For your own house it's not worth the effort or cost of buying and maintaing a 7.5t wagon.
8 wheel grab holds around 16t so just over 4 loads of a 7.5t.
Round my way inert is around £260 plus vat a load and clean hardcore can be £180 plus vat. Alot of places will let you tip clean hardcore for free but if it costs you £20 in diesel and one hour plus round trip those four loads still cost you £80 in diesel and half a day just in driving, for the inert even if it costs you £10/t to tip that's £160 in tipping plus the £80 and 4 hours to save £20.
For building waste it's cheaper to get a skip as tipping fees here for general waste per tonne are not far off an 8 yard skip. Roro skips are very expensive so best to avoid.
You'll have to speak to wherever is racing or collecting the waste in regards to plaster and paper on walls but most are generally fine.
Any paid work for hire and reward is tacho regardless of mileage so any tipping or deliveries for anyone else needs it.
You will most probably also need waste carriers license even though it's your own property it's a bit of a grey area in regards to the license but transfer sites will ask for it
That is all very informative and useful thanks Brendan. You make some very valid points as for numbers not actually stacking up for my own job. At the moment, I work just 2 days a week unrelated to driving or machinery and so much of my time is going to be free and even so, you still make it stack against the idea of buying.
I called 1 yard, Grab load inert = £300+vat (not sure on tonnage, 12-16t?)
7.2t tipper load inert I drop 3.5t = They wanted to look at it when I brought it in.
But I cannot help thinking that if I intend to undertake the demolition myself, I become the more than just the waste carrier and will have some equipment to boot. It will be a valuable insight into the world of demolition, and I may open up some potential to be contracted by others at that point.
As was suggested earlier, "read up on your O-licence" and I did, I think that I can operate a Restricted O-licence for my own work and my own waste, materials and tools.
I will definately also need the waste carriers licence too, as well as a vehicle maintenance contrat with a HGV garage. But I do not think that a tacho will be necessary, well not quite yet.
My limited tacho understanding is that for transporting "my own waste" and with driving being less than 30% of my rolling monthly working hours, then I would be exempt until I surpass 30% of my working hours. Which considering I would still not yet have any paid work with the vehicle, I could do a soft start and as I do two days a week non-related, surpassing 30% might never happen depending how work pans out.
But as soon as I touch other peoples goods or waste, or I travel too far, or drive too much, or I delivery just one item, then a tacho is required. Is my understanding correct?
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