Dumpers - Cab or no Cab

[Maxus]

Looking at dumpers, I'd say they are like shopping for a trailer. If you get the right brand (ifor williams), they're practically like currency... in think I'll be looking for a 1.5t ot maybe 2t and if I need something bigger, hire in. Swivel is a must I reckon

 

[DaveDCB]

Looking at dumpers, I'd say they are like shopping for a trailer. If you get the right brand (ifor williams), they're practically like currency... in think I'll be looking for a 1.5t ot maybe 2t and if I need something bigger, hire in. Swivel is a must I reckon

Agreed, I’ve had afew 2t swivels and they pair very nicely with anything up to a 3ton mini - as they generally fit through the same size gap!

 

[Furniss]

Looking at dumpers, I'd say they are like shopping for a trailer. If you get the right brand (ifor williams), they're practically like currency... in think I'll be looking for a 1.5t ot maybe 2t and if I need something bigger, hire in. Swivel is a must I reckon

Swivel depends on your job i reckon - i think straight tip in 6t for me - better shape for getting aggs out of with a tilty equiped machine or knocking up lean mix.

 

[Stroppymonkey]

Swivel depends on your job i reckon - i think straight tip in 6t for me - better shape for getting aggs out of with a tilty equiped machine or knocking up lean mix.

If you have a tilty for filling trenches then you don’t need a swivel anyway .

 

[Storrsy]

Looking at dumpers, I'd say they are like shopping for a trailer. If you get the right brand (ifor williams), they're practically like currency... in think I'll be looking for a 1.5t ot maybe 2t and if I need something bigger, hire in. Swivel is a must I reckon

I used to love my 2ton dumper. The reason being was it would fit on to the ifor plant trailer gh1054 so easy if delivering digger and dumper to job without swapping trailers etc. you probably wouldn't notice much drop in productivity over a 3t on most jobs, it would follow where the digger would go but at the same time alot more stable than the 1t high tips.

Thwaites do a 2.3t swivel tip. Based on a 2t chassis. I think something like this would be what I'd go for if buying a trailerable dumper new

 

[Maxus]

I used to love my 2ton dumper. The reason being was it would fit on to the ifor plant trailer gh1054 so easy if delivering digger and dumper to job without swapping trailers etc. you probably wouldn't notice much drop in productivity over a 3t on most jobs, it would follow where the digger would go but at the same time alot more stable than the 1t high tips.

Thwaites do a 2.3t swivel tip. Based on a 2t chassis. I think something like this would be what I'd go for if buying a trailerable dumper new

I agree, the 1 ton dumpers look and feel unstable, for the tight access i use a small tracked dumper - the skip is not that far off size wise and you get more control. Ability to move on gh104 trailer is essential - I'll keep an eye out for a 2.3T thwaites. There's a nice looking thwaites 1.5t swivel hi tip on fb market that's looks just the ticket. Timing is not good for me though - need to finish a few jobs before I can invest further.... back to the original question of this thread, I would not get a cabbed version. Extra weight, extra cost, extra stuff to break. I will get a fishing brolly and cable tie to rops!

 

[Furniss]

If you have a tilty for filling trenches then you don’t need a swivel anyway .

well not always, sometimes we fill trenches with our swivel tip, because we only take the one digger to a job to save trips, in this scenario the digger is on our stockpile, we have swivel in 3t so 6t would be straight tip for other tasks.

 

[Storrsy]

well not always, sometimes we fill trenches with our swivel tip, because we only take the one digger to a job to save trips, in this scenario the digger is on our stockpile, we have swivel in 3t so 6t would be straight tip for other tasks.

Yeah that is a major downside of swivels. Scooping out of them.

I suppose it depends on your work but in reality I manage to do pretty much everything with my straight tip 3t terex and I like the fact lower center of gravity when traversing hillsides

 

[Furniss]

I used to love my 2ton dumper. The reason being was it would fit on to the ifor plant trailer gh1054 so easy if delivering digger and dumper to job without swapping trailers etc. you probably wouldn't notice much drop in productivity over a 3t on most jobs, it would follow where the digger would go but at the same time alot more stable than the 1t high tips.

Thwaites do a 2.3t swivel tip. Based on a 2t chassis. I think something like this would be what I'd go for if buying a trailerable dumper new

3t swivel feels mismatched to the 6t wacker most of the time tbh - 3 1200m scandi bucket fulls and your hopping between them, makes sense for me to put a 6t digger on the truck, the only downside for us is for a standard tank install we take 6t on its own, then 3t swivel + homemade pipe/fittings rack which keeps it to roughly the 2 trips, 6t dumper and pipe rack wont fit i dont think

 

[DaveDCB]

I’ll keep my 3t swivel for now, handy for certain jobs and doesn’t owe me anything tbf, but like @Furniss says it’s mis match to a 6ton mini.. even more so with the new Hitachi - 3 big buckets and its full, so a real long day when your jumping between both on your own!

 

[Smiffy]

3t swivel feels mismatched to the 6t wacker most of the time tbh - 3 1200m scandi bucket fulls and your hopping between them, makes sense for me to put a 6t digger on the truck, the only downside for us is for a standard tank install we take 6t on its own, then 3t swivel + homemade pipe/fittings rack which keeps it to roughly the 2 trips, 6t dumper and pipe rack wont fit i dont think

Could the pipe rack be modified to go in the dumper ?

 

[Furniss]

Could the pipe rack be modified to go in the dumper ?

Doubt it tbh all the attachments travel in dumpr

 

[Smiffy]

Doubt it tbh all the attachments travel in dumpr

Have you got enough height that the pipe rack could have feet that sit on the top of the dumper sides ?? With attachments below the level of the skip sides.

 

[Storrsy]

I’ll keep my 3t swivel for now, handy for certain jobs and doesn’t owe me anything tbf, but like @Furniss says it’s mis match to a 6ton mini.. even more so with the new Hitachi - 3 big buckets and its full, so a real long day when your jumping between both on your own!

Would you not be better just going up to a 9t. Not sure ethe price difference but makes a better match if your keeping your 3t anyway and as said earlier the 9ts seem to float better!

 

[Furniss]

Have you got enough height that the pipe rack could have feet that sit on the top of the dumper sides ?? With attachments below the level of the skip sides.

Nah its pretty high as is up on the hookloader

 

[V8Druid]

I’ll keep my 3t swivel for now, handy for certain jobs and doesn’t owe me anything tbf, but like @Furniss says it’s mis match to a 6ton mini.. even more so with the new Hitachi - 3 big buckets and its full, so a real long day when your jumping between both on your own!

same issue with the 'Drema and 6t Thwaites swivel ... didn' t take long to fill the dumper

 

[hiluxman]

One thing to conclude reading the comments is 'we' tend to buy dumpers to keep for a long time.

Both mine don't owe me alot and I'm quite happy to leave them in the yard until they are needed some times months, sometimes 3 times a week.

So it's definitely worth buying what you want than getting one and wishing you'd bought the other.

 

[DaveDCB]

Agreed totally!
I buy what I want with a view to keep it 10+ years - divide the cost of anything by 10 and it soon becomes a pretty reasonable purchase.. man maths is my speciality

 

[V8Druid]

Agreed totally!
I buy what I want with a view to keep it 10+ years - divide the cost of anything by 10 and it soon becomes a pretty reasonable purchase.. man maths is my speciality

put like that the 'Drema was an utter bargain ... been here 12 years now ... Thwaites 16 WTF did that all go ?????

 

[doobin]

Agreed totally!
I buy what I want with a view to keep it 10+ years - divide the cost of anything by 10 and it soon becomes a pretty reasonable purchase.. man maths is my speciality

You and me both mate! Especially over five years finance....