Ford Transit 5t

[Ty Korrigan]

Hello,

 Does anyone run one of these?

 I've a quote for a Canter 7.5t chassis without tipping unit but the Fuso/Canter dealers I've contacted won't sent me anything for their 5/6t trucks.

I could walk into a Canter, Fuso, Volkswagen, Ford dealer and buy a 3.5t tomorrow but before I commit to years of running overweight I want to see what is out there first.

A 5t would solve most of my daily weight issues.

    Cheers

 

[dumper]

Tried iveco

[woody paul]

Had a tracked cherry picker delivered by hire company, it was on a isuzu truck I asked is that a  7.5t gross and he replied no 11t. It looked no higher than a 7.5t just a bit longer. Though then would be ideal with big chipper behind if you had work for one. 

[Ty Korrigan]

2 hours ago, woody paul said:

Had a tracked cherry picker delivered by hire company, it was on a isuzu truck I asked is that a  7.5t gross and he replied no 11t. It looked no higher than a 7.5t just a bit longer. Though then would be ideal with big chipper behind if you had work for one. 

 

Budget plays and important role in my choice of truck as does the regulations regarding parking at home as I don't have a yard. 

Also, I live just outside a low emissions zone starting in 2025 so no point buying an older truck.

I'm really a very small low turnover domestic tree surgeon with no ambitions greater than employing a climber as I age.

Yes, Iveco, very nice, very expensive too, thing is, being in France the smaller trucks above 3.5t to 7.5t very rare as there was no 7.5t licence unlike UK.

Used ones, hens teeth.

[Mick Dempsey]

Do you need a toolbox on it behind the cab?

[Ty Korrigan]

55 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Do you need a toolbox on it behind the cab?

Yes.

 Never operated without one or a double cab like my current truck.

 

[Mick Dempsey]

That really cuts down payload (as you probably know)

Considered a single cab/no toolbox option?

[Mark Bolam]

These might be worth a call Stu.

 

https://www.marshall.co.uk/fordtransitcentre/new-vans/transit-5-tonne/

[Ty Korrigan]

So, I called the Ford main dealer in Rennes.

Receptionist couldn't understand me and even muttered back that she couldn't (je comprend rien)

Eventually she clicked and put me through to a salesman with a mouth half full and the voice and phone manners of a teenager. This oily twunt refused to listen to me and kept insisting that I was wrong and talking about the 3.5t instead.

Then he looked on the Ford website just to prove me wrong and had to admit the 5.5t existed but he didn't know anything about it.

Promising to send me a devis that I know will never arrive.

I might make a personal visit in wet muddy arb boots and stomp moodily around their showroom...

 

[woody paul]

33 minutes ago, Ty Korrigan said:

So, I called the Ford main dealer in Rennes.

Receptionist couldn't understand me and even muttered back that she couldn't (je comprend rien)

Eventually she clicked and put me through to a salesman with a mouth half full and the voice and phone manners of a teenager. This oily twunt refused to listen to me and kept insisting that I was wrong and talking about the 3.5t instead.

Then he looked on the Ford website just to prove me wrong and had to admit the 5.5t existed but he didn't know anything about it.

Promising to send me a devis that I know will never arrive.

I might make a personal visit in wet muddy arb boots and stomp moodily around their showroom...

 

Some times that's the only way to get a result, face to face and get to talk to the person you need to.