Design my new landy

[Dan Curtis]

If you've got £25k to play with....

 

300tdi 130 Ali Tipper

300tdi/td5 90 hardtop with tool lockers internally.

Ifor TT126

 

Assuming your work requires two people or more daily, one driver per vehicle, passenger in the 90 first if needed. Tools in the 90, chipper on the 90.

 

This'll keep you more legal payload on the back of the 130, with the Ifor behind. 7t train weight for the 130.

 

I reckon you could get all that for 25k

[Dan Curtis]

Think you're missing the more important parts of his spec here chaps.

MIDDLE SEAT FOR THE DOG

All you need really.

 

Mine gets the passenger seat and sulks if I have a human passenger.

[madbopper]

Think you're missing the more important parts of his spec here chaps.

MIDDLE SEAT FOR THE DOG

All you need really.

 

Nope not at all keep the bloody hairy hound out of my truck.

The hilux we use at the mo has no nob on the hi lo stick and no end on the indicator, due to a bored dog.

[Matthew Storrs]

Definiatly be wanting a galvanised chassis in that budget, saves welding/waxoyling costs in the long run. I think id have a 3500kg 110 myself, id possibly find the 130 too awkward on many sites. Superwinch h14 hydraulic winch, 300 tdi engine. An alloy chipbox- but one that could be stripped down to just dropsides too. BF Goodrich mud terrains. Probably a roof box with a side access panel so you can just stand on the steps/treesliders and get kit out.

[madbopper]

So are we all stuck in the 300 tdi era. Is this not just an old oil burner. Does anyone know of one fitted with some newer technology. I've had a v8 petrol before a 300 tdi and a td5 I can see the easy nature (mend it with some fence wire ) 300 thinking. But what about an izuzu engine or land cruiser ?

[Mat]

Think you're missing the more important parts of his spec here chaps.

MIDDLE SEAT FOR THE DOG

All you need really.

 

Matford Landrover in Exeter once quoted £400 to put a middle seat in a Landrover I was ordering - shove that says I - that is twice as expensive as the dog.

[Dan Curtis]

So are we all stuck in the 300 tdi era. Is this not just an old oil burner. Does anyone know of one fitted with some newer technology. I've had a v8 petrol before a 300 tdi and a td5 I can see the easy nature (mend it with some fence wire ) 300 thinking. But what about an izuzu engine or land cruiser ?

 

I've got a 2.4 tdci, it goes well and having a sixth gear is great. But I don't want to be getting into diagnostics software, and the parts can be expensive. For a work horse I'd want something you can fix with a hammer and duct tape, hence the 300tdi suggestion.

[mendiplogs]

Ok chaps

Need to buy a new truck but can't make up my mind on a few things so opinions please.

Here's a few items I need please add how you would have it. Please note this is something I will have built up so it does not have to be standard at all design it how you think they should have done it. Budget upto £25,000

 

4x4. Must have

Tipper. Must have

Engine. you choose

Wheelbase. You choose

Chassis. You choose

Body style. You choose

Tipper body material. You choose

And any other bits you can think of. And who do I get to build it?

Cheers Russ.

 

HI RUSS you will be hard pushed get a new 110 £25k with winch tipper body ask PETE YAFFLE TREES he price one up thanks jon

[pie eater pete]

I've got a 2.4 tdci, it goes well and having a sixth gear is great. But I don't want to be getting into diagnostics software, and the parts can be expensive. For a work horse I'd want something you can fix with a hammer and duct tape, hence the 300tdi suggestion.

 

Im with you on easily fixable Dan but mines slug like when loaded! Im waiting for someone to pipe up with pump adjustment that turns them into rockets..😄

[Chris Sheppard]

Definiatly be wanting a galvanised chassis in that budget, saves welding/waxoyling costs in the long run. I think id have a 3500kg 110 myself, id possibly find the 130 too awkward on many sites. Superwinch h14 hydraulic winch, 300 tdi engine. An alloy chipbox- but one that could be stripped down to just dropsides too. BF Goodrich mud terrains. Probably a roof box with a side access panel so you can just stand on the steps/treesliders and get kit out.

 

Best so far I reckon I'd probably ditch the roof box though and have a small, but full width toolbox on the back, in thr front of the body but with side access.

 

I'd probably be swayed by a TD5 though, purely for a bit more grunt. I had a tdi 130 and it was lacking a bit at times.