Christian Smith

Thanks for the info, I barely leave tarmac to be honest so I'm sure I've been worrying about nothing. I've bit the bullet and placed an order for a brand new Nissan nv400 which I should be receiving in September so fingers crossed.

Josharb87, yes boss!

It's tempting, but I'd never get parked on half my jobs, also thinking about the likelihood of having other staff members driving so new licences all round. I tend to favour lightweight, love my ms151 it never leaves my hand and have a skarper c90 chipper. For London work it seems to work. Mind to go to the dump every other week, ?

Thank you, I guess I should throw single rear wheel v twin rear wheel out there as well. I know certainly some of the single rear wheel do have a lower mgw.

Throw in a couple of well fed groundsman and I think that might be a winner. Thanks Steve. I did borrow a friends cabstar nt400 and it was a bit like driving a rowing boat on a choppy sea, but I'm told you get used to it.

Thank you both for the reply and I hear you, but I'm hard pushed to think of the last time I was off tarmac. With absolute respect, are you talking from bitter experience or repeating the perceived rhetoric? The big draw for me is the weight saving/increased payload, and to an extent availability. How about if I got some beefy tyres? Perhaps I should have framed the question has anyone had a positive experience with front wheel drive? If anyone wants to offer some reassurance great. If not I'll have to take my fingers out of my ears and listen to reason ?

Hello the arb community, I'm hoping to do a van upgrade soon to bring me into line with the euro 6 standards. I've always been lead to believe that twin wheel, rear wheel drive is the way to go. However hoping to upgrade by mid August and struggling to find what I think I'm looking for. I'm bound by a 3.5t driving licence and payload is important! It seems fwd is cheaper, lighter and more readily available so its got me thinking. I don't want to make a massive, costly mistake. It's extremely rare I'm going off Rd, I occasionally tow but no more than 300kg. It's all urban work and I'm seldom faced with steep inclines to drive up or icy roads to drive up (south London based). As a result I'm seriously considering fwd. Anyone out there able to tell me of the pitfalls? Also looking at Merc/Iveco/VW, again any comments good or bad welcomed.

Hi I've been asked to identify this, I take it as being the cocoon stage (and hatched stage in 2nd pic) of an insect and can't go beyond that. Found on a sycamore stem at waist height, northern aspect. Tree located in SW London. Other notes it looks as though until very recently there was ivy up the stem which would have provided cover. Good luck!