Tipper conversion

[Jimwilli]

Hi all. New poster thought I'd ask the question here as you lot seem to own/convert quite a few trucks into tippers.

 

At the min my flatbed projects 70mm past sides of cab. I'm looking at an alloy second hand one which is aprrox 200mm wider.

 

That will be 170mm ea side. Quite a narrow cab. My mirrors are approx 200mm and I've heard than as long as they are within this size. However info seems hard to come by. Any advice here?

 

Thanks in advance

[Peter]

That much extra width will be a pain imo, but if it's cheap enough it will be worth trimming down to fit.

[mitchel]

What vehicle are you converting?

 

Over hang is a pain I have a fourtrak with a tube I fitted to the back it has over hang of 20cm I can see nowt out of side mirrors easily and I took a customers gate out last week haha

[Jimwilli]

Thanks for replies

 

Ldv 200 quite narrow. Floor is knackered and ideal time to convert to tipper

 

I'm not too fussed on practicality as I only usually do about a 3 mile round trip. Did about 2k last year. More the legality I was concerned about?

[Peter]

As long as the body is less than 8'6" wide, and you fit the proper lights then you're good to go.

 

Most lorries have at least 8" of overhang each side.

[Jimwilli]

Have knocked that one on the head as had too much steel I wanted alloy.

 

Thanks for confirming width. I'm tempted to buy anyway just for the ram and motor but my body would need too much work to convert. Need a replacenent

[mitchel]

Have knocked that one on the head as had too much steel I wanted alloy.

 

Thanks for confirming width. I'm tempted to buy anyway just for the ram and motor but my body would need too much work to convert. Need a replacenent

 

is the ldv currently a van? or drop side?

 

i would suggest buying an old transit flat bed or ldv or possible single cab pick up there cheap

[Jimwilli]

Pickup dropside

[aspenarb]

There is a very nice roller shutter toolbox/ ali body tipper set up for a normal cab LDV here if you are interested.

 

Bob

[Jimwilli]

There is a very nice roller shutter toolbox/ ali body tipper set up for a normal cab LDV here if you are interested.

 

Bob

 

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