Been offered a job on a hook skip collecting and tipping at landfill. This kinda scares me.
Have any of you.got experience with this sort of work. Yeah I know it’s dirty and stinks. But surely there’s some good points
Offered £11.50p all new trucks
Current job is quarry work. On 8 wheel tippers peace of ■■■■ work done it for 2 years
Really want to take the job as it’s more then I’m on now with fewer hours. But I have zero experience of landfill and thinking about driving into one fills me with dread lol. I’m sure I’ll be shown the ropes by my possible new boss but just want your views please
Ergot2005:
Been offered a job on a hook skip collecting and tipping at landfill. This kinda scares me.
Have any of you.got experience with this sort of work. Yeah I know it’s dirty and stinks. But surely there’s some good points
Offered £11.50p all new trucks
Current job is quarry work. On 8 wheel tippers peace of ■■■■ work done it for 2 years
Really want to take the job as it’s more then I’m on now with fewer hours. But I have zero experience of landfill and thinking about driving into one fills me with dread lol. I’m sure I’ll be shown the ropes by my possible new boss but just want your views please
I’ve done ejectors and walking floors, sending something up in the air is a different ball game I’ve had one nearly go over (8 Legger) just a case of make sure your on as flat ground and possible and hope it’s been compacted enough…
Don’t want it to sound as you will be experiencing lots of roll overs, but always keep the cab clear of any objects that
can injure you if the worst does ever happen…
Hook/Rolonoff skip work on landfill, it was great fun and i really enjoyed it and i’d be quite happy to go back on it if my present number disappeared.
I had Rolonoff at first and later Multilift equipment, don’t compare to a normal tipper, these Hooklift tipping bodies are bloody sturdy heavy twin rams built into the middle of the lifter, never heard of one going over when i was on it.
Yes the tips can be hard going, but an experienced operator will have the right tackle for the job, the wrong vehicles break, simple as.
I reckon it was my experience of keeping on the move through the mud getting on/off landfill sites with artic loads that got me through the snow in my rear wheel drive car today
As long as you get over the smell and realise there is no point to polishing tanks it’s not bad really, where I used to work was near a couple of other general haulage firms and we were on better pay and higher spec motors (Like Juddian mentions).
I’ve done hook skip and compactor work on agency at Sugarich. Its actually not that hard, you get used to the smell and you pick up the tricks quite quickly:
When dropping try to get it as close to where it needs to be. Once the back of the skip hits the floor take off your park brake and allow the wagon to be slowly moved forwards as you drop the skip, gently applying the footbrake a little if needed. Its far easier to do this than try to force the skip backwards with the hook as on many of them the rollers on the skip get jammed up with crap.
When manouvering the empty into position leave the front of the skip in the air a foot or so and then you can reverse it like an artic or drawbar trailer.
When picking up the skip once you’ve got the weight take off the park brake and allow the wagon to be pulled back by the skip, once the skip runners on the bottom have hit the rollers then put the park brake on, drop the roller wheel at the back and pull the skip on.
DON’T FORGET TO APPLY THE BODY CLAMPS.
It can be a bit disconcerting to drive at first as the skip will slide slightly from side to side as you corner and its a high centre of gravity.
Hook loaders are straight forward enough, I’d expect that you would get some sort of training and an assessment before being let loose on your own. Main advice is to keep it straight when picking up bins (drag forward a foot or two with the bin around a little off the ground and hit the brakes to make sure the bin is actually on the hook securely) else you run the risk of missing the runners and causing considerable damage to the vehicle.
Keep it straight again when dropping, using too much lock on pushing back could take out your rear lights or bend the bar that they’re attached to.
I’d doubt that you’ll get any particularly heavy bins doing landfill stuff, but if your front wheels lift off the ground then don’t continue with the lift!
Unless you’re doing something like food waste then there won’t be any great stink - stand well clear of the bin door when opening if you are though!
Landfill is no big deal, if it’s wet/ muddy then diff lock on and possibly switch an auto box to manual to stop the bloody thing trying to change gear and stopping you dead. Reverse wherever you’re directed, sheet off, unlock/open door(s), tip, drive forward a bit and slam on the brakes to clear, get out, have a look, if something still in the back then forward again, brake, repeat until empty, lower, lock door(s), clear off.
as above and remember its not a Cat your driving! so don’t go near the face if you have doubts. and ffs don’t drive over matresses they wrap round and explode everywhere and again keep away from the steel wheeled compactors they make a bloody mess of a cab
I enjoyed landfill work. Used to do ejectors for London Waste. It’s quite fun driving off road in a fully loaded artic. It’s nothing to worry about, go for it
and again keep away from the steel wheeled compactors they make a bloody mess of a cab