It tips to the front. -- In smaller makes:- - It tips by the driver pulling a lever and thus unlocking a catch and the skip and contents hinge forward under their own weight and the skip's contents fall out, and afterwards he must go in front of it and push the skip back up by hand. - The back wheels turn to steer. - The top of the skip is about 4 to 5 feet above trhe ground. - Often the exhaust silencer / muffler is like a pepperpot and the engine rotates so slowly that it goes "phut phut phut" and not "brrrrm". -- In newer bigger makes:- - There is a hydraulic to rise the skip. - It is articulated in the middle and there are 2 hydraulic rans to steer it with.