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A lot of people will say don't buy one no good for tree work. 

But I run a 130 tipper every day for tree work but a lot of my work is rural and tip site is off road, and it has got me jobs were other contractors turned down because of access. 

If your work is rural and need 4wd then it's the only truck. 

I have only ever ran land rovers. 

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They're like a Defender - noisy, smelly leaky, slow, uncomfortable, and I have heard the tippers wallow like a boat when full. But somehow likeable at the same time.

I bought a 110 hardtop and tipper trailer, 3.5t towing and 1t in the back so I can legally move 3.5t of timber at a time. It has low depreciation and people don't see an old Landrover as shoddy in the same way an old pickup would be, but it's hard to find good ones which haven't had a hard life.

Run one if you want to run a Landrover, if you just want something reliable to run every day then get a Jap pickup that's been converted to tipper.

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14 minutes ago, Dan Maynard said:

Run one if you want to run a Landrover, if you just want something reliable to run every day then get a Jap pickup that's been converted to tipper.

Jap pickup have there problems talk to any UKpower company they will tell you some horror stories. 

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Jap pickup have there problems talk to any UKpower company they will tell you some horror stories. 
Yes, fair point.

I think the main thing with a Landrover is remember it's from the days we used to check and maintain vehicles so keep on top of the checks and get things fixed early. Touch wood mines been reliable so far.
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I have a 31 year old 110 tipper. 90% of the time I love the old girl and the other 10% I spend dreaming of a nice reliable hilux. On balance though, if you can tolerate or even embrace the foibles, they make an awesome arb truck.

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Ok, as nothing else is going on I’ll bite.

 

The problem with them is lack of capacity, they don’t hold half as much as a cheap transit, this costs you time and money. Fully laden they’re like driving a boat, I know springs and stuff helps but the narrowness of the chassis and single rear wheels means they’re not happy with lots on the rear compared to a dedicated 3.5tonner.

The unreliability is a factor of course but I’m not going into that.

They're expensive to buy/convert, you could get a decent transit/cab star whatever and still have change for a 4wd to take your chipper off road if needs be, or even a little wheeled loader to drag stuff/move the chipper.

If you are going off road you can just blow the chips in the woods anyway.

 

Having said that I’m taking delivery of a Def next week that’ll be a tow tug and Fanny Magnet. But I’d never rely on one for my business, I’ll keep the Ranger.

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