the MAM of most 7.5t is 11000kg or 11t, my mistubishi cantor 7.5t IS 11000KG, BUT YOU NEED HGV licence to tow with a trailer as it over 7.5t. as giles says his man has a class 1, on a car licence you can only tow 750kg behing a 7.5tonner.
I always put the 3tonner on the back as i can carry 3.9t canters are a very light 7.5t lorry as there is no air system and chassis rails are narrower cab is lower ,
micro digger and 1.5t digger i tow behind disco, but if need be they all go on back of cantor and the concrete crusher, 3m long ali ramps rated at 1.5t each
I would not be without a 7,5 ton lorry when digging out and carting agregates, MSH
mickg wrote:how can that make any difference Giles, its the MAM of the vehicle not what licence you hold, I used to have my class 2 but I still could not go over any weight limit and be legal if stopped ?
to tow a trailer over 750kg with a 7.5 ton you need class 1 as its classed the same as a arctic max nam is 11200kg on our man 7.5 ton. weve got a new iveco with a lighter body not sure what that is yet as it need sot go for plate.
oops msh answered.
did yo ever find those trench props?
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mickg wrote:I take it you had the steel drop side tipper Nigel and not the aluminium which is rated to carry just over 1800kg
I was going down the route of a disco Nigel as the MAM is higher but I felt its a one job item where as with a pickup you can carry stone, sand or a tracked dumper on the back and you can still tow the digger on a trailer
Mick
The 1800kg fig is as a chassis cab with no body once you put the body and tipping gear on it will be more like 1200-1300 max.
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as an example according to these two Autotrader listing its 1693 kg Payload, I did see a couple of pick ups listed a few weeks ago and maybe they lied with the spec hence the 1825kg max payload which is what I have gone off
I'am on the case giles...they in the back of my shed just have to get through the stuff in the way...lol
Never heard of a tranny tipper that can carry anymore than about 1.4t, a 3way tipper trannny will carry 1.05t...useless
nissan cabstar will carry 1.6t, it very hard to carry anymore on a 3.5t gross truck
I am in the process of doing my c1+e hgv test at moment.
This will entitle me tow up to 12000kg. On my Iveco 7.5 ton tipper my train weight is 11000kg, so legally I will have the ability to carry a good amount of weight legally.
Course only costing £750 will pay for itself very quickly.
I wasn't aware you could legally tow so much with smaller vans, discoveries etc, this seems crazy. Be careful towing all them weights. You may have to brake quickly one day.
this whole issue seems to be a legal minefield
as kieran rightly mentioned payload figures are for a chassis cab
so to keep right i never go over 1.5 tonnes
also how often do you need to pick up 3.5 tonnes of gear?
a pick up for me is to pick up the odd tonne or half tonne of agg when you have had your 10 tonne or whatever delivered
I know there can be a slight saving at the quarry
I.e. I can pick up a tonne of sand for £15 a heath and reach sand pits
but I can buy it for £30 at butterfields which is 15 miles closer
the only people i see regularly overloading are the pikeys
3 packs of block paving on a transit tipper?
couldnt believe my eyes
LLL :laugh:
The biggest weight carrier is the cabstar, which is why the mounted cherry picker uses them. The transit payload on a tipper will not be anywhere near that. Thats the payload on a chassis cab
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