Help choosing first arb truck

[MattyF]

Tranny tipper smiley face.... Find a good one, easy to work on and parts are cheap and a plenty.... Down side is they are useless off road and in bad weather, but my first two made them selfs back over I plenty.

[Old Mill Tree Care]

Unimog.

[Paul Jenks]

Buy something as cheap as possible a retain as much cash as you can. Most of us started with a ratty old vehicle. I used to borrow a panal van from my brother and had to sweep it out after use. He was finding woodchip behind the seats for years.

LDV's are pretty reliable and cheap. Low performance=low premium. Business insurance shouldn't be too much for a start-up. Try the NFU. They should be able to wrap up your third party, employers and vehicle in one policy. Explain that tree work is a part of what you do not the only thing.

My first insurance quote,(not the NFU), when there was just me + one was for more than we pay now for 15 employees.

[Dr.Green]

i read about a lad who was getting upto 17k quotes for a p-reg polo - he decided to buy an old tractor , restor it and got insured for £57 - he drives it around bolton

 

read it in motor traders magazine as they trying to sort all this rip of insurance out

 

so , buy a tractor ,not a bird puller thou

[Robert_S]

i read about a lad who was getting upto 17k quotes for a p-reg polo - he decided to buy an old tractor , restor it and got insured for £57 - he drives it around bolton

 

read it in motor traders magazine as they trying to sort all this rip of insurance out

 

so , buy a tractor ,not a bird puller thou

 

if thats true thats brilliant

[alex_m]

i read about a lad who was getting upto 17k quotes for a p-reg polo - he decided to buy an old tractor , restor it and got insured for £57 - he drives it around bolton

 

read it in motor traders magazine as they trying to sort all this rip of insurance out

 

so , buy a tractor ,not a bird puller thou

 

Now it?s tractor power for Chris (From The Bolton News)

[Dr.Green]

thats the one ,glad i wasnt talking shite in my sleep

[tncountryservices]

a mate of mine got himself a series landrover for his first truck and insured it on classic car insureance and i remember thinking it was cheap, it was last year sometime.

 

worth a look.

[s.mouse]

a mate of mine got himself a series landrover for his first truck and insured it on classic car insureance and i remember thinking it was cheap, it was last year sometime.

 

worth a look.

 

ye thanks alot for your help very much appreciated:biggrin:

[s.mouse]

Buy something as cheap as possible a retain as much cash as you can. Most of us started with a ratty old vehicle. I used to borrow a panal van from my brother and had to sweep it out after use. He was finding woodchip behind the seats for years.

LDV's are pretty reliable and cheap. Low performance=low premium. Business insurance shouldn't be too much for a start-up. Try the NFU. They should be able to wrap up your third party, employers and vehicle in one policy. Explain that tree work is a part of what you do not the only thing.

My first insurance quote,(not the NFU), when there was just me + one was for more than we pay now for 15 employees.

 

yep sounds good thanks for the advice!!