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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 9:25 pm
by GB_Groundworks
we are after a new truck and was thinking that maybe a roll on off might work better for us,
easier and safer loading of dumper and minis and if we had a few bodies could use them as skips on building jobs and improve turn around time leave one skip while running the other etc,
problems i see are reduce capacity, more to go wrong
and we struggle with height to our yard current one has about 6" clearance with 3 ton on
thoughts and opinions please vs a standard drop side tipper body.
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 9:46 pm
by Pablo
Damage the bridge then they'll have to build you a new one with proper clearance.
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 9:56 pm
by GB_Groundworks
on the left side of teh truck the buttress used to extend another 1.5 metre making it very hard to get rd, one sunday morning it got taken down and rebuilt and painted with liquid cow shit, dont know who did it but it made it a hell of a lot easier to get our 7.5 ton horse box rd hehe
bridge is 200 odd years old cant be knocking it down pablo, its the main sheffield to manchester line as well lol.
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 9:56 pm
by msh paving
my mate has one in his ground work buisness as a run about, yes its handy but the weight carrying is very limited,I think i'm correct in saying about 2.7 ton,great for plant bit scary with a 3t mini digger hanging on a chain almost at 45deg.,but it does have its uses as a multi body lorry,such as 1 body set up with concrete tools power floats, laser screed etc,, or even as a tea hut,
but the weight is the biggest issue and they hold there price like mad, but apart from that a handy bit off kit, but the height wil be a issue as you have the skip body and the lifting gear another 6 inch bit off steel, MSH 
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 10:01 pm
by GB_Groundworks
thats what i was thinking but are more modern trucks lighter in their chasis etc?
an old 6 wheeler chasis with a hook lift chopped down and a draw bar might be the way to go for our agricultural projects, behind our new to us JD 6920s
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 11:18 pm
by bobbi o
i've got an iveco 7.5 ton hooklift. its ex council,picked up at auction. i use it for hauling about 2.5 ton of tar/agg/spoil etc i also haul rollers/mini digs etc with it. it didnt come with a tow bar and i've been told you cant retrofit one,to my particular model.
i've just bought an iveco 26 tonner (6 wheeler) the market is full of 7.5 tonners and 8 wheelers.it took me 6 months to find a decent 6 wheeler at the right price.
this will replace an 18 ton,4 wheeler tipper.it comes with a barn door muck skip. i will buy another skip body and mount a hotbox to it. this will give me a vehicle which can haul plant/agg,muck and tar in a hot box
i'd be happy to run a fleet of all hookloaders.they offer so much more versatility for us.
Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2012 7:06 am
by local patios and driveway
Very appealing kit. The option to leave it on site while operator works the day, loads up at the end of the day and you pop in and take the lot.
Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 5:34 pm
by ambient
ours weighs in at 5900kg empty but also has a hiab but very handy bit of kit
Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 5:45 pm
by msh paving
expensive way to carry 1.6t, a cabstar will almost carry that much....MSH 
Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 10:16 pm
by GB_Groundworks
ambient
how do you move your machine around, on the back of that?
Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 10:24 pm
by Dave_L
local patios and driveways wrote:Very appealing kit. The option to leave it on site while operator works the day, loads up at the end of the day and you pop in and take the lot.
That's exactly what we do with our 6 wheeler and drag low-loader at 44tonne, works so well for us.
You can't arse-about, given todays fuel costs.
Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2012 11:59 am
by ambient
GB_Groundworks wrote:ambient
how do you move your machine around, on the back of that?
ifor trailer but am thinking of going up to 12 or 16 tonner or maybe just get same without a hiab.you will have slight height issues would say probably 6 inches higher on skip bed than tipper
Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2012 7:08 pm
by local patios and driveway
Amb. Did i see you selling a tb016 on ebay a time back? Did it make good money?
Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2012 8:59 pm
by ambient
local patios and driveways wrote:Amb. Did i see you selling a tb016 on ebay a time back? Did it make good money?
ye but didnt sell it one of my lads wrote the door off on a skip so had to take it off ebay so still got it 
