fanamelody
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my dad recently gave me a limit of 2500 to spend on a horsebox am i dreaming ?????????????? i need 1 asap not botherd wot type or how old thanks for looking
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Skhosu
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Is it for a trailer or a lorry?
fanamelody
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lorry
Santa_Claus
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you will be lucky to get something road worthy for that to be honest!!
leemark
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My first lorry was that price and it served us well for a couple of years but the maintenance costs were high.
Skhosu
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I think you may struggle, but you could get a nice trailer for that?
Bedlam
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Lorry would be hard, but I agree - a nice trailer would be quite easy to get for that money.
Have you got a vehicle that could tow?
Have you got a vehicle that could tow?
fanamelody
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ive got a trailer which is for sale as i want a bit more room
flowerlady
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So if you sell the trailer will that be added to the £2500?
fanamelody
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no ive got to give my dad the money back aaaaarrrrrrrrggggghhhhhhhhhh
PaintboxEDT
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yeh theres loads on ebay that are half decent
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village idiot :D
Don't despair - I paid just over £1K for my 7.5 tonne lorry. I've had her for nearly three years now and she's been very reliable and has not cost a fortune to keep running. She does look dreadful though!
I found her by looking at completed listings on eBay that were roughly around what I could afford and then contacting the seller and going to have a look and making an offer. Do take a mechanic to check any prospective purchase out though. Mine is, according to the VOSA testers, more sound than many lorries half her age.
I found her by looking at completed listings on eBay that were roughly around what I could afford and then contacting the seller and going to have a look and making an offer. Do take a mechanic to check any prospective purchase out though. Mine is, according to the VOSA testers, more sound than many lorries half her age.
LCobby
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What licence do you have?
If passed test afte 01/01/97 you wil be restricted to 3.5 tonnes or take a couse ans test for C . C1 licence.
3.5 tonners are often at a premium price because of this,
If passed test afte 01/01/97 you wil be restricted to 3.5 tonnes or take a couse ans test for C . C1 licence.
3.5 tonners are often at a premium price because of this,
dwi
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Have a look at my post above and be very careful
Booboos
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Sorry to be pessimistic but a lorry worth so little (I'm not being snooty here, £2500 is A LOT of money, just not a lot of money for a lorry) will cost thousands to keep going every year and will break down which can be very dangerous with horses on board.
Bubbles
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A difficult one, I bought a 3.5t box for £2800 in 2001, it's g reg and only set up to carry one horse rear facing which I knew was about the legal limit weightwise for ANY 3.5t lorry. It's been fabulous but had so many stupid little problems that the previous owners hadn't bothered to fix properly and didn't show up on the mechanic's once over. Fortunately I have two very reliable engineers in the family who took care of most things for me, but one massive thing that did go wrong: unbeknown to me the previous owner had been warned of a minor leak on the differential on the rear axle, if kept topped up with oil it was fine. Kept lorry parked on gravel so never noticed a very slow leak until the rear axle started to sing, and was therefore ruined. I had to wait until a reconditioned axle became available which all in all cost about 500 quid: nightmare, but could have been a lot more costly. However, friends of mine paid nearly 30k for a 4 horse lorry that turned out to be an absolute death trap that was so close to the max weight when unlaiden you would have only been legal with one horse on board. What I'm trying to say is whether you spend 1k or 50, you need to know what you're doing when you buy a lorry. Can't emphasis enough, a mechanic will prob not check the floor for you, you must do this very, very carefully. Good luck!
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village idiot :D
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Sorry to be pessimistic but a lorry worth so little (I'm not being snooty here, £2500 is A LOT of money, just not a lot of money for a lorry) will cost thousands to keep going every year and will break down which can be very dangerous with horses on board.
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Mine cost just over £1K, is 30 years old, is more reliable than many that I know, has so far never broken down in the nearly three years I've had her, has failed to start once in that time and is considered more sound than many lorries half her age by the VOSA testers. She has not cost me a thousand to keep going in any of the years I've had her, she's out usually at least three times a week although she's never been expected to travel more than 80 miles each way to a party.
They are out there - but you have to accept that they will never look smart or have all the goodies. I chose quality and reliability over fancy paintwork and smart living and she has done me proud.
Just to add - the chassis I was originally recommended to buy, on a V plate so less than 10 years old, and have a box built on it was sold to a friend locally and currently sits behind the local garage workshop waiting for some new parts to be fitted. It's been there for nearly seven weeks now and the parts alone have cost around £2K. I'm just so glad I didn't buy that one!
Sorry to be pessimistic but a lorry worth so little (I'm not being snooty here, £2500 is A LOT of money, just not a lot of money for a lorry) will cost thousands to keep going every year and will break down which can be very dangerous with horses on board.
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Mine cost just over £1K, is 30 years old, is more reliable than many that I know, has so far never broken down in the nearly three years I've had her, has failed to start once in that time and is considered more sound than many lorries half her age by the VOSA testers. She has not cost me a thousand to keep going in any of the years I've had her, she's out usually at least three times a week although she's never been expected to travel more than 80 miles each way to a party.
They are out there - but you have to accept that they will never look smart or have all the goodies. I chose quality and reliability over fancy paintwork and smart living and she has done me proud.
Just to add - the chassis I was originally recommended to buy, on a V plate so less than 10 years old, and have a box built on it was sold to a friend locally and currently sits behind the local garage workshop waiting for some new parts to be fitted. It's been there for nearly seven weeks now and the parts alone have cost around £2K. I'm just so glad I didn't buy that one!
OWLIE185
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You would get a nice Bedford TK for that money. Type in Bedford TK in to E bay you will be suprised how cheap they are.
I have a 30 year old Bedford TK which is probably not worth anything today. Still very reliable and drives like a dream.
I have a 30 year old Bedford TK which is probably not worth anything today. Still very reliable and drives like a dream.
Booboos
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Mine cost just over £1K, is 30 years old
That sounds like a super lorry, but I am not sure the exception proves the rule. If someone has a really reliable box why are they going to sell it for less than the market value? You really need the one in a million chance to stumble across such a bargain. Otherwise you will need a lot of money to maintain it. This can also be the case for a really expenssive lorry, as people will take the mick! My first lorry cost £1,500, I immedately had to spend £1,000 just to make it roadworthy, it would never start, but I sold it again for £1,500. My second lorry cost £5,000, run for 3 years like a dream and then in quick succession broke down, first time the accelerator cable broke while I was driving it with two horses at the back and while overtaking two cyclists (that was fun!), then the clutch broke and had to be towed from Cornwall to Berkshie in the snow with a horse in it (took hours) and finally the paint gave up the ghost and cost £2,000 to re-spray. What can you do???
That sounds like a super lorry, but I am not sure the exception proves the rule. If someone has a really reliable box why are they going to sell it for less than the market value? You really need the one in a million chance to stumble across such a bargain. Otherwise you will need a lot of money to maintain it. This can also be the case for a really expenssive lorry, as people will take the mick! My first lorry cost £1,500, I immedately had to spend £1,000 just to make it roadworthy, it would never start, but I sold it again for £1,500. My second lorry cost £5,000, run for 3 years like a dream and then in quick succession broke down, first time the accelerator cable broke while I was driving it with two horses at the back and while overtaking two cyclists (that was fun!), then the clutch broke and had to be towed from Cornwall to Berkshie in the snow with a horse in it (took hours) and finally the paint gave up the ghost and cost £2,000 to re-spray. What can you do???