Converting transits to 4wd?

[YoGi_93]

Im on the hunt(ish) for my first proper arb truck as opposed to a pickup. I want to be able to drive on farmers fields because im planning on offering a stock fencing service aswell but I cant find any transit countys anywhere. I was wondering if there is any scope to fitting slightly aggressive rear tyres on a transit and converting it to 4wd? Ive heard rumours of people doing this before. I know someone is going to tell me to get a landy and I really wish I could but I just cant afford a decent one.

cheers everyone

[Hodge]

I used to be in the same situation, I had a transit and fitted se grate Colway snow tires, they were great, I also looke into a county transit but the ones I found were at least 7 grand and wernt in great condition. So in the end I got a landy:)

[tree monkey]

by time youve paid for a conversion you could have bought a landy imo

[rovers90]

Apparently, if you look on the Transit Owners forum there is a thread about somebody putting a Transit pick up on to a Discovery chassis. Might be worth a look.

[garth mc garth]

The cost of converting a transit to 4 wheel drive will be more than the cost of a landy and wont be half as good. Give MJ Allen, cobbs wood industrial estate Ashford Kent as they did supply county parts for conversions.

[treequip]

Trouble with 4x4 transits (all 4x4's) is the payload you loose

[alex_m]

All sounds like a bit of a nightmare to me. Either have one or t'other. James testcricket put some knobbly tyres on his tranny and says they are great off road, not so much on...

If it's just fencing, a normal 4x4 towing a trailer would be a better setup. Then have a tranny for arb work.

[woody paul]

Saw a transit at a petrol station the other week with Kumho MT kl71 on the back.

[Hodge]

All sounds like a bit of a nightmare to me. Either have one or t'other. James testcricket put some knobbly tyres on his tranny and says they are great off road, not so much on...

If it's just fencing, a normal 4x4 towing a trailer would be a better setup. Then have a tranny for arb work.

 

Only thing with 2 vehicles is 2 lots of tax/insurance and running costs:)

[roseyweb]

I always find the problem with the tranny on mud is the diff and that you always only have one wheel spinning, I reckon a diff locker would be easy and help a bit, I often consider it when spending hours stuck on tiny strips of grass in the van, then forget once i've been towed out