not a good buy.
3litre or 2.5 litre toyota hilux?
- Thread starter devonbeef
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- Shropshire
Definitely not
- Location
- Shropshire
Buggered at 3 or 4 years old
The other reason started favouring a Hilux is our local Agri /garage mechanic recomended them as the only reliable pickup and is still repairable at that age . He said he would not be able to touch these newer pick ups,commented that the future repair cost on new ones would be crazy.
lloyd
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- Location
- Herefordshire
I was speaking metaphorically but should of used 'one goes'
instead of 'you go'.
one would last me for life
- Location
- Shropshire
Yes I would think so
fiat 9090
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- Location
- co offaly eire
I don't know what hp
You would need a big displacement landcruiser for that job.. our ones have done 100’s of thousand’s of miles of towing and they just shrug it off.. and if you did ever manage to kill one, almost anyone can sort it.. easy to work on.
We have a 6 year old 2.5 litre pulls cow trailer no problem
The 2.5 are used by the utility companies around here united utilities and ENW
I think they can cope with being flogged very well and looking at ads for old ones their the only pickups still running with high mileage
But I would check out the power output on a 10 year old one as I don’t think they have a intercooler
- Location
- Shropshire
I think it would be a bit to deer on fuel for them they get rid when the warranty runs on these so the repairs don’t cost them
TripleSix
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- Location
- Helmsley, North Yorkshire
Find a VW Toureg V10 TDI
3.5t towing, all the torque in the world
3.5t towing, all the torque in the world
- Location
- Ardrossan Ayrshire
The pickup in my avatar is a 2.5l. A 2008, with intercooler as they all were at that age. 125 hp versus 100hp (I think)in the non intercooler. The scoop in the bonnet is for the intercooler so easy to spot. That pickup is parked up out of mot at the moment with 165000 miles on her, a lot of that towing mostly stone slabs etc, sometimes a digger, sometimes cattle. She pulls like a train once the revs near 2000, not so good at low revs unlike the non intercooler version. I have never ever thought that it isn't a good towing vehicle.
fermerboy
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- Location
- Banffshire
I've a 3 litre Invincible Hilux. I wanted the Invincible spec as its my car too, so had to go with the 3 litre. Its 171 against 145 ish so not massively behind. The Hilux 2.5 changed from 118 to 144 in 2012 I think, torque figure is near the same as the 3litre.
The big engine likes a drink and it's savage with the stock box trailer on, though mine is an auto.
Everybody on here slags the driving position but I have never considered it bad, tons better than any L200 I ever drove, and certainly no worse than the old Ranger I had. They are a good solid truck with no particular issues, (Ford-oil pump, Isuzu-diesel in sump, VW-£££££,)
I drag the 14ft tri axle Ifor about no bother with mine, though I don't tow that often, power isn't an issue, loaded to near enough legal it will hold 55mph up any main A road hill round here.
Just have to make sure the digital readout is on temperature not instant mpg.
Unless dragging heavy loads a lot I'd reckon the 2.5 would be fine, more so with a 12ft box.
Problem is that they are only good for 2.7 ton behind, so a 14ft box is about 1200kg I think (can't remember at moment) so only legal with 1500kg in. Two big cows or finished cattle and that's you, quite easy to go over weight.
I have on occasion had 4 700 ish kg steers in the box, so about 4ton all in, and it pulled it no bother, must admit I it did better than I expected, but was scrabbling about for traction pulling on to main road, only went a couple of hundred metres to other farm though.
The big engine likes a drink and it's savage with the stock box trailer on, though mine is an auto.
Everybody on here slags the driving position but I have never considered it bad, tons better than any L200 I ever drove, and certainly no worse than the old Ranger I had. They are a good solid truck with no particular issues, (Ford-oil pump, Isuzu-diesel in sump, VW-£££££,)
I drag the 14ft tri axle Ifor about no bother with mine, though I don't tow that often, power isn't an issue, loaded to near enough legal it will hold 55mph up any main A road hill round here.
Just have to make sure the digital readout is on temperature not instant mpg.
Unless dragging heavy loads a lot I'd reckon the 2.5 would be fine, more so with a 12ft box.
Problem is that they are only good for 2.7 ton behind, so a 14ft box is about 1200kg I think (can't remember at moment) so only legal with 1500kg in. Two big cows or finished cattle and that's you, quite easy to go over weight.
I have on occasion had 4 700 ish kg steers in the box, so about 4ton all in, and it pulled it no bother, must admit I it did better than I expected, but was scrabbling about for traction pulling on to main road, only went a couple of hundred metres to other farm though.
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Thank you i will look them up.
That s very useful advice with inter cooler, I read last night at that generation 2010 year could be one of 3 hp choices largest being 142 hp. lowish legal payload seems maybe issue.Thank you
Thank you thats sounds pretty positive about them,thank for taking the time to write all that info about your experience with them.First question to seller would seem to be which hp choice is the pick up, and if the 100 hp one leave it at that.cheersI've a 3 litre Invincible Hilux. I wanted the Invincible spec as its my car too, so had to go with the 3 litre. Its 171 against 145 ish so not massively behind. The Hilux 2.5 changed from 118 to 144 in 2012 I think, torque figure is near the same as the 3litre.
The big engine likes a drink and it's savage with the stock box trailer on, though mine is an auto.
Everybody on here slags the driving position but I have never considered it bad, tons better than any L200 I ever drove, and certainly no worse than the old Ranger I had. They are a good solid truck with no particular issues, (Ford-oil pump, Isuzu-diesel in sump, VW-£££££,)
I drag the 14ft tri axle Ifor about no bother with mine, though I don't tow that often, power isn't an issue, loaded to near enough legal it will hold 55mph up any main A road hill round here.
Just have to make sure the digital readout is on temperature not instant mpg.
Unless dragging heavy loads a lot I'd reckon the 2.5 would be fine, more so with a 12ft box.
Problem is that they are only good for 2.7 ton behind, so a 14ft box is about 1200kg I think (can't remember at moment) so only legal with 1500kg in. Two big cows or finished cattle and that's you, quite easy to go over weight.
I have on occasion had 4 700 ish kg steers in the box, so about 4ton all in, and it pulled it no bother, must admit I it did better than I expected, but was scrabbling about for traction pulling on to main road, only went a couple of hundred metres to other farm though.
- Location
- Scottish Borders
As a different view, is there anyone local with a lorry that could run your cattle to market/ slaughterhouse?
If your buying solely to do that job, you could be much better off in the long run getting a haulier to truck them!
If your buying solely to do that job, you could be much better off in the long run getting a haulier to truck them!
ollie989898
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You try running one and repairing it! Make you cuss when it goes wrong, and believe me, if it is German it will go wrong.
There is no way you would get me spending my own money on a 10 year old pick up if it was a Navara or L200. Buy the Hilux and maintain it on the dot.