Thai Dhupp and Princess Joy's Thai House Build

[Thai Dhupp]

The locals in this area seem to sell based not on cubic meter but 6 wheel or 10 wheel truck. Or by the job. All includes a tractor.

yes, Slick...so many ways to sell to us!! in Uk i have always looked at the truck size, but there are variations based even on the wheel plan. for example:

these are what we in the extractive industry (I used to be a quarry manager)call an 8-legger (4 axles, wheels each side, either single wheel or double, doesnt matter)


this one with a LOW body side


and this one medium-sided.

both the same 'floor plan but truck 2 carries a lot more than truck 1. there are high sided options too

same for this, a 6-legger:


Low sided


high sided

and even 4 leg trucks:


v small truck and small body


low sided


medium sided

its clearly crucial to ascertain the size of the truck if going on 'truck loads - or else, calculate the capacity in M3 and go with that for costings, or work out the area before and after , and then the volume delivered by survey (the more expensive way if using a total station, etc. )

In UK 6 leggers were traditionally referred to as '16T-ers' but you can see from the images that some 6 leg trucks will in fact carry 20T!

knowing the truck being used in the quote is v important. i shall be watching closely for the volumes delivered in May.