i know its not 40 ton dennis! but 40ton is what the o.p. wanted, so why would someone put a link up to a 230bhp motor up on that basis?
You care to point out where in the original post he asked for 40 ton?
Obviously your eyesight must be better than mine,
He asked for links to ads for Drawbar trucks that what I posted, ■■■■■■.
Paul:
I am just looking at the height of the body compared to the height of the cab in comparison to high cabbed Scania units with a 4 mt trailer behind them…there doesnt seem to be much difference…but as I say we can get them chopped down to 4mts if needed. The fact that they are 3 axle truck and trailers means that we can run at 44 ton UK and 40 ton in euroland and not have to worry about axle weights. Every time we go into Hungary (or should I say every time we EXIT Hungary into Serbia ) they are very keen on axle weights rather than overall weight so the stobart combinations would suit us if we can get them at the right price.
Paul
cheers for that muckles, MR TROTTER, if you’d care to read more than just the first post, you would see that a 40/44ton motor was required, so yes, my brain, alongside my eyesight is far superior to yours, as i read all the posts, thank you and goodbye you bell-end
Saaamon:
Personally I think you’d be better off just buying tractors, you’ve already got trailers I take it and you’ll get far more choice and will ultimately cost less. Obviously you won’t be able to carry as much but only by a few pallets and a carefully arranged load could even out the balance.
We have and still are looking at tractor units aswell. The thought behind looking at drawbars are for a couple of reasons. When we get to Kosovo/Romania or wherever we go with the aid we dont just leave it in a warehouse, we have others that follow behind a couple of days in loaded 7.5 ton trucks we then park the artics up and use the 7.5 tonners to distribute the aid directly to the recieving families. Because of the current climate we are getting fewer volunteers that can raise the funds to get a 7.5 ton truck out there. Plus with the impending DCPC we are going to get less people who will sit for 35 hours doing the DCPC that they will use once in there life time and pay for it themselves. so again fewer 7.5 tonners. Its impossible in the artics to distribute the aid but with the truck part of a drawbar we can use them for distribution. We have looked at even hiring 7.5 tonners out there shipping the aid on a subbie and everyone flying out but we cant hire the trucks in country to deliver the aid.
Paul
Could you not get local transport to deliver the goods when out there. Might serve 2 purposes
Saving you money
Putting money into the local economy.
Unfortunatley no is the answer, 1 its politics, we take aid to all ethnic groups and because of the still tensions out there mainly between the Albanians and the Serbs still living in the region It would cause more problems than the actual aid helps. We stiil need KFOR as protection on some of the drops we do because of the problems still out there and thats 12 years after the war.
2 we have to be sponsored by an in country charity to get into Kosovo. To prove that all the aid has been distributed properly so that we dont have to pay thousands in import duty they have to report back to customs with check sheets that each family signs.
3 to be honest if we left nearly 70 tons of aid in a warehouse for a comercial company or the locals to distribute it would hit the black market befoire we had even left Kosovo
muckles:
Could you not get local transport to deliver the goods when out there. Might serve 2 purposes
Saving you money
Putting money into the local economy.
Unfortunatley no is the answer, 1 its politics, we take aid to all ethnic groups and because of the still tensions out there mainly between the Albanians and the Serbs still living in the region It would cause more problems than the actual aid helps. We stiil need KFOR as protection on some of the drops we do because of the problems still out there and thats 12 years after the war.
2 we have to be sponsored by an in country charity to get into Kosovo. To prove that all the aid has been distributed properly so that we dont have to pay thousands in import duty they have to report back to customs with check sheets that each family signs.
3 to be honest if we left nearly 70 tons of aid in a warehouse for a comercial company or the locals to distribute it would hit the black market befoire we had even left Kosovo
I wasn’t actually thinking of you leaving the goods with local haulage operations, but going with them.
But if the polictical situation is still delicate (which is not really a surprise considering what happened there) then this isn’t going to be possible.
The only reason I mentioned it is because I donate money to a charity working in various places round the World, wherever possible they like to use local businesses and pay them the going rate for a job as it’s not only normally cheaper than sending goods and people from the UK, but in doing that it helps build the local economy which is like a double bonus for the very people they are trying to help.
Thinking about it are you CERTAIN the drivers need dcpc? One of the exemptions is for rescue missions. I take it the drivers are giving their time for free so there is no ‘hire or reward’ happening. Just a thought. Do the trucks NEED to be enclosed? Could you get away with flats with crates and or sheets?
mucker85:
Thinking about it are you CERTAIN the drivers need dcpc? One of the exemptions is for rescue missions. I take it the drivers are giving their time for free so there is no ‘hire or reward’ happening. Just a thought. Do the trucks NEED to be enclosed? Could you get away with flats with crates and or sheets?
Fair point, a driver needs a DQC to drive professionally, if you are not getting paid it cannot be a profession can it?
mucker85:
Thinking about it are you CERTAIN the drivers need dcpc? One of the exemptions is for rescue missions. I take it the drivers are giving their time for free so there is no ‘hire or reward’ happening. Just a thought. Do the trucks NEED to be enclosed? Could you get away with flats with crates and or sheets?
Fair point, a driver needs a DQC to drive professionally, if you are not getting paid it cannot be a profession can it?
would they need to use tachos?
i always did, but i’m not sure i needed to.
muckles:
cheers for that muckles, MR TROTTER, if you’d care to read more than just the first post, you would see that a 40/44ton motor was required, so yes, my brain, alongside my eyesight is far superior to yours, as i read all the posts, thank you and goodbye you bell-end
Oh dear I seem to have incurred the wrath of the Norfolk mafia, what a shame, get back to shagging your mothers or each other you pair of ■■■■■■■■■■
