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Re: Van
Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2014 5:20 pm
by Tartan Triple
buy my trailer!!!
3-4 bikes,double bed in it holes in the floor for peeing out at rallies

Re: Van
Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2014 6:30 pm
by phil.w
just got a Toyota hiace van big enough for two bikes just

bit heavy on fuel, use to belong to a undertaker I tried to covert the two tear coffin carrier to load bikes but had no luck so have taken it out

phil
Re: Van
Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2014 8:01 pm
by Wolfie
Janey has fallen straight in love with the Wheelchair access vans.. Result!
We could be going to look at one at the weekend.
She's also warming ot the idea of driving it around France and Andorra.. Backup Van like!
Re: Van
Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2014 8:03 pm
by malc87
g6mow wrote:The fella who repairs my washer etc

You better tell us what make washer you got cause it sounds a right pile of shite!

Re: Van
Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2014 8:13 pm
by irhobotolo
Wolfie wrote:Janey has fallen straight in love with the Wheelchair access vans.. Result!
We could be going to look at one at the weekend.
She's also warming ot the idea of driving it around France and Andorra.. Backup Van like!
Cant beat wheelchair access van as bike transporters but check ground clearance at the back as some are very low and when you put a heavy bike in they can have almost no ground clearance !
Re: Van
Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2014 8:23 pm
by g6mow
malc87 wrote:g6mow wrote:The fella who repairs my washer etc

You better tell us what make washer you got cause it sounds a right pile of shite!

No Malc you've got mixed up there. It's not the washing machine he has trouble with, it's his Mercedes Vito van.
Re: Van
Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2014 7:56 am
by scouse
Don't forget if you become a white van man you have different speed limits to a car
That is if your new van weights over 2 tonnes
https://www.gov.uk/speed-limits
Gary T
Re: Van
Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2014 7:58 pm
by Wolfie
What if it's H2 Blue??
Re: Van
Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2014 8:10 pm
by Mark B
Me and Malc got a kh250 and s2 at same time in the back of my citreon berlingo multispace a couple of weeks ago and had h2 last year,just took seats out 8 bolts and bobs your uncle,had to take front wheels off mind

no not the van

Re: Van
Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2014 10:34 pm
by malc87
Mark B wrote:Me and Malc got a kh250 and s2 at same time in the back of my citreon berlingo multispace a couple of weeks ago and had h2 last year,just took seats out 8 bolts and bobs your uncle,had to take front wheels off mind

no not the van

And we werent hung over

MUCH

Re: Van
Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2014 10:58 pm
by Wolfie
There are absolutely great ones out there... plenty of ex authority ones.. plenty of garages specialising in wheelchair access vehicles..
Fk me I can buy a whole Bus for £3k!
Re: Van
Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2014 7:37 am
by malc87
Wolfie wrote:
Fk me I can buy a whole Bus for £3k!
We once bought an old ambulance for 2K, using it for track days and rallys.
It had done 216000 miles!
The siren still worked not that we would ever use it
Kept it for three years, did 6000 trouble free miles in it and sold it for erm 2K

Re: Van
Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2014 8:59 am
by kas750
The only slight fly in the ointment is that sometimes the insurance companies load the premium for none commercial use.. Probably worth asking the question first.
Re: Van
Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2014 9:19 am
by Neil the Don
Or lthrow a mattress in the back , and hey presto , it's a camper conversion .
< jeez, what's happened to those Caddys ??? Last time I knew they were a Golf with a wee box stuck on !! >
Re: Van
Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2014 8:13 am
by Barrie
Neil the Don wrote:Or lthrow a mattress in the back , and hey presto , it's a camper conversion
< jeez, what's happened to those Caddys ??? Last time I knew they were a Golf with a wee box stuck on !! >
That's what I've been doing for years !!
Re: Van
Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2014 8:51 am
by El Presidente
Long Wheel base Sprinter
6 Bikes easily, 10 at a push (including KV's) 35 MPG Empty
Re: Van
Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2014 9:00 am
by Neil the Don
ah yes Rick, this is where Scouse will pitch in with a link to. Van loaded weight limits etc ?
I lurve my lwb Sprinter, despite their inability to keep paint on them , but use the space in the back and fill it with bikes , and it's way over it's weight limit !!!! and don't the brakes just let you know it

Re: Van
Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2014 10:11 am
by Wolfie
Sprinter is too big!
Re: Van
Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2014 10:18 am
by Nigel S
Its finally happened, triples club has turned into caravan and camping weekly.
This is the longest thread on here for a long time. Proof is in the pudding an all that !!
Well done Gra.

Re: Van
Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2014 12:51 pm
by SAM
I dont want a van
Anyone who says size is not important i have concerns for!

Re: Van
Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2014 1:10 pm
by kas750
H2 in a berlingo on the way to the 2010 southern rally!!..All I did was take the mirrors off to get it in..

Re: Van
Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2014 1:12 pm
by scouse
I love our LWB Sprinter at work, sadly my daily drive is an Iveco Daily
Gary T