Best Length Chip Truck

[climbhightree]

Climbhightree, what is the story with that platform with the mini skid on it? Is that a hydraulic ramp bed? Or just a fixed flatbed there
Also, is that a plywood box or something to the left of your mini here?

Fixed platform. Ramps go either in the plywood box or in ladder box in chip body (I store them in ladder box)

Picture from when platform was on my old truck.

Videos of unloading


https://www.instagram.com/p/BOSoqhJhlID/

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[TimberMcPherson]

America, the worlds last great defender against the evils of cabover trucks and the metric system

 

[Ben84]

What do you all think a T6500 cabover (Isuzu FTR) with a 14' Arbortech UTV body on it full of chips hauling a Bandit 1590 weighs in at? Could that pass for under CDL?

As long as the truck gvw is under 26,000 and the trailer is under 10,000 there is no cdl required. Federal dot says that a trailer under 10,000# doesn't get combined with truck weight for adding gvw.

 

[dilley8]

What were the dimensions of this truck? We're looking for our first chip truck and i want to haul our mini the same way. Thanks!

Fixed platform. Ramps go either in the plywood box or in ladder box in chip body (I store them in ladder box)

Picture from when platform was on my old truck.

Videos of unloading


https://www.instagram.com/p/BOSoqhJhlID/

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[Greenstar]

Also, Will an Isuzu cabover truck have enough power to haul a 14" Arbortech UTV chip dump w L-pack toolbox AND a full load of chips AND a Bandit 1590 chipper ????

 

[climbhightree]

What were the dimensions of this truck? We're looking for our first chip truck and i want to haul our mini the same way. Thanks!

Truck is an 2003 international 4300 dt466. The platform is 5' (including the plywood box). Chip body is an 11' Arbortech.

Gvw on my truck is 23,500...fully loaded (chips and mini) I'm about 700 to 1000 lbs overweight. I can't remember the exact number. My front axle has a lower weight rating than I'd prefer.

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[climbhightree]

Also, Will an Isuzu cabover truck have enough power to haul a 14" Arbortech UTV chip dump w L-pack toolbox AND a full load of chips AND a Bandit 1590 chipper ????

In my opinion, no. I had a 2004 Isuzu nqr with the same platform on that I have now. At that time I only had a 9' chip body and a vermeer 1230a chipper, and it was a serious fog on hills. I ended up needing transmission work after a year (bought it used). I decided to just trade it in for the international 4300, instead of fixing it.

If you're in the Midwest, or other flat areas you may be OK.

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[hseII]

In my opinion, no. I had a 2004 Isuzu nqr with the same platform on that I have now. At that time I only had a 9' chip body and a vermeer 1230a chipper, and it was a serious fog on hills. I ended up needing transmission work after a year (bought it used). I decided to just trade it in for the international 4300, instead of fixing it.

If you're in the Midwest, or other flat areas you may be OK.

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The NPR/NQRs are less than the FTR series.
https://www.isuzucv.com/en/app/site/pdf?file=diesel_specs.pdf


https://www.isuzucv.com/en/fseries/models

Which of the engine/ratings were the NQR did you have?

 

[climbhightree]

Here is the deal though, as I can see (and what I seen once I started having power issues and looking around for a new truck). I liked cab overs, znd liked Isuzu.

The Isuzu npr-hd Gvw of 14, 500, Isuzu nqr Gvw 17,950, Isuzu nrr Gvw 19,500, and Isuzu ftr Gvw 25,950 all have 2 things in common...the same transmission and engine.

The npr-hd has 215hp to move 14,500...the ftr has the same size (liter and hp) to move 25,950

So instead of upgrading to a bigger Isuzu I decided to change brands.

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