New Maxus vans, as a tipper… anyone any experience?

Gunners

Gunners

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Be careful with those Isuzu's. A landscaper I work for has one, lovely looking thing but cant take much in the back with the spec he has. And its had no end of adblue issues too which is a shame. Also be aware it drives like a forward control Landrover - i.e. imagine how bad a standard Landrover is and then make the seating position more awkward (yes its possible) and sit yourself on top of the front axel. Bouncy doesn't describe it - and a LOT worse than a standard van.
Shame as the older ones were tough as nails reliable workhorses built to take 3t in the back for Asian markets. But still drove terribly :ROFLMAO:
 
pettsy

pettsy

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Mate of mine used to have a couple of Mitsubishi canters as spec lift recovery trucks, they always seemed horrible cabs to spend a day In driving, would have thought the Isuzus are the same.
 
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Tintan28

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Monkeybusiness said:
I don’t know anything about their chassis cabs (am waiting for a price for a tipper) but my MAN van is great, and you can pretty much spec them as basic/high as you like. They do a 3.5 tonne twin rear wheel chassis cab with 3.5 tonne tow capacity (not sure on the train weight though, it might not be 7 tonnes).
My van is a 3.5 tonner, 4x4, auto, 177bhp, 3 tonne tow capacity, goes like stink (110 plus…) and is a nice place to sit when dragging a heavy trailer 100 plus miles. It was circa £36k plus vat with a really high spec - I’m expecting a more basic tipper to be a chunk less (but they have gone up 10% since I ordered so we will see!).We have recently ran a couple of tipper vans as non of my lads now had trailer rights on their licences however they barely have a payload of 1 ton & not much room in the crew cab for gear. With the new trailer laws I have been considering swapping one of the tippers for a panel van & tipping trailer as a panel van gives much more scope for storing gear and the trailer can be unhooked when not needed. We operate rurally so it's relatively forgiving for getting experience driving with a trailer on.
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What are peoples thoughts on my recent idea of swapping one of my crew cab tippers for a panel van & a tipping trailer. Since retirements and staff turn over I was left with only myself & Semi retired Dad who could tow trailers so the tipper vans were invaluable, however they could only legally carry around a ton & storage of gear is pretty limited. With the new trailer laws my lads can now legally tow & so a tipping trailer & panel van would seem a good swap for one of the tippers. Increased payload, more storage etc etc. We live & work rurally so it is forgiving environment to get experience towing. I appreciate the ideal answer is to get them all through trailer tests & C1 but as I hope at least some of you understand the real world isn't ideal! It is more the time out of work not the cost that puts me off to be fair. I may be wrong but I was thinking I could get a decent spec'd panel van and a 3.5T tipping trailer for less than a crew cab tipper?
 
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Smiffy

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My boss runs both.
Pros and cons are obviously a panel Van and trailer has a lot more tool storage can keep things dry and can carry more weight on the trailer. However a trailer and panel Van takes a lot of room to maneuver and park and you have to be vigilant. We are on highways work so relatively easy to keep an eye on the trailer but not so easy if working round the back of a house.

Twin cabs are a great idea but ideally need to be about 6t to work.
 
Simon edwards

Simon edwards

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we run both,an Iveco daily crewcab tipper,swb Iveco daily panel van, both 7t train weight and tow regularly,also have a ford wildtrak,lovely car but crap for work.
If I had one it would be the crewcab,rear seats removed and racked out sensibly carriesmost of what I need securely,leaves about 650 kg legal payload on the back but will carry whatever you put on it with ease and will tow 3.5 nicely.
 
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Brendan

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Simon edwards said:
we run both,an Iveco daily crewcab tipper,swb Iveco daily panel van, both 7t train weight and tow regularly,also have a ford wildtrak,lovely car but crap for work.
If I had one it would be the crewcab,rear seats removed and racked out sensibly carriesmost of what I need securely,leaves about 650 kg legal payload on the back but will carry whatever you put on it with ease and will tow 3.5 nicely.
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Every now and again I debate swapping the pickup for a double cab panel or tipper
 
T whiting

T whiting

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I've got a lwb panel van and a tipping trailer and it's a handy setup I wouldn't want to park it in town but it's not a problem out in the sticks it's definitely smaller than when I have the 16ft flatbed behind🤣.

I've never had a tipper but I know I wouldn't have been able to do today's job without at least 2 trips
 
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Tintan28

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I think the consensus is that it would work but it’ll never be the perfect solution either way. I just need to convince the lads that they’ll get used to driving a trailer pretty quickly. It’s a good life skill after all! 😀
 
V8Druid

V8Druid

do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
Tintan28 said:
I think the consensus is that it would work but it’ll never be the perfect solution either way. I just need to convince the lads that they’ll get used to driving a trailer pretty quickly. It’s a good life skill after all! 😀
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some people 'have it' ... some'll never get it ...... a lot can't drive forwards let alone reverse a trailer :mad:
 
V8Druid

V8Druid

do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
Tintan28 said:
“Do it as well as you can, but learn to do it better.” As one great philosopher once said! 😉
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we've all seen 'em ...... " couldn't drive a stick up a dogs bum " ... HTF can they be expected to even learn to reverse, let alone with a trailer attached .... as said " some people 'have it' ... some'll never get it ":rolleyes::cry:
 
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