Top Tips For Tipper Drivers

Here’s mine, what would you suggest? Sensible or silly

1. Wind your sheet in before loading.
2. For sheets that have the arms down the bodysides, wind the sheet right in so shovel can load the front axles.
3. Do your tailgate up before loading.
4. Don’t come back to top up stupid amounts like 200kgs- a builder can’t do much with that anyway.
5. If you want 10-20mm and park at the pile signposted 4-10mm don’t be surprised when you get the latter loaded onto you.
6. Don’t get into the body when waiting to load.
7. The 40mph single carriageway limit is the law, not optional.
8. Hell Drivers is not a DCPC video, it’s a fictional film (even though it’s more entertaining and realistic).
9. If you tare in at 13ton, you can carry 19 not 20 just because your old motor did.
10. Don’t drive in ruts on landfills, they’re not not railway tracks.
11. If getting your wagon dirty upsets you, change jobs.

If you’ve got an Automatic tailgate, expect to pour your load down the M6

listen too the machine op when he tells you where to tip

the yellow lights on the corners are supposed to flash,they’re not broken

Re no 9
Tare in @ 13t . . why couldnt you load 31t?

If you drive at less than 56 on a single carriage way your not classed as a proper tipper driver.

Tipper drivers are at the bottom of the hierarchy, the only drivers that are lower than them are skip drivers.

Suedehead:
Re no 9
Tare in @ 13t . . why couldnt you load 31t?

Not many subbies like to run 1t light…

How can you tell if as tipper driver is shagging your missus?
The sheets are all over the place and he dumps his load on the floor…
Sorry, couldn’t resist it

Saaamon:
If you drive at less than 56 on a single carriage way your not classed as a proper tipper driver.

Tipper drivers are at the bottom of the hierarchy, the only drivers that are lower than them are skip drivers.

how can you drive a skip ? ,its only got 2 wheels

The Sarge:
How can you tell if as tipper driver is shagging your missus?
The sheets are all over the place and he dumps his load on the floor…
Sorry, couldn’t resist it

made made my night hahaha

If you’re going to take wood/green waste to an inert tip, ffs don’t have it placed on top of the load where it’s visible for all to see. Don’t think leaving the sheet on whilst on the weighbridge or tipping will hide it either (you might aswell hold up a sign with “hey Mr Dozer Driver, check my load!”
Have it loaded on the bodyfloor, in the middle so it doesn’t poke out of the tailgate when you open it, nor at the front where it will sit perched on top of your load after tipping.
Also, don’t have it filled with green waste, with some muck scattered on the top; A wagon grossing 10t under mgw with a load piled 5 feet above the bodysides is a bit suspicious.

I wouldn’t dream of trying to sneak green waste in-unless it was worth the effort

don’t uncouple a loaded raised tipper trailer

stevieboy308:
don’t uncouple a loaded raised tipper trailer

And to go with that… Make sure the pipe is connected firmly with collar firmly over otherwise you end up with it stuck in the air.

dar1976:

stevieboy308:
don’t uncouple a loaded raised tipper trailer

And to go with that… Make sure the pipe is connected firmly with collar firmly over otherwise you end up with it stuck in the air.

I take it, it comes down to earth with an almighty bang?

Don’t drop egg down your top

Be sure to make friends with the loading shovel driver…

One good way is to give him a lift in to work, especially if it’s raining - if he cycles, chuck his bike in the body…

DON’T forget to remove said bike or the exact same fella may well load 20 tonnes of Type 1 on top of his own bike.It’s guaranteed that the tipper driver will suffer for years…

True story…

dew:

dar1976:

stevieboy308:
don’t uncouple a loaded raised tipper trailer

And to go with that… Make sure the pipe is connected firmly with collar firmly over otherwise you end up with it stuck in the air.

I take it, it comes down to earth with an almighty bang?

Not that quick. And if you stand too close you get showered with hydraulic oil.

dar1976:

dew:

dar1976:

stevieboy308:
don’t uncouple a loaded raised tipper trailer

And to go with that… Make sure the pipe is connected firmly with collar firmly over otherwise you end up with it stuck in the air.

I take it, it comes down to earth with an almighty bang?

Not that quick. And if you stand too close you get showered with hydraulic oil.

Ahhh right, all my experience has been with rigid tippers.

dar1976:

dew:

dar1976:

stevieboy308:
don’t uncouple a loaded raised tipper trailer

And to go with that… Make sure the pipe is connected firmly with collar firmly over otherwise you end up with it stuck in the air.

I take it, it comes down to earth with an almighty bang?

Not that quick. And if you stand too close you get showered with hydraulic oil.

I was on about snapping the front off the trailer!!

If it’s a 2 pipe setup then you’d be fine to disconnect the pipes, 1 pipe then probably not!