Most of the quarries around here stipulate hiv viz trousers as well as hiv viz long sleeved vest. Also rigger boots are not allowed, must be lace ups. Best advice my dad gave me all them years ago was don’t fall out with a shovel driver or a weighbridge operator as they can make life hell for you.
Use to lead tar…was usually a pile of quary dust near tar plant, use to scatter a dusting on tipper bed before loading…worked ok…
tango boy:
The-Snowman:
stealthcol:
The-Snowman:
Remember to open the rear doors before lifting the body!The term no zb sherlock comes to mind
You’d be surprised how easily its done!
Especially if the banksman does it
Well a banksman doesn’t always do it does he sarky? The majority of the time you need to do it yourself
Get a CB its so much easier as most of the shovel drivers have them and hand signals can some times get confusing. If your loading in the dark turn off your beacons once you are in place as they will blind the shovel driver and ■■■■ him off.
The-Snowman:
tango boy:
The-Snowman:
stealthcol:
The-Snowman:
Remember to open the rear doors before lifting the body!The term no zb sherlock comes to mind
You’d be surprised how easily its done!
Especially if the banksman does it
Well a banksman doesn’t always do it does he sarky? The majority of the time you need to do it yourself
I wasn’t being sarky, maybe i should explain more properly. 
I was on a site one day backed up to where i was tipping banksman opened the door so i started to tip.
He hadn’t undone the twist locks
The tipper was nearly up when the load pinged the twist locks off!!
I thought it was going over 
So the moral of the story is get out and check/do them yourself 
^^^^^^^^^^^^ this.
Had it happen a few times especially with a split tail door when they only open the bottom catch. Also seen an O/D rip the taildoor off completely when he queue jumped me onto the paver to try and get an extra load in, he forgot all about opening the door as he was laughing that much having beaten me but when the door sheared off, jammed in the paver’s feeder and knackered the job for a couple of hours it backfired on him a little!
Pete.
johnboy76:
Get a CB its so much easier as most of the shovel drivers have them and hand signals can some times get confusing. If your loading in the dark turn off your beacons once you are in place as they will blind the shovel driver and ■■■■ him off.
I got a cb but most have them in wether they work is another question lol 
tango boy:
The-Snowman:
tango boy:
The-Snowman:
stealthcol:
The-Snowman:
Remember to open the rear doors before lifting the body!The term no zb sherlock comes to mind
You’d be surprised how easily its done!
Especially if the banksman does it
Well a banksman doesn’t always do it does he sarky? The majority of the time you need to do it yourself
I wasn’t being sarky, maybe i should explain more properly.
I was on a site one day backed up to where i was tipping banksman opened the door so i started to tip.
He hadn’t undone the twist locks
The tipper was nearly up when the load pinged the twist locks off!!
I thought it was going over
So the moral of the story is get out and check/do them yourself
Profuse apologies mate. I read that post quickly,replied and then went into lidl to tip. I was half way through when it dawned on me what you might have meant.
Moral of the story. Do to be too quick to be an argumentative prick. I promised myself I would chill out a bit more and think before pressing enter. Looks like I failed 
The-Snowman:
Looks like I failed
Definite fail on the over quote
Don’t always trust the switch on auto tailgates; You might’ve pressed “close” but the odd stone or bit of muck can leave them partially open. If it’s like our 8wheeler, switching off the ignition will lock the tailgate but unless the switch is also used, it will open again once the ignition comes back on.
I don’t have this problem, good old fashioned tailgate pin…to struggle with when it’s ■■■■■■■ down. 
Muckaway:
Don’t always trust the switch on auto tailgates; You might’ve pressed “close” but the odd stone or bit of muck can leave them partially open. If it’s like our 8wheeler, switching off the ignition will lock the tailgate but unless the switch is also used, it will open again once the ignition comes back on.
I don’t have this problem, good old fashioned tailgate pin…to struggle with when it’s ■■■■■■■ down.
I should find all this useful n learn from experience as well i cnt be bothered working my last week wish it was next Sunday lol
I drove a tipper for a week in 1970 so i know everything about them, ha ha Nobody’s mentioned this , probably because it’s so blindingly obvious but making sure the bodies down after tipping before driving. Is there a warning light on the dash when it’s up ? Don’t think the tippers over here do as every so often there’s one tried to get under a bridge with the body up and doesn’t make it.
Charles
remy:
Is there a warning light on the dash when it’s up ? Don’t think the tippers over here do as every so often there’s one tried to get under a bridge with the body up and doesn’t make it.Charles
No, but there should be. Just make sure the pto is all the way down and locked before you move off, and don’t drive off site until it’s all the way down.
remy:
Nobody’s mentioned this , probably because it’s so blindingly obvious but making sure the bodies down after tipping before driving. Is there a warning light on the dash when it’s up ?Charles
The Foden Alpha I had on Smiths had one, that packed up after about a month. The 02 reg Daf I have now has one, that also doesn’t work.
Another tip if on muckshifting; If you have a weigher, sound your horn or drop the body in plenty of time. No use doing it as you hit 18.5t as virtually all machine drivers will stop once that bucketfull is empty which can put you well overweight. My 6wheeler carries 16ton but I stop machine drivers at about 14.5 so I wont be over if they carry on until the bucket is empty. The tip I use charge by the tonne so by tipping 14.5 instead of 16 makes a bit more profit, and leaves a bit more onsite which can mean an extra load over time.
parkus:
remy:
Is there a warning light on the dash when it’s up ? Don’t think the tippers over here do as every so often there’s one tried to get under a bridge with the body up and doesn’t make it.Charles
No, but there should be. Just make sure the pto is all the way down and locked before you move off, and don’t drive off site until it’s all the way down.
I was planning on pulling forward dropping the pto n then disengage it n go but see if i can remember it all lol
I do a bit of relief work on the 8 wheel tippers and I bloody love it, start at 6am and my hours are done by 5pm ish, all the advise on here is right and you are the same as me on a salary, a lot of these tipper drivers are on a percentage of what the wagon earns and see them breaking the law all the time, I am on hourly rate I don’t speed and I don’t push the clock and to be honest I am never far behind the others.
I have my class one and do a bit for agencies but generally get the same ate as the tipper work as a ltd and its such a chilled out days work and I am always home for tea
dri-diddly-iver:
The-Snowman:
Looks like I failedDefinite fail on the over quote
I was trying to type usinf an iphone. Im just glad I managed to see the correct post TO quote
stealthcol:
I was planning on pulling forward dropping the pto n then disengage it n go but see if i can remember it all lol
The last new trucks we had, back in 1997, the pto (HARSH pto I think?) disengaged automatically whenever you lowered the body which could be a nuisance at times when you were on daywork jobs with black but I suppose it was safer.
I agree with most said so far, however tipping on level ground is a bonus as sometimes you will have one set of wheels in a trench or be tipping across a bankside with you arse cheeks clenched firmly together! That’s when you find out that the body wont come down as the rams are wedged on the collars, the workers are yelling at you because material is still running out and they want the body lowered quickly, all good fun but that’s life with a rigid tipper!
Pete.
A lot of new tippers you have to hold the lever in the raise position to keep the tipper going up. A bungee cord correctly placed will override this.
Muckaway:
A lot of new tippers you have to hold the lever in the raise position to keep the tipper going up. A bungee cord correctly placed will override this.
Yes Nathan, I remember now that my last new Foden was the same. That was in 1996, it was a pain especially when you were trying to level sub-base out on a track without leaving large heaps. Needed an extra hand! Probably before your time but to construct a minor road with a camber either side they used (I think?) 40mm stone in the centre and 20 mm either side and then cover it with tar. We used to straddle the centre of the road and have a man each side of the body with a rope around the taildoor then crawl along while they adjusted the flow with the rope to get a nice even level, woe betide you if you tipped the body up too far! More to tipper work than some people think, it isn’t all ‘rip and tip’. 
Pete.