Solar Pickup Tipper

[tockmal]

I was thinking of buying one of these as a greener addition to my fleet, what do you think? Could be a great marketing tool?

 

http://www.roperld.com/science/ZAPXebraPKXX.htm

 

It would make an excellent small hedge and shrub vehicle.

 

[Steve Bullman]

definetly tim, it would suit you too, perhaps in yellow though eh?

[tockmal]

Not yellow, green. Here's one of my hedgecutting assistants at a job next to the green version we had out on demo. Notice the obligatory red shoes which are a requirement of all my staff.

 

[tockmal]

Whilst we had the blue version out on demo we found another application.....log truck!!

 

[MasterBlaster]

That's pretty freaking cool!

[tockmal]

That's pretty freaking cool!

 

Thanks MB.

 

Sometimes when I'm at a loose end and have no work, I go down the street and try to sell leftover trees. I had the white version out on demo the day I sold these two idiots a willow, I asked them to be in the photo for scale....its quite a big vehicle really.

 

[tockmal]

I'm not 100% sure about the reliability of the vehicle, reverse gear was a problem sometimes.

 

I even had to ask this nice lady to help push it back up a hill I was trying to reverse up just after I'd had sold the willow.

 

[tockmal]

This is the other option we're looking at for small jobs....apparently they make a tipping chip box for it.

 

[PeteB]

Reminds me of the Reliant Ant that was marketed as an option to the Vespa of some years ago.

 

Like to see it with a chip box towing a big lump mind.

[skyhuck]

This is the other option we're looking at for small jobs....apparently they make a tipping chip box for it.

 

 

My Dad has one of these, they have two cylinder kabota engine,he gets 100+mpg, he's a joiner,he has had a reliant ant in the past,and so have i,but much prefer my mog