ford transit

[Arborlord]

Custom box made to fit a tranny 2inch angle iron with alu 5mm sheets very simple nice and light cheap to.

[tilly]

Custom box made to fit a tranny 2inch angle iron with alu 5mm sheets very simple nice and light cheap to.

 

how much and were

[Mr Ed]

Arborlord - if the aly sheet is folded and welded, you wont need the angle iron. The folding will give it its inherent stiffness.

[treewizard]

that marston vale transit is sweet

[Chris P]

Uhh Thang ya very much...

[benedmonds]

Chris P - Have you ever been over a weight bridge with your tansit?

 

I did mine today.. Full of tools and me but empty of chip.. Any guesses on a postcard.

[Steve Bullman]

2.8ton

[skyhuck]

2950kg??

[Peter]

2750 kg

[benedmonds]

2700...

 

I knew there was an issue with 3.5 tonners being overloaded... but I did'nt think a big breakfast would send us overweight. There were two climbing kits, lowering kit, 6 saws, 2 hedge trimmers, ladders, rakes etc and 1/2 a tank of fuel, so I guess we could save some weight by not taking all the kit..

 

How much weight can you save with an ali or steel body? We looked into it and just hefting the raw materials about it didn't seem that much lighter.

 

How much chip can you get in the back of a transit? I thought using two transits we'd get away with being legal most (some) of the time, but if wood chip weighs 500 -750kg cu.m we are probably over weight every day.

 

Are 3.5 tonners just a waste of time if you want to be legal?