4wd tippers? Which is best?

[TheHungrySquirrel]

Considering buying a stock hi cap and getting a tipper back on it but end up being a similar cost.

Any preference on 300tdi or td5

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

Yes wouldn't want to look like a farmer or Mr K Johnson would be after me

 

 

Just seen.....

 

Cheeky!

 

You'd have been able to buy it from your subsidies rather than your earnings if you were though!!

 

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[Logan]

I don't think there's a way of avoiding the cost whichever way you go. We wanted a 300tdi but ended up with td5 which has been great until now as heat gasket is leaking a bit now. But my preference would be for the tidiest chassis, best looking level of wear on all running gear, mileage... If you find a clean hi cap 3500kg plate and can build it up with new tipper within £15k then that's probably as good as it gets.

[Matthew Storrs]

Considering buying a stock hi cap and getting a tipper back on it but end up being a similar cost.

Any preference on 300tdi or td5

 

I have a 300tdi myself and it's been bulletproof. They are both pretty good engines, but 300 more basic, cheaper and easier to fix. They are however getting on now, the latest ones being 20 years old! Plenty of places rebuild them though if it ever comes to this. I swear that tdi chassis were made of better steel than later defenders but I have no evidence to back this up. I don't consider myself a particularly accomplished mechanic but i have been able to do most things to my 300 myself if and when required.

[R5log]

Am going to put a tipping back on my Hilux

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Am going to put a tipping back on my Hilux

 

Very nice looking truck, too good to put a chip box on:001_cool: Get an old one and keep the new one for Sunday best:001_rolleyes: