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  Classic Gardens June 5, 2008 at 6:05pm

  Mine is a citroen relay the gear linkage isnt great but over the 4yrs i have had it (touch wood) the engine is great.
  Its on an s reg and iam thinking of getting a new one nxt year.
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  Richard Boyd June 6, 2008 at 12:38am

  LWB high top transit & if slightly more room is needed the bigger Iveco. Lots of space and pulling capacity providing you get the larger engine.
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  Phil Luscombe June 8, 2008 at 5:25pm

  Martin,
  Do you think a citroen Dispatch would be too small. How often do u use the full capacity of yours and is it essential?
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  Classic Gardens June 8, 2008 at 5:53pm

  I mainly use it for garden maint and i dont need a trailer whch is a god send.
  For me its the best panel van out there.
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  David Riches June 8, 2008 at 6:22pm

  Hi,
  
  I have a Renault Traffic LWB and a 10foot trailer - works well for me. It was in the garage last week and i hired a flat bed tipper. Although the tipper was great, the lack of storage for tools was a serious problem.
  
  The towing is ok, i can get my trailer fully loaded with 2 Tonne and still be in the legal weight.
  
  Saying that, ill be purchasing an older Nissan Cabstar or similar tipper as a second vehicle for one of my labourers.
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  Susan June 8, 2008 at 8:00pm

  Why would you need a tipper? I have thought about it but we get 99% of our materials delivered free...so am wondering what you use a tipper for.
  I would LOVE a way to minimise skips on jobs, they are such a huge expense. We were thinking we could use a truck to dump our rubblish-just take it to the landfill ourselves....anyone doing that?
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  Phil Voice June 8, 2008 at 8:05pm

  A tipper was one of the greates benefits for us when it came to unloading materials and waste.
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  Susan June 8, 2008 at 8:15pm

  So you didnt get materials delivered and you took your own rubbish away to the dump? We can go through £1000 worth of skips easy on each job. We are very construction orientated as opposed to soft landscaping incidentally-think that generates more waste...
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  Phil Voice June 8, 2008 at 8:23pm

  We did have materials delivered but we were based just across the road (literally) from a small family run builders yard in Oakhanger and we would collect materials as we needed them in the morning.
  
  This method ensured that we would not clutter up the customer site too much.
  
  However, when space allowed, we would have larger loads delivered from Travis Perkins.
  
  We also had a great yard at Selborne brickworks weher we could separate different wastes and there was an infill site there for no biodegradable stuff like rubble etc.
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  Phil Voice June 8, 2008 at 8:27pm

  I should have added that we also sued to redirect hardcore type material for tracks and pot hole infill but we would also charge the customer to take away the waste.
  
  I would keep a permanent skip in our yard so that small amounts of waste could be brought back as and when we needed to without taking up a clients drive space.