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Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 11:49 am
by local patios and driveway
Hey guys wanted to let you know how we have been getting on with the little muck truck,
Its bloody useless! We keep breaking it, its now unusable. So fragile considering the job its meant to be doing!
Its too low to lift to steer, it will ruin your back in a single day if you are 6ft or more. It drinks about 15 quid a day in fuel if used all day too!
Do not buy a muck truck.
Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 2:23 pm
by lutonlagerlout
is that the motorised barrow thingy?
skip loaders seem ok,but for most stuff the good old hammerlin barrow works fine
LLL
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 5:55 am
by local patios and driveway
Yes tony its the one with wheels. Holds three barrow loads so on paper it makes sense but no good if it keeps going wrong
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 7:23 am
by msh paving
i beg to differ there, i have a 4 wheel drive model and a 2 wheel drive model i have owned for 3 years, very reliable honda engine,stats first pull, cant see how you use £15 a day,4 wheel drive will climb over hills and tip no probs i'm 6ft2 no probs to tip,
usually load with a 2ft bucket on 1.5 or 3 ton digger
all that rubble in the pic was moved using the truck ,a 16 ton grab load ,had to make the ramp with digger after 10 trucks but no probs
the 2 wheel drive model wont climb to well but for putting sand or type one out it is great,
thats my opinion MSH 
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Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 7:40 am
by local patios and driveway
Yeah they can move 3 loads per trip, but whats the use if they keep breaking? Has yours been reliable?
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 7:48 am
by msh paving
No probs at all,2 wheel i bought with a sized engine put new honda on it £175 quid , no probs,
4 wheel had a new cable 9 quid ,but other than that no probs at all
i have tow ball for 4 wheel drive and use it to shunt trailer about the yard
I used the proper ramp to load my lorry,again very good
MSH
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 9:56 am
by lutonlagerlout
I do like a bit of plant porn, but if 2 blokes can shift 20tonnes of stone in a day with barrows and shovels, the worst that can happen is a puncture :;):
I have used the 4WD skip loaders on jobs with long runs,but most of our work is within 50m of kerbside and tight access
LLL
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 10:25 am
by local patios and driveway
I used to run an hinowa tracked dumper and it never went wrong once in a year. Skip loader etc, it was brilliant. Aslo took half a ton. Although more expensive if i was in the market i would hav the hinowa every time
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 12:43 pm
by Carberry
lutonlagerlout wrote:I do like a bit of plant porn, but if 2 blokes can shift 20tonnes of stone in a day with barrows and shovels, the worst that can happen is a puncture :;):
I have used the 4WD skip loaders on jobs with long runs,but most of our work is within 50m of kerbside and tight access
LLL
I can shift about 16 tonne in a normal working day, but there will come a point when I can't do that so in the next couple of years I'm looking at picking up a digger, muck truck and maybe a front end loader for my yard.
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 6:25 pm
by dig dug dan
hinowa skip does not tip far enough over so it does not fully empty.
yes you can stand on it, but i still love my tcp machine. superior!
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 6:33 pm
by haggistini
I loved the 4wd muck truck spot on
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 6:42 pm
by dig dug dan
doesn't tip into a skip though 
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 6:59 pm
by lutonlagerlout
the skiploaders are excellent bits of kit.mainly because they go up and over into a skip
LLL
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 7:07 pm
by haggistini
I agree horses for courses!
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 7:50 pm
by local patios and driveway
Any of you lot want to buy my muck truck then? 700 with standard bucket, block paver/ slab attachment and skip ramp?