Thread: School me on commercial vehicles.

Originally Posted by LRJim

Amarok v6 if their paying all the service costs, I love my 2011 4cyl, drives like a car and tows like a tractor just needs a bit more power, super reliable if you keep to the service schedule. VW have sorted most of the v6 teething problems now so they are quite reliable now.
Cheers

While they are, I wouldn't want one and the Boss hates VW's as well so that counts them out. Being in a Ranger will be bad enough, I don't want to slip down any more rungs than that...

Originally Posted by Homestar

While they are, I wouldn't want one and the Boss hates VW's as well so that counts them out. Being in a Ranger will be bad enough, I don't want to slip down any more rungs than that...

Sounds like you have no choice other than a boring uncomfortable dual cab ute then is the grenadier in the budget?

Originally Posted by LRJim

Amarok v6 if their paying all the service costs, I love my 2011 4cyl, drives like a car and tows like a tractor just needs a bit more power, super reliable if you keep to the service schedule. VW have sorted most of the v6 teething problems now so they are quite reliable now.
Cheers

The boss at work has a Walkinshaw Amarok, plenty of power for towing.....

Gavin, The new Ranger has the TDV6 motor I understand, hopefully not the same problems as many Disco 4's had ?!

Great motor (2.7) in the Territory, don't quite know what they did when they increased the capacity, never heard of any problems on the Ford forum with the Terri motor.

The Isuzu motor seems a bit more agricultural compared to the TDV6 but limited choice when my car was due for renewal.


Colin

Originally Posted by LRJim

Sounds like you have no choice other than a boring uncomfortable dual cab ute then is the grenadier in the budget?

Yes, regrettably I think you're correct. Re the Grenadier - Budget wise borderline - I could probably swing it, but from a supply and resale side of things not a chance unfortunately. Boss isn't too thrilled about buying a Ford let alone something like that. He knows he doesn't have a choice this time as Toyota have really dropped the ball - both on supply chain issues and their complete lack of innovation. The Hilux is a dinosaur in every way but they don't want to change a thing. Probably becuase spankers keep on paying top dollar for them for some unknown reason.

Originally Posted by gromit

The boss at work has a Walkinshaw Amarok, plenty of power for towing.....

Gavin, The new Ranger has the TDV6 motor I understand, hopefully not the same problems as many Disco 4's had ?!

Great motor (2.7) in the Territory, don't quite know what they did when they increased the capacity, never heard of any problems on the Ford forum with the Terri motor.

The Isuzu motor seems a it more agricultural compared to the TDV6 but limited choice when my car was due for renewal.


Colin

I think I could do worse than the Ranger - another Hilux for starters... Boss is pricing a v6 Sport for me so will see what he comes back with.

A friend of mine has a newish DMax. I went for a drive with her to see something or other, out from Injune on some typical, country roads. Not the most comfy vehicle I've been in. (But I had just hopped out of the D3.)

'Good Luck, Gav!', is all I can offer.

Originally Posted by Homestar

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Looking at a Ranger Sport with the 3 litre V6 Diesel and full time 4WD. Does anyone know much about the 2 engine choices in these - on paper they will both leave a Hilux in the dust but not sure which one is a better engine overall.

Drove a newish (18 thou on the odo) ranger with the small (2.2?) motor and auto over 1500k's for work earlier in the year.

Was a bit like a rok.......... had to rev to pull, a bit over stressed I thought.

Wasn't any bigger than a triton inside, which was a surprise.

The auto grumbled changing gears. Something didn't sound right.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, like a 70's taxi with a BW trans with a million k's on it.

It guzzled fuel at times for no apparent reason. We were travelling 100k's each way to the site area each day, sometimes towing a boat, sometimes not. Best fuel use was one day when towing the boat..............go figure

Glad I wasn't paying the fuel bill, was substantial for the k's we did.

It did have this great thing under the speedo that gave you the real legal speed at all times accurately. Must be hooked up to gps, did legal roadworks speed limits as well.

All I can say is a 3.0 auto Isuzu craps all over it. The effortless grunt pulling up a hill from lowish revs gets a smile from me.

You really need to drive all your options for a couple of hours each before making the call, even the differing seats might be a game changer.

cheers, DL

Originally Posted by Homestar

I think I could do worse than the Ranger - another Hilux for starters... Boss is pricing a v6 Sport for me so will see what he comes back with.

If you end up getting a ute, tell the boss you need a 500Litre tank in the back for topping up your diesel gensets, that should soften the ride.