coomsey:
robert1952:
coomsey:
robert1952:
My kind of tipper! Robert
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The tractor for sure R, it,s them twin rams that gives me the willies !
I’m with you there: I’ve never done tippers - it was one of the few things I didn’t try! 
Robert
Expect you never will if you,ve read half the posts on this topic. It,s that bad that John W would sooner push lorries in sand at 40c. They say you should n,t make judgement until you,ve tried it. But working on that theory I ought to pop out to my garage stick me do dahs in the vice and give them a good crushing, cos I,ve never give that a go before.
Hey Coomsey, as one of the Americans in Saudi used to say ’ you got that right’ - doesn’t convey the accent, but there are some things in life you shouldn’t do. Ever. Driving a tipper is one of them!
John.
Thats a matter of opinion J W like the vice. But any opinion is better than none at all. Keep em coming.
You sure you don,t need a new phone?
JIMBO47:
coomsey:
For those of us without any pics you guys that post em are a god send. Not a bad on this one yet but they ,re all missing the must have accessory for tipper drivers. The old car tyre between rams n body !
used my tar tarp as gaffer thought tyres were an eyesore 
As an old mate of mine, named of Will from Stratford on A used to say " beauty is in the eye of the beholder " He packed up driving n started writing for a living, bloody idiot.
For R52 , JW n all you guys who,ve missed the joys of tippers. Park on exposed hillside with empty curtainsider, good stiff side wind. You,ve been there, gives you a bit of a flavour of it.
robert1952:
Tipper at Calais? 
Robert
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Self loader/ unloader on black stuff good as it gets
A couple of tippers in action on pavers, 2nd picture is Craig 111’s reposted off Cornish Thread,
pete smith:
A couple of tippers in action on pavers, 2nd picture is Craig 111’s reposted off Cornish Thread,
For Robert Duval the smell of napalm of a morning, me tarmac
Well this has been a rather splendid stroll down memory lane, for me at least, n a little bit wiser at the end of it, never a bad thing. The unexpected thing to come out of it, to me, is the inescapable fact that the tipper drivers days are numbered. In 10/20/30yrs time the walkingfloorer (?) drivers will think we were do lally !
coomsey:
MrJake:
Talking of tippers, back in the seventies I was driving a bulk tipper trailer built by ‘Penco’ (Peterborough Engineering Company) but have never seen another on the road, surely I never had the only one? As I recall it was problem free and carried over 20 tons behind the Guy Big J and could get a couple of cwt over 21 ton behind the Leyland Buffalo, that was with the higher sides built for Grain and coal haulage. We always ran with the hydraulic pump from the unit but some used a donkey engine built on the trailer.
I,ve never heard of em. Wouldn,t it be great if you were the one n only.
I,ve sort of run out of steam n most things been chewed over. But were you the one n only ? I surely hope so. To know a one n only is next to being one.
Bumped up for CAV551. I think there’s another tipper thread somewhere too…Ro
These lads were one of the best gangs we ran regularly to, not the quickest by any means but were amiable enough and did a good job. Originally a Val de Travers gang, but absorbed into Tilcon and originally based at Blue Rock near Oldbury but later moved to Brierley Hill. Like many gangs they had a few family members in the team, the chap in the blue shirt is Charlie Osbourne who was the foreman, stripped to the waist with a tan is his brother Bert and ‘Pancho’ the machine driver bent down behind Charlie. Lad with long hair was a family member as well, ‘Malmic’ might know if he reads this though? The other guy with the clipboard’s name escapes me but he worked for Tilcon as a supervisor and attended many of the jobs.
Charlie passed away many years ago now, I believe he had to have a leg removed through diabetes but complications later arose, and I have no idea what became of the rest although they did split up and Pancho had spent a year or two on the M42 contract with a different gang in the late 80’s laying 1000+ tonnes daily. Pic is a Facebook one and not mine but was taken on the A5 at either Dordon or Grendon.
Pete.
It’s didn’t take very long to realise that most people treat lorry drivers like you know what, tarmac gangs as well, trouble was they’d got the whip hand. Once you know the rules you’re away !
I was on the blaw knox coming up to tee junction Thrapston high st, so I’m gradually blocking the road off,now the paver driver doesn’t stop for anything,n it’s a brave/stupid man that puts the brakes on while on the machine. This fact is unbeknown to the chap coming up the high st in his red mini,who decided to nip by the front of me. Thankfully he decided to go for the wall instead of my lorry, they dragged him out of the way with their tractor, I’d like to imagine he never tried that stunt again 
Tipper man’s dream ! Buy it new n run it for 5yr then sell her on for not much less,repeat
Figure this one out.
Oily
Phone lines could be a pain in the arse as well, body up and down between then while being pushed with a paver but at least id didn’t kill you if you caught one. I was tipping at BL in Longbridge in the eighties (one of Tilcons own gangs as well) and was warned about the computer cables overhead by one of the staff: “Of course I’m not going to catch them” I replied, disgusted that he should think that I would. However… I backed onto the paver and the driver was sitting on the right so I lined myself up with the machine and he started pushing me…then suddenly locked over to the left! He had changed sides!! 
Of course this was before they used banksmen and you were very much on your own to fathom things out.
