Truck suggestions

[lacroupade]

Originally Posted by extreme-4x4

you could look like a proper farmer then lol

but i haven't got any animals?

[Adz]

Mitsy L200

[lacroupade]

Originally Posted by Adz

Mitsy L200

aarrrggghhhh! engine problems....

[extreme-4x4]

Originally Posted by lacroupade

but i haven't got any animals?

well you could farm these yerts couldnt ya

[lacroupade]

Originally Posted by extreme-4x4

well you could farm these yerts couldnt ya

listen, i'm bob the builder now......

[briggie]

mercedes ml ?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1999-MERCEDES-...item3f00047f8a

[Deleted account DD]

Originally Posted by briggie

mercedes ml ?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1999-MERCEDES-...item3f00047f8a

More goodies for less money on the jeep which has exactly the same engine in it , can tow/carry more weight and is wayyyyyy better on the rougher stuff

We had a merc ml on fleet, it wasnt enough of a performer for job it was bought for and got slagged off but it was very reliable and lasted the distance

[Deleted account DD]

Originally Posted by lacroupade

I'd go for a double cab pickup

A lot to be said for them

We had a look at some and probably will do again because we both retire (very young I should point out ) in 6 years time and one of these , looked before but couldnt stretch to it

http://www.fifthwheelco.com/dream_se...am_seeker.aspx


Dont intend being at home much

[tezzer]

i hear that the LADA NIVA is returning to our roads soon,

[briggie]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1996-LADA-COSS...item2a07883713

[Deleted account DD]

Originally Posted by tezzer

i hear that the LADA NIVA is returning to our roads soon,

Bloke I worked with had one of those a few years back. He lived way out in the sticks and was putting all his cash into a building project.

The lada lasted him ages and was 100% reliable.

I can remember he bust a back light and couldnt find an assembly anywhere. Sellotape rules

Those lot selling this example must be a bit on the slow side, first off they buy the wrong car then theyre not quite being truthful on the ebay description , I'll quote from their website where theyre on about why the car has to go:

"Plus she has started falling out of 3rd gear and needs a whole new exhaust system."

tsssk tsssk

[danielj]

My experience is that a double cab pick-up is extremely useful. BT50 wouldn't make you look as much of a farmer as a fourtrack would. Anyway, you could look a lot worse than looking like a farmer. The extra toll on the bridge is a nuisance but the double cab's are one of the only passanger vehicles with a full set of back seats that can be taxed commercially so would you not save money on the road tax in the first place? Or maybe the road tax set-up there is different?

[briggie]

http://www.autotraderpulse.co.uk/img...l/XEJSMKQY.jpg

[patbhoy]

I would be wary of any of Briggies recommendations with his track record

[lacroupade]

Originally Posted by danielj

My experience is that a double cab pick-up is extremely useful. BT50 wouldn't make you look as much of a farmer as a fourtrack would. Anyway, you could look a lot worse than looking like a farmer. The extra toll on the bridge is a nuisance but the double cab's are one of the only passanger vehicles with a full set of back seats that can be taxed commercially so would you not save money on the road tax in the first place? Or maybe the road tax set-up there is different?

No road tax is fixed at around £210 I think on these - compared to £400-odd per annum and a first year "showroom tax" of £900-odd for the equivalent 4x4!!!