- Location
- Somerset
Hit the nail on the head on the pickup. Can get a surprising amount in the back of the focus, but you cant put a big diesel generator in it, plus a compressor, a toolbox and other odds and ends, then drive out and service the combine during harvest. Plus a lot of the things i move around are extremely dirty, not just oily but also can be coated in dust from the grain shed (as we mill all our crops into meal with a roller mill, it makes a lot of dust). Seems wrong to throw that in the back of a nice car really, cant do its value any good, and im getting rather tired of using a tractor and trailer to move anything that wont fit in the car (no towhitch, and dont think its worth fitting one on a 1.6 petrol). How does the auto box stack up to manual for towing? I was always told they werent as good.My dad has a 2.0l diesel ford kuga 4wd. Good car really. Far more comfortable (much better seat support) and a better drive than my Isuzu d-max. But think it can only legally tow 2100kg which restricts what can go in cattle trailer. On the plus side wet dogs, oil, tools and dead things can go in the back of pickup and is of course separate from cabin. Unfortunately dad has had to give up driving so think we’ll have to sell it, which having had a run or two in it made me have a think and consider it for myself. His Kuga is manual gearbox though as I prefer autos these days. Nice cars though..