lorry costs

[perenzo]

Hi everybody..

I am thinking of buying a lorry...And i was wondering how much it costs to run one per month, taking into account insurance, breakdown cover and maintenance. (exclude diesel)

Thanks

 

[aliacc]

ours costs about £100/month.....incl ins( over 25) /breakdown/annual service/plating at garage......I expect if you do all own servicing it would be cheaper .....but if something went wrong it could be double that and more.

Ali

 

[RachaelV]

Hi, ours is an old Bedford, we paid 250 annual ins incl breakdown cover, the real cost is in the maintenance. We ahve just had a pre mot done so we can plate it for the year and have been quoted £1200 for the essential work to be done. However, we have had it for a year and havent spent any money on it and its been fab, starts first time and v reasonable on deisel.we love it and have bitten the bullet to plate it for another year as its been so reliable. I would say go for it!

 

[Tufty]

If nothing goes wrong then insurance is about £400 per year including breakdown cover and then tax is I think about £170 per year and then your test/plate is about £40 and then a service can be anything depending on who you use and what needs tweaking.

depends how much you have to spend on a lorry as to what you get. If you buy an old heap you could be paying out quite a bit just keeping it in one piece.

 

[sillygillyhorse]

Obviously insurance costs depend on the vehicle, my renewal has just arrived and stand at £480, breakdown/recovery at £77. Think the plating fee was £60/65, I needed some work done to the alternator and opted for a major service (wheels off job) plus the garage preped the lorry for its plate which cost about £930. Add to that the tax for a year at £165. All in all reckon it has cost me about £1600 to keep my lorry on the road.