A second vehicle

[prolinep]

So I feel the time has come were I could do with a second vehicle at work something's the boys can take on the bigger jobs save me driving back and forward in the day to the tip site. At the moment I have a pick up and a 3.5t trailer but I was just wondering what people recommend for second vehicle. Maybe transit or something ?? Good to get other peoples opinions as I'm insure with what to get next.

[Mountain man]

Won't go far wrong with a transit.

[castanea]

Double cab tipper transit would let them bring gear and three guys and then take away chip at the end of the day.

[The Jackel]

Iveco over transit allday long. They will pull a chipper like its not there and load as much as you like. I have both and can't wait to change the transit to another Iveco. 2.8 or 3l turbo diesel.

[Old Mill Tree Care]

A crew cab anything reduces the payload and it sounds as though you are wanting to maximise payload.

A 3.5t anything is pretty rubbish, unless you have tip sites close to your working area.

 

I know this because I have a 3.5t tipper but I've got many tip sites all over the place.

It's still a crap vehicle for the job though.

[Will Heal]

Another one for iveco. Used to have them where I used to work, great trucks

 

 

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[prolinep]

My plans are for me to take the truck and trailer to and the boys to take the van so I could take twice as much as way at the end of the day, but as people mentioned a tipper van just has a poor payload for tree work. Sounds like a lot of you get away with them though. Can I ask why some many of you side with Iveco over the transit ?? Is it just a better van or just a more commercial heavy duty van ??

[Acg128]

We have the crew cab transit and the navara with the tipping trailer works for me.

[doobin]

A second vehicle for you will depend entirely upon what you need one for. For me, my second vehicle was a small van- cheaper and more convenient than the LDV for smaller jobs and running about.

 

Third vehicle is a motorcross bike- worth it's weight in gold on a lot of the work I do.

[richy_B]

Get a 5.5-7.5t tipper and be done with it. More room for kit, more room/payload for chip, one tip off a day.

 

People are scared off by the extra cost initially (licenses, tacho, etc) but if you consider time/cost everyday doing extra trips to the dump and the risk of fines from VOSA/overloading it soon balances out.

 

My experience is every arb worker I meet is overloading on a regular basis - just get the right tool for the job. 3.5tonners are not cut out for arb work.