Tilt Tray Truck Rates

[Lionelgee]

Hello All,

It is a bit late and on the weekend so I don't really want to hassle and towies this time of day.

I have one or two ;) Land Rovers in the paddock which I want to rearrange so they are a bit less visible from the road. I had thought of using my tractor to tow them into position; with the aid of my darling wife steering the one or two or ... Land Rovers. It would mean a fair bit of push pull and reconnecting to get them where I want.

I was wondering how much it would cost to hire a tilt tray truck to shift my one or two or ... Land Rovers as it would be just one pick up and a placement for the towie to do each vehicle. Plus the towie should be able to position the Land Rovers more precisely and with less fuss and likely damage to the Land Rovers; and my wife's sensitive ears.

If anyone has had recent experience can you please let me know how much do tilt tray truck operators charge?

Oh - I live in Bundaberg in Queensland.

Kind Regards
Lionel

[Tank]

Australia's a big place, where do you live, my Son drives a Tilt tray, Regards Frank.

[Lionelgee]

Australia's a big place, where do you live, my Son drives a Tilt tray, Regards Frank.


Hello Frank,

Yes Australia is a big place - I live in Bundaberg Queensland.

As a bench mark how much would your son charge - would it be an hourly rate or a cost per car?

I will edit my post too.

Kind Regards
Lionel

[Tank]

He's a bit out of range for you, he is in Canberra and he charges on how far they have to travel, in your case you would have to take out a second mortgage, ring a local bloke, they will give you a quote, Regards Frank.

[debruiser]

Last time I checked, 2012, Mackay rates were up around $170 an hour. I'd use the tractor.

[101 Ron]

South coast of NSW is 90 to 100 dollars a hour starting from depot.
If just moving stuff around a paddock, crane truck hire could be slightly cheaper.

[pop058]

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[Lionelgee]

Ring ABC Towing 0417 831 144


Hello Paul and Ronnie,

Thanks for the message. Safe travels and have a good time.

Kind Regards
Lionel

[UncleHo]

I would suggest the tractor and a ridged bar,or just take your time with the tractor and a chain.

[rangieman]

I have my own truck and trailer and the rate is $1.50 per k or $150.00 a hour . If your like every other tight arse landy owner:angel:;) use your tractor :cool:

[debruiser]

I have my own truck and trailer and the rate is $1.50 per k or $150.00 a hour . If your like every other tight arse landy owner:angel:;) use your tractor :cool:

I thought that was a prerequisite for driving a LR! :p I really just prefer to do things myself whenever I can :)

[DoubleChevron]

If you have a tractor nothing is easier. jack the rear wheels up on the dead landie, back the tractors carry all under the back wheels... tie it down and drive/steer the 4wd around like a wheel barrow.... If you don't have a carry all, use whatever hydraulic implement you have (eg: bucket, blade, etc...) to lift the arse end of one of cars and drag 'em around that way. By doing this you can steer/guide them from the tractor.

seeya,
Shane L.

[Lionelgee]

If you have a tractor nothing is easier. jack the rear wheels up on the dead landie, back the tractors carry all under the back wheels... tie it down and drive/steer the 4wd around like a wheel barrow.... If you don't have a carry all, use whatever hydraulic implement you have (eg: bucket, blade, etc...) to lift the arse end of one of cars and drag 'em around that way. By doing this you can steer/guide them from the tractor.

seeya,
Shane L.


Hello Shane,

Hmmm good suggestion - except... the only implement I have is a slasher. Plus it is only a wee little tractor, so if I lifted the Land Rover up with the three point linkage I would staring at the sky. Sort of like tractor tipping in the Cars movie.

I do have plans for a tow behind wheeled crane. However, the budget for it has not eventuated yet. Probably been spent on Land Rover parts - how strange is that :cool:

Kind Regards
Lionel

[Lionelgee]

I have my own truck and trailer and the rate is $1.50 per k or $150.00 a hour . If your like every other tight arse landy owner:angel:;) use your tractor :cool:


Hello Rangieman,

Yep after having a look at the lay of the land and how simple it will be to manoeuvre the open paddock based Land Rovers; compared to the one in the fenced house yard... I reckon I will follow your advice and stay true to Land Rover "tight-arsed" form. I did the hard shift first yesterday. It involved working within limited room to move trying to negotiate such things as a house, shed, trees, clothes line, garden beds, another Land Rover ...

Doing it myself will mean my having more money to spend on my obsession - Land Rovers :cool:

Kind Regards
Lionel

[rangieman]

I thought that was a prerequisite for driving a LR! :p I really just prefer to do things myself whenever I can :)

I hear ya i own and work on my own;)

[marko66]

Hi All

I have a 8.5 metre deck tilt tray and I charge between 2.20 and 3.00 a kilometre on the bitumen and usually double that for dirt.

The size is nice as I can fit a shorty and a 109 or 110 on the tray at the same time

Regards Mark

[Lionelgee]

Hello All,

Well this thread was started on the 9th of November 2013. Then today I finally had enough of one of the Land Rovers blocking access to one of my shed's bay so I kicked over the tractor and grabbed some chain.

There was no one else at home due to their having the good sense to organise to go on a bush walk. This meant that every change of direction I dismounted the tractor; opened the Land Rover door and adjusted the direction of the steering. Got back on the tractor until another change of direction was needed .... I think you get the point. I then cut down one of the old side fences and navigated the Land Rover backed up to the chook yard.

Having positioned one Land Rover just so I turned around and saw 7 other Land Rovers that were needing to be rearranged. Lots of mounting the tractor and dismounts. Lots of adjusting the chain and steering wheel. One Land Rover had to have its tyre taken off and pumped up.

Now I only have the latest addition - Batty who was one of the paddock six. Batty being a good and whole Land Rover has been upgraded from the paddock to the house yard.

The only thing left to do in the paddock is move an old trailer that has a spare chassis sitting on it. Back to having an empty paddock. It only took the whole day and into the dark to do! Job done. :) Only cost diesel, some muscle pain and bit of blood. Yes, the God of "Do it Yourself" demanded some alms today, as per usual.

I will post up some before and after photographs of the arrangement tomorrow morning.

Kind Regards
Lionel

[Lionelgee]

Hello All,

Here are some photographs of the finished arrangement of Land Rovers.

The first photograph really is the start point and the end point. Currently it shows my daily driver - when I can see properly. The Commodore is happily sitting in the shed and this was the main reason for starting the project yesterday.

Prior to this there was a diesel Land Rover sitting just in front of the shed and it blocked access to the shed bay. The Commodore was left sitting out in the weather.

The Land Rover had been up on jack stands inside the shed as I worked on the clutch and brakes. I was replacing all the hydraulics in the hope that this was the reason why the clutch was not working. It wasn't and this meant that the clutch pressure plate has some issues. Replacing the clutch is outside of my current budget. So out of the shed the Land Rover went.

I successfully manoeuvred the first Land Rover around the side of the shed, into the paddock and against the back of the chook yard. I then started relocating the seven other paddock dwelling Land Rovers. The main motivation of this was that I had a line of Land Rovers that ran parallel with the road and it looked a bit off. You know the look of some rural blocks have where there seems to be an endless conglomeration of wrecks that are just abandoned! You know to the passer-by it would look like I had a bit of a problem with Land Rovers :p

I figured that having the Land Rovers arranged in a series of two rows would stand out less from the road. The plan is to extend a fence around them that has a series of panels. Each panel could be removed to gain access to tow a vehicle out to gain access to parts.

Here is a photograph of the gaggle of Land Rovers. The last photograph shows the House Yard Land Rovers. They are the good ones that I intend to get ready for being registered. One day soon - fingers crossed.

The empty space in the shed is where SWMBO's car goes - hence no space for Land Rovers :p

Kind Regards
Lionel

[Gumnut]

Hey,

Nice work!!

And a tad quicker than my best procastinaceous efforts!!!!

Gumnut

[d2dave]

I have my own truck and trailer and the rate is $1.50 per k or $150.00 a hour . If your like every other tight arse landy owner:angel:;) use your tractor :cool:

Lionel. I'd be using Rangieman with his per K rate. Would cost you three bucks.:)

[Lionelgee]

Lionel. I'd be using Rangieman with his per K rate. Would cost you three bucks.:)

G'day D2 Dave,

Well that would have been sort of right for part of the Land Rover resettlement manoeuvres.

However, I think Rangieman would have used the pricing on right hand side of the "or" in his message. This had the decimal point moved to the right hand side to $150.00 per hour. ;)

So I followed Rangieman's advice "If your like every other tight arse landy owner :angel:;) use your tractor :cool:"

Kind Regards
Lionel

[Ausfree]

I would say that you are not being a "tightarse" by using your tractor. it's a situation where you have no money left over after buying a "herd" (or is it a flock) of LandRovers.:p