Time for a new truck

[Alex Reid]

Well not quite new lol going to have about £2000 to spend plus whatever i can get for my 1999 LDV tipper,

 

just wanting your advice really I own a greenmech chipmaster 220 which i tow along and sometimes travel over 200 miles round trip with the pair to 1 day jobs so clearly the ldv which i bought for pottering about town isnt really the ideal tool.

 

I was thinking Iveco or similar but what do you lot suggest?

 

Also if anyone might be interested in my LDV its a 1999 model with 71000 on the clock I blew the engine up when i bought it in april but fixed that and put a new clutch in at the time its has an MOT until april next year and is taxed until November. So far since the rebuild it has been a great reliable truck running me everywhere with my chipper and loads of chip so its has proved itself as a great work horse and I will miss it but it would be more suitable for someone who isnt doing lots of motorway miles.

 

cheers alex

[Robert_S]

i got a renault master 2.8 tipper at the start of the year, after running transits, its a fantastic truck, lots of power, loads of space in the cab, nice to drive and although its a single wheelbase and front wheel drive (everything i though was a sin in a pick up) it carries the loads great. i dont have a heavy chipper but i was towing easy 3.5 to on a trailer a few weeks ago (digger and roller) and it done it no problem.

Certainly worth a look mate

[Alex Reid]

Cheers for that I was thinking the exact same as you with the FWD and the rest but now you have said that deffo worth a look

[grumpydavesmith]

Imo id get a 7.5t like an isuzu or similar. saves multiple runs to tip etc

[Alex Reid]

Imo id get a 7.5t like an isuzu or similar. saves multiple runs to tip etc

 

sorry should point out that I am 21 so only have a post 97 lisence

[Mark Bolam]

Imo id get a 7.5t like an isuzu or similar. saves multiple runs to tip etc

 

With a budget of £2k an O licence is not really on the cards anyway.

 

I know what you mean about the multiple trips thing though Dave.

 

Trying to run a 3.5tonner legally is a ball-ache.

[Old Mill Tree Care]

Save up for a bit longer and get a Unimog.

[Breezeblock]

do u not need an o license for a mog?

[timtree81]

200 miles a day towing chipper to work ,wow thats crackers

[Dr.Green]

weight is always the bugger , my double cab tranny is 2.7t juiced up and with tools - doesnt leave much after that - thou them uprated leafs springs do help me look no where near overwieght - need to get vosa to reclassifie it and upgrade my liecence