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How do you guys guess the weight of your load? Leaf springs? Arches to wheel? Fancy scales? Weighbridge experience? I had a friend fined the other day and we were sure he was under 3.5. He was 3.7 and now I'm paranoid!

I'm looking everywhere to find one of these, any ideas? Maybe I'm using the incorrect term for my searches 'tipper side marker light brackets' The only thing almost close are things from this site. Which aren't quite right.

That's what I wanted to hear 😂 thank you Bear in mind I'll now hold you completely responsible if it doesn't work out haha

For what it's worth, my transit twin wheel twice got something proper wedged between the wheels. Sprinter single wheel has been stuck on mud once. Though overall, not had major issues with either setup

Hey all, Looking around at ex Asda, Morrisons, Tesco etc Sprinters. I'd love to get a long life out of this one, at least 10 years. One I'm considering has 195,000 miles but I was aiming for 150k. Any advice guys? Some pals have said that things like "ex fleet are usually well maintained so 200k is the equivalent of 100k anyway" Others have said I'll run into too many problems, but not really said what to look out for. Cheers

@JBH Good shout, listening now. Quite inspiring really @Steven P Good idea about parking the van for an hour somewhere Thanks guys good feedback

Going on an advertising mission this month, and was considering something like the below. Pretty common to see, but I can't really tell if they're legal, or illegal but tolerated or what. Any thoughts or experiences?

@Botty Cough Thank you, it's actually similar to my current sprinter, but I'd like an auto and most importantly, solid sides. I think I'll do what @Moose McAlpine said and get an ex supermarket chassis cab, and getting a body made. I've been quoted approx £6k for a tipper conversion and body. The ex supermarket sprinters are around £8k depending on mileage. I am finding it a little tricky to make it happen locally but I'm still looking around. I thought I'd found an instant win with the one I was originally thinking about. My main thing is house and garden clearance, I'm tipping 3 times a day sometimes and I was looking to get some real mileage out of a new body, so I might have dodged a bullet.

Haha okay I'm so glad I shared the link. Untrained eye here didn't even consider that the build quality might be terrible.

Thanks chaps, good guidance.

Heya what would you do? - I need a new van. I found just the one I'm after, but they are made to order. Here is the link They pretty much want payment up front, which is kind of understandable for made to order. I've had a couple of chats, and he's pretty salesy. The problem I have is that they are approx. 300 miles away. I can't find any real reviews or anything like that. I don't fancy doing this on trust alone. Does anyone have any thoughts, advice or experience? For what it's worth, I'm after a Euro 6, Tipper, Sprinter or Transit, Automatic, High solid alloy sides, Primarily garden clearance, so need for true arb body. Thank you.