If you could live with the existing floor and tipping gear, ally plank is pretty straightforward to work with. I've done a couple of trucks in plank now, they look pretty smart and only need bolts and rivets.
All major roads have to be able to take at least 44 tonne artics, there are some weak bridges, and some restrictions in suburban areas but I can get my rig pretty much anywhere.
I didn't answer the first part of your post earlier, not offended in any way but somewhat staggered by just how much of a downer you have on the UK. The forestry and arb industry contribute £2.1 billion to annual gdp. I need a tiny fraction of that to keep my tiny business going. Sure there's...
Oh go on then!
It came to me from a builder's merchant, with a 6 metre flat body.
Booked it into Ed's Engineering Shop and got the hot spanners out.
Got the old body off with the aid of a 13 tonne excavator.
Sawed it in half and welded it back together 2 metres shorter
Cut the old...
Thanks, it will be super smart when it's all finished. I'm going to build a complete engine housing in aluminium, and possibly respray the chipper black.
Here she is behind my chip/log truck
In the transport position. New aluminium chequer belt/tank cover folded and TIG welded.
Aerial view off the top of my crane.
Few bits to do yet, but at least she's out earning money!
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