The cost of going bigger?

[eggsarascal]

I know these aren't accurate but

3.5 t, vehicle weight with box on and equipment and guys - 1.5-2 ton so that leaves you with 1 ton to play with. I'm not sure if chipper is included in that.

7.5t vehicle with equip and men + hiab - 3.5 ton so you have 4 ton to play with and no heavy lifting/ringing up and all that sawdust.

 

Most 7.5t trucks have a payload of around three and half ton, add a hiab then throw the rest of your gear and two/ three blokes in, you'd be lucky to get two ton on it.

[Andymacp]

I guess if you can, have both !

[Ian Flatters]

If your thinking Hgv why not get a class 2 instead of a class 3? There's a lot of higher capacity trucks that have the same footprint as a 7.5t peter haine would be worth asking.

[aspenarb]

The cost of an HGV license ,a bigger truck and a crane will give you a return on the investment a lot quicker than you think. Just add up all the mind numbing trips you make in a small truck to clear up one decent size tree, in a transit thats a ton a trip, even a little eighteen tonner will carry ten transit loads. Take the fuel and man hours saved and the bigger trucks start to look like value for money

 

Bob

[simonm]

3.5t vans are crap for tree work, i have being granted an operators licence but have hung off buying a wagon as i have bought a new chipper. Their is pros and cons to going hgv the big plus is the fact that you may only have to tip off once instead of 3 and 4 times! I paid for a firm to get my o licence as i didn't want the hassle all in all cost about a grand. Inspections are not much bother with a mobile mechanic. For us i would end up running a 3.5 tipper along side to quote / when we go fencing and sell my fiesta that i use now. Also i would have to park the wagon at the yard which means dragging all the gear down their everyday. You can get an Isuzu grafter that can legally tow 3.5t no o licence , park where you want, no inspections etc. this has thrown a spanner in the works hgv or no hgv???

[fen01]

I've had my truck 1 day. Played with it on a small job where it halved the time on task then went and collected a shipping container and lifted over the wall onto the lawn next to the door ready for moving house on Friday. I also picked up 2 timber moving jobs ( just need to work out price per mile and daily rate). All in all awesome, I haven't even put a tipper on it yet or filled it with empty come bottles.

 

However, I did get stuck and that water a lot of time, but you can't blame that on the truck!

[simonm]

I know these aren't accurate but

3.5 t, vehicle weight with box on and equipment and guys - 1.5-2 ton so that leaves you with 1 ton to play with. I'm not sure if chipper is included in that.

7.5t vehicle with equip and men + hiab - 3.5 ton so you have 4 ton to play with and no heavy lifting/ringing up and all that sawdust.

 

Payload on a 3.5t would be less with nose weight of chipper/trailer deffo under 1 tonne with fuel men tools, a 7.5t Mitsubishi fuso has a payload of 4 tonnes, if you want a hiab your better off going 10 tonner as the weight of a crane on anything smaller will kill its payload.

[Billy]

I know these aren't accurate but

3.5 t, vehicle weight with box on and equipment and guys - 1.5-2 ton so that leaves you with 1 ton to play with. I'm not sure if chipper is included in that.

7.5t vehicle with equip and men + hiab - 3.5 ton so you have 4 ton to play with and no heavy lifting/ringing up and all that sawdust.

 

 

No, not accurate so pointless. The very lightest 7.5t trucks come in with a 4t payload if you're lucky and that's without guys in them. A hiab will be close to a ton so your real legal payload would probably be closer to 2000kg. However a 10t lorry has more or less the same footprint of 7.5 and would have the payload still...further more an 18t as myself and few other members run is a little bigger but had a huge payload even with a large hiab fitted. Also a 7.5t and trailer only requires C1+E which is much easier to come by than C+E

[simonm]

I've had my truck 1 day. Played with it on a small job where it halved the time on task then went and collected a shipping container and lifted over the wall onto the lawn next to the door ready for moving house on Friday. I also picked up 2 timber moving jobs ( just need to work out price per mile and daily rate). All in all awesome, I haven't even put a tipper on it yet or filled it with empty come bottles.

 

However, I did get stuck and that water a lot of time, but you can't blame that on the truck!

 

What truck you got?

[Pete Mctree]

Remember, when mounting an hiab on a smaller wagon that you can soon exceed your front axle weight. Even if you don't exceed your GVW