AndyM
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- NW PA, USA
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- 1948 Ford 8N and 1993 Toro WheelHorse 520H
JimR said:I hauled a lot of stone, sand and crushed gravel in my dump pickup when I had it. No one ever refused to load my truck. Not one of them ever did any damage to my truck either. Quality help means quality work.
No way would I ever think that about the most crooked industry in the world.Dargo said:You don't really think that insurance companies are all nice guys who aren't out to make money, do you?
1*Adding a dump feature to a 1/2 or 3/4 PU does not necessarily change the primary purpose of that truck either.markct said:a few years ago when i had my ford L600 truck (24,000 gvw)on the road i of course had insurance on it. when talking to the insurance agent when i first got the insurance he pointed out to me that since the truck was a flatbed that dumped then it didnt have to be insured as a dump truck, just regular flatbed truck, basicly
1*yes you could haul gravel in it by putting sideboards on, which i often did, but that was not the primary designed purpose of the truck so thus it didnt have to be insured as dump truck which of course was more money.
2*so i dont see how adding a dump insert to a pickup is going to void your insurance as some people say,
3*i mean basicly the dump insert is a load you are carrying in the bed of your pickup, its not a truck body realy.
gemini5362 said:Here is my experience with the suggestions.
1. I pointed out to my insurance agent ( Who really likes me because I pay his company a few thousand dollars every year.) that I could just claim it was a farm truck with a flat bed. He pointed out they would check the vin and if it did not show it was a Dump truck I might get by with that but if I had a claim they had the option of not paying it. Since I have several houses and some other stuff I like keeping I did not want to risk any of that by the potential of not being able to have my insurance company pay a claim.
2. I like the idea of hiring quality help. I dont know about other folks. It might be a luxury to go to whatever sand/gravel/dirt etc company you want to. We have one option that is less than two hours drive from my house. Although I resent it deeply not once has that company called me and asked me what I thought of a potential employee to run their loading equipment. I also am of the opinion unless I fork out millions and millions of dollars to buy their company they probably wont ask my opinion on any potential new hires in the future.
For all of the people that get their trucks loaded no matter what the size and they are loaded correctly god bless you for you are fortunate. For the people that drive around with their 1/2 ton pickups full of rock and whatever I wish them well. I hope they never have a loader overload their vehicle or I am jealous if they can watch a big loader bucket dropping material and know exactly when to tell the loader to stop so they get the exact weight they want and their vehicle can handle safely.
For myself I am going to continue to pay the 100.00 delivery fee for material until I decide to buy my wife another piece of diamond jewelry so that she wont complain when I buy a new dump trailer.