Landrover Tippers

[Arran Woodfuels]

Anything with a decent payload and good off road capability is rediculously priced

 

Note necessarily, however perhaps not so good ON ROAD

 

 

[volvo]

Whats that an old same with a duncan cab?.

[shaggy]

How much do you thinck the 130 on ebay will go for?

[treebloke]

Theres a guy in Durham who converts Land Rovers, they go for between 9k - 11k but they are proper job.

[Kev Stephenson]

Theres a guy in Durham who converts Land Rovers, they go for between 9k - 11k but they are proper job.

 

Minor correction to this, he buys in box backs at auction, sends them to a tipper company in Bradford (eurolift?) for conversion then sells them on. Ask Dean Lofthouse about the conversions done by this company he has first hand experience, they leave a lot to be desired!! (poor elevation, rotting sides after a couple of years, and more).

[treebloke]

Minor correction to this, he buys in box backs at auction, sends them to a tipper company in Bradford (eurolift?) for conversion then sells them on. Ask Dean Lofthouse about the conversions done by this company he has first hand experience, they leave a lot to be desired!! (poor elevation, rotting sides after a couple of years, and more).

 

I spoke to the guy last week because we have been thinking about buying one and he implied that it was him that did the work. But whatever. Is it the bed that goes rotten, the sides are aluminium?.

[Kev Stephenson]

I spoke to the guy last week because we have been thinking about buying one and he implied that it was him that did the work. But whatever. Is it the bed that goes rotten, the sides are aluminium?.

 

Speak to or PM Dean, his has steel sides which have started to rot and they are bloody heavy. It could well be the case that the company that do the conversions has changed there materials of construction but check before you buy that it will tip high enough to empty the load. It could also be the case that the bloke selling them has changed to manufacture his own but 8 months ago he was definately buying from the bradford company, they told me themselves when I was originally looking to tipper convert mine

 

You could look for a box back and speak to Mr Ed about the conversions he had done on his. They look very tidy and worked out cheap. Doing this you would be keeping the middle mans profit for yourself if you are willing to put up with a couple of weeks hassle. There are a few people selling the box back ones e.g GS Drake in Wakefield.

 

Have a look through the show us your defender thread and there is another older landrover thread with loads of tippers and associated info.

 

I ended up buying a flat bed 130 (full aluminium bed and sides), building my own high sides (Aluminium for less than £150 the pair) and doing my own tipper conversion (about £600). I have ended up with a year 2000 45k mile TD5 tipper for less money than some of the P plate 100k + milers are going for now.

[Tree cutter Stu]

How much do you thinck the 130 on ebay will go for?

 

he wants about 4k for it

[treebloke]

he wants about 4k for it

 

Do you know the guy?.