i am currently running an 84 F700 chip truck with a morbark 2090 chipper. I also have a 03 Suzuki atv, and an 01 Toro dingo. My main inefficiency is wood hauling.
the dingo will load into a truck deck of 4.5 ft. so I am forced to unhook my chipper and load logs thru the rear (sides to tall, even without box cover). This sure beats the old way of loading logs, but having to haul mixed loads sometimes sucks. Ive considered a 1 ton for hauling logs and pulling the equipment, but that is just another rig to drive, license and insure.
Im now considering replacing my current chip truck with a small to medium sized roll off truck, a box for chips, and a box for logs, custom built of coarse for tool and equipment storage. This keeps my fleet to one main truck, it will increase my travel time because on jobs where I'll need a log and a chip box I will of coarse have to go there twice (one way). But with a newer truck I wouldn't mind so much. The other plus to a roll off would be the abilty to load the box on the ground with the dingo loader instaed of piling up on curb to either stuff in the chip truck after all chipping is done, or having to call an outside company to come clam up the logs.
The reason I bring this up is to question if anyone out there is already using a roll off and how is it working for you?
The company I worked for 6 years ago started using one and it was a nice implement to his fleet. To me being a small 1-2 man operation the idea of a roll off seems very practical, although the initial investment may be more than a standard rig.
any thoughts??
the dingo will load into a truck deck of 4.5 ft. so I am forced to unhook my chipper and load logs thru the rear (sides to tall, even without box cover). This sure beats the old way of loading logs, but having to haul mixed loads sometimes sucks. Ive considered a 1 ton for hauling logs and pulling the equipment, but that is just another rig to drive, license and insure.
Im now considering replacing my current chip truck with a small to medium sized roll off truck, a box for chips, and a box for logs, custom built of coarse for tool and equipment storage. This keeps my fleet to one main truck, it will increase my travel time because on jobs where I'll need a log and a chip box I will of coarse have to go there twice (one way). But with a newer truck I wouldn't mind so much. The other plus to a roll off would be the abilty to load the box on the ground with the dingo loader instaed of piling up on curb to either stuff in the chip truck after all chipping is done, or having to call an outside company to come clam up the logs.
The reason I bring this up is to question if anyone out there is already using a roll off and how is it working for you?
The company I worked for 6 years ago started using one and it was a nice implement to his fleet. To me being a small 1-2 man operation the idea of a roll off seems very practical, although the initial investment may be more than a standard rig.
any thoughts??
