Kyrbo:
Carryfast:
bobthedog:
I had it down to a fine art and was usually all set up within 20 minutes, unless I had to spend half an hour digging the snow out first. I only used the triples if I was really in the cack though, otherwise it was a set of singles on the rear drive and onwards. Without having any intention of getting on to the 6x4, 4x2 or any other by any other argument again (don’t go there, curry…)
If you say so but the Brits are learning.I’m just surprised that the tipper operators here are’nt out making some extra money by using their tippers to pull all the 4x2 and 6x2 artics out of the zb and doing some sub contract ploughing for the council. 
I’ve also wondered why your powers-that-be haven’t realized this option. Here in Finland it’s very common sight to see tipper with snow plough couplings at front, little less common with scrapers underneath their belly and some even with side-mounted snow plough couplings. I’d think this kind of solution would help much over there in coping with your more or less rare snow storm occurrences.
Hi kyrbo,
Agreed mate.
Quite a number of Italian tippers (especially in the North of Italy) have extra fittings for front snowploughs as you’ve mentioned, and they’ll do sub-contract snowploughing for the Authorities when needed.
Come on lads, if Lisa of Ice Road Truckers can do it as a matter of course, you can.
Tone
hi. was on phone to old running mate back in scotland and i asked him if any of the trucks were on road maintenance ,he told me the boss offered the local council the use of 2 ex council trucks they bought at auction was told he cant as his drivers dont have the certificates needed to work a snowplough/gritter…wt?
Kyrbo:
Carryfast:
bobthedog:
I had it down to a fine art and was usually all set up within 20 minutes, unless I had to spend half an hour digging the snow out first. I only used the triples if I was really in the cack though, otherwise it was a set of singles on the rear drive and onwards. Without having any intention of getting on to the 6x4, 4x2 or any other by any other argument again (don’t go there, curry…)
If you say so but the Brits are learning.I’m just surprised that the tipper operators here are’nt out making some extra money by using their tippers to pull all the 4x2 and 6x2 artics out of the zb and doing some sub contract ploughing for the council.
I’ve also wondered why your powers-that-be haven’t realized this option. Here in Finland it’s very common sight to see tipper with snow plough couplings at front, little less common with scrapers underneath their belly and some even with side-mounted snow plough couplings. I’d think this kind of solution would help much over there in coping with your more or less rare snow storm occurrences.
While they’re at it we might as well convert them to drawbar spec too so that they can pull the artic trailers while all the 4x2 and 6x2 artic units are stuck in the yard 
.So in addition to doing a night trunk with a tipper we could also then use it to deliver the ballast,that it used for traction, when it gets back in the morning. 
Elf & Safety sez NO to subbing snow plough work, makes too much sense.
Surprised double drive doesn’t help that much with traction but I suppose winter tyres can’t be under estimated. Don’t think my Bandvulcs will cope to well if we get heavy snow.
Trouble with twin drive is getting enough weight down…
Hang on, we have been here before!!
They use road graders out here as snow ploughs, and they pull people out of the ditches sometimes, but they get stuck, too. They are 6x6, by the way!!
bobthedog:
Trouble with twin drive is getting enough weight down…
Hang on, we have been here before!!
They use road graders out here as snow ploughs, and they pull people out of the ditches sometimes, but they get stuck, too. They are 6x6, by the way!!
Tanks get stuck sometimes but that does’nt mean that they’d be better if they were wheel driven.But there’s no chains on the artic and the B train in this video at 0.21 and 1.48 and they’re going a lot better than the ones stuck and jacknifed on the M23,in a lot less snow,today were.Seems like an inconvenient truth to me.
youtube.com/watch?v=td-GGfPS … re=related