■■■■ man that was horrible!!! Begs the question why didn’t he line the trailer up with the cab…
condolences to driver and family
I, agency, took rigid tipper to landfill site. Went to where the dozer drivers directed me, undid tailgate, started to raise body, I’m stationery so no seat belt. Must have had one side wheels resting on concealed cache of empty plastic bottles. As it capsized I tried to lower body. On reflection, conservation of angular momentum would have tried to accelerate the roll. Maybe I should have tried to raise the body? Broken collar bone, cuts and bruises, severe embarrassment.
Should of kept truck inline with trailer and only tip a bit at a time. He should of been in line with half of that tip height and then move forward and brake to loosen load before tipping trailer up high. Looked like two separate loads in trailer, two piles, back pile stopping front pile. Looked over loaded too, bulk trailer with stone in it.
argosy2006:
Should of kept truck inline with trailer and only tip a bit at a time. He should of been in line with half of that tip height and then move forward and brake to loosen load before tipping trailer up high. Looked like two separate loads in trailer, two piles, back pile stopping front pile. Looked over loaded too, bulk trailer with stone in it.
Wtf ?
rigsby:
robroy:
Around the same time I was on my mate’s tipper, another lad I knew had this bloody awful contraption of a tipper.
It had a donkey engine, and as far as I remember it was not on a ram, he had to disconnect the trailer brake, and the trailer wheels moved forward, but the unit brakes stayed on, so the load tipped as the trailer went up in the air, a [zb] hideous piece of kit it was, that just looked dangerous. th
They are more than likely illegal today but it was 30 odd years ago…or did I dream it?you are describing the old hoyner trailers . put the unit brakes on and the trailer is drawn towards the unit . take the red airline off when tipping in a hopper and the unit is drawn backwards . i pulled one for a while and it was a pain in the bum to operate . dave
Had one of them trailers years ago, had to put pins in when dropping the trailer to hold the frame up and also when tipping at the grain terminal at hull docks on their truck tipper because if you didnt the whole lot would fold up at full height, any one else have the pleasure of tipping on it? and is it still open.
It was similar to this set up but enclosed.
Its not two loads its just loaded with a shovel.
weeto:
Had one of them trailers years ago, had to put pins in when dropping the trailer to hold the frame up and also when tipping at the grain terminal at hull docks on their truck tipper because if you didnt the whole lot would fold up at full height, any one else have the pleasure of tipping on it? and is it still open.
It was similar to this set up but enclosed.
I remember seeing that one in Hull docks with my dad years ago, never used it though. As for your photo, we often use those trailer tip things here to unload bulk potatoes that are in loose inside a dry van. Much preferable to them unloading with a bobcat which crushes spuds between the grooves on the floor.
I’ve just done a screen shot of the one in Hull Docks from the documentary “On your bike”. I believe those big grain silos were knocked down some years back so would imagine the tipping gear has gone too.
Here is my 2 cents worth…I do artic tippers all day long ( but by no way know it all ) as previously stated always if possible keep the unit & trailer as straight as possible, there is a job we rarely do in Alford were the space in front of the pit is only designed for a rigid so you have to blind side it on & stop with the unit nearly 90 degrees to the trailer. In these situations you only raise the body really slowly letting gravity push the load out not the height of the trailer.
I have also had the trailer moving from side to side with wind whilst on a slow empty due to a small intake.
As for the video I don’t think that it went over because of the angle, there must of been something we can’t see or know about
Why are donkey engines still used? Surely it must be cheaper to have ptos fitted? The flour firm I worked at still had donkey engines for their tankers. They had an 09 plate unit yet specced it when new without pto. A false economy, surely?
Note their new units have ptos.
robinhood_1984:
weeto:
Had one of them trailers years ago, had to put pins in when dropping the trailer to hold the frame up and also when tipping at the grain terminal at hull docks on their truck tipper because if you didnt the whole lot would fold up at full height, any one else have the pleasure of tipping on it? and is it still open.
It was similar to this set up but enclosed.I remember seeing that one in Hull docks with my dad years ago, never used it though. As for your photo, we often use those trailer tip things here to unload bulk potatoes that are in loose inside a dry van. Much preferable to them unloading with a bobcat which crushes spuds between the grooves on the floor.
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They used to have tipper plates in the Sugar beet factories, late 80’s early 90’s, tip 20 odd ton of beet in 5 minutes, in weighbridge to out weighbridge, via a sampler and tippler in 15 minutes easily done.
robinhood_1984:
I’ve just done a screen shot of the one in Hull Docks from the documentary “On your bike”. I believe those big grain silos were knocked down some years back so would imagine the tipping gear has gone too.0
I’ve used that tipping plate, that was Cargill’s grain terminal, Hull Dock, I never remember the different names for the different docks at Hull, I do remember being a bit over weight one time at Cargills, the tipping plate was the weighbridge too, I grossed at 42 ton-ish, the limit was 38 ton at the time, the weighbridge operator wasn’t impressed 
I was though, as I was on % 
happy days 
Muckaway:
Why are donkey engines still used? Surely it must be cheaper to have ptos fitted? The flour firm I worked at still had donkey engines for their tankers. They had an 09 plate unit yet specced it when new without pto. A false economy, surely?
Note their new units have ptos.
most stuff is on a pto, but at least with a donkey engine you can stick any unit on it! our unit was off the road for a week a month back and we struggled to get a hire unit with tipping gear, luckily one came back off hire unexpected.
TheNewBoy:
As for the video I don’t think that it went over because of the angle, there must of been something we can’t see or know about
I agree with you, as I stated earlier
eddie snax:
If you watch carefully, you’ll notice that the guy “helping” was on the cat walk of the tractor, trying to free what I assume to be the Hydraulic hose, as the body lifts, I’m wondering if the tension caused to the front n/s of the tipping body, with the hose snagged on it, was enough to start the roll to the nearside, which once started would be almost impossible to stop:
stevieboy308:
Muckaway:
Why are donkey engines still used? Surely it must be cheaper to have ptos fitted? The flour firm I worked at still had donkey engines for their tankers. They had an 09 plate unit yet specced it when new without pto. A false economy, surely?
Note their new units have ptos.most stuff is on a pto, but at least with a donkey engine you can stick any unit on it! our unit was off the road for a week a month back and we struggled to get a hire unit with tipping gear, luckily one came back off hire unexpected.
I get that, point I made was that my firm at the time actually bought a unit without a pto, then sourced tankers with donkey engines. I suppose it would solve any hire unit problems but the unit always pulled the same two tankers a white flour tank or the wholemeal tank. Actually was banned from a couple of places due to the noise.
An older tipper, legs akimbo
argosy2006:
Looked like two separate loads in trailer, two piles, back pile stopping front pile.
Funniest thing I’ve read on here this year. 
I done bit bulker work for beet and maize couple of years ago.
I always got told make sure hard and flat ground, tip with trailer and unit in line.
The lad had plenty space to drive forward and straighten up.
By the looks of it was stuck at front as wasn’t much coming out the back.
Either that or was that unstable it’s forced it over.
Even if started coming out the back would be so unstable when moving forward.
Poor lad lost life for sake of a minute straightening up.
Contraflow:
argosy2006:
Looked like two separate loads in trailer, two piles, back pile stopping front pile.Funniest thing I’ve read on here this year.
So you enjoy the armchair tipper experts too then?
Muckaway:
Contraflow:
argosy2006:
Looked like two separate loads in trailer, two piles, back pile stopping front pile.Funniest thing I’ve read on here this year.
So you enjoy the armchair tipper experts too then?
argosy2006 has my vote for post of the year already lol
Just reading through this and yes that is post of the year material. Some folk really are grade A fuds.