coomsey:
And if you ever move home you can have your house contents on your gleaming new drive in seconds ! Changing your mind yet ? Must be sounding a little bit sweeter by now.
Ermmm…
You haven’t been in sales by any chance Coomsey? I remember someone like you selling me a whole new phone system that was going to save me a fortune…
No, still can’t see any joy in taking a perfectly stable load, pushing it 40’ in the air to the vertical and hoping it won’t blow over!
John.
coomsey:
I,m fairly sure powder tanker wagons used to have outriggers/stabilisers fitted. Not so sure but weren,t there something similar for tippers never seen one. Has anybody got knowledge of such a thing ?
I’ve seen quite a few tanks with extra legs at the back , especially the big spitzer end tippers .Never used on myself , we carried short planks in a tray inside the chassis to put under the low side to level up .
How about this from China then? There is a six ram version as well, click on pic to enlarge,
Coomsey I’m still looking for more detail about that tipping equipment on that old Daf…failing miserably at the minute!
pete smith:
How about this from China then? There is a six ram version as well, click on pic to enlarge,
Coomsey I’m still looking for more detail about that tipping equipment on that old Daf…failing miserably at the minute!
How about it ? It,s completely BONKERS!! Wait till Rigsby n Windrush spy it. N wouldn,t you like to see the path laying gangs faces when they asked you to spread it for them. The end of that marvellous/ poxy sidewinder gadget do you feel
I,m def, going to Google that. N thanks for looking into that daft DAF. would be fascinating to find out who thought it were a good idea
i wouldn’t fancy that for tipping tarmac , if it stuck in it would be whoops . the yanks have similar ones , 53’ side tip trailers for stone . Their tarmac to the pavers are in live bottomed trailers , essentially a conveyor belt floor , no need for tipping rams . Dave
rigsby:
coomsey:
I,m fairly sure powder tanker wagons used to have outriggers/stabilisers fitted. Not so sure but weren,t there something similar for tippers never seen one. Has anybody got knowledge of such a thing ?I’ve seen quite a few tanks with extra legs at the back , especially the big spitzer end tippers .Never used on myself , we carried short planks in a tray inside the chassis to put under the low side to level up .
Planks.Low tech, low maintenance, low cost and effective. Job in the town !
coomsey:
pete smith:
How about this from China then? There is a six ram version as well, click on pic to enlarge,
Coomsey I’m still looking for more detail about that tipping equipment on that old Daf…failing miserably at the minute!How about it ? It,s completely BONKERS!! Wait till Rigsby n Windrush spy it. N wouldn,t you like to see the path laying gangs faces when they asked you to spread it for them. The end of that marvellous/ poxy sidewinder gadget do you feel
I,m def, going to Google that. N thanks for looking into that daft DAF. would be fascinating to find out who thought it were a good idea
Just had a root about on tinternet, they,re more common than I first thought. Was expecting out riggers but not so. Pondering it a bit more probably safer than end tip, nigh on half your load out before you start. Would definitely want auto gate opener n like Rigsby says nothing that could stick.
John West:
coomsey:
And if you ever move home you can have your house contents on your gleaming new drive in seconds ! Changing your mind yet ? Must be sounding a little bit sweeter by now.Ermmm…
You haven’t been in sales by any chance Coomsey? I remember someone like you selling me a whole new phone system that was going to save me a fortune…
No, still can’t see any joy in taking a perfectly stable load, pushing it 40’ in the air to the vertical and hoping it won’t blow over!
John.
Salesman, I wish. Just trying to get you onside John.
Since the days of Icarus mankind has been on a quest to defy gravity,through his wit and wisdom he finally achieved it. Tipper drivers are but an offshoot of this quest albeit with a couple of lumps of old wood (ref. Rigsby n Windrush. ) Tipper drivers are like Douglas Bader they reach for the skies. Unlike Duggie they,re up to their boot tops in s**t.
If that pitch don,t get you on board I give up
coomsey:
coomsey:
pete smith:
How about this from China then? There is a six ram version as well, click on pic to enlarge,
Coomsey I’m still looking for more detail about that tipping equipment on that old Daf…failing miserably at the minute!How about it ? It,s completely BONKERS!! Wait till Rigsby n Windrush spy it. N wouldn,t you like to see the path laying gangs faces when they asked you to spread it for them. The end of that marvellous/ poxy sidewinder gadget do you feel
I,m def, going to Google that. N thanks for looking into that daft DAF. would be fascinating to find out who thought it were a good ideaJust had a root about on tinternet, they,re more common than I first thought. Was expecting out riggers but not so. Pondering it a bit more probably safer than end tip, nigh on half your load out before you start. Would definitely want auto gate opener n like Rigsby says nothing that could stick.
A more sensible 3 way tipper,
A bit of a long un.
Missis watching home under hammer/in the country, how many did they make? thousands ? So nowt better to do !
When I set this topic off I was chewing a bit of fat off my driving days n thought this might be interesting to me if nobody else. N so it,s been. After a few posts the worst tip I could come up with was scrap engine/gearboxes. They say that if you have a traumatic experience your brain blanks it out, I now believe that could be so. If only in the hope I,ve not got the onset of dementia. A couple of days ago Windrush/Carryfast yeti n John West between them brought it all flooding back as if it were yesterday
LIME SPREADERS RAMPS. It reads to me like medievel (spelling?)torture machine,n so it was but mental not physical.
Breedon quarry had 2/3 lime contractors who used them n regular drivers who carted to them. However I goes in one day n get load for one of them, reckon one of the regulars were off sick. Set off blissfully unaware of what was to come, Staffs area. As some of you,ll know trying to find farms in the middle of nowhere can be a little trying, let alone a field, with the usual sigh of relief when you find destination hopped out of cab to chat to spreader man.
He says you,ve not done this before cos didn,t know me. NO. Don,t worry just back through gate n up onto ramps n we,ll sort you out. I looked at him liked he,d gone mad,he stared back like he was the sanest person on the planet. Field rose slightly through gate n in I goes not so sharp first attempt, my mind was filled with result of going up n over ramps n the consequences. About the fourth go I,m up n on em, sweating like a pig. Tipped no prob n thought wow. Next day into quarry,second load to same gang . Now I know what I, m up against not so blissful. Found em easy, they use the lime to put arrows on the road, n you follow em like a red injun. Another fiasco but got tipped. Day three into weighbridge, I was beginning to dread the place, no problem first load lime . " If you,ve got one shred of sympathy for your fellow man in plight you,d give this to the next man in" is what I meant to say to bridge man but it come out as “hokey dokey” Becoming a gibbering wreck. The gods glimpsed down. Got to the field spreader man says ■■■■ her up in gateway n get yourself off. They,d bought Moog ( i think that were name) with grab on it no more ramps . Never went on the LIME SPREADER RAMPS again. The regular drivers must have had conkers made of stainless steel, went way up in my estimation.
Sorry it were so long but a bit of exorcism for me. would have been longer but Tipping Point started ( no pun intended) Cheers Paul
pete smith:
coomsey:
coomsey:
pete smith:
How about this from China then? There is a six ram version as well, click on pic to enlarge,
Coomsey I’m still looking for more detail about that tipping equipment on that old Daf…failing miserably at the minute!How about it ? It,s completely BONKERS!! Wait till Rigsby n Windrush spy it. N wouldn,t you like to see the path laying gangs faces when they asked you to spread it for them. The end of that marvellous/ poxy sidewinder gadget do you feel
I,m def, going to Google that. N thanks for looking into that daft DAF. would be fascinating to find out who thought it were a good ideaJust had a root about on tinternet, they,re more common than I first thought. Was expecting out riggers but not so. Pondering it a bit more probably safer than end tip, nigh on half your load out before you start. Would definitely want auto gate opener n like Rigsby says nothing that could stick.
A more sensible 3 way tipper,
Yes n a looker as well Pete
I never did spreading, it had mostly finished at our place when I started driving apart from a few private contractors like Harry Evans and Longcliffe Quarries of course, so never had the pleasure but heard plenty about it from the old lads at our quarry who were tractor spreader drivers in the days before ramps were used and shovelling it off dropsiders into the spreader. Punchy Dan will know all about it though, his family lived and breathed it and a friend of mine still spreads with a Unimog! 
Pete.
windrush:
I never did spreading, it had mostly finished at our place when I started driving apart from a few private contractors like Harry Evans and Longcliffe Quarries of course, so never had the pleasure but heard plenty about it from the old lads at our quarry who were tractor spreader drivers in the days before ramps were used and shovelling it off dropsiders into the spreader. Punchy Dan will know all about it though, his family lived and breathed it and a friend of mine still spreads with a Unimog!Pete.
I never did a great deal as you can see, just as well I,d be a Valium addict by now. Sort of on the page with Moog maybes. Good job I didn,t go to Amazon to buy a unimog n put moog on form. Wonder what I would have ended up with ?
I did a bit of spreading at beswicks lime works , quite fun up round the moors . ballidon were still low sided bedford 4x4 spreaders and shovelling off the tippers . ( yes pete i know i’m old ) . We did a field at shaw that was that steep we couldn’t turn without going over so we spread it up and down . Trouble was there was a 40’ drop into a mill yard at the bottom if we overshot . We brought the mill to a standstill , everyone came out to see these barmy sods , and we got a standing ovation when we finished . Dave
rigsby:
I did a bit of spreading at beswicks lime works , quite fun up round the moors . ballidon were still low sided bedford 4x4 spreaders and shovelling off the tippers . ( yes pete i know i’m old ) . We did a field at shaw that was that steep we couldn’t turn without going over so we spread it up and down . Trouble was there was a 40’ drop into a mill yard at the bottom if we overshot . We brought the mill to a standstill , everyone came out to see these barmy sods , and we got a standing ovation when we finished . Dave
Conkers. Most gaffers sit on em, most drivers rest em on seat n keep em warm, lime boys made of stainless steel.
No sweat coomsey , when you are in your early twenties you’re immortal , never see the danger in things . We were probably all the same at that age . dave
pete smith:
How about this from China then? There is a six ram version as well, click on pic to enlarge,
Coomsey I’m still looking for more detail about that tipping equipment on that old Daf…failing miserably at the minute!
looks good BUT horses for courses did 6yrs on a btrain rear end dump and front side dump on aggregates ,problems occur when hauling gypsum rock,stone as when dumping it rolls under the trailer wheels and you are stuffed,and if like my motor the pto worked when in gear/switch on dash to isolate drive ,when the load starts moving flick switch off and move 
.
When Ford on their DT 2417 ( Perkins) and 2418 ( ■■■■■■■■ came out there was a problem on some of them when the end of the chassis used to bend.I didn’t hear of any of them giving any injury etc.and it was soon put right.I can’t remember how and I can’t remember a recall but that could have been exciting.
I must be in a good mood tonight to admit this
Tony
rigsby:
No sweat coomsey , when you are in your early twenties you’re immortal , never see the danger in things . We were probably all the same at that age . dave
How right you are, rigsby. Our old mucker, Dave the Renegade (RIP) would be able to help me tell you about the lime spreading boys who worked on a shoe-string- four old lorry wheels and six half-rotten sleepers made up the “ramp”. Talk about H&S! Basically, you had three options with this set up; 1) you slipped off the sleepers because they were covered in wet lime (always raining on the lime job!) 2) you broke a half shaft attempting to climb the 45 degree angle or 3) both of the above.
I always felt pangs of jealousy when I saw a pair of decent steel ramps being carried on the back of a spreader.
windrush:
I never did spreading, it had mostly finished at our place when I started driving apart from a few private contractors like Harry Evans and Longcliffe Quarries of course, so never had the pleasure but heard plenty about it from the old lads at our quarry who were tractor spreader drivers in the days before ramps were used and shovelling it off dropsiders into the spreader. Punchy Dan will know all about it though, his family lived and breathed it and a friend of mine still spreads with a Unimog!Pete.
Yes sadly some off them breathed in too much off it ,slag dust rather than lime that is .the slag came from places like Scunthorpe ,Shelton, and the avenue
