Artic bulker tipping height?
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Adam@Rumen
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- Nantwich/Rishton
9 metres easily, 8 metres comfortably (to eaves) but obviously depends on shed
@farmerste is right in that maximum tip is about 11 metres on most wagons
@farmerste is right in that maximum tip is about 11 metres on most wagons
- Location
- Wormingford, Essex
I'd guess more than 9 then.Got 9m now and its been hit.
Netherfield
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- Location
- West Yorkshire
What was in the load being tipped?
Chae1
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- Location
- Aberdeenshire
Exactly this.
Spent hours shoveling pellets out a artic bulker. Dread to think what would happen if load went when i was at top.
If pellets loaded warm or body sat outside for night in a hard frost there difficult to empty.
Straights,biscuit meal is about the worst to come out.
Doesn't answer your question, but have moved to get straights delivered with a walking floor artic. Saves a lot of hassle if roof not quite high enough as no 3tipping required. Doesn't cost extra.
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Mansel Davies, a local haulier had a bulk tipper go over years ago, a load of gravel loaded wet was left with one side of the trailer into the prevailing wind on a freezing night, causing half the load to freeze, half came out, half stayed, result - “Run!”.
Top idea! The amount of sweat I lost shovelling out feed from artics when we fed straights , half filled the Irish Sea!!!!!
Trouble with walking floor is you dont get 29t in them,I remember not long ago a bulker could carry 30t,now the furry dice extra lights, ipad,kettle etc seem to be losing the payload.?
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
Mm it’s going up with mini wheels , what’s it matter anyway ?
Chae1
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- Location
- Aberdeenshire
Had lime delivered on one. Sure it was only about 26t of lime in trailer. Told them i didn't want any in that trailer again.
Most would be 28t.
- Location
- Northumberland
I take it that's all grain/oilseed etc? Some of the by-products that come here are less friendly. Wheat filtrate from trafford park needs full height and plenty of clutch abuse.
There was something on one of the loler threads about man baskets only for <6m tele's but there was debate...
mostly grain / oilseed but also lime, fibrophos, bulk N, kalphos etc
if you are 8.5 at eves there is a bit more hight in the middle
Part of the problem seems to be walking floors are designed for bulkier products like woodchip or peat moss. Most walking floor trailers seem to be 45', with higher sides, but tippers are rarely over 40'.
Hauliers don't seem that fussed about top weights over here, last walking floor load had over 31 ton on board.
Walking floors are great but slow to empty,also the lads who fetch my feed in only have tippers,they move a lot of stone and such about then backload with feed.
Had a local lad come in last year and he was in and tipped in the shed in under 6 minutes,I don’t want a walking floor parked up in the way for 20 plus minutes.
Had a local lad come in last year and he was in and tipped in the shed in under 6 minutes,I don’t want a walking floor parked up in the way for 20 plus minutes.
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