Tracked Barrows - Anyone use one? Downfalls? Benefits?

[maybelateron]

I have had a muck truck max for several years now. It doesn't see a lot of use as the tracked chipper when on site can move stuff in the hopper. I rate it highly. I have even used it with timber ballast in the skip and one or two men adding weight to pull quite a large willow trunk over in a tight spot where the tracked chipper would churn up the grass.

[Brushcutter]

1 tonne high tip articulated dumper. £168 quid a week on hire. 

 

Doesn't hold much chip but can hold logs.well.

[Blah]

2 minutes ago, Brushcutter said:

1 tonne high tip articulated dumper. £168 quid a week on hire. 

 

Doesn't hold much chip but can hold logs.well.

A high lift to get stuff in there though if you have to do it by hand. 

[Brushcutter]

4 minutes ago, Blah said:

A high lift to get stuff in there though if you have to do it by hand. 

If you tip it up and raise it up a bit it's not too bad. Less effort than into the truck.

[PeteB]

1st Base, my dealer in Wigan, is a Messersi dealer and possibly I porterage d that looks good kit but probably pricey!

[scbk]

On tour 

[Dan Maynard]

Yep, muck truck with 300mm high ply side extension. I take it on jobs all the time, for me as not full time the cost of a loader was just too high, this saves a huge amount of effort moving stuff around especially when you get a garden that slopes back up towards the road or a long way.

 

I did originally want the hydraulic tip one but I don't miss it, this one is simpler cheaper and lighter so I'm happy. Also I did hire a JCB tracked high lift dumper, that convinced me that having something would be good but it was too heavy, slow and expensive.

 

An ibc of logs is about 3 loads, so gets used for filling up the log shed at home too.

 

This pile of brash was one and a half trucks full, saves a whole lot of dragging. I will say part of the reason the truck works for me is I run with a Bryan James tipper trailer which is much lower to drive up into than a transit.

 

 

I've got the slab carrier too, not out all the time but for rings like this it's three times the load of a barrow and no effort pushing.

 

 

[Ty Korrigan]

On 22/10/2024 at 21:48, scbk said:

On tour 

Snatch plot twist...

[aspenarb]

We have this high tip, useful bit of kit but logistically its a bit of a nightmare when used on domestics if the job only warrants a truck and chipper.

 

Bob

 

 

[Bob_z_l]

54 minutes ago, aspenarb said:

We have this high tip, useful bit of kit but logistically its a bit of a nightmare when used on domestics if the job only warrants a truck and chipper.

 

Bob

 

 

Very much like the idea of being able to load a skip load from log shed straight to truck. 

When I look, sadly, they all are outside my price range as a hobby user. 

 

Thanks