Million pound Transit

[Rough Cutter]

1 minute ago, 5thelement said:

And I bet his smells of perming lotion, being an hairdresser and all.

Something for the weekend Sir?

Errr

 

Your in France 😨😨😨😨😨

[Mark Bolam]

13 minutes ago, Rough Cutter said:

 

 

Where on earth did you manage to get that secret picture of me from?

[sime42]

2 hours ago, Mark Bolam said:

 

You joke but:-

 

[Rich Rule]

4 hours ago, Mark Bolam said:

where did you that picture of my old gaylander from?

 

You bitch!

[Sviatoslav Tulin]

On 05/12/2024 at 22:04, Mark Bolam said:

Rough Cutter’s recent slagging off of my doggy old Transit got me thinking.

 

It’s a battered old truck, but I’ve always said it’s a work truck, not a w anker truck.

 

It carries chip, logs and rakings, that’s it’s job.

 

18 years old.

 

No bells, no whistles, no air-con, no adblue, no ECU, no LEZ, no LGBT, no money back, no guarantee.

 

I bet it’s done over a million quids worth of tree work in its time, though.

That’s £300/day for 200 days a year.

 

Not all my money, a £900 day might be halved in wages for hired in help, but the truck has done the shifting.

 

How many modern trucks will earn a million quid?

 

Long live the 06 Transit!

No LGBT made my evening🫡😂

[steve@black]

This is a great way of putting a value to this , I had a 2011 transit sold it at 185 thousand , hardly had a spanner to it apart from regular servicing . It had a new intercooler but that was it , no clutch or transmission issues whatsoever .Easily earnt over a million and was still going until November this year ,

[Mark Bolam]

Nice one Steve.

 

What did you replace it with, and what are your hopes for it?

 

Don’t say another million quid, that will be 2027!

[Dan Maynard]

This time next year, Rodney, this time next year.

[steve@black]

12 hours ago, Mark Bolam said:

Nice one Steve.

 

What did you replace it with, and what are your hopes for it?

 

Don’t say another million quid, that will be 2027!

This one got replaced by an Iveco , had a couple of clutch and gearbox issues and running strong on 210 thousand and definitely turned over some money  and is  now the local team bus . This was replaced with a Iveco 3 litre which is going strong . I tend to replace the vans for the teams  that do the more miles with newer ones and the local team get the hand me downs.

[markieg31]

I have had a couple of transits, Mk6 90bhp did spend two days welding to get it through it's first MOT with me but my god did that get a spanking from there on in. One of the 90bhp ones and living in porlock gets a damn good flogging starting it's day going either up dunkery or up the infamous porlock hill. Didn't have a tool box on that one so 10ft of bed to cram with oak rings or chip! Sold it for more than I purchased then replaced with a Mk7 100bhp variant which came from some settled travelers in Ipswich who kindly put the number plate on another transit and commited an astonishing amount of traffic violations in multiple boroughs of London. One private plate later and the PCNs have ceased. The van has been fantastic, being lower power version it benefits from a lower gear ratio diff which is perfect for the topography of my a local area. I had a custom body built and it really has been great up until the timing chain slipped. Had that replaced. Slipped again, engine in pieces new pistons etc. had another year out of it and now it is using water after bursting a host of pipes. I really think that the MWB transit is the puppy, comfortable, cheap parts and can get in some tight spots that the longer ones just can't. I think the engine had a hard life prior to my ownership. The oil that came out the engine was so black, the type that stains anything it touches! 2006 Mk7 £140 a year road tax!!! I would put another engine in but they seem to be expensive and everyone advertised has done 70k miles and their is no guarantee it's any better than the one its replacing. I am also running a chipper of the same vintage, been plagued with breakdowns. 

I think I am cursed, a chip on my shoulder, didn't have loads of money growing up so we always made do and I have been a firm believer in that with the old kit you can still do the job. I don't really aspire to own new kit, see it more as a liability, to have it all sat there. 

I certainly don't despise anyone operating with new kit. Sometimes what your not paying in finance payments your paying to the dealer in repair bills.