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You're not going to overload the axle weights any which way with a 500kg loader. But loading backwards, if for some reason you step off the platform the loader will roll over itself forwards. Loading forwards, standing behind it is much safer.

You might be fine with some of those curved mower ramps into the Hilux. Just don't rely upon the tailgate wires to hold it! Drop the tailgate and mount the ramps to the body proper. I wouldn't fancy loading it backwards.. If it were me, I'd add roof bars and rest the bucket on them- would be about perfect. In a single cab it might even fit as is!

I'd agree with that. I've welded lashing points inside the LDV. The Iveco has alloy sides, which are light enough and have enough clearance to the body that it works well poking the strap between them with them folded out, then attaching to the outer hooks. This way the lashing force is only distributed over the load, rather than over the sides. I'm also a big fan of four short ratchets, and tie down points on the four corners of the machine.

That's the Sherpa 'Small', which is £1k more than the Sherpa 'Agri' (red)- the differences are a larger pump, better drive motors and electric start. Well worth the extra in my book. I demoed both the Sherpa and the Cast. The Cast is much more solid than it might look in pictures- I couldn't fault the build qulity. However the Sherpa drove better and handled the weight better for me- so much so that I was willing to accept the overall width of 76cm vs the Cast's narrower 74cm. Yes it's a bit dated in the design, but there is steel where it counts and it's time proven in Europe on internal demolition. The attachments are exceptionally well built, I can't believe how strong they are. I did 3.2 hours on it yesterday. Clearing sandstone that we were veritcally facing with the air spade, loading five tippers and then clearing a tipper load of mud from the side of a way by the road. Then shunting the little chipper around. Those sort of jobs it's just made for. Like any loader, it doesn't move as much as a dumper but it's way more efficient overall. You can take muck out, bring stone back and squeeze past the digger to tip it in the far end of the dig. You can lift heavy logs and load them. It loads the centre of a truck rather than the sides like a high tip dumper. It does drink some petrol but that's the trade off for light weight and narrow. A hard, full days work you might use 10l. It’s been way more useful than I though for non narrow access jobs. Just because you can throw it in the back of a tipper, maybe even a pickup. I’ve not even put the narrow wheels on yet. Ignore the pikey tree crew brashing up in the back of an LDV! I went back and got the chipper- it was only supposed to be a trimming job initially.

Pretty easy- you need to work out what the weight and wheelbase is of the largest item you will want to load, and then use their charts to check what model you need. Obviously the longer the ramp the heavier it needs to be so check carefully with a bit of wood first to make sure you are happy with the ramp angle of a particular length. I wouldn't go less than 10' for loading into a Transit type vehicle, and even that is hairy if you don't work out how you are going to approach it. For instance, you can tilt the bed to reduct the breakover height for light things like a ride-on- just drive them straight up. However, something heavier like a micro digger could cause serious damage if you attempt to drive it onto a tipped body. So for the micro digger, I track it up forwards and 'ride the bump'- however, I find it much safer when reversing off to just stand on the blade and carefully feather it over the breakover point. With the Sherpa, it's very twitchy and you also want to keep the weight to the front, so don't stand on the platform as you load or unload (unless you have a reasonable weight in the bucket for some reason). Folowing me so far? 🤣 I got lucky and picked up a set of 12' heavier alloy ramps from the same manufacturer locally for cheap- however I tend to use the lighter 10' ramps as they fit in the bed of the Iveco no trouble. But the 12' are far easier to use safely, so if you are of a cautious/nervous disposition you might want to sacrifice a bit of convenience for safety! Whatever you get, make sure to drill your tipper body to accept the pins supplied. I have one hole on the left, and then three on the right to accomodate differing wheelbases, on both my tipper trucks, and keep a set of pins in each. Loading something, especially tracked, without pins is a recipe for death and disaster. Photos attached of the spec stickers for both my ramps, both made by the same company but different dealers.

Do you know why everyone on here can see through this bullshit? It's because it's blindingly bloody obvious. It's because anyone with half a brain can put two and two together. You write like the office wallah you are, or perhaps a manager. You signed up just to post this. What bit of of that plan did you think would work? I don't believe you haven't seen the Glendale adverts, your final line leads me to conclude that you most likely had a hand in making them! You should branch out (pun intended) into adverts for care staff. Instead of "come wipe old ladies arses for £9 per hour on a zero hours contract and no pay for travelling time", it's "Make a real difference in your community! Are you a special person? Show it with a career in care! 🙄 Anyone with a modicum of common sense can see through this post, just anyone with a modicum of common sense can also see through a glitzy job advert for Gelendales to see it for what it is- a low paid, grunt level role with bugger all chance of a pay rise, otherwise bang goes your wafer thin profit margin on all the over-promising and under-delivering you've been doing. Countdown to a Carrilion in 3, 2, 1.....

Got them from ‘the ramp people’

Kohler are terrible for spares. I won’t run them.

Lots of power losses with hydraulics. And when you price a hydraulic one you’ll realise you’re better getting a cheap petrol one and bolting a loader bracket to it!!

Exposing councils hypocrisy- contact local papers?

The unvaccinated shall inherit the earth mate 👍🏻

It's the Rapture mate. Gather your family and repent.

Reminds me of when my labourer and I were hanging a catenery wire across the yard. He shouts down from the mancrate, "OK, bring me down mate!" Quick as a flash I shouted back, "Your fat and even your missus doesn't love you!"

Thing is, I've been to plenty of jobs like that where I concluded the boss was an idiot and that I could do it better. The final straw was being given a pair of 13mm spanners to change the combine knives. I went down town that afternoon, bought a battery impact wrench with my own wages (they weren't cheap then either, especially on 18 year old wages) and got the job done in half an hour without loosing any fingers. A month later I quit and went out on my own. If you think the boss is an idiot- he often is. So put your money where your mouth is. Too many employers look at jobs in terms of man days, ands men in terms of a disposable commodity. I find this just leads to stress as employees call in sick (because they are treated like crap and really don't care) and they don't work to anything like capacity as they are not motivated. Machinery makes the job easy, and you just keep the smartest employees. The wee chipper is a great example- what's the bloody point in dragging the brash from a garden clear up all the way out to a big chipper when you could stand it at the bottom of a bush and feed that 3" bramble stright through with a pair of welding gloves? Then barrow, wheelie bin or dumper out the chip, each load equivalent to twenty sould destroying drags and leaving a quarter of it along the way to be picked up at the end of the job once you've trodden it to pieces. Go on mate, finance is cheap!

I will need them for tight jobs no doubt. Seem pretty good quality.

God this thing is so useful. I’ve not even put the small tyres on for the narrow access type jobs I bought it for yet! I love being able to chuck it in the back of a tipper truck, and also being able to just step off to shovel up or roll a big lump in. Your 'dumper driver' is always busy- and if he's taking muck away he can bring stone back too. It does like a drink, you'd easily do 10+ litres of petrol in a day. But I don't mind, I wanted the narrow footprint and light transport of a petrol machine. Still way cheaper than labour.

Always good to hear of decent backup.

WIth all the things just posted, is it any wonder this industry is full of cowboys who just crack on (and clients who employ them)?

Younger than you you old fart 🤣

I just searched eBay for the cheapest. Can't remember the size but search for that.

Most dealers offer spare blades. Some are total ripoff, but others OK. I recently managed to pick up two sets for £30ex VAT a set!

Tell them to whistle if they only give you a little work, any decent company is snowed under. I had the same thing, told them I didn’t need their work and they were ringing me up desperate for an emergency job the next week, accreditation didn’t matter 🙄 Its a box ticking exercise simply to line the pockets of parasites.

Good idea, but the pump might be a little weedy. Ideally you'd have a pump that was well matched to use all of the engine power, plus cooling system.

Every time I use my Lister generator I’m amazed how little fuel it uses.