L200 tipper conversion

[Mark Bolam]

Jesus, never mind a court appearance, thought you'd have been banged up immediately.

[Hodge]

I don't get it, if you take the price of a 4x4 (a decent one as your hardly going to convert a scrapper), add a couple of grand for a custom tipper body, surely you'd get a tidy transit tipper for the same money, and it would hold twice as much chip. These custom 4x4 tippers don't seem to hold much more than a sided open back defender, which you could empty manually in no time. It would also be much easier to get parts if something broke as its a production vehicle. Granted a 4x4 can go places a transit can't but if it was that remote surely you could just chip into the undergrowth? I'm not picking holes, just can't see the need for that sort of expenditure. But I am a skin flint:001_huh:

 

 

I've had a transit tipper and would not go back, I have had 2 landrover tippers and it suits me perfectly. I can get plenty of chip in the back and tow 3.5 tonne, I can get into tight drives, lanes, ally's and fields which you couldn't with a transit.

[Mark Bolam]

Tranny and club cab 4x4 would be my ideal set up.

[White Noise]

fair enough. I was pulled over a while back and was significantly overweight. He was pretty reasonable, I asked the right questions I think which helped my case. He let me off but said that I was in the system now and the next time it would be court. They pulled me over 2 weeks later, they were looking out for me as I saw the copper out of his car on the flyover chatting with vosa, something must have flashed up on their computer as he ran back to his car and slipped on the A14 to pull me over. I was 4% over on the front axles that time

 

I always seem overloaded in my L200 crew cab ? Its maintained to an above average standard of that I'm sure . The vosa boys are human just like us .....Bit of banter and hey if you got it wrong well ...... common sense says read upon it for next time ? ................ Be nice to them and it surely helps . Although I have had the odd ball that don't want to play ball

[White Noise]

Yeah, with your momma

 

:laugh1::laugh1: Sorry to the big Geordie ......It was a class reply

[flatyre]

I've had a transit tipper and would not go back, I have had 2 landrover tippers and it suits me perfectly. I can get plenty of chip in the back and tow 3.5 tonne, I can get into tight drives, lanes, ally's and fields which you couldn't with a transit.

 

that's fair enough, most of my work is in residential areas, parked up at the side of the road, on driveways, etc, any time I'm working in locations that need 4x4 access, its a case of point the chipper into the bushes and let rip, no need to remove it. I think a 4x4 tipper jeep would come into its own on maybe one or two days a year, I regularly have use of an L200 and Ford Ranger, fine for off roading but totally shite for carrying a crew using the cab alone. Be honest how many guys+saws+fuel+climbing gear+lunch bags+everything else can you get into a crew cab pickup? How good off road are they with 3m of chip in the back plus a chipper on the hitch? crew cab tippers might be able to do everything but how much of it do they do really well? Not needing one means I struggle to see them as anything more than an expensive gimmick, I can't help wondering if they are so good then why are there so few of them about, how many of the vehicle manufacturers produce tipper crewcabs as part of their mainstream range? not picking holes, I like pickups, but I just can't see the justification for a tipper one, that's just my opinion, and many of the vehicle manufacturers,

[Hodge]

I carry 2 lads, and dry gear in the cab if I have to, I have a tool box built in the tipper body, I run a tracked chipper, I don't need to go off road loaded with chip as I can track the chipper onto the jobs if needed, I can pull up on streets out side the house and chip into my tipper body without taking the chipper off the trailer. I wouldn't attempt to carry a full load of chip and chipper across a muddy field, I would drive the Landy and track the chipper. It works for me better than a transit ever did, and that ai what matters. Yes most firms run a transit and a 4x4 tipper or similar set ups, most city tree firms run a transit as that works for them. My landrover was but as a tipper by Land Rover and I had the chip box made.

[MattyF]

Transits get stuck on a wet level playing Feild , they are great for residential work useless In bad conditions ,a few years back when it was really cold we lost at least a months work as I could not even drive the transit out the yard with the chipper on ... If your doing parkland , playing fields big gardens then a 4x4 is a must especially if you live in locations like hodge where a 4x4 is completely necessary full stop!

[Hodge]

At the end of the day it's what works best for your business model. What works for one may not work for another. Do what works for you.

[flatyre]

I carry 2 lads, and dry gear in the cab if I have to, I have a tool box built in the tipper body, I run a tracked chipper, I don't need to go off road loaded with chip as I can track the chipper onto the jobs if needed, I can pull up on streets out side the house and chip into my tipper body without taking the chipper off the trailer. I wouldn't attempt to carry a full load of chip and chipper across a muddy field, I would drive the Landy and track the chipper. It works for me better than a transit ever did, and that ai what matters. Yes most firms run a transit and a 4x4 tipper or similar set ups, most city tree firms run a transit as that works for them. My landrover was but as a tipper by Land Rover and I had the chip box made.

 

that's cool, that's what works for you, I have a transit but i'm not defending it as the best arb vehicle, it works for me but is limited in many other ways. But I keep thinking a tracked chipper on a good sized trailer behind a 4x4 would be a better investment, sounds like you can get a fair amount of chip into the back of an L200, but what do you do with all the lengths or rings? surely you come back for them with a trailer? Defender+triple axle trailer+tracked chipper would do everything you need both urban and rural, even in a fancy custom built tipper 4x4 you still need to tow something behind you, why not a big ass trailer and give the crew some room?