1992 ford iveco 4x4. 4.5 ton

[Harris tree care]

Hi there is one of the above trucks up for sale on eBay not to far away from me.

Anybody have any experience of these trucks.

Parts running cost etc

Cheers

[Maxnaggle]

I think the engines are fairly bomb proof, old ivecos are prone to getting a bit rusty?? I think I would be a simple enough machine - getting spares for the 4x4 system could be difficult? Plus electric gremlins that would be in any vehicle that old.. Looks a lovely truck though

[john p]

Always wary of ads that say "ready for mot". If it's ready why not take it in yourself?

Parts expensive and rust loves em

[treequip]

You aren't going to be gaining as much as you could compared to a 3500kg vehicle and for very little advantage you will move up into a world that needs an operating centre, O licence, driver licencing and all the other joys of HGV operation

 

If you are going into that world, why not go bigger?

[Jimwilli]

Yeh i'd be going for 7.5t if out of the 3.5t bracket.

 

Could this be downplated/rated while maintaining a safe (if illegal) decent payload?

[Joel77]

Iv got one I brought it from Bob, I love it and it goes tro the brown stuff fully loaded no worries, there's no problem getting parts there's an Iveco shop in Ruislip that gets parts no problem, new diff lock cable £68 didn't think that was bad I'm using mine as back up truck and for jobs off the beaten track but it's very easy to drive ( just Iveco daily but 4x4 ) not juicey to run as its 2WD on road

 

Best of luck

[john p]

  Joel77 said:

Iv got one I brought it from Bob, I love it and it goes tro the brown stuff fully loaded no worries, there's no problem getting parts there's an Iveco shop in Ruislip that gets parts no problem, new diff lock cable £68 didn't think that was bad I'm using mine as back up truck and for jobs off the beaten track but it's very easy to drive ( just Iveco daily but 4x4 ) not juicey to run as its 2WD on road

 

Best of luck

 

 

I rang Iveco to get a price for front drive shafts, £2,400 each!!!

[Joel77]

That seems a bit strong, I'd put a different axel,s on the truck like unimog portals that can be brought for a grand a set

[aspenarb]

  john p said:

I rang Iveco to get a price for front drive shafts, £2,400 each!!!

 

Did you not get my PM? the lads can cut and spline them for £300 each, all you need then are the CV`s

 

Bob

[treequip]

  Joel77 said:

That seems a bit strong, I'd put a different axel,s on the truck like unimog portals that can be brought for a grand a set

 

Except the Iveco ones will be BNIB and a simple swap out compared with re engineering the entire vehicle, will the drive flanges even fit, (and fitting it with used parts ?) before sending it for a SVA

 

Suddenly that's not the cheap option ant more