Van Prices 2024

[TiltyShaun]

As much as I like the look of having a new Izuz with the tool pod I can’t stomach £30k on a work van. Will happily spend t on keep the old Iveco going. Will dig out the invoices to see what I have spent over the last 5/6 years keeping her on the road. I won’t include tax, tyres and insurance as they are common to both new and old. Will be interesting to judge what repairs against depreciation costs!!

 

[Lancs Lad]

As much as I like the look of having a new Izuz with the tool pod I can’t stomach £30k on a work van. Will happily spend t on keep the old Iveco going. Will dig out the invoices to see what I have spent over the last 5/6 years keeping her on the road. I won’t include tax, tyres and insurance as they are common to both new and old. Will be interesting to judge what repairs against depreciation costs!!

Very interesting.
Chatting to Izuzu rep he also does Renault.
Reckons they will be nearly double the price of Izuzu for equivalent trucks soon.

 

[DaveDCB]

I added up that If id of leased a pickup over the 12 years I’ve had mine I would have spent way over double and had nothing to show for it at the end!
I understand short term leasing to get you going etc but leasing everything forever just seems daft…

 

[Stroppymonkey]

I added up that If id of leased a pickup over the 12 years I’ve had mine I would have spent way over double and had nothing to show for it at the end!
I understand short term leasing to get you going etc but leasing everything forever just seems daft…

Years ago leasing could be more tax efficient for those in higher tax brackets, but AIA changed all that. I think some people still have it in their minds that its still a cost effective option, I dont think it is, just a way of driving something you cant afford. Never leased a vehicle in my life, HP on a few when needs must, but the concept of never owning it and having to pay a balloon/mileage surcharge or damage surcharge.. nah, bugger that! If you took all the vehicles off the road that are not paid for.... it would be a nice quiet day driving around!

 

[Furniss]

As much as I like the look of having a new Izuz with the tool pod I can’t stomach £30k on a work van. Will happily spend t on keep the old Iveco going. Will dig out the invoices to see what I have spent over the last 5/6 years keeping her on the road. I won’t include tax, tyres and insurance as they are common to both new and old. Will be interesting to judge what repairs against depreciation costs!!

Its an conundrum .....sometimes you win sometimes you loose.

I have financed kit before and had the pleasure of nice gear and a good chunk of equity at the end.

 

[Lancs Lad]

Years ago leasing could be more tax efficient for those in higher tax brackets, but AIA changed all that. Never leased a vehicle in my life, HP on a few when needs must, but the concept of never owning it and having to pay a balloon/mileage surcharge or damage surcharge.. nah, bugger that!

Its an conundrum .....sometimes you win sometimes you loose.

I have financed kit before and had the pleasure of nice gear and a good chunk of equity at the end.

When you could get vehicles on 0% absolute no brainer to buy em over 3 years. Why bother wasting cash you can use elsewhere.
Big difference to financing something to own and the contract hire never never new BMW brigade...

But tbf for vans and stuff that are a tool and get trashed that needs to work reliably contract hire can make sense as it saves hassles of selling...at the end of day it's a business decision....
Do I sound like an AI bot?

 

[V8Druid]

Years ago leasing could be more tax efficient for those in higher tax brackets, but AIA changed all that. I think some people still have it in their minds that its still a cost effective option, I dont think it is, just a way of driving something you cant afford. Never leased a vehicle in my life, HP on a few when needs must, but the concept of never owning it and having to pay a balloon/mileage surcharge or damage surcharge.. nah, bugger that! If you took all the vehicles off the road that are not paid for.... it would be a nice quiet day driving around!

we can but dream ...
but it would certainly 'woe up' an awful lot of tossers, living waaay beyond their means, or ability to ever climb out of the hole they have dug themselves into, with aspirations dreams of being what they'll never be

 

[Monkeybusiness]

They are impossible to overload, I’ve been trying for 20 years!

Not sure about overloaded weight wise, but this load today shows how adaptable the 12 foot Ifor tipper is. Genuinely the only trailer that really does everything.
That’s 20x 20 foot 9x3s and 40x 16 foot 6x2s.
I couldn’t turn right too tightly (but would have been fine in my pickup!)….

 

[Lancs Lad]

Not sure about overloaded weight wise, but this load today shows how adaptable the 12 foot Ifor tipper is. Genuinely the only trailer that really does everything.
That’s 20x 20 foot 9x3s and 40x 16 foot 6x2s.
I couldn’t turn right too tightly (but would have been fine in my pickup!)….
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Building druids shed?

 

[6feetdown]

Not sure about overloaded weight wise, but this load today shows how adaptable the 12 foot Ifor tipper is. Genuinely the only trailer that really does everything.
That’s 20x 20 foot 9x3s and 40x 16 foot 6x2s.
I couldn’t turn right too tightly (but would have been fine in my pickup!)….
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What's the payload on the trailer?

 

[V8Druid]

Not sure about overloaded weight wise, but this load today shows how adaptable the 12 foot Ifor tipper is. Genuinely the only trailer that really does everything.
That’s 20x 20 foot 9x3s and 40x 16 foot 6x2s.
I couldn’t turn right too tightly (but would have been fine in my pickup!)….
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where's your marker triangle Dan .... fell off did it ?
how did the head tree cope with that lot ?
strap from top of it to rear, lower corner'd help it no end

 

[DaveDCB]

What's the payload on the trailer?

25tons.. plenty of room left!

 

[Monkeybusiness]

where's your marker triangle Dan .... fell off did it ?
how did the head tree cope with that lot ?
strap from top of it to rear, lower corner'd help it no end

It’s all still the same shape as at the start of the journey!

 

[Danny]

There seems to be alot of cheap vans on the market now! Ive got a van for sale ive had no intrest and i know friends in the same position

 

[Stroppymonkey]

There seems to be alot of cheap vans on the market now! Ive got a van for sale ive had no intrest and i know friends in the same position

Much more of buyers market for used stuff again now. I keep a bit of an eye on it, and looking at what I paid for used vans in 2020 compared to prices now and cross related to the inflation rate over the same time period, it’s back to where it was pretty much, which is how it should be. Trouble is lots of folks who bought stuff at the peak of the market now don’t want to take the big hit. If I want a high spec van I’ll certainly be looking at ex lease again .

 

[DaveDCB]

I went to BCA auction for my last van, paid 2400 for it.. chopped it in 5 years later with triple the mileage and half the front bumper missing for 2k.. spent more on tyres than depreciation

 

[Stroppymonkey]

I went to BCA auction for my last van, paid 2400 for it.. chopped it in 5 years later with triple the mileage and half the front bumper missing for 2k.. spent more on tyres than depreciation

Never mastered auctions. I’m always only after FWD/3.5T/l2/h2/silver/aircon so it narrows things down a bit

 

[DaveDCB]

Never mastered auctions. I’m always only after FWD/3.5T/l2/h2/silver/aircon so it narrows things down a bit

That’s the van im after next, but may go for a L3 so I can truly overload it!

 

[Danny]

Much more of buyers market for used stuff again now. I keep a bit of an eye on it, and looking at what I paid for used vans in 2020 compared to prices now and cross related to the inflation rate over the same time period, it’s back to where it was pretty much, which is how it should be. Trouble is lots of folks who bought stuff at the peak of the market now don’t want to take the big hit. If I want a high spec van I’ll certainly be looking at ex lease again .

I keep an eye on ebay etc, i cant believe what this tipper made at husseys this month

I dont think £9k for a 2018 expert professional with bott racking, beacons 12months mot & 75k is strong money

 

[Stroppymonkey]

I keep an eye on ebay etc, i cant believe what this tipper made at husseys this month

I dont think £9k for a 2018 expert professional with bott racking, beacons 12months mot & 75k is strong money

Did that have a reserve on it ?