L200 Tipper, good idea or not?

[Mike Hill]

I never have a problem parking outside greggs or any other purveyor of breaktime cholesterol. Thats what bus stops are for.

 

Classic!

[Stephen Blair]

haha Tom.

[tommer9]

Tricky choice. If the LR/ ranger/ chevy didnt suit then maybe a hilux? Tougher than l200.

[Stephen Blair]

he took a new Hilux a spin the other day and it wasnt good, he has used older ones and this 1 didnt come close to it.

[Brushcutter]

I've prefer the Navara. The L200 is nice but the cab of the Navara is a nice place to be. The 4work L200 is quite good off road even on 50/50 tyres and it drags around a 2.8t tipping trailer well. Doesn't like reversing up slopes even slight drives without stinking of clutch. Its quite nice to drive on the moterway.

 

As for a tippper i've often thought about it but its quite expensive and you don't get a lot of load weight.

[tommer9]

Yeah TCD has one of those 4work things, and although he admits its has limitations as described above, he is esssentially pleased with it.

His is a double cab though so not much chance of overloading.

[Nic Johnson Contracting]

l200 are great ive got one and owned one before it get him to try one ive got no complaints on motorway or towing a full load on the trailer.

 

i definately wouldnt get a ranger weak clutches and there a ford fix or repair daily id stick to jap l200 any day

[gensetsteve]

I drove a mk 6 double cab hilux and was not impressed I thought maybe it was because I was trying to replace the landcruiser with it. I have a mk4 tipper and its great only has 700kg load cap but does our job a treat. There is a mk 6 tipper conversion on Boulter Tippers - for new build, frames, repair and servicing of all types of tipper body . Maybe try a mk 5 and get it converted that way you should keep some build quality and get the d4d engine with 40mpg rather than the 23 we get out of ours.

[Lee Winger]

Ranger tippers carry 950kg

[monkeyboy]

A chap I contract to has run a few L200's and bought a brand new factory fitted tipper super cab earlier in the year.He seems pleased with it but did have to uprate the springs at a cost of £500 after finding the tow hitch was dragging on speed bumps when the back was loaded.Seems Mitsy just chop the regular bed off and replace it with a steel tipping body without uprating the suspension?!