3.5t tippers.

[maybelateron]

7 hours ago, Justme said:

There are differences in most vehicles.

My 3500 daily has a smaller Chassis, 4 smaller wheels not 6, different axles  and smaller brakes than my 5.1t.

Agreed; the wheels on the Iveco Daily 3500kg are different (presumably weaker) then those on the heavier models. A clear visible difference to any keen eyed VOSA types.

[Blah]

This is why we run a 4x4 with a 10ft Ifor tipper trailer. 2.5t payload. 

[Mark Bolam]

That’s a great combo for payload, not so great for short domestic drives, and chipper.

There is no one perfect set up.

 

[Mick Dempsey]

1 hour ago, Mark Bolam said:

That’s a great combo for payload, not so great for short domestic drives, and chipper.

There is no one perfect set up.

 

I reckon there is, the most bang for your buck in terms of money spent and money to be made is a single cab 3,5 tipper and a wheeled sub 750 chipper. 

[Joe Newton]

8 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

I reckon there is, the most bang for your buck in terms of money spent and money to be made is a single cab 3,5 tipper and a wheeled sub 750 chipper. 

Yes, but we're talking about staying legal here Mick

[Chrissy]

The worst ones have to be some of these LWB mercedes panel vans. I've seen them looking like they are literally scraping the floors before now.

 

Some of the older Ivecos really showed when they were overloaded also, not sure about the newer ones.

 

The test we always used to use was to see if the rear tyres were touching...if not we were good to go and obviously fully legal 😁

[Steve Bullman]

1 hour ago, Chrissy said:

The worst ones have to be some of these LWB mercedes panel vans. I've seen them looking like they are literally scraping the floors before now.

 

Some of the older Ivecos really showed when they were overloaded also, not sure about the newer ones.

 

The test we always used to use was to see if the rear tyres were touching...if not we were good to go and obviously fully legal 😁

Used to drive a 3.5 ton Fiat Ducato maxi in a former job many years ago. We used to load that up with 100 sacks of spuds which is 2.5ton. That used to sit on its arse! Thankfully never got pulled. No power steering back then either. It was ok once you were moving but a pig to do a 3 point turn!