Preferred forestry vehicle

[Mike Hill]

I like the look of the 4x4 Citroen Being van.

 

If it was just Saws and Gas you are carrying,I would try one of those.

[Robbie260]

47 minutes ago, Mike Hill said:

I like the look of the 4x4 Citroen Being van.

 

If it was just Saws and Gas you are carrying,I would try one of those.

Thats a shout if no real towing capacity is required, don't forget the renult kangoo too though the newer ones aren't 4x4 but some fancy 2wd traction control system though still fairly decent in a wet field. 

[jose]

could be mistaken but thought i heard ford are doing new transits with a limited slip diff and 4wd?

may be interesting to see what thats all about

[Stubby]

2 hours ago, jose said:

could be mistaken but thought i heard ford are doing new transits with a limited slip diff and 4wd?

may be interesting to see what thats all about

I remember the old Transit County with 4x4 .

[David Cropper]

1 minute ago, Stubby said:

I remember the old Transit County with 4x4 .

That's what I had when I was Emergency Response Supervisor at BP Wytch Farm as the on call vehicle. Ferguson system, bleeding horrible trying to get it into 4x4! To save a few quid, BP  fitted it with road tyres, first time out off road, got bogged in. Needed a Discovery to drag me out, they were our response vehicles for the gaffers to get to the incident site quickly. 

[Billhook]

  Sandringham 6 built by Hotspur cars, 3500 V8.   Six wheel drive  16 speed gearbox with centre difflock, electro-hydraulic tipping body that will carry 2 tons and crane that will lift 30 cwt.

Hell of a tool just a shame that I cannot afford the petrol so it remains in my shed for old classics!

[nemcc]

Had a couple of l200 s, 

Now running a Suzuki sx4  with insa turbo 50/50 tyres.

Dog in the back with toolboxes, seats folded up.

Roofbox on top to carry the 362 ,500i and fuel .

Forestry work only plant, oak pruning and felling.

This is the way.

[openspaceman]

44 minutes ago, Billhook said:

  Sandringham 6 built by Hotspur cars, 3500 V8.   Six wheel drive  16 speed gearbox with centre difflock, electro-hydraulic tipping body that will carry 2 tons and crane that will lift 30 cwt.

Hell of a tool just a shame that I cannot afford the petrol so it remains in my shed for old classics!

 

 

So that is based on a stage 1 V8, basically a series 3 with selected 4WD. In normal road use are only one pair of the rear wheels powered and the other via the PTO part of the transfer box?

[Billhook]

2 hours ago, openspaceman said:

 

 

So that is based on a stage 1 V8, basically a series 3 with selected 4WD. In normal road use are only one pair of the rear wheels powered and the other via the PTO part of the transfer box?

Yes, Stage 1 V8 used by Southern Electric I believe with a cherry picker.  Local man fitted Ifor Williams tipping trailer body and blacksmith built crane  (surprisingly good)

The propshaft goes out to the central axle and goes straight through it to the rear axle so it always has the rear four wheels engaged although there are no difflocks across the axles so in the right conditions it can be down to three wheel drive

Just remembered this video I made to prove the point!

 

 

[PeteB]

I had a County Transit. Live axles and twin wheels on the back. Half decent to get across wet grass but got bogged too easy elsewhere! Slows as a slow thing on the road and bloody noisy in the cab. Utility people I used to work alongside with had had these and the later units with single rear and working with IFS. They had smaller diameter wheels and tyres which help it get stuck quicker!