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volvo dumpers

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  • 15-02-2007 2:22pm
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    cantdecide
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    you know those huge volvo dump truck thingys. a relative is looking for a new job and has been offered a job driving one of those. money is very good.

    how do you get training/ licenses for these?


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    Wishbone Ash
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    cantdecide wrote:
    you know those huge volvo dump truck thingys. a relative is looking for a new job and has been offered a job driving one of those. money is very good.

    how do you get training/ licenses for these?
    A category C licence will cover for a public road but an employer may require 'Safe Pass' etc.

    They are extremely uncomfortable to drive all day especially the constant up and down motion. He will earn every penny.


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    maidhc
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    I thought the Volvo dumper was an endangered species. A tractor and trailer makes more economic sense due to the price and taxation.

    Never driven a volvo dumper, but on the rough roads with a tractor is no fun. The air seat helps, but only to a degree. Back pain is surely to be expected after a few years of it.


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    Nephew
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    He'll need a fas safe pass (about e160 I think, it lasts 3 years) and a dumper ticket. He'll probably get away without the dumper ticket depending on who he works for, but he'll need the safe pass anyway.

    I suppose the money is ok driving a dumper, but he'd be better off trying for a job in a shovel or excavator, where he'd take home a lot more each week and wouldn't get fu*ked about all day long.

    Lads, I somehow doubt he'll have the pleasure of driving on public roads, have you seen how big they are?


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    peasant
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    Nephew wrote:
    Lads, I somehow doubt he'll have the pleasure of driving on public roads, have you seen how big they are?

    Which public roads are you driving on?

    Like you, I doubt that these yokes should be on them ...but they certainly are !


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    Wishbone Ash
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    Nephew wrote:
    I somehow doubt he'll have the pleasure of driving on public roads, have you seen how big they are?
    There are two types a 25 tonne and a 40 tonne (A25/A40 ??). The 25 tonne one is road legal while the 40 tonne, which is considerably larger, can only be driven on a public road if a permit has been obtained from the local authority. I'm open to correction on this.


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    Wishbone Ash
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    BM A25 http://www.volvo.com/constructionequipment/global/en-gb/AboutUs/history/products/articulated+haulers/Articulated+Haulers+Volvo+BM/Volvo+BM+A25+6x4.htm

    BM A40 http://www.volvo.com/constructionequipment/global/en-gb/AboutUs/history/products/articulated+haulers/Articulated+Haulers+Volvo+BM/Volvo+BM+A40.htm


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    Nephew
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    peasant wrote:
    Which public roads are you driving on?

    Like you, I doubt that these yokes should be on them ...but they certainly are !

    I was referring to the 40 tonners. Its not that common that you see 25 tonners on the road, as its more practical and safer to use a truck carrying a load on public roads.


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