transit drivers?

[Stephen Blair]

what about edds green machine, i like that. looks minted and pretty chunky.. or go for it and buy a mog mate, you have a good income, loads of work..go for it mate. you only live once

[tommer9]

I have a Landrover Defender 130 Tipper, I've had it 5 years and it has never once broke down, it gets worked hard and is serviced regularly, any reversing I do I do in low box.

 

Landrovers break down due to lack of maintainance

 

Ditto.

 

As for lack of space Dean, have you thought about a cab roofrack, mine is invaluable when chip box is loaded. Also, given that you have a 130 do you not have space between the rear wheels and the cab, or is your tipper pump there. I have seen a few with army surplus long ammo boxes bolted in there, which hold a fair bit of kit. Or get your welder out and custom build one. I only have a 110 so there isnt quite the room.

[log supplier]

tom just get the 2002 90hp model.. excellent on fuel, must admit alittle slow,but they get there.......

 

(you dont want to break the land speed record towing a chipper)

[Stephen Blair]

it depends where you stay, if its hilly ground then forget a transit, you have to screw them everywhere and buy lots of clutches, if you are a city dweller and live on the flat then go for it

[gibbon]

tom just get the 2002 90hp model.. excellent on fuel, must admit alittle slow,but they get there.......

 

 

I have one of those, alli sides and 69k on the clock for sale

[turbull]

you can buy a clutch conversion kit for about £ 250 .

[Tom D]

I'd love a Mog but we do 80 miles a day and a mog would'nt put up with that for long. Plus I dread to think how much ribena it'd drink. Whatever I get it'll be a 3.5 tonner, it just suits the way we work. The question is which one.

Does anyone know wether a landrover tdci clutch will go in the transits?

[Dean Lofthouse]

Ditto.

 

As for lack of space Dean, have you thought about a cab roofrack, mine is invaluable when chip box is loaded. Also, given that you have a 130 do you not have space between the rear wheels and the cab, or is your tipper pump there. I have seen a few with army surplus long ammo boxes bolted in there, which hold a fair bit of kit. Or get your welder out and custom build one. I only have a 110 so there isnt quite the room.

 

I was thinking of having a box built under the tipper floor between the back of the cab and the rear wheels incorporating the wheel arch so that one side of the box becomes the front of the rear mud guard, just waiting till I have some spare cash to have a tipper bed made

[tommer9]

I was thinking of having a box built under the tipper floor between the back of the cab and the rear wheels incorporating the wheel arch so that one side of the box becomes the front of the rear mud guard, just waiting till I have some spare cash to have a tipper bed made

 

Sweeeet. I want to make a carrier for rakes etc between the rails of the tipper floor, with the numberplate on a strong metal fold down plate to act as the rear 'door'.

[timtree81]

get an iveco ,mine is a c35 11 on an x plate and it tows fully loaded so well ,really it does ,the chipper is 1.7 ton alone,it tows the chipper empty better than my landrover and isuzu trooper 1