Now here's a nice shot of a tipper---and very much in-line with Biglorryblog's 'How to take a good truck photograph' rules...for example, note the interesting foreground---by putting the loader bucket into the top left hand corner you start to frame the picture. Now look at the bloke standing next to the truck. Your eye is immediately drawn into him and you start to get interested in who he his and what he might be doing. (Always good to have anyone wearing a hi-viz vest---gets them noticed and keeps the 'Elfin safety' bods off your back too!)
Add to that some loose material in the front right corner (again framing)and some interesting bit of mechnical gubbins in the background and you're done...so all-in-all not a bad snap to show off what's basically a rather 'normal' tipper body. And it's a shot you could use for all kinds of things---like sector reports, H&S features, or even a news picture related to tippers/construction etc. Infact for a hell of a lot which shows the mark of a good PR photo, i.e. that it's more than just a one-trick pony to illustrate some new fleet order.
Meanwhile, click through here to find out the real reason why BLB was sent it.
With expanding operations throughout the London and M4/M40 areas, Maidenhead-based Summerleaze has upgraded its tipper fleet with a trio od Euro-5 Daf eight-leggers with (for the first time) Thompsons Sandmaster alloy bodies. And apparently specifying the three new tippers with allow bodies was something entirely new. 
"With the cost of three new tippers as they are, a key requirement has been to specify them for the maximum productivity and earning potential" Summerleaze director Mike Lowe tells BLB. "We've known and liked the DAF 8x4 chassis for a long time, but for these latest vehicles we decided to go for the Thompsons Sandmaster. Over both the short and long term, we believe these bodies will offer us appreciably greater benefits."
Summerleaze's Workshop Manager Steve Cooke agrees. "The Sandmasters give us an easy 20 tonnes payload, which is a vital productivity yardstick. Drivers also like these bodies because their smooth, one piece sides prevent a build-up of dirt, and are correspondingly easy to wash and keep clean. Not only is Sandmaster a modern body that really looks the part, but it's also totally practical and virtually maintenance-free. Coming from Thompsons, the Sandmaster is also very well made - which should make a noticeable contribution to residual values when the time comes to sell."
Thompsons, meanwhile, is seeing the alloy body side of its business steadily expand as Sales Director Scott Burton tells me. "We're making steady inroads into this sector with a full range of products. The Sandmaster, for example, is really an alloy version of our steel Loadmaster, a design that's firmly established as the
Meanhile back to photography...you can see the difference in the picture above and the first one. This is OK, it does the job, shows it's a tipper...but unlike the first one it doesn't quite have what the other one has got wouldn't you say?