what do we use our truck for..

larson · 01-08-2010, 18:15

i use mine for everything as i only have the 1 motor. i can get the wheel chair in the back without totaly colapsing it and its also the shooting/shopping bus

larson

macabethiel · 01-08-2010, 18:56

My R3mR Auto replaced my old 1989 Merc 4WD Estate (W124 300TE 4-Matic) and I had that for all year round fishing.

I got stuck in a 2 WD Estate Car one January back in 2003 as the access road to the lake was not salted. It froze hard whilst I was Pike fishing and I had to be towed out by a Musso of all things!
I do not own mobile phone and I was just lucky that the Musso happened by and I had a tow rope in my boot !

Reality now is that I fish less often and her indoors just loves the 4WD driving position and that everyone seems to give way to her on narrow 2-way roads!

Now it does the booze run from Derby to Calais with her indoors driving and her folks having a mini holiday with an overnight stay in Calais. I am allowed to drive it to the perol station to fill it up and of course to the MoT station.

Deleted account DD · 01-08-2010, 19:03

Id be happy to drive a 4x4 and justify it as "because I can". Love the overall drive.

However the reality is my car works hard for its living.

Its worked over the last year as a builders and landscape gardeners van. A skip. A family saloon. Twin axle caravan tower. General bike carrier and utility vehicle to get us up on the moors all year round.

I also get mileage allowance at work to use it at certain times.

Adz · 01-08-2010, 19:32

Well me new LWB is going to be my everyday drive / mild green laner & pride n joy

Me SWB is now my road leagel off roader

Liam · 01-08-2010, 19:41

Go anywhere/everywhere all round motor,carries deer,rabbits,shopping,missus,friends,dog,me,guns,c amping gear,furniture,gas cylinders. Not necessarily all at the same time but you get the idea. Missus is now driving a 99 Almera and the Rover 220 D will be retired. Former boy racer son has sold his Mirages and is now driving a ....Mercedes Vito van

zippy656 · 01-08-2010, 21:13

every day dads Taxi

fun green lane

tin tent tugger

snowdrop · 02-08-2010, 13:17

Use mine for running to and from work, around Milton Keynes, and Daventry. Towing a trailer tent and a twin axle tin box. Have not had it through a winter yet but I know that when the staff phone up to say they can't get to work because of the snow, I will be outside their door pretty quickly to drive them in.

briggie · 02-08-2010, 14:24

id like to say i use mine for a passion wagon ...... but i dont

Terranical · 02-08-2010, 15:17

Use ours for our everyday transport when we're in Spain (6 months of the year) which means a lot of soft offroading (our daughter & her family live up a mountain track which is virtually inaccessable in a 2WD, we've got a SWB TD, she's got a LWB 2.4Petrol). Spent last winter over there, wettest winter since records began, most roads only buses, coaches & 4WD's could get through.

Terranoman · 02-08-2010, 16:44

Daily use and for hunting across fields.

danielj · 02-08-2010, 19:56

Use T2 LWB mainly as family car and for long trips and learner motor for the missus. Bought another 4x4, pick-up, last year as the T2 was getting wrecked inside. The pick-up is my main commuter motor and also does all the heavy lifting for me now, carrying bricks, pulling trailers, carrying timber, dirt, sand, rubbish, chainsaws, cement mixer etc. and dragging through fields and dirt tracks sometimes just for the sake of it. Sometimes use it at work for moving office furniture or other items. Also use it for doing odd jobs with other family members, e.g platform for trimming the hedge, pulling up stumps of bushes and the like. Handy yokes them 4x4's.

Muckypup · 03-08-2010, 10:22

My Maverick is an all round super star!

By day it hauls heavy Rolls-Royce parts and vintage cars, takes deliveries and generally transports me about on my company business. By night it is the family run-around, carries dog to woods for walkies and acts as tractor/jump starter/tool shop at my mates yard whilst working on his projects.
Last month I took my annual holiday to Cornwall in it where it happilly carried all my fishing gear around and helped me get to some pretty remote spots I know, and last winter it played rescue vehicle almost every day there was snow and ice on the road. If it wasnt the local builders vans I was recovering from our east lancs lanes it was the milk man, post man, other locals and not to forget bread and milk runs to my mothers house!

Not bad when you consider it stands me at about the cost of a 10 year old Astra... including gas conversion!

LETS HERE IT FOR THE GOOD OLD T2/MAV

View Poll Results: what do we use our 4x4 for?
off road	1	4.55%
day o day	3	13.64%
hunting	1	4.55%
everything	17	77.27%
Voters: 22. You may not vote on this poll

01-08-2010, 18:15	#1
larson Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: moomin vally Posts: 1,138	what do we use our truck for.. i use mine for everything as i only have the 1 motor. i can get the wheel chair in the back without totaly colapsing it and its also the shooting/shopping bus larson

01-08-2010, 18:56	#2
macabethiel Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Derby Vehicle: Freelander & Jeep GC 3.0 Posts: 4,416	What do we use our truck for My R3mR Auto replaced my old 1989 Merc 4WD Estate (W124 300TE 4-Matic) and I had that for all year round fishing. I got stuck in a 2 WD Estate Car one January back in 2003 as the access road to the lake was not salted. It froze hard whilst I was Pike fishing and I had to be towed out by a Musso of all things! I do not own mobile phone and I was just lucky that the Musso happened by and I had a tow rope in my boot ! Reality now is that I fish less often and her indoors just loves the 4WD driving position and that everyone seems to give way to her on narrow 2-way roads! Now it does the booze run from Derby to Calais with her indoors driving and her folks having a mini holiday with an overnight stay in Calais. I am allowed to drive it to the perol station to fill it up and of course to the MoT station.

01-08-2010, 19:03	#3
Deleted account DD Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 4,705	Id be happy to drive a 4x4 and justify it as "because I can". Love the overall drive. However the reality is my car works hard for its living. Its worked over the last year as a builders and landscape gardeners van. A skip. A family saloon. Twin axle caravan tower. General bike carrier and utility vehicle to get us up on the moors all year round. I also get mileage allowance at work to use it at certain times.

01-08-2010, 19:32	#4
Adz Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Roaming Nomad Vehicle: 1995 SWB Terrano Posts: 5,370	Well me new LWB is going to be my everyday drive / mild green laner & pride n joy Me SWB is now my road leagel off roader

01-08-2010, 19:41	#5
Liam Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Laois,Ireland Posts: 923	Go anywhere/everywhere all round motor,carries deer,rabbits,shopping,missus,friends,dog,me,guns,c amping gear,furniture,gas cylinders. Not necessarily all at the same time but you get the idea. Missus is now driving a 99 Almera and the Rover 220 D will be retired. Former boy racer son has sold his Mirages and is now driving a ....Mercedes Vito van

01-08-2010, 21:13	#6
zippy656 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Devizes Wiltshire Vehicle: Nissan Note Ntec 1.5 Posts: 14,138	every day dads Taxi fun green lane tin tent tugger

02-08-2010, 13:17	#7
snowdrop Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: East Anglia Vehicle: Ford Maverick Mk3 2004 Posts: 54	Use mine for running to and from work, around Milton Keynes, and Daventry. Towing a trailer tent and a twin axle tin box. Have not had it through a winter yet but I know that when the staff phone up to say they can't get to work because of the snow, I will be outside their door pretty quickly to drive them in.

02-08-2010, 14:24	#8
briggie Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: peoples democratic republic of west yorkshire Vehicle: " alice " Posts: 10,473	id like to say i use mine for a passion wagon ...... but i dont

02-08-2010, 15:17	#9
Terranical Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Resident in Bristol, Terrano in Spain Vehicle: 1994 Terrano 2.7TD SWB Posts: 1,398	Use ours for our everyday transport when we're in Spain (6 months of the year) which means a lot of soft offroading (our daughter & her family live up a mountain track which is virtually inaccessable in a 2WD, we've got a SWB TD, she's got a LWB 2.4Petrol). Spent last winter over there, wettest winter since records began, most roads only buses, coaches & 4WD's could get through.

02-08-2010, 16:44	#10
Terranoman Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Northamptonshire Vehicle: Terrano II Posts: 622	Daily use and for hunting across fields.

02-08-2010, 19:56	#11
danielj Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Ireland Vehicle: Terrano 2.7TDI 03 LWB Posts: 695	Use T2 LWB mainly as family car and for long trips and learner motor for the missus. Bought another 4x4, pick-up, last year as the T2 was getting wrecked inside. The pick-up is my main commuter motor and also does all the heavy lifting for me now, carrying bricks, pulling trailers, carrying timber, dirt, sand, rubbish, chainsaws, cement mixer etc. and dragging through fields and dirt tracks sometimes just for the sake of it. Sometimes use it at work for moving office furniture or other items. Also use it for doing odd jobs with other family members, e.g platform for trimming the hedge, pulling up stumps of bushes and the like. Handy yokes them 4x4's.

03-08-2010, 10:22	#12
Muckypup Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Lancs Vehicle: Jeep Grand Cherokee 4.0 Posts: 485	My Maverick is an all round super star! By day it hauls heavy Rolls-Royce parts and vintage cars, takes deliveries and generally transports me about on my company business. By night it is the family run-around, carries dog to woods for walkies and acts as tractor/jump starter/tool shop at my mates yard whilst working on his projects. Last month I took my annual holiday to Cornwall in it where it happilly carried all my fishing gear around and helped me get to some pretty remote spots I know, and last winter it played rescue vehicle almost every day there was snow and ice on the road. If it wasnt the local builders vans I was recovering from our east lancs lanes it was the milk man, post man, other locals and not to forget bread and milk runs to my mothers house! Not bad when you consider it stands me at about the cost of a 10 year old Astra... including gas conversion! LETS HERE IT FOR THE GOOD OLD T2/MAV