Lorry - a "how much would you pay post"

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What price would you expect to pay for a 3 horse (8ft box)
7.5t Leyland DAF 145/30 L reg (93).
It has a luton and skirts, fitted living that sleeps 4. sink and hob. Integral cab. Full height partitions in horse area.

Its mechanically perfect but is a working lorry so isnt prestine in the horse area.

It would cost about £500 to tart it right up.

Price please !
 
If horse area is 8ft, I'd make that a 2 horse, esp if herringbone angled?

Price would depend on condition of chassis, and if box is stick sided, conversion or coachbuilt.
 
8ft isn't much room for 3 horses, horse box builders generally work on a 9 or 10 ft horse area.
As for price, a lot depends on who built it (will pay more for certain names), is it coachbuilt or a convertion?
Have you a picture?
 
The 8 ft is the box height and width, its 10ft long, sorry to confuse.

Its a conversion, clad is aluminium, sprayed with graphics.

Looks a bit tired but clean and sound.
 
Sorry its 10ft in length but 8ft wide and high.

Not a named conversion but looks well done.

I do have a picture but its my lorry so dont want folk to think Im advertising.

I went for £7150 as its a great lorry but Im wondering if thats right....
 
have been looking for a lorry recently and think your price (although would depend on miles ect) would be in the rightish ball park!!

do you have any pics??? would get a better idea then
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In your opinion, which bits need tidying up?

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dont want to offend but is the outside in need of some attention or is that the pic???? horse area?living looks tidy tho
 
Firstly the exterior paint finish needs some TLC, the loading gates could do with replacing - they dont look robust enough. The rug rack looks terribly low- is there enough clearance over your horses quarters.
There seems to be a fair amount of corrosion on the corner pillars - which is just visible to the right and left above the loading gates.

Are the ramp springs fitted to the corner pillars ? I dont like to see springs exposed - very dangerous they should be housed in a chamber or the ramp fully undersprung.

My reasoning behind this is a few years ago a good friend of mine was at a show with her "older" lorry and some kind person removed the exposed ramp springs and she ended up paralised, as the whole ramp just fell on her when she tried to lower it.

It will only be worth around the 6K mark as it is a conversion from the original aluminium container mounted on the chassis - which always worries me as aluminium has no strength externally.

Is it double lined into the horse area?- with either 1/2 inch marine ply or GRP over layed with EVA or Rubber to protect. As one kick out from a horse and the foot will go right through the body skin.
 
No offence taken !!

The picture has been distorted by the Horsemart website... the sides are clean. The ali cladding is box profile which is why it looks "lined".... but the paintwork is in very good nick.

The piccy was taken some time ago and the horse area has been repainted but I didnt have any new piccies so used those in the adverts (possible mistake !!)
 
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You rascal !!

Yep, Im reckoning about £6500 as it stands or £6750 with a new plating.

Picture is a bit offputting, didnt look like that on my advert preview ! also, Im worried that people are put off by thinking my OH is being sold with it
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Its not an ali box, its been clad in ali. Double floor and wall. Rubber over to hock height and then reforced at knee area too. Very very thick kickboards all round. (3/4 inch marine ply with rubber over)

OHs 17.2 stands in there and doesnt hit the rug rack so it must be the photo angle.

Loading gates are very robust, not the grp ones used these days. No bites or kicks and do not flap or bow in the wind.

Springs are exposed so removal or tampering would be immediately obvious. Im not sure any version are totally tamper or failure proof (people are such idiots... why would they do something like that? and how without anyone noticing them taking a crow bar to the spring?).

Exterior paintwork is in good condition, the side on piccy has distorted so it looks odd.

The area around the back ramp has been taken back to the metal work and repainted since the piccy was taken.

Feedback is good, keep it coming !
 
i think you should get pretty much what you want for it at the end of the day the body work isnt the most important thing is the cab and it is on an L plate, have seen more expensive lorries with same living/horse area but on d,or e plates, think your realistic!
 
Ive popped it on ebay for offers now too to see how it goes,
Ive also seen lots of older boxes with newer boxes on the back ofr a lot more money so I dont think Im far off!

Thanks everyone *thumbs up*
 
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