RichUK

Probably a bit too big for you at your age

gaddafi

probably true

but the bigger problem is the pikey image that goes with them

Nick Graves

Do beware that a lot of dumps now only allow commercials in once a quarter for a 'private dump' otherwise you'll need a licence.

One reason my maintenance guy uses a Focus Estate. He had an M-B C Class 'van' before it died, which was rather cool.

lovegroova

I often see a Mk1 Golf/Caddy pickup (in yellow) whilst on my way to work.

Might be an option...

gaddafi

I think they are too small and in any event are part of the dreaded 'VW scene'

From what I can see it will be a Ranger (big but loads about and often cheap) or a Mazda (mostly borked but the right size)

I was hoping someone might know another one but it seems not

I don't want to destroy something verging on collectible

No pickup would class as collectible to me, but I know people collect the strangest vehicles and I'm sympathetic to that

Plus the moment something is seen as remotely collectible, the price doubles

I'd rather pay not a lot for a scabby workhorse and weigh it in or 99p start ebay when I'm done with it

Nick Graves

I don't know anything about the Isuzu.

Of course, the outlier is the Great Wall Wingle (that's Wing lee, apparently) which would cost buttons but given the experience people have had with MSGs, would you trust a Chinese takeaway?

GarethB

Two that spring to mind are the Maloo and the Spartan Sherwood (Cortina / Sierra based pick up).
My mum worked for the company so they were high on my want list as a youngster.

unclefester

Anything large seems to ride like a truck and anything small seems to fall into 'scene' type groups.

What about a cheap Toyota Hiace / Hyundai H100 Minibus type thing - if you rip the seats out it still counts as not a van which means you can drag shit in it to the tip without a license? Or an old Ovlov 940 Estate?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/16-seater-...cAAOSwWxNYvr30

Get loads in one of those and if it isn't rotten underneath ( and you keep it that way) it will always sell on.

gaddafi

I am going off the idea by the minute

I think a series of skips will be cheaper, easier, no double handling and no need to sit where a very sweaty series of bums have sat for the past decade

Same story with deliveries apart from the bum bit

oh well, nice idea while it lasted

Nick Graves

Yup - skips save a lot of time and effort.

You might want a cheap old Subaru estate - because they're quite entertaining and when the brickies suddenly state they're 50 bricks short of a wall, you can nip out and get less than a pallet-full at short notice...