Thread: The Ashcroft Locker

Originally Posted by ashtrans

Hi,

sorry, No salisbury version,not a big demand for them,

Dave

Maybe not Dave.But there is, or at least was before the GFC, a sizeable US market for the dimensionally identical Dana 60 diffs.Your skills have become well known and respected on Pirate over there, due in main to your fix for the STAK 3 spd t/case issues and ARB 9'' Ford airlocker improvements.IMO an alternative to the D60 ARB Airleaker, offered by Ashcrofts would be well received, and you could cover the smaller demand for a Salisbury locker for little to no extra tooling costs.
Freight would be a bugger for a Sals locker though. They are heavy beasts.
Wagoo.

Originally Posted by Tank

So a Freight bill around 100 quid for a diff seems very cheap, but still knocks the gloss off Ashcrofts price, too bad you couldn't set up a retailer out here that could import Ashcroft diffs $ bits and knock the ridiculous frieght costs on the head, Regards Frank.

I think you must have missed the fact that if they do that, the parts will cost more. Dave has already commented on this. (post 30 or 31 I think)

Personally I would much prefer to go direct.

Originally Posted by wagoo

Maybe not Dave.But their is, or at least was before the GFC, a sizeable US market for the dimensionally identical Dana 60 diffs.Your skills have become well known and respected on Pirate over there, due in main to your fix for the STAK 3 spd t/case issues and ARB 9'' Ford airlocker improvements.IMO an alternative to the D60 ARB Airleaker offered by Ashcrofts would be well received, and you could cover the smaller demand for a Salisbury locker for little to no extra tooling costs.
Freight would be a bugger for a Sals locker though. They are heavy beasts.
Wagoo.

I agree!

Originally Posted by Psimpson7

I think you must have missed the fact that if they do that, the parts will cost more. Dave has already commented on this. (post 30 or 31 I think)

Personally I would much prefer to go direct.

No P.......7 I didn't miss Daves post, when freight costs add 1/2 to 1/3 of the purchase price to the total cost it isn't viable to buy from overseas ( on some parts), eg. the MM alternator was cheaper to buy in Australia at $303 local (del. to door) to $308 from Paddocks UK.
My point being that if Ashcrofts could appoint a distributor to sell their fantastic products here, then larger volume of sales and bulk transport costs would mean cheaper in OZ parts. But then again there may not be a big enough market in Australia for this to be viable, Regards Frank.

Originally Posted by Tank

No P.......7 I didn't miss Daves post, when freight costs add 1/2 to 1/3 of the purchase price to the total cost it isn't viable to buy from overseas ( on some parts), eg. the MM alternator was cheaper to buy in Australia at $303 local (del. to door) to $308 from Paddocks UK.
My point being that if Ashcrofts could appoint a distributor to sell their fantastic products here, then larger volume of sales and bulk transport costs would mean cheaper in OZ parts. But then again there may not be a big enough market in Australia for this to be viable, Regards Frank.

Price your mm/denso 300Tdi alternator again. I did yesterday. $495+P from JC, $550 from my regular auto sparky, $700 from Rovacraft, GBP112.50+P from Paddocks (EDIT works out at AU$275 at my door sent 2-day TNT express - most expensive). I asked Rovacraft - didn't you sell them for $300 a while back? Was told "we don't have any of those anymore".

Dave's lockers (landed at your door) are cheaper than any manual locker for a rover you can buy in OZ. I am sure if Dave sold through a dealer in OZ, they would want to pay 50% of Dave's retail, buy them one or two at a time, and sell them for $50 less than the RRP of an ARB locker.

Originally Posted by isuzurover

Price your mm/denso 300Tdi alternator again. I did yesterday. $495+P from JC, $550 from my regular auto sparky, $700 from Rovacraft, GBP112.50+P from Paddocks (EDIT works out at AU$275 at my door sent 2-day TNT express - most expensive). I asked Rovacraft - didn't you sell them for $300 a while back? Was told "we don't have any of those anymore".

Dave's lockers (landed at your door) are cheaper than any manual locker for a rover you can buy in OZ. I am sure if Dave sold through a dealer in OZ, they would want to pay 50% of Dave's retail, buy them one or two at a time, and sell them for $50 less than the RRP of an ARB locker.

So Rovacraft have more than doubled their price and Paddocks have dropped over GBP46 from their price of GBP158, it's amazing what a floating AUD does to prices, here and overseas, Regards Frank.

I bought a Ford Transit alternator for my Tdi for $280 18months back from an auto sparky at Kalgoorlie. Pat

Originally Posted by PAT303

I bought a Ford Transit alternator for my Tdi for $280 18months back from an auto sparky at Kalgoorlie. Pat

Part number and amperage? (However yours is a defender isn't it? - I have heard they are different to a disco).