Tracked mini dumper

[RavedenBrook]

Better off hiring a proper diesel/petrol, hi tip tracked dumper, when your doing the bulk work, can't see those electric ones with a 2hr max runtime being up to the task, especially with a 6-8 hour charge time.

If your doing alot of digging work or bulk removal for your project if you need to load a skip those dumpers in the original post won't be of any use.

likewise won't be much use for stockpiling for a grab either, as the low ground clearance when tipping means you'll need to build a ramp up as you stockpile the material which then brings the biggest issue of once it's on an incline you won't be able to tip a full load as they look like manual tip.

For moving the odd bit of stuff around they are probably great but you can hire a proper diesel/petrol hi tip for less than £200 a week

Cheers @Brendan

I think we'll have a proper machine when excavating etc.. Though there are some parts of the plot pretty much only accessible via a wheelbarrow, up slopes, where we're going to be depositing quite a bit of topsoil (trying to keep as much on site as we can), this is where I see the mini dumper coming into its own. It'll take a while granted, but less exhausting than manual barrowing.

 

[Brendan]

Cheers @Brendan

I think we'll have a proper machine when excavating etc.. Though there are some parts of the plot pretty much only accessible via a wheelbarrow, up slopes, where we're going to be depositing quite a bit of topsoil (trying to keep as much on site as we can), this is where I see the mini dumper coming into its own. It'll take a while granted, but less exhausting than manual barrowing.

There isn't much in them dimensions wise, the htd5 is 690mm wide and around 200mm longer, others are similar in size, the cormidi c50 is slightly shorter in length and a slantrac is longer in each dimension
but carries 1t, all will make light work of moving and tipping.

Your best bet is to try and get a go on one of those dumpers in your post and see if it's actually manageable before buying

My mate has an old Kawasaki mule with manual tip, payload wise it's probably similar but with a manual tip I had to half empty it before I could tip it on my own, ended up just shovelling it out each time as it was easier. I'm not weak by any means but having to try and wrestle the bed up from hip height was beyond me, I have no idea on the maths but even if it worked out to be half the payload that's 250kg to get moving from an awkward side on, position with no decent leverage on it

The tipping point on those ones in your post doesn't look ideal and you may need to be quite strong to physically tip it, I had a quick look on YouTube and didn't see a single video of someone tipping anything other than some bushes or bark and the only one with some light logs in conveniently skips the tipping part

Might be better off looking at something like a muck truck or similar, depending on model payload is similar or less but will tip a load easily plus some of the smaller models can switch between a skip and flatbed

 

[RavedenBrook]

Your best bet is to try and get a go on one of those dumpers in your post and see if it's actually manageable before buying

That would be ideal... I reckon it'll be tricky to find one of either though.

My mate has an old Kawasaki mule with manual tip, payload wise it's probably similar but with a manual tip I had to half empty it before I could tip it on my own, ended up just shovelling it out each time as it was easier. I'm not weak by any means but having to try and wrestle the bed up from hip height was beyond me, I have no idea on the maths but even if it worked out to be half the payload that's 250kg to get moving from an awkward side on, position with no decent leverage on it

The lack of hydraulic tip did cross my mind. Again being able to test these things out before buying would be good.

Maybe the answer as someone above suggested is just hiring in a proper mini dumper during the heavy shifting and getting one of these light-duty ones later down the line. The plant hire place down the road has a few in, including a Messersi high tip which I think was 650mm wide.

 

[Steve]

The Titan does look to be very good value for money at around £2000 assuming you can get the VAT from the self build. Battery capacity will probably be more than enough post build on smaller projects.

 

[RavedenBrook]

Thanks @Steve. I'll be double checking in case anything's changed, but pretty sure any machinery purchases will be exempt from our VAT reclaim, sadly.

 

[RavedenBrook]

Thought I'd update on here... I did go for the Titan Mule, purchased back in Feb. Unfortunately it packed up after a few short days' work, which involved shifting logs and woodchip at the end of our garden. Titan said they would pick it up and take it back to the workshop for repair, except they could only arrange for Palletforce on a 7.5 tonne wagon. Unfortunately the machine was stuck down a path in the woods about 0.4km from the nearest accessible road. Fine if we could get it going, but really difficult to push the thing uphill without it running!

Titan attempted to troubleshoot remotely and sent a few replacement parts, which were fitted but didn't solve the problem. I spent more time trying to fix it than I did using it. In the end it was sat there for a couple of months. We got some help from friends and neighbours and got it back onto the driveway. They took some chasing but it was finally picked up by Titan this week on a Luton tail lift, and I got a full refund. For the 8 or 9 hours it was working, it seemed pretty handy. Sadly, it doesn't seem like the company have the infrastructure to solve problems should things go wrong.

 

[doobin]

Thought I'd update on here... I did go for the Titan Mule, purchased back in Feb. Unfortunately it packed up after a few short days' work, which involved shifting logs and woodchip at the end of our garden. Titan said they would pick it up and take it back to the workshop for repair, except they could only arrange for Palletforce on a 7.5 tonne wagon. Unfortunately the machine was stuck down a path in the woods about 0.4km from the nearest accessible road. Fine if we could get it going, but really difficult to push the thing uphill without it running!

Titan attempted to troubleshoot remotely and sent a few replacement parts, which were fitted but didn't solve the problem. I spent more time trying to fix it than I did using it. In the end it was sat there for a couple of months. We got some help from friends and neighbours and got it back onto the driveway. They took some chasing but it was finally picked up by Titan this week on a Luton tail lift, and I got a full refund. For the 8 or 9 hours it was working, it seemed pretty handy. Sadly, it doesn't seem like the company have the infrastructure to solve problems should things go wrong.

Thats a shame. Typical of it to break down in a place like that also.