new transport truck

[roco]

Didnt wana put it in the build section as its prety much already built.
this is a little project ive been working on. its a 06 opel movano chassis cab.
and ive built a full tipping recovery body for it. it raises about 3ft at the front and lowers about 1ft at the rear, then two 8ft skids slide out and its a straight run at that angle all the way up. so should take most cars, even the low ones.
the beauty about this truck is it can be driven on a car license and no trailer licence needed either, plus you can do the full 120kph on the motorway instead of the 80kph limit towing a trailer.

[gofaster_s13]

You can drive it on a car license as long as it weighs less than 3500kg when loaded.

[Derk]

You can drive it on a car license as long as it weighs less than 3500kg when loaded.

Surely it will be?

The truck itself should only be about 2 ton or a little more empty, then you've got 1500 kg to play with on the back..

Nice work Ronan, tis a handy chap you are

[roco]

yes, the van is a movano 3500, and with the body it only weighs a little under 2ton, so that leaves 1500kg payload, i dont have any cars that heavy. the crx is just over 800kgs. but another plus side is i can still tow a trailer with another car up to 2500kgs, provided i have a full trailer licence.

[Livewire 78]

yea i copped the build when you had your ramp up for sale

how do you raise the body, elbow grease?

any more chassis an cabs like that?usually see them colours on ebay in the uk..

how come you went with single wheel axle?i ve been thinking about going that way on my next one to keep the weight down..

[gofaster_s13]

yes, the van is a movano 3500, and with the body it only weighs a little under 2ton, so that leaves 1500kg payload, i dont have any cars that heavy. the crx is just over 800kgs. but another plus side is i can still tow a trailer with another car up to 2500kgs, provided i have a full trailer licence.

You should be well clear of the 3500kg cut off so, we see a lot of yokes coming in here for DOE where the body builder didnt have the foresight to work out his weights and after mounting the body they'd weigh in at over 3000kg+ unladen, its more common with NPR's, Canter's etc but have seen plenty of Sprinters and Transits caught out as well.

[Livewire 78]

yea you are wasting your time if you cant keep a truck around 2 tonne,its not to bad in ireland though but go up north or too england and your chances of being weighed whilst driving along go seriously up, vosa over there are the crowd that do it and they are gone crazy the last year stopping and weighing lots of trucks etc

[carpo]

Seen this yesterday at ronans garage very tidy truck

[japman]

Didnt wana put it in the build section as its prety much already built.
this is a little project ive been working on. its a 06 opel movano chassis cab.
and ive built a full tipping recovery body for it. it raises about 3ft at the front and lowers about 1ft at the rear, then two 8ft skids slide out and its a straight run at that angle all the way up. so should take most cars, even the low ones.
the beauty about this truck is it can be driven on a car license and no trailer licence needed either, plus you can do the full 120kph on the motorway instead of the 80kph limit towing a trailer.

im buyin an izuzu npr be simular to this style chassis and cab ,,, how much 4 a copy of ur tilting body ??

[paulr5]

how much 4 a copy of ur tilting body ??

I can see it now "ROCO Coach builders"
Tidy job, Will the body slide back as well or tilt for ramps and a winch?