FridgeFreezer Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 That's a lot of camper - what sort of money does this owe you by now and what are the running costs on something like this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwakers Posted December 28, 2020 Author Share Posted December 28, 2020 the answer to both questions is.. A lot! but less than a camper and covered trailer. 16mpg roughly depending on type of road, so not too bad cost wise.. (until you factor in it cost me 270l of diesel going to brands hatch and back!) total cost.. well it cant be much south of £7k. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwakers Posted December 29, 2020 Author Share Posted December 29, 2020 (edited) still it has its uses... mines the silver car. had a track day at the beginning of the month, a friends mx5 got crashed. the rac where being arses so i lent him mine. today at Michael wood services a friend that's going to rebuild it picked it up and delivered mine back to me. saved a trip to manchester. all good fun Edited December 29, 2020 by qwakers 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 23 hours ago, qwakers said: 16mpg roughly depending on type of road, so not too bad cost wise.. (until you factor in it cost me 270l of diesel going to brands hatch and back!) total cost.. well it cant be much south of £7k. By comparison we bought our 127 for 4400, probably spent ~2k on the conversion and various tarting up (we weren't counting TBH), it does a fairly good 16-18mpg average (probably 18-20 if we sat with the trucks) and we've got about 1/6th the space of your truck, maybe less. If I had somewhere to park it... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 All very much man-maths, then you realise two thirds of the space is taken up by a car 😛 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miketomcat Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 10 hours ago, Bowie69 said: All very much man-maths, then you realise two thirds of the space is taken up by a car 😛 Fridge has a worrying obsession with 7.5t lorry campers at the moment. It's just as well he doesn't have somewhere to park one. Mike 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 1 hour ago, miketomcat said: Fridge has a worrying obsession with 7.5t lorry campers at the moment. It's just as well he doesn't have somewhere to park one. I've got too many vehicles already, including a perfectly good camper... my point was more that the truck version makes a hell of a lot more practical sense than most 4WD overland builds that never get further than a grassy touring pitch or gravel track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwakers Posted December 30, 2020 Author Share Posted December 30, 2020 and daf did a 4x4 version as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miketomcat Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 1 hour ago, qwakers said: and daf did a 4x4 version as well I know I've already done far to much research into one. It's a good job I've got plenty of other projects to do first...... Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arjan Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 Please do not mention DAF45.... I still miss ours we had in Holland for the horses.. Ideal ! we could not get it on FR plates so eventually sold it and had a trailer for years. Now the Iveco and it is soo much better. Love to have a 7,5 tonne camper. Esp. 4x4...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy50 Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 The daf45 4x4 has LOTS of appeal , they are dirt cheap and pretty reliable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwakers Posted December 30, 2020 Author Share Posted December 30, 2020 if you can find one. id like the transfer box and front axle out of one, but they appear to be hens teeth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy50 Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DAF-5-9-Turbo-4x4-Dakar-Special-kamaz-rally-truck-/373392220855?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49292 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy50 Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Leyland-DAF-GS-45-150-4x4-Dropside-/264952275121?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49292 this firm has loads of em. Seen em as cheap as four grand. Would love one myself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwakers Posted December 30, 2020 Author Share Posted December 30, 2020 i saw that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwakers Posted December 30, 2020 Author Share Posted December 30, 2020 Just now, Ozzy50 said: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Leyland-DAF-GS-45-150-4x4-Dropside-/264952275121?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49292 this firm has loads of em. Seen em as cheap as four grand. Would love one myself and that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy50 Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 Cummins 6bt powered too 👌🏻 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daan Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 45 minutes ago, Ozzy50 said: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DAF-5-9-Turbo-4x4-Dakar-Special-kamaz-rally-truck-/373392220855?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49292 Awesome! This would be my choice: https://www.bidspotter.co.uk/en-gb/auction-catalogues/wca/catalogue-id-witham1-10000/lot-d8c1d1eb-380c-4f44-a112-a68f00cbada7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwakers Posted December 30, 2020 Author Share Posted December 30, 2020 link doesn't work buddy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy50 Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 @Daan that ones ended , we need some piccies now please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaghost Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 Works fine for me guys a little slow to load but gets there ( fire tablet ) regards Stephen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwakers Posted December 30, 2020 Author Share Posted December 30, 2020 works for me now, weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy50 Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 worked for me at the second time of asking too 🙄 @Daan yes yes and yes , those look very nice indeed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 5 hours ago, qwakers said: if you can find one. id like the transfer box and front axle out of one, but they appear to be hens teeth And that's why I think 4x4 trucks/vans are a poor idea for a camper/overlander - the basic truck is all common as muck but the 4WD bits are unicorn, and I've rarely seen one further off-road than most 2WD versions because big heavy tall things like to tip over or sink. My current modest-lottery-win camper concept is an 8x4 hook-loader with Hiab - all common parts, low ground pressure, 4WD with lockers as standard, camping pod you can drop off the back, Hiab because why not. For the full euro-millions win it'd be an 8x8 Tatra and sod the practicality 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 6 hours ago, Ozzy50 said: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Leyland-DAF-GS-45-150-4x4-Dropside-/264952275121?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49292 this firm has loads of em. Seen em as cheap as four grand. Would love one myself Love those T244s . Crouch's usually have a good stock of them too. Suprisingly cheap. Just need the license Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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