splitshift:
Have a look at Kr’s post about flying across the tip with the body up,saw one yesterday with grab full up as well (kept well clear of the idiot)
they do seem a bit top heavy with the grab up lol.i dont like driving very far off road with it up,but if its very sticky,if you stop to put it down you will easily get stuck,whereas when you first tip you still have some weight over rear wheels as you pull away from under the load as in a tipper-i always drop the body straightaway though!!.(in a grab you cant put crane down without stopping and getting out).perhaps he was waiting to find some good ground before stopping?
Yeah,done it on hook work which i really like and we have to tip our bins when we get to the recycling plant just have to be a bit careful when your tipper is fully up when your pulling out especially on uneven ground,apart from that its a doddle of a job.
Yeah,done it on hook work which i really like and we have to tip our bins when we get to the recycling plant just have to be a bit careful when your tipper is fully up when your pulling out especially on uneven ground,apart from that its a doddle of a job.
Love it! What’s not to like, no hard physical work, generally sensible hours, go different places every day, home every night? I’ve driven a 6 wheeler insulated tipper, usually on quarry work doing asphalt and drystone, since passing my test 7 years ago and don’t think there’s a driving job I’d rather do. I like the variety, you never know from one day to the next where you’re going to be going, although we do get our fair share of deliveries down ‘oh we’ve had lorries in here before’ (yeah 7.5 tonners maybe) goat tracks!
Juddian:
Yes i would do it but preferred hooklift/rolonoff/compactor skip work.
Anything would do that pays good money and gets me home aftwerwards in a sensible 12 hour max working day…well except parcel work where you have to be bonkers to do it and i take me hat off to those who can.
hi mate i start a roll on roll off skip work monday i have never drove oneare they easy to use? i have drove a drops in the army.
many thanks
Yes the lorry will have hydraulics operated by the PTO. Engage the PTO then pull the lever on the tipping gear and it’ll go up. Disengage before lowering body. Always clutch the PTO in and out
Been driving arctic tipper on grain for 10 years now notice goes in on Monday no more tippers for me (hopefully) moving to a well known firm in Barnsley. Job is either dusty or muddy always go same places arrogant farmers, loading sugar beat in a muddy field. Certainly learnt me how to drive. if u can’t reverse you’ll soon learn but if need be I would go back to it
I hate the fact on modern tippers you can’t drive forwards and have the pto engaged. This used to be handy for spreading stone and ejecting loads like clay that can jam the tailgate. It must look amateurish to site staff when you tip, disengage pto, in my case wait for the auto box to engage, move, into neutral, engage pto and repeat process.
I now apologise in advance for the fact my tipper’s an automatic.
kr79:
Can in Volvo think it’s an MAN thing as my old firms MAN artic was the same.
A Volvo FM or FMX would be my choice if I could choose my next one. On my old Alpha, I had the dealer turn off the automatic disengage. With the power of that Cat engine I could fire a load of road planings out and spread with the body only half way up.
I have and it’s bloody marvellous!!! Done my first shift on beet yesterday on Class 1 bulker!
Easy work and use your brain a lot more! i.e loading,shortest distance to tip/load
We used to do very occasional grain collections with a customer’s ancient tandem axle tipper trailer. I enjoyed doing it, it made a nice change from doing groupage collections on a curtainsider around the West Midlands to run over to a farm in Norfolk and negotiate some narrow lanes. I’d happily drive bulk tippers full time, not so sure I’d want to drive eight leggers on muckaway work though.
(kept well clear of the idiot)
