Joel77
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There's a 100,s on eBay, £3000 will get you a nice tipper on its toes tax & mot,ed ready for work !! Don't get an LDV but transits, ivecos, cabstars, all good work horses
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Forgot to say I also keep spare hi viz,s in motors so casual labour blend in nice,
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You,ll need 2 days at lest, it's a real good show you'll enjoy yourself
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You will alway get more work at better rates turning up with a truck tools etc, I bring my brother in law in on jobs with his truck and get him to take his magnetic signs off as it would look unprofessional I also use a self employed friend with his truck but his got no signs & last of all my motors are signs in magnetic for when I'm on hire, & I'm sure it gets me more work, hope this helps
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It is as simple as nuts & bolts iv been swapping luton bodys flat beds etc for tippers for years, yer swapping body's from diffront chassis is not alway a direct fit but can be easy sorted with some box section angle iron etc same as modding body's for diffront tasks you only need basic skills, if your not up to job just pay some one !!
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Nuts & bolts
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It's hard to beleve that 2 more doors a bench seat can affect the waight so much, my mate got on to fords about the issues with being over wait on front axel with just people on board and they said "we know"
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Nice cheep tipper on eBay very simmler to the one iv just brought mines mid conversion as we speak, iv separated the tool box from tipping body and making new sides from scratch FORD TRANSIT TIPPER LPG 2003 | eBay
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I jumped in my mates crew cab tipper a few months back & it had a digital waigh scale in the cab it had nothing on the tipper but there was six of us in the cab & it was over waight on the front axel, you can see why vosa love a crew cab it's an easy nick
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A firm near me with hiab lorrys pays £4000 a time to have hiabs converted to remote control that's suply & fit, we're talking big hiabs 100 tonne,s I brought an ifor williams off him & when I went to pick it up he crained it from the back of the yard to just behind my truck, very impressive hight & reach
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For any one brave enuff to truck cab a cruiser they would have the best 4x4 pick up & if done right they look factory, my 100 series V8 is one hell of a tool it pulls trailer tro muddy tracks no problem & I'm talking fully loaded ifors horse boxes etc and as for power there's plenty (235 bhp I think) it tows effortless once its time to up grade the family motor if I don't get offerd the money for it then it may be time to get the angle grinder out
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Sounds like loads of agg !! Like others already said buy a tipper or buy a tipping trailer to tow behind your 4x4, last thing you need afther a days work is more work
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It's not hard at all mate, just landcruiser,s are a lot dearer then disco,s but also the job would need doing right so the chassis & rear prop need extending again not a problem but if you want a factory look time needs to be taken
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I often think about it, iv got a 100 series V8 4.7 on LPG as my family car and its the best 4x4 iv ever had, it tows loaded ifor,s with ease, Once it's time for a new family car I'd like to make it in to a king cab tipper
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Iv started taken some pics and will put them up once done in about 3 to 4 weeks hopefully as working on it weekends & evenings, so far iv cut the box off from tipper it needs a few repairs before being painted & bolted to chassis, ordered all the metal to make new sides & repair tipper body, put 4 new tyres on rear wheels & got some of them valve extensions to make checking tyres easy
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Not just tippers that need isolating winch,s too
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So iv brought an 02 plate transit tipper with a roof high tool box as part of the tipping body (very strong box) & also a fold down tail lift, it's petrol & LPG so about 145 hp and will cost about the same to run as a diesel but no agg on pumps n injectors etc, So iv cut the box off and bolting it to chassis as I won't tip my saws tools up !! & welding some plate from tipper body to bulk head to protect tool box door (just tip body to open door) and the tail lift can be lowerd on to neck of chipper to stop that being un hitched, At the moment it's got truck sides & cage set up witch I'm going to keep but I'm making some roof high sides for it & last but not lest ill put a new shape front end on to freshion it up (07 onwards) and all this taxed n tested for £1100 on eBay (£2000 total once done) there's some scrap tickets in truck that tells me it's 2.2 tonne emtey so still a good little load carrier
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Nice truck like a small lorry
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A mate lost his brief for 18 months his got a small skip firm he had to employ a driver (HGV) that costing him to the tune off £40K
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Iv got a suzuki king quad 700 4x2 & 4x4 my tank is under the seat holds about £20 ish & lasts a day & half poss 2 days not sure if mpg is the way to gauge quads more LPH
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Why not go for iveco daily 65 they carry more then a 7.5 tonner cheeper to run cheeper to repair & service and a lot more driver friendly,
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Iv lived in caravan full time & loved it all mail went to my yard, but you need the right caravan & if your planing on towing it about then you need eather a Hobby, Tabbert , or LMC as there good German vans insulated so cool in summer and warm in winter stay away from dry vans as you'll want toilet shower kitchen sink, I put extra water tanks in mine I had a hobby 720 ( 29ft ) so end king size bedroom, toilet shower dinning table and horse shoe seating I loved it ( got a static now ) if I was to do it again I'd go for the hobby with the full end barthroom Good luck
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From memory the cabstar ( about 03 plate ) has a train waight of 5400 kg so as truck loaded is 3400 kg it can still tow 2000kg there about 100 bhp and good trucks local so you can pull 3400 kg
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5 k for a small tipper body is madness 2100 + is more realistic, pop down there there workshop & have a look at there work, There was a place on Mobec Farm A127 nr A130 juc that done lovely body's all the travlers got there tippers custom made there
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The single wheel cabstars are 3.4 tonne and do come in at about 1.7 tonne it's been so long since I drove one I'd forgot all sbout them good little trucks but prices are high as the exporters love them, I doubt you,ll find a better little load carring tipper
