Defender 90 tipper???

[thelogstore]

already fully loaded with 6m3

trailer out of the question

 

dont want to pay any more running costs on a nother truck.

[gensetsteve]

I have been looking at 130 for log deliveries. Too long and heavy and rubbish lock for getting up drives. 90 too small not worth spending the money for the amount of space. I saw a 110 with nissan engine on a B plate but may be too old for you. If you got a 130 you could chuck a mattress in it for the evenings

[armchairarborist]

do you need extra carrying capacity because the trailer doesnt carry enough? bigger trailer would be cheaper than £1600 if you sold the current one, then you could keep that lovely 90 clean, tidy and ready for bird transport..

[david]

already fully loaded with 6m3

trailer out of the question

 

dont want to pay any more running costs on a nother truck.

 

 

i know! barrow bags on a roof rack

[thelogstore]

lol love the matrass idea.

 

wot i would do is put a cage tipper on and carry 1.5on the landy and 6 on the trailer 7.5cube in total thats 5 separat deliverys

 

and a just dont think i can face the swaping the 90 for a 110! i just love 90's too much. and so do the birds lol!

[geoff]

i agree with the lot of you but

1 nerly all of my deliverys are small town houses with tiny drives and we all no wot the locks like on a landy

2 dont forget this is also my car so it has to look nice for the birds. a big dirty 130 just wunt cut it lol.

 

Works ok up in the Dengie with a 130,

 

I hope Felix the chopper dont see this!

Edited May 5, 2010 by geoff
worried !

[PeteB]

90 tipper? Run away! No load capacity, to high, not cool, no cab space etc. Do the decent thing and keep the 90. Invest in a 130 for the LR fix or an old nail of a 3500kg tipper. Join the LDV club!

[geoff]

for the cost of conversion you could just about get an old cabstar,nice & narow,hold a profitable load,& keep the landy as it is.

It's a fun idea you have,just dont think it's worth it.

[gensetsteve]

I dont tend to use my trailer much as we are a town 20 miles from much else if that makes sense. Most of my deliveries are under 5 miles so a nippy truck is ideal. If you do a long round robin I would imagine a trailer is ideal. If you convert your landy you wont have room for all that profitable kindling.

[dent]

depending what measurement you sell your logs by

it might be fun to do althou probally not very economical

it can't be that bad as there is a company doing 110 double cab conversions to tippers

altough if you get a transit with a 6x10 bed you can get 6 bulk bags of very dry wood on

although if a tipper you can only get 5 on for weight reasons