Which one?????

[Adam]

Hi all, i know this question comes up again and again,

 

BUT...... out of these vehicles which would you reccomend the best for tree surgery,

 

Landrover 130 tipper

Iveco daily tipper

Ford transit tipper.

 

i know the landy is slightly smaller than the 2 3.5 tonners . But the 4wd would be a good addition and as i have a landrover already i know what im getting.

 

however the transit seems to be king among the smaller vans/tippers and i have never used one . so anyone with one pros and cons would be great.

 

and the iveco i belive is very simmilar to the transit.

 

as for budget , it will have anything up to around £8000.00

 

Thanks for you help.

[andrew t]

Transits are ok but get stuck in the mud you might burn out your fly wheel with the 135 T350 model but i think the older and most resent are ok the best i had was an old m reg that i brought for a grand .

[combined tree services]

we have used all three and to be honest of you allready have a landy i would be more inclined to go for the transit , the reason for having a transit is that you get more ground clearence , we were using a 56 plate iveco and took the exaust off of it from the turbo back and trust me it cost a shed load to put right , also the 130 will have the turning circle of an old london bus !! . i guess tho at the end of the day it depends on what work your doing ,we do alot of council work and work for western power so for us a 4x4 tipper and a mog is just what we need and a transit or equivelant would not really be of any use other than on the traffic management side of things .

[Mozza]

If NEED 4x4 there is no contest!!!

 

If you dont ever go off road, Out of the other 2 id get an Iveco!!

[Adam]

i do go offroad , but i can get away with not having to as much. it would just be good to have the option there if the job arose.

 

so its between the transit and the 130 ithink...

[chrisb]

We've got a transit and i personally wouldn't get another one unless it was a brand new big engined one. It must of cost about £3.5k in repairs since christmas the worst of which was a diff tearing itself apart. I'd swap it if I could, its an 05 reg which was just over 2 years old when we got it and its on its a** to be honest. It just can't take the constant towing and always being over weight.

[Adam]

well in that case the 130 seems to be winning, does anyone know where i can get a tipper or just a chassis cab?

[Mozza]

We've got a transit and i personally wouldn't get another one unless it was a brand new big engined one. It must of cost about £3.5k in repairs since christmas the worst of which was a diff tearing itself apart. I'd swap it if I could, its an 05 reg which was just over 2 years old when we got it and its on its a** to be honest. It just can't take the constant towing and always being over weight.

 

To be fair tho Chris, How heavy is your chipper again??

[Mozza]

well in that case the 130 seems to be winning, does anyone know where i can get a tipper or just a chassis cab?

 

Josharb87 is selling a 130 tipper mate, Good condition, see the classifieds on the right of the screen!!

 

http://arbtalk.co.uk/classifieds/showproduct.php/product/513

Edited July 30, 2010 by Mozza

[combined tree services]

without being funny , i dont think that the ivec is much better , after the exaust problem we had a to have a new gearbox shorly followed by brake issues , if you its only you thats going to drive the truck then why not go for the 5.5 ton iveco ( if your liscence entitles you to drive them ) they are no bigger than the 3.5 ton truck . my only thought would be that if a transit has cost 3.5 k in repars then the iveco will cost 4.5k