whos carrier is going?

[Ron Pier]

In answer to the 7.5 ton truck payload. I have been running my own sand and gravel supply business for 30 years. We have been operating 7.5 ton tippers with the intention to deliver a 4 ton load. It has been difficult to find such trucks, but we have found that the new breed of Isuzus and Mitsubishi's will just about do the trick. Before that we had a Magirus deutz a Daf 45 and a Bedford TK. So if you were to strip the tipper gear from any of these and add a fairly light steel or wooden floor directly to the chassis, you would easily carry a 4 ton load. No HGV licence required. The ones to avoid are the much heavier built trucks like Iveco, Man, Mercedes etc. The lightest truck I have come across is our Mitsubishi Canter. It gives us a legal 4.3 ton payload. These are built more like a big van than a small lorry. One of these chassis cabs would legally be able to transport a kitted up carrier and crew. Ron

[Neil Ashley]

According to the manual the unladened weight of a Canadian Mk11* is from memory approx 3.8 ton so by the time you have loaded it with all your kit you are very unlikely to under 7.5 ton.

I looked in to this for my carrier and as Ron states to get the higher pay loads you need the more modern trucks. Even then the Mitsubishi Canters have vety short beds and narrow bodies which does'ent leave much room. A custom build aluminium body would be preferable.

A Mk1 Carrier is lighter.