Muckaway:
What sort of tipper work is the OP doing? If it’s muck shifting, take notice of where on the tip the site staff want it. They don’t take kindly to clay being dumped at the crush/screening area.
If it’s through a franchisee for one of the big quarry firms like Hanson, be prepared for lots of nonsense like wearing gloves and goggles to walk to the weighbridge.
If it’s London work, practice riding a pushbike as this apparently makes you a better driver. 
It’s for a family run aggregate company.Collecting from quarries and delivering to building sites,farms and residential addresses.
Most of the rushing about is to get all the jobs done then loaded for the next day so you don’t sit in the morning queue at the quarry, it’s either that or start earlier to get to the front of the queue.
It’s easy work though, most firms have hell driver (youtube it) types and normal drivers who take their time. If you have a good boss he will understand that you’re restricted to working times of the quarry & sites and with frequent hold ups at either you can lose alot of time over the course of the day.
As said tip on as level ground as you’re happy with - if it doesn’t feel/look safe then don’t tip it. Sites will always complain you’re early/late/5 wagons turn up at once/etc, but don’t buckle to their pressure because they don’t have to make the phone call to your boss… if anything it means they get to sit inside out of the rain or get send home will your boss gets a crane brought in.
I’d happily go back on 8 wheeler tippers in a flash if I get sick of the irregular hours of class 1.
One last point: check your tyres, springs, and tipping ram/hoses regularly, ie twice a day, they break easily and often. And tighten ALL the wheel nuts weekly, they lossen easily with going through wheel washes a few times a day.
parkus:
And tighten ALL the wheel nuts weekly, they lossen easily with going through wheel washes a few times a day.
I’ve never known wheel washes loosen wheel nuts. I’ve known them to knock out reversing bleepers (as they do with mine).
Driving on unmade roads will take a toll on your springs and other bits of your lorry.
On small companies, you can get daft regular customers…Like this phone call today;
“Where are you?”
“Balscote.”
“Where’s that?”
“Near Shutford.”
“Where’s that?”
“I know where it is, what do you want?”
“You’re meant be here at 3.30.”
“It’s only 3 o’clock.”
I put the phone down before any other stupid questions.
alamcculloch:
Driving on unmade roads will take a toll on your springs and other bits of your lorry.
Yep. Thank god it’s not my lorry.
When driving on site and in quarries slow it down to walking pace, it’s better to be a bit slower and still be in the seat. One of our drivers went over a speed bump too fast coming out of Croft quarry and got concussion when his head hit the roof!
Builders will always want stuff tipped as close to where they are working as possible, even if it’s impossible, don’t be a hero if you don’t think it will go don’t even try trust me getting stuck in the middle of a busy site will not get you any friends!
Trust me, after a couple of weeks you will never want to do general haulage ever again!
Ignore labourers that say “other lorries can get in.” Yes, skip lorries, Ace minimix and 7.5t builders trucks not 8wheel tippers.
Remember just because you got in easy last week, you might back around the corner and find half the manoeuvring room is now taken up by blocks, pipes and digger buckets.
Don’t take the banksmens’ instructions as gospel. If you follow them and hit something, you’ll then get the “you’re the driver.”
A couple of cheeky tricks: If you find yourself ignored or nobody knows where the load has to be tipped is this; Get out and pretend to open the tailgate, as soon as you do you’ll hear shouts of “don’t tip it there, it has to be tipped in…”
Another idea is if you find your way blocked by a tradesmans van (carpenters and sparkies are the worst), ask at a nearby house near the van (they hate walking). If they say they don’t know who’s van it is, just say you’ve clipped it. The driver will appear as if by magic.
Don’t forget to get out and undo your twist locks before you start to tip, especially with the light bodies. If you forget, you will right off your rear door.
FAT-BOY:
Don’t forget to get out and undo your twist locks before you start to tip, especially with the light bodies. If you forget, you will right off your rear door.
Why do they fit them on muck bodies, is it for carrying really wet stuff?
Talking of tailgates, don’t trust auto tailgates. Always check they’re closed.
If you get asked “Tip the stone 3 inches off of the ground please driver so we can get our shovel’s under it easily” then that’s a labourer’s joke and not to be taken seriously. However, if they also tell you to “Tip it in three halves please driver” then they are serious. 
Pete.
I remember a daft paddy telling Dad one day to “keep reversing driver, there’s nothin’ infront…”
Always look up before you tip for phone lines low tree branches etc.
Muckaway:
FAT-BOY:
Don’t forget to get out and undo your twist locks before you start to tip, especially with the light bodies. If you forget, you will right off your rear door.
Why do they fit them on muck bodies, is it for carrying really wet stuff?
Talking of tailgates, don’t trust auto tailgates. Always check they’re closed.
Without those twist locks, the tail gate will start to bow in the middle and the seal will be broken. We carry 20ton of ■■■■ and tip on the land so it needs to be a good seal.
FAT-BOY:
Without those twist locks, the tail gate will start to bow in the middle and the seal will be broken. We carry 20ton of [zb] and tip on the land so it needs to be a good seal.
You on for Viridor then?
There’s been a couple of theirs parking in the layby at Eynsham recently and they always park tight up against each other. Who’s likely to nick their load?
I know treated sewage is light but why do the firms who do contaminated stuff all have those big bodies? Is it to completely seal the load inside the body so none sticks out the top?
I work for Anglian Water, the untreated stuff is carried with the hook lift (ro ro) usually with a cover. it can be sloppy so they are sealed bins with a rubber seal on tail gate. The treated stuff is carried on bulk tippers, which we tip on farmers fields, then stock pile ready to be spread. Great job as long as you can put up with the smell. Truth is, if you work with it every day, you don’t notice it. The big bodies are to stop any spillages, everything is monitored by environment agency, right down to where we tip it. The treated stuff is safe as all the nasties have been removed.
Is it good money on those turd tippers? A local subbie used to do a lot of it…until he got caught tipping trommel fines at a farm, on a ticket marked as “soil.”
The money is not the best but the good thing is , you are left alone to do your job. No one phoning every 5 minutes asking where you are. Free CPC, Private health insurance, Trained on 360, Loading shovel, Tele lift etc. This is in house training so you wouldn’t be able to use it on a building site but you do get to play with the toys and you get home every night. I got sick of haulage, with this job, i pick up my work sheet at 04.00hrs, load the lorry and off to the fields. Tip and stock pile with the 360. They may phone in the afternoon to see how much you’ve tipped so they can update there records but its not every hour like some of the companies i worked for. They supply all your work clothes and protective gear. Safety is taken very seriously due to the place you are working but all training is provided and paid for by them. Spent most of my time driving Artics about before this job but this is different especially in the summer. They do lose a number of people because they can’t handle working with ZB or the smell. It does take a while to get in though. Think it was around 2 months before i got offered the job but at least i feel secure. They invest a lot of money in training so they like to hold on to there staff.
FAT-BOY:
Don’t forget to get out and undo your twist locks before you start to tip, especially with the light bodies. If you forget, you will right off your rear door.
Related to this; don’t reverse right upto a pile, or when you pull forward your door will still be in/on the pile, and they’re heavy. Too heavy to lift back on without an excavator.
If someone on site says that a load of topsoil to go away is “a free load” either ring your office first or refuse to take it. Unless you are taking it straight to someone who is buying it where will the profit come from from that load? Tips/recycling yards rarely give soil a free tip anymore. I always tell site staff that “free loads stay on site.” No loss to us.