reversing a chipper

[RobRainford]

Banksman!

 

Reverse in a curve, always with the chipper in view.

 

Get some visual I'D points that give you a reference. Namely, a point on the chipper which tells you that the manouver is unrecoverable. Practice on both sides. A HGV1 includes a reverse and park with the bumper in a zone. It is not hard if you practice, think and don't get flustered.

 

Is that point when you can see the feed rollers?

 

 

Big artics are different as the trailer reacts slower than a little chipper, I have a real ball ache reversing my small trailer, but big ones are no issue.

 

It does just take practice as others said.

[PeteB]

You got it Rob, practice!

 

However, there are Driver's and driver's. My ex couldn't drive my Transit (she once drove over a knee high wall with the back axle) yet I know someone who won a truck maneuvering competition yet it was his first time in a lorry!

[StephF]

As well as all the stuff you can do mentioned already, I get someone to stand outside the vehicle and shout 'STOP' if I get too near anything, ususally a low wall or something you cant see from the mirrors!

[TRADITIONAL LOGGERS]

Practice. Practice. Practice. Then move onto a twin axle with a turntable at the drawbar end.

[NI Tree]

ha or a trailed harvester and silage trailer

[Mesterh]

i always check before reversing, i'm fed up with lack of communication the banksman offers:thumbdown:

 

all the trailers i've had to use, transporters, farm 3toners, and others - the chipper is a real blind one.

 

You need a new banksman!

 

You need to see something in the mirrors, if its not the chipper or bits added on to help its a good banksman who doesnt just randomly wave then grubble stop when you are a nanometre away from something!

[skyhuck]

Reverse in a curve is the easy option.

 

try reversing into a 5ft with drive with gates and pillers, over a kerb, on a hill, up an incline on a busy road with parked cars! my challenge this week - 2 attempts - caused a 25 car build up in less than 3mins!

 

What do you drive??? a Reliant Robin???

[skyhuck]

haha, it was a izusu with no rear vision, chipper had to fit between the house and wall with less than 6" each side.

 

I would think an Izusu is wider than 5', what model is it??

[Old Mill Tree Care]

Your passenger should be out, standing so he can see your mirrors and giving good hand signals. Tell him what hand signals you want.

 

If he can't do this, give him a thrashing with a Hazel pole.

[farmer rod]

Your passenger should be out, standing so he can see your mirrors and giving good hand signals. Tell him what hand signals you want.

 

If he can't do this, give him a thrashing with a Hazel pole.

 

Usually the passenger directs you to come back for the first few yards then completely disappears from view, sometimes to be found nattering to passers by