stick with that and hire in any thing else as it’s a never ending slippery slope with the exception of a 4x4 to price work and use the chipper off road ,once you have made a bit more then you are on too the endless slippery slope in to grinders,tractors , loaders, tracked chippers ,unimogs ,big F off Chipper’s ,diggers and any thing else I missed that will rinse you of any cash and keep you in the bank managers pocket but will always be keep you thinking if I had that one last tool life would be easier and I’ll make more money [emoji23]