Crewcab Tow Tug? Ford? Toyota? Isuzu?

[PeteB]

GreenMech are changing trucks soon enough. With delivery periods, we are looking at a fleet deal early next year. 

 

Anyone got the new Ecoboost Ranger? Views on the current Hilux? Does the D Max measure up?

 

I know that there are many vagaries etc My current 3.2 gave me a load of grief with Adblue measurement, but other than that, she done well. Yet the other has had £6k spent on it! We may have stayed with the same again but, what are the collective opinions of the new kit?

[dumper]

You forgot the grenadier I would wait 

[josharb87]

Ive the 2,8 hilux, normally towing 2.8-3.5 ton (+a little more occasionally!) 

 

25000miles in, probably 18000 towing, ive no complaints about it as a tow motor

 

Got the top spec one, but i do think it has the most basic interior of the lot (ford, isuzu, nissan)

[swinny]

Problem is with all firms is that all HAVE to run new gear.... 

 

They all then walk into the various issues with every make out there.... and get shafted and messed about by warranty and poor manufacturers. You've already experienced this. 

 

Nothing wrong with older stuff.

 

I know salesmen like kerb crawling and street cred so old no good to them lol 😆 

 

I wish you good luck 😀 

[PeteB]

I've to call a few dealers to get a handle on workshop rates, service costs, warranty etc....

 

Ford webpage doesn't seem to cover the mpg values or prices either!

[PeteB]

There are still Navara models available, what are they like?

[swinny]

Think....monkey business runs a newer navara... 

 

Don't know much about them apart from like the look of them and there was a surge of them on the roads I'd noticed 12 months or so back. Wondered if there was a deal on

[scraggs]

1 hour ago, PeteB said:

There are still Navara models available, what are they like?

Total crap
I wouldn't touch another if it was given to me.
Unbelievably juicy when towing, gutless, piss poor build quality, would get stuck on a tarmac road, when you do get stuck and it's in high range good luck getting it into low.
It was so good I went back to my 98 Defender
Oh and synchro was dodgy on first gear from new, but the dealer insisted it was ok.
Dealer offered a good price after I had it for a year, and I was glad to see the back of it.
Like most European pickups they are toys.

Edited November 6, 2021 by scraggs

[monkeybusiness]

1 minute ago, scraggs said:

Total crap
I wouldn't touch another if it was given to me.
Unbelievably juicy when towing, gutless, piss poor build quality, would get stuck on a tarmac road, when you do get stuck and it's in high range good luck getting it into low.
It was so good I went back to my 98 Defender
Oh and synchro was dodgy on first gear from new, but the dealer insisted it was ok.

I loved my last Navara (the current new shape) - did 60k in it over 3 years, a lot of heavy towing (4 tonnes plus…), a lot of off road, zero issues. It was fast too.

I would definitely have had another but couldn’t get any sense out of the dealer when trying to spend my money - I ended up ordering a new Hilux in March but delivery keeps being pushed back and they now reckon I’ll be lucky to see it in January! 

I honestly preferred the Navara to drive than the Hilux I demo’d - nicer truck all around IMO.
I’ve had 4x Navaras from new as my own truck since 2006 and have worked them all pretty hard and never had any issues tbh. 

 

[scraggs]

2 minutes ago, monkeybusiness said:

I loved my last Navara (the current new shape) - did 60k in it over 3 years, a lot of heavy towing (4 tonnes plus…), a lot of off road, zero issues. It was fast too.

I would definitely have had another but couldn’t get any sense out of the dealer when trying to spend my money - I ended up ordering a new Hilux in March but delivery keeps being pushed back and they now reckon I’ll be lucky to see it in January! 

I honestly preferred the Navara to drive than the Hilux I demo’d - nicer truck all around IMO.
I’ve had 4x Navaras from new as my own truck since 2006 and have worked them all pretty hard and never had any issues tbh. 

 

Biggest problem we had off road was you had to think about what you was doing well before you done it.
If you were in hi range and got bogged down and stuck it appeared to wind the diffs up and you couldn't get it into low range.
We just always ran it in low range off road in the end, but several times we had to be towed out.