What van? (Not pickup for a change)

[How much]

a mate works in Nissan dealer and says the cabstars are terrible especially the front suspension anti roll bars that fail every just about every 20k , they are done on warranty that is pretty good by all accounts but its still of the road while its done .

I have VW transporter T6 and love it but i don't think they go much bigger than 3.2 ton the VW crafter would definitely be worth a look i believe it is also marketed as a MAN now , you never no they may have a good deal on them as a MAN. Sprinters also must be in the running .
But on sheer numbers a transit must be ok , im sure there will be tale of woe to tell about a transit being a pile of SH1T , but 3/4 of all vans are transits 95% of all 3.5 ton vans are transits most pulling mini excavators up hill and dale so in context they must be good enough

 

[Deutzdx3]

Seeing a few ldv lwb vans about, guessing they are Chinese now. Bet they are cheap and as good as the rest of the new rubbish out there. My neighbour has a nice j type and mk1 transit if all else fails. [emoji12]

 

[Deutzdx3]

 

[Dave W]

Interesting to hear iveco not well thought of. All the supermarkets and utility companies run them so guessed they'd be good

 

[Dave W]

a mate works in Nissan dealer and says the cabstars are terrible especially the front suspension anti roll bars that fail every just about every 20k , they are done on warranty that is pretty good by all accounts but its still of the road while its done .

I have VW transporter T6 and love it but i don't think they go much bigger than 3.2 ton the VW crafter would definitely be worth a look i believe it is also marketed as a MAN now , you never no they may have a good deal on them as a MAN. Sprinters also must be in the running .
But on sheer numbers a transit must be ok , im sure there will be tale of woe to tell about a transit being a pile of SH1T , but 3/4 of all vans are transits 95% of all 3.5 ton vans are transits most pulling mini excavators up hill and dale so in context they must be good enough

Thanks. I'll look at a man (that's a freebie for you @Warp Land Farmer )

 

[Warp Land Farmer]

Thanks. I'll look at a man (that's a freebie for you @Warp Land Farmer )

It’s the touching that gets you in trouble Special David

 

[spanners and hammers]

company opposite me run Iveco vans ,, tell me they knock front suspentions out from one mot to the next and wish bones are £700

 

[Finn farmer]

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Dang, that's cheap as soap and doesn't even look terrible.

 

[Beowulf]

Interesting to hear iveco not well thought of. All the supermarkets and utility companies run them so guessed they'd be good

In my experience the people who complain about Ivecos are usually the ones who have bought the wrong spec for the job.

The suspension complaint is a common one, but Iveco offer varying different suspension configurations to suit the job at hand. Tick the heavy duty box and the suspension is built as strong as a truck. Lots of people buy ex-Royal Mail/Parcel Force LWB models with the light suspension and the small engine and then complain it isn't up to carrying a ton in the back and towing a fully laden trailer. Well, surprise surprise, it was optioned to cart a few hundred kilos of eBay parcels.

I'm on my third LWB Iveco, and mine don't exactly get an easy life. One day it's carting a 3.5 ton car trailer to a hill climb or rally with the back full of tools and spares, next weekend I'll be reversing it up to its axles in seawater to retrieve the jet skis. The weekend after it might be horsing it up a forestry track to a mountain biking event. During the Beast from the East I was teaching the kids how to drift in it. They've never given any trouble though.

Word of warning - don't buy one of the over 3.5t models and have it downrated - the payload is abysmal, the ride quality bone-shaking and the axle tramp when pulling away from the lights enthusiastically will induce motion sickness.

A nice 35C15 or 35C18 is a lovely machine though. Comfortable and built to survive Armageddon. The 3.0 litre engine is the pick of the bunch. Steer well clear of the 35S single rear wheel models, those are for Postman Pat.

 

[Dave W]

In my experience the people who complain about Ivecos are usually the ones who have bought the wrong spec for the job.

The suspension complaint is a common one, but Iveco offer varying different suspension configurations to suit the job at hand. Tick the heavy duty box and the suspension is built as strong as a truck. Lots of people buy ex-Royal Mail/Parcel Force LWB models with the light suspension and the small engine and then complain it isn't up to carrying a ton in the back and towing a fully laden trailer. Well, surprise surprise, it was optioned to cart a few hundred kilos of eBay parcels.

I'm on my third LWB Iveco, and mine don't exactly get an easy life. One day it's carting a 3.5 ton car trailer to a hill climb or rally with the back full of tools and spares, next weekend I'll be reversing it up to its axles in seawater to retrieve the jet skis. The weekend after it might be horsing it up a forestry track to a mountain biking event. During the Beast from the East I was teaching the kids how to drift in it. They've never given any trouble though.

Word of warning - don't buy one of the over 3.5t models and have it downrated - the payload is abysmal, the ride quality bone-shaking and the axle tramp when pulling away from the lights enthusiastically will induce motion sickness.

A nice 35C15 or 35C18 is a lovely machine though. Comfortable and built to survive Armageddon. The 3.0 litre engine is the pick of the bunch. Steer well clear of the 35S single rear wheel models, those are for Postman Pat.

Thank you. Makes a lot of sense

 

[Warp Land Farmer]

 

[ARW]

Iveco daily 4x4 is what you want, we saw one and I thought it would be better than buying another pickup but I couldn’t afford one!

 

[Martin Holden]

I know a person that runs a twin wheel LWB Iveco daily van. Has a mobile workshop inside and I bet it’s over the 3.5t limit sometimes. Gets a hard life up and down farm drives and in and out of fields too. Has been reliable apart from gear linkage which was diy modifies to add greasing points.

 

[RimmerF140]

Can't comment on the newer ones but used to have an 05 iveco daily. Electrics were at best temperamental and suspension wore badly, apart from an injector and a few handbrake cables it never gave any real bother in 75k hard miles. Spent as much of its life off road as it did on, surprising where it would go with a bit of weight on the back. By far the best towing vehicle we've ever had

 

[Dave W]

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Iveco daily 4x4 is what you want, we saw one and I thought it would be better than buying another pickup but I couldn’t afford one!

Looks a handy tool but not really any good for me. Can't remember last time I put it in 4wd. And it's payload I need most which that 4x4 will be fairly reduced

 

[ARW]

Looks a handy tool but not really any good for me. Can't remember last time I put it in 4wd. And it's payload I need most which that 4x4 will be fairly reduced

But what happens when you pull onto the wet grass in January at York sale?

 

[Dave W]

But what happens when you pull onto the wet grass in January at York sale?

I'll keep on the hard stuff

 

[TripleSix]

My 2 penneth.

Iveco dailys aren't very nice to be in or drive...
The 3 litre diesel pulls like a train though.

Cabstars have good payload but aren't the nicest thing to sit in a day, reliability issues with egr valves and gearshift cables.

Mk7 transits couldn't tow more than about 3 ton, I don't know about mk8's

I like transits, I've done hundreds of thousands of miles in transits.
Worst calamities I've had is a burst rad hose, a burst radiator, failed water pump, 2 broken clutches (1 was my fault)
This is across 7 different vehicles...


You need to check gross train weights with vans as not all can tow 3500 whilst fully laden.

I don't think sprinters tow more than 2700

 

[spanners and hammers]

you have to spec sprinters for 3.5 new from the factory

 

[sawdust]

son's work (recovery services) run a variety of light trucks. mitsubishi canter, renault ,daf, and some others. he being workshop foreman gets them all to service/repair. according to him they are all a pile of shite. that doesn't help you much, does it