Rupe
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He doesn't mention if it tips and it doesn't look as though it would, the bed is too low for there to be a tipper. Shame he's selling up, he'd be better splitting stuff on here, maybe someone should e mail him and invite him to sell it all here in bits?
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Heres the old one its younger days! Even my wheel barrow was shiny then!
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The complete opposite of the "relatively" light, fuel efficient, cheap, crap to drive and look bad LDV that its going to replace.
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What does a double cab canter with three way tipper and high sides weigh? According to manufacturers spec the chassis/ crewcab alone weighs either 2255 o 2280 kgs depending on the model, so with a tipper on it and pulling a 190 TW it would suck some diesel!
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I don't think thats to scale!! I hope not, the cards should arrive next week!
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nuff said!
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Yes good value indeed especially for both side printed. I just ordered some at 60+vat for 500 one side only!
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Can the splitter just tilt forward over the trailer when not in use? No need for a ram to lift it if you can just build it on a pivot and fold it down.
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I was suspiciuos! USB delivers something like 5v. not going to power much with that!
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I'm thinkign that I don't need much detail on a business card only contact stuff. The rest can go on a flyer. I'm workign on a design. I can make up artwork for card easy enough if anyone wants any.
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Well spotted, definatly don't need the ' in woodchippings. Who put that there? How much does 500 cards cost you Mick? Heres my most recent, not got them done yet.
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Its not real, its a piss take!
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The centre panel, between the two reinforces, already resonates a bit! We are looking in ot improving that.
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Got the tipper hooked up today and looked at wiring the trailer light socket into the loom of the truck but it hurt my head too much so I left it for now!!
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Lucky fo rme that I don't transport woodchips for a living then. So few of my jobs are "remove from site" which is why a 3.5t truck is ideal and tool storage is more important than capacity. I think any 3.5t is a compromise but anything that can be done to improve the loading is a good thing.
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I'm only looking at being "less" overweight!
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Its along time since I was able to turn down freelance work on the basis that they wanted me to do bad work, and in these times you need to take whats offered, but ultimatly the company you are workign for are making a profit out of bad tree work (not your fault) and they are doing so without paying a climber PAYE and NI etc. The customer has had the wool pulled over their eyes and the bad work continues. Its up to you if you want to carry on like that. NO ones judging, these are hard times, just don't make me have a fit by telling me they expect you to have your own insurance too! That really would be taking the wewe.
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Yes, two reasons. Firstly the side drops down to horizontal and creates a work bench with vice. Secondly it reduces the amount of wood chip you can hold to a slightly less overloaded amount! Most chip boxes are full size and then we wonder why we are overweight the whole time and the truck (especially LDV's) are dying on us. Then you also get a storage space for rakes (whatever they are) etc.
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You have to imagine that YOU didn't do the job, the company you were working for (i.e. the one that gets paid by the customer) did the job. They just happened ot use you for the climbing part of it. Take the money. If it up sets you that much then don't work for them again. Another problem is if you do a fantastic job and it make the company your working for look better than they really are, again take the money but decide if you want to continue making them look good.
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Got the chip box on, only loosely so far so we can measure up and get the final panels made to fill in the gaps at the rear. There will eventually be white plastic panels covererign the sides so the will be no structural steel work visible, just white plastic outside and smooth steel inside with no bolts or welds showing. Also I still need to sort the roof out and have not decided on material yet. I weighed the truck before putting the chip box on and it weighed 2020kgs so I've not got much left to be within my limit!
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Can you be more specific about the work you do? What sort of mileage do you do, how much load do you carry over what mileage etc, do you do one job every two or three days or 4-5 jobs a day. I may not be able to offer much advice but I'm interested as to why the LDV was no good and also I think "tree work" is extremely varied, we do not all do the same work. I, for instance, hardly ever carry woodchip more than 4 miles, occasionaly upto 8 miles or so yet I work upto a 40 mile radius. If I was carrying a full load of woodchip back 40 miles at the end of the day regulary I would never buy an LDV, I would go japanese. If I did 4-5 jobs a day I would probably go Transit. If I employed people to drive for me I would go newer (not necessarily new) but self drive you can have an older vehicle if you look after it. If your main income is from hauling wood/woodchips away from jobs then you need a haulage vehicle and an LDV is not a haulage vehicle IMO.
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Heres mine, and my old truck
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Euroliners.com... The best wheelcovers in Europe... This company sells the walnut dash as well as wheel covers.
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They do them in carbon fibre look too! I was in Halfords yesterday, OMG what crap there is available these days!
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My LDV fettish continues.....
