Anyone uprated a 4x4 pick up to 3.5 tonner?

[scraggs]

Out of interest

If the truck goes up to 3500kg will it decrease the towing capacity by the difference ?

I would be surprised if the gross mass was increased.

[Woodworks]

Look at this link for an isuzu d max up rated exactly what you want.

 

Roger Young Reveal The Unique Isuzu D-Max Tipper | Roger Young

 

I am in there on Friday

 

If you chaps have any questions for them I am happy to ask. Think they have one on show as well so I will try to get some pics.

[HDAV]

Not sure if available in UK but Iveco daily 4x4? The new Daily 4x4 in detail 3.5t twin or single rears and can have a PTO...

 

New defender due next year....

[Andrew Barrett]

Look at this link for an isuzu d max up rated exactly what you want.

 

Roger Young Reveal The Unique Isuzu D-Max Tipper | Roger Young

 

Thanks treefrog - that is exactly what I'm after!

 

I've contacted them and am waiting for quote.

 

Apparently they do (did) a lot of Defender conversions and have gone through the requirements to legally uprate the D-Max to 3.5 ton GVW as the Defender is no longer being / going to be sold.

 

I've told him he is likely to get a lot of interest from the tree work fraternity!

[Andrew Barrett]

Out of interest

If the truck goes up to 3500kg will it decrease the towing capacity by the difference ?

I would be surprised if the gross mass was increased.

 

Just spoken to Matt Young from Roger Young. He told me the gross train weight will be increased from 6 tons to 6.35 tons along with the gross vehicle weight being increased from 3.05 to 3.5 tons.

[difflock]

So 6.35-3.50= 2.85 tonne(only) available for a trailer

[Suffolk-Matt]

Thanks treefrog - that is exactly what I'm after!

 

as the Defender is no longer being / going to be sold.

 

 

Heard from mixed sources that 2017 is on the cards now for the final run of Fenders? More info on the Landie forums.

 

You mentioned before about not being interested in a defender, is this because the production is stopping at some point?

 

From what you have said on these threads a 110 hicap sounds like the perfect truck for you.

[Andrew Barrett]

So 6.35-3.50= 2.85 tonne(only) available for a trailer

 

Only if you fill the truck full to the 3.5 ton load.

 

Standard D-Max is a 3.05 ton truck with 6 ton gross train weight.

 

So the conversion adds 450kg to the gross vehicle weight and uprates the gross train weight by 350kg. So you only lose a potential 100kg from the trailer towing limit if the truck is full to max payload. But the payload is increased by 450kg anyway.

[tommer9]

You are clutching at straws as the only vehicle you can do what you want with is a defender in reality. I looked at those isuzus at the royal cornwall show on the roger young stand.......they are a joke IMO, and Matt YOung did every thing he could to dodge my questions.....7.5 ton gtw on my defender.....

[Andrew Barrett]

Heard from mixed sources that 2017 is on the cards now for the final run of Fenders? More info on the Landie forums.

 

You mentioned before about not being interested in a defender, is this because the production is stopping at some point?

 

From what you have said on these threads a 110 hicap sounds like the perfect truck for you.

 

Everywhere I ask, people tell me Defenders are unreliable and very uncomfortable to drive (I'm 6ft 2) and very expensive 2nd hand. And they tell me the newer ones are worse than the old ones!

 

Our old Hilux has not caused a single unscheduled missed work day in the five years we've had it. We paid £2,400 for it and it is 18 years old now. We had a lot of problems with (new) unreliable british chippers until we bought a new Jensen and I don't want the same with trucks. Unfortunately single cab Hilux's have by far the lowest legal payload (820kg excluding driver) of any of the main picks ups sold in the UK at the moment.