Which one?????

[combined tree services]

I think that the problem is trying to get a truck that is god off road, has a good carrying capacity, does not have the turning circle of a 130 , does not depreciate etc etc you end up looking at either a mog or the new iveco , i went down the mog route and have not looked back but thats me and not everyone wants a mog . its certainly a tough one to deide on , im pretty cure western power are using 4x4 merc's of VW's in some areas , maybe they are worth looking into

[elfinwood saws]

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[armchairarborist]

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[/b]...

 

landy wins again..

[tommer9]

I thnk the 130 is 3.5 ton gross isnt it?

[Dean Lofthouse]

Mogs ARE very expensive to maintain, that is of course if they are maintained correctly, if they are not then you will get away without a big outlay for a couple of years then WHAM!!!!! You are saddled with a huge bill.

 

I could not manage with a transit, no good whatsoever for my line of work. With a transit or Iveco

 

I cannot winch over trees

I cannot drive through woodland

I cannot tow whole trees to where I want them

I cannot tip on the chip pile without getting stuck

I cannot drive up steep lawns round the back of customers houses

I cannot select lowbox to reverse heavy trailers up drives

I cannot select 4WD when required

I cannot get out in the snow to do emergency work

I cannot drive up behind other tree surgeons mates waiting at junctions and slowly shove them out into the road without scratching my bumper

[combined tree services]

Mogs ARE very expensive to maintain, that is of course if they are maintained correctly, if they are not then you will get away without a big outlay for a couple of years then WHAM!!!!! You are saddled with a huge bill.

 

I could not manage with a transit, no good whatsoever for my line of work. With a transit or Iveco

 

I cannot winch over trees

I cannot drive through woodland

I cannot tow whole trees to where I want them

I cannot tip on the chip pile without getting stuck

I cannot drive up steep lawns round the back of customers houses

I cannot select lowbox to reverse heavy trailers up drives

I cannot select 4WD when required

I cannot get out in the snow to do emergency work

I cannot drive up behind other tree surgeons mates waiting at junctions and slowly shove them out into the road without scratching my bumper

 

sorry Dean i think your statment that mogs are expensive to maintain is not strickly true , it you keep on top of maintaining your mog then the costs are not as bad as you may think , a landrover can be expensive to keep on the road if you do not maintain it . like most things if you can afford to buy a decent landrover or mog then you should be able to maintain one .

 

Take for instance when i dought my mog , i had a problem with the air compressor caused by the previous owner , i replaced the compressor and replaced the parts that initially caused the aircompressor to break down .

[Dean Lofthouse]

sorry Dean i think your statment that mogs are expensive to maintain is not strickly true , it you keep on top of maintaining your mog then the costs are not as bad as you may think , a landrover can be expensive to keep on the road if you do not maintain it . like most things if you can afford to buy a decent landrover or mog then you should be able to maintain one .

 

Take for instance when i dought my mog , i had a problem with the air compressor caused by the previous owner , i replaced the compressor and replaced the parts that initially caused the aircompressor to break down .

 

Time will tell

 

You should be basing your figure on proper service costs not DIY service costs, over a two to three year period not over a twelve month period.

 

There's much more to servicing a MOG than changing oil and filters.

 

I reckon the Landy would have to have less than £1k per year set aside for service repair costs, if I had a Mog I would set aside at the very least double that

[combined tree services]

Time will tell

 

You should be basing your figure on proper service costs not DIY service costs, over a two to three year period not over a twelve month period.

 

There's much more to servicing a MOG than changing oil and filters.

 

I reckon the Landy would have to have less than £1k per year set aside for service repair costs, if I had a Mog I would set aside at the very least double that

 

yes dean in dead , i think your costings are on the cheep side , the point you miss is that you have to understand just how much more you can earn with a mog in comparison to a landy or transit , as for there being much more to servicing a mog than changing the oil and filters i would be inclined to say that that was quite obvious, i took plenty of time looking into the pro's and con's of having a mog, landy or transit and the mog came out on top - that is after discussing a the maintainence side of things with western powers fleet maintainence department .

[madmatt]

I still cant understand whay people moan about the turning circle of a 130 they just need to learn to drive properly I can get my 130 with a chipper anywhere anyone can get a tranny and chipper.

[josharb87]

I thnk the 130 is 3.5 ton gross isnt it?

 

and a maximum of a legal 1.4 tonne payload . . .so it tows more, carrys more . . .

 

although im biased as im selling a 130 tipper:sneaky2: cheers mozz btw:thumbup:

 

ive used transits, smiley faced and meliminum edition ones, i wouldnt touch the latter, but i would consider the older smiley faced ones. ive also used ldv's, the ldv has the same turning circle as the 130, but is much wider, my landys tip bed is a cut down transit one, about a foot narrower and shorter

 

if you want to drive on customers lawns or even level playing fields after a nights rain, landy is the only option, and just think, if youve already got a landy how cool it would look to have 2 ´with identical sign writing sitting side by side at the yard, on jobs ect . . .