Van discrimination (Stockton Council)

[FredTransit]

Hi Terry, I'm actually in Acton, but it's in the borough of Ealing.

[Terry]

Hi Fred
Whereabouts Gunnersbury end ?
or off towards Shepherds Bush ?
Gonna be in the middle aint ya ! typical female

[FredTransit]

By the A40 near homebase! I am saying no more on the forum (glad to chat to you Terry privately) but I don't want the light fingered types coming over and helping themselves to me mirrors and other bits! It has happend...

[Andrew E]

Speaking as a dustmans son once upon a time, A couple of crates of stumpies @french hypermarket at christmas will give you a years worth of dumping - and as a rule of thumb all his best tips used to come from estates with bugger all from the big houses. My top tip is pull in at closing time - you would be suprised how many overloaded builders vans containing nothing but "brown envlopes of beer money" surface....... Or you could use your car - I was turned anyway with hardcore because my van had "Generator Hire" on the side, so I put the 15 3/4 full cement bags in the back of my FIAT and went back - didn't say a dicke bird

[FredTransit]

Speaking as a dustmans son once upon a time, A couple of crates of stumpies @french hypermarket at christmas will give you a years worth of dumping - and as a rule of thumb all his best tips used to come from estates with bugger all from the big houses. My top tip is pull in at closing time - you would be suprised how many overloaded builders vans containing nothing but "brown envlopes of beer money" surface....... Or you could use your car - I was turned anyway with hardcore because my van had "Generator Hire" on the side, so I put the 15 3/4 full cement bags in the back of my FIAT and went back - didn't say a dicke bird

Haven't got a car. I even got in for free with the tipper a few weeks ago!

[stivh]

In Manchester now we are big into recycling and although once I was refused when the women in suites were outside they will now even let you use their own barrow to get your load inside......as long as it is for recycling and you are obviously not dumping your business waste. I have an unlettered white high top van and have absolutley no chance of getting under the barrier.

[gazza]

i went to the tip years ago in my capri with a heavily loaded trailer full of earth and hardcore. twat says 'you cant tip that here', why? i ask, 'cos your a landscape gardener'. oh yes, silly me, i forget the prefered vehicle for landscape gardeners is a heavily modified capri used to have no end of hassle with our local tip but a good rant at the council seemed to sort it. when i asked the guy what his name was to report to the chap at the local council he wouldnt tell me, i then pointed out there cant be too many dickheads like him working on a sunday! that and his name was up on the duty manager board anyway. after restricting vans to tuesdays and thursday the fly tipping went throught the roof, relaxed the rules again and it has now dropped, funny that eh?

[bondy]

get the girly to call before hand. tell her to put on her best seductive voice. when the dickheads agree to let her in, take the settee to the dump. they cant say no cos they have already agreed to let you (sorry, her) in. works a treat.

[MR MOVE IT]

Talking of tips and rubbish, I could use some advice from anyone involved in junk removals, house clearance, man with van type of businesses, I have applied for my waste carriers licence and spoken to a few local recycling sites. I have taken inspiration from the American company Any Junk? but cant seem to find much info on the internet so any advice on pricing, advertising, etc would be greatly appreciated.

[100ps_drw_hicube]

Talking of tips and rubbish, I could use some advice from anyone involved in junk removals, house clearance, man with van type of businesses, I have applied for my waste carriers licence and spoken to a few local recycling sites. I have taken inspiration from the American company Any Junk? but cant seem to find much info on the internet so any advice on pricing, advertising, etc would be greatly appreciated.

i do house clearances and rubbish removals a lot i looked into a waste licence but it was too expensive so i have found a good loop hole if you do the job then offer back £10 to the customer (already built in on yer price) techinically it's your waste which you are transporting so it's all above board i phoned the environment agency who confirmed that this is legal and above board

[belly]

couple of years ago took a p reg flat bed smiley to the dump in hedge end loaded above headboard with conifers and stumps big que so waited got to the gate and thet shut them on me told me no trade wasted and that i was a pikey the van had marquee hire written all over it even the royal crest as by appoitment to charlie anyway managed to get in another dump explained that marquees are ally and pvc they were fine couple of months later turned up at a house in hedge end to do a marquee 40 bday party to my shock the manager from the first dump revenge is best served wet leaky roofs not guttered proper plus he wanted extras for cash nope sorry mate all our kit is out at a pikey wedding still a pain in the rear tho just take any stuff in small amounts now to work skips

[MR MOVE IT]

Cheers guys, I'm looking for ideas on what prices and services I can offer my new potential customers any help appreciated

[FredTransit]

get the girly to call before hand. tell her to put on her best seductive voice. when the dickheads agree to let her in, take the settee to the dump. they cant say no cos they have already agreed to let you (sorry, her) in. works a treat.

Erm, better yet get the 'girly' to drive there herself. Nothing like shock tactics.....

[spaceman]

Not thatI condon fly tipping, but should I ever have the misfortune to go to council dumping ground and I get refused to unload with my "obviously" custom, I would turn it around, back up to their height restricted entrance and drop the whole bloody lot. As it will be on the driveway to the compound it would be on council property, so it will be council employees responsibility to remove it.

[MrMPuk]

I know that the tips near me aren't council run, they are all run by private companies that have to pay to by the ton to dump the rubbish.