What was your first vehicle?

[Parker]

but if you get a flat bed you could do what is mentioned in an earlier post to move folks rubbish for them

 

True - but I reckon you could use a panel van in the same way....might just be a bit more effort and work involved.

[Big 'Ammer]

Used to have a hilux and trailer for feeding pheasants and weekend jobs, when I was employed.

 

Like the rest, started properly with a LDV 400 with greedy sides in ex council yellow!

[Frank]

Insurance and running costs, i.e diesel are far more on a transit. Get a white escort van or similar (berlingo etc) for your tools to be stored away safe, then invest in a decent trailer and greedy board it right up. When you expand and buy a tipper the trailer will still be handy.

[Stephen Blair]

astra/escort van with trailer. keep it small. spend a couple of hundred quid on signwriting.

[paul adrian]

astra/escort van with trailer. keep it small. spend a couple of hundred quid on signwriting.

 

I have a 94 vauxhall combo, fantastic little runner.I have only been in business for about 11 mnths, so i still use it. As someone mentioned earlier,once these sort of vans are properly sign writen, they look realy good n respecable..

[penfold]

transit swb but with semi-high roof is a good combo for a first vehicle for garden/tree work. Another reasonable vehicle is the old style citroen dispatch which is only about eighteen inches shorter than an old style swb transit.

[Stuart A-C]

Im still using my 1999 1.2 fiesta, fold the seats down and you can get a half decent load of logs in the back!

[niftysteve]

i started with a suzuki super carry pick up (same as rascal) with small 1/2 ton trailer

piad 800 for the truck it must have paid for it self a hundred times

somone always needs as before bit of rubbish cleared or some furniture moved

 

i think daihatsu still make them a garage local to me sells them fitted with a tipper for about 6000 brand new

[Stuart A-C]

http://search.autotrader.co.uk/es-uk/www/vans/advert+search/Ne-7-8-27-64-105-133-146-236,N-13-244/advert.action?R=200901326256576&distance=176&postcode=ex391ps&channel=VANS&make=&model=&min_pr=&max_pr=2000&max_mileage=&vehicleYearOfManufacture=1990&vehicleRegLetter=H

 

Cheap runaround??? worth it for parts mabye??

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

Car: E reg (1986) Peugeot 305 GR Estate 1.6;

 

Truck: L reg (1994) Toyota Hilux 4WD Single Cab pickup 2.4D, then a T (99) LR 110 Hicap followed by another on a X plate than an 03 Navara Crew Cab and now an 04 L200. Latter the best of the lot overall... in my experience anyway.