driven roro dragon and wag for the last 7 years ,steady away 
Anyone worked for Aldermaston Skips? Theyâre undercutting Oxfordshire firms for Oxfordshire work at the moment.
mezzzz1211:
driven roro dragon and wag for the last 7 years ,steady away
Whatâs it like with the drag on it? Iâd say youâd need a fair amount of room and patience. 
Stanley Knife:
gunnerheskey:
We do a lot of bakery waste, as in bread and dough which we mill into animal foods.Really dense stuff and can be a pain if itâs not been rammed into the skip. A load of dough sat on the rear end can make it fun loading the skip as well as driving it. Stan
Does make you question your sanity
Done it for a couple of years,always remember doing the bins at Tiptree jam,they were full of empty fruit puree sachets which had to be sheeted (no easy sheet) and a lot of spillage happened there.
Had to tape up the bottom of your trousers otherwise the wasps got up there, got stung loads of times !!.Really enjoyed my time on roro though.
Happydaze:
mezzzz1211:
driven roro dragon and wag for the last 7 years ,steady awayWhatâs it like with the drag on it? Iâd say youâd need a fair amount of room and patience.
Does the skip on the drag go on from the rear? Youse must spend a lot of the day dropping trailer loading/unloading skip re hitching trailer, etc. What is the advantage of extending the drawbar?
roadhog69:
Happydaze:
mezzzz1211:
driven roro dragon and wag for the last 7 years ,steady awayWhatâs it like with the drag on it? Iâd say youâd need a fair amount of room and patience.
Does the skip on the drag go on from the rear? Youse must spend a lot of the day dropping trailer loading/unloading skip re hitching trailer, etc. What is the advantage of extending the drawbar?
it needs a small country to turn around in but it follows well,and the drag will take up to 14 t comfortably total net 20 t,it reverses brilliantly ,but i think thats more down to driver skill , the drag loads from the front ,hence the retractable d bar and t b h we do distance runs so we might only drop once or twice a day,its a hard life but someones got to do it
mezzzz1211:
roadhog69:
Happydaze:
mezzzz1211:
driven roro dragon and wag for the last 7 years ,steady awayWhatâs it like with the drag on it? Iâd say youâd need a fair amount of room and patience.
Does the skip on the drag go on from the rear? Youse must spend a lot of the day dropping trailer loading/unloading skip re hitching trailer, etc. What is the advantage of extending the drawbar?
it needs a small country to turn around in but it follows well,and the drag will take up to 14 t comfortably total net 20 t,it reverses brilliantly ,but i think thats more down to driver skill
Exactly!! Thanks for info
Do the obligatory lumps of scrap behind the cab/infront of skip fall foul of the new insecure load rules? They donât around here; Saw a granny shopping trolley and a kidsâ scooter stowed in said manner today.
roadhog69:
mezzzz1211:
roadhog69:
Happydaze:
mezzzz1211:
driven roro dragon and wag for the last 7 years ,steady awayWhatâs it like with the drag on it? Iâd say youâd need a fair amount of room and patience.
Does the skip on the drag go on from the rear? Youse must spend a lot of the day dropping trailer loading/unloading skip re hitching trailer, etc. What is the advantage of extending the drawbar?
it needs a small country to turn around in but it follows well,and the drag will take up to 14 t comfortably total net 20 t,it reverses brilliantly ,but i think thats more down to driver skill
Exactly!! Thanks for info
+1 Cheers!
NathanB:
Do the obligatory lumps of scrap behind the cab/infront of skip fall foul of the new insecure load rules? They donât around here; Saw a granny shopping trolley and a kidsâ scooter stowed in said manner today.
saving it all up for a xmas bonus lol
gunnerheskey:
Iâm on roro at the moment on artics, been doing it for 4 years. Moneyâs very good, although a lot of hard graft and shovelling involved. We do a lot of bakery waste, as in bread and dough which we mill into animal foods.
I bet you only do it coz you knead the dough. 
Have driven this from new. And yes it takes an airfield to turn it round but ok when you get used to it 
I used to do skips a while back and found it a very thankless taskâŠ
My hat goes off to any of you boysâŠI found you were more loading , unloading or having a tear up with the site manager than drivingâŠ
The best comrade I had on the skips was a tower crane driver , I never met , but was spot on with unloading the lorry and could nearon plant a loaded skip on the back of the lorryâŠ
Any skip drivers had a builder build a wall where you dropped the skip ?
Or better still had a trench dug between you and the skip your picking up ?
This is the unit I drive once or twice a week when the other driver is busy on site. Itâs rear steer and lift on the truck with supper singles on the front for a 9 tonne axle and front lift on the trailer. Very manoverable and we can also fit 2 x bins or 2 x 20 ft containers on it as its got front twist locks.
DieselDemon:
gunnerheskey:
Iâm on roro at the moment on artics, been doing it for 4 years. Moneyâs very good, although a lot of hard graft and shovelling involved. We do a lot of bakery waste, as in bread and dough which we mill into animal foods.I bet you only do it coz you knead the dough.
Boom boom !! 
If i had a ÂŁ1 for every time i heard that joke⊠Iâd have ÂŁ43.76p 
Iâve been doing skip/roro work for my firm now for the last year and half. I absolutely love it, but that being said all we do is metal so donât tend to get too messy,but it can still have its days.
A few pics from my phone
This tends to annoy me as we donât charge for our bins, order a bigger one ffs, i hate having to sheet or strap !!!
I thought you charged for âdirty scrapâ like reâ wire from demolition companies?
Used ot do it years ago, loved the job, worked for my local council on skips and roros though prefered roros. used to be a set run everyday, 1 bin of glass to a glass recycling place, then to a transfer station, drop the bin outside then the rest of my shift consisted of taking 2 40 yard bins to a paper recycler and change a few waste boxes aswell. ten pick up the glass bin and take it back to the yard with me
sometimes i did landfill stuff, even worked the recycling centre thats attached to our landfillâŠhard work, 27 bins emptied in 8 hours. the smeel is quite bad though on landfill stuff, also the money wasnt amazing but i was happy enough with it