Peter
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Sounds like a plan! Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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No idea what your on about. Got a link? So to speak!
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If that was anyone else posting I would assume it was a typo..... :lol:b
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Looks like it's been parked up there a wee while, do you run a scrapyard on the side?
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Think that counts as instant karma, he gets fed and your arteries heave a big sigh of relief! Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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Does a free McDonalds count as kindness?
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I paid for the car behind me on the Dartford crossing, thinking the wife was right behind me, pulled away to see her vanishing into the distance having gone through a different lane… Did wonder if the person behind me paid for the person behind them, and if so how long it went for before someone just said thanks and drove away.
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Depends what you go for, the bigger 7.5 tonne tippers aren't the best IMO, 3 tonne ish payload but a big body, so easy to overload. A 10 tonner is a better machine, same size but nearer 5 tonne payload.
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The Iveco 6.5 tonne chassis cabs have about 4 tonne payload, so subtract the weight of your body etc and I'm guessing you'll end up with about 2.5?
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Yeah, it wouldn't suit everyone but it works for me. I only run one team, and I'm always on site, I think everything runs much better that way. I only have one lad working with me most days, but we get through the work efficiently. I'm only doing tree work because I enjoy climbing and cutting, seems a bit pointless to send a crew out doing what I enjoy while I sit in the office wishing I was outside.
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Getting an O licence will cost you about £700 in fees and ads etc. I wouldn't pay for anyone else to do their HGV tests, but having the lorry means I only need one vehicle and one driver, so that saves me money in running costs and insurance.
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I'd quite like a 50" double ended bar for a pair of 660s?
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It would be slightly over 3.5 tonnes if you brimmed it, but I allowed a bit of extra volume so you don't need to fill it right to the top. The truck in the pic is a navara, but I only tow it fully loaded with the lorry. I did all the fabrication myself, but there is about £1k in materials there.
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It's a two way tipper, no point having the option of rear tip. Just as easy to build as any other tipper really, you just need the right fittings to make the hinges on both sides. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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Chip box is a recent addition. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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Yeah I'm pretty happy with it. The lorry can get in some surprisingly tight spaces too, the turning circle is excellent.
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If you want a full size 2 axle lorry get an 18 tonner, the footprint and turning circle will be the same from 14-18 tonnes, you just get more payload. If you want a crane then definitely get an 18 tonner. If you want something smaller but more useful than a 7.5 tonne then look at 10-12 tonne, similar size but more payload. I run 18 tonne with rear mount palfinger crane and rotating grapple, and side tip chip box that holds 20 cubic metres. I rarely need to tip off during the day. As for getting the truck to the tree, I park on the road and use the mini loader to bring the tree to the chipper.
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On a TT105 your sides would need to be 2 metres high to get 9 cubic metres in. Standard Ifor high sides are about 1.5 metres with the drop sides so that gives you 7 cubic metres at the most. My TT126 with high sides on holds 9 cubic metres comfortably.
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Sena SMH-10, other versions are available on Ebay now for about £30.
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The solution to "O licensing", overloading and more??
Peter replied to Daniël Bos's topic in Arb-Trucks
If the Arb industry had slightly larger trucks they would be overloaded just the same as they are now. 7.5 tonners are even easier to overload than 3.5 tonners in my experience. Inspection costs are about £10 per week, and faults get picked up earlier than they would without being inspected, which has saved me money and means maintenance costs get spread out through the year rather than getting a big bill at mot time. It's nothing to do with the haulage industry, a restricted o licence specifically prohibits haulage work and is accordingly easier to get. -
The solution to "O licensing", overloading and more??
Peter replied to Daniël Bos's topic in Arb-Trucks
Sounds like a winner. In all seriousness though, if I couldn't afford an O licence I would have stopped doing Treework and found something more profitable. My relatively small investment in a proper lorry has paid for itself over and over. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App -
One of the landscapers I work with had one, he said it was brilliant to use but the deck brackets clip on to the front axle and that seemed to cause problems with bearings and eventual axle failure. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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Yes sand is quite heavy, half a tonne of feathers would be ok though. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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You could always emigrate. Or get an o licence. My 18 tonne lorry with chip box and palfinger crane is superior in every way to those American pickup/loader combos, and I didn't even have to leave the country.
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You can tailor the events to suit a bigger field, but it is hard work yes.
