Help finding a Transit Tipper

[Robert_S]

clutch will have more stress on it with more power in the engine, my mate just re-ajusted all the tappets on mine and adjusted the injection pump a bit that has given mine more power although it is a bit smokey when the revs are down in 5th but once you get going it clears.

[chaffey]

We also tow a Ifor Williams TT126 with a Kubota on ours and have not had any issues with the clutch. Brakes get a bit hot but i still say with the crewcab you're going to have weight issues.

[egs]

what sort of weight do you reckon the a crew cab tipper could hold in the back before the tipper wont tip.

[chaffey]

Ours will tip over two tons and it doesn't seem to struggle with that.

[Mark Bolam]

Purely hypothetically Chaffey, I would agree with that.

[County4x4]

Don't know if there are any arb guys on the Transit forum - but there are loads on there who have had their vans re-mapped by Martyn who runs Van Tuner - Transit Van Tuning and I've never heard anything but praise for his work. Don't go for the ebay "tuning boxes" which are basically an overpriced resistor in a box that fools the system into constant over-fuelling. Martyn will do you a proper re-map which is a whole different ball game.

 

Not sure what chaffey meant by a gross weight of 5 tonnes incidentally? All the tippers are 3.5 tonne gross AFAIK. A couple of the bigger van models are plated at 4.6 tonne. If he meant gross train weight - that's a different matter - a 5 tonne train weight doesn't mean you can load the vehicle up to 5 tonnes!

 

Andy

[chaffey]

What i meant was when we went to tip and weighed the vehicle the gross weight was nearly 5 tons. I realise we can only carry 3.5 tons and the train weight on a tranny is actually more than 5 tons, what i was trying to say is it is so easy to overload a crewcab transit as there is a lot of room in the tray! The weight of our van is 2750kg unloaded so if you do the math you will find that most of the people using crewcab transits are probably running with too much weight on them every day!! How many of the guys out there think although the tray is half full we're at full capacity? Full capacity is usually when you can get no more in:lol:

[Mark Bolam]

Totally agree Chaffey.

 

With ali greedy boards, a full back full of anything bar hedge clippings is well overweight.

 

Chip is bad enough, but packing it full of cord after a big takedown would get you hanged, I reckon.

 

You know, like Lorry's truck in his picture?

 

Just need to keep an eye on it. Big fines these days.

 

Any luck yet Egs?

[treequip]

I realise we can only carry 3.5 tons

 

 

I am sure you meant that the vehicle can only legally weigh 3500kg when fully loaded.

 

In order to carry 3500kg you would need to be in the seven and a half tonner range.

 

Andy

[TREE-SURGEON-ESSEX]

My crewcab weighs 2450kg we can legally carry 1050 kgs i think was the last weigh in. I have all ally tipper and no rear seats better springs etc.

 

A crewcab needs an ally body or is a waste of time.