New toy has arrived - what do you think?

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Pidge

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So bye bye D reg ford cargo and hellooooooo R reg leyland
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drives lovely and boys travel well in it, just need to get the bits and bobs sorted out inside and curtains etc, so what do you think?
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I had a little sneaky feeling this is what it could be...

My Doris is a Daf so would love to know what you think of driving it. Doris arrived on Thusday so conversion finally starts tomorrow
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after driving the ford cargo 813 since April last year driving this one is lovely and so much easier
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it handles really well, though have only had a spin on the large car park and have reversed it as well. It drives just like a big car! can't wait to take it out for a proper spin with the boys in
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am putting the rest of the stuff back in it this afternoon as its surprising how much you acculumate
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headcollars, hay nets, rugs, travel boots, first aid kit, grooming kit, food, drink etc etc
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tis a proper home from home
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thank you. don't worry bought those after some silly blonde, don't know who
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, left the lorry lights on when we went to Somerford Park and ran the battery down totally
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after asking everyone there for jump leads and a jump start to no avail, finally found a nice man with a tractor and leads who got the box started
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lesson learnt well and truly so went out and bought these just in case I ever leave the lights on again
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And that is why I have an isolator switch on my lorry. I can leave my lights on for a month and it will still start
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. Have you got an isolator on yours, insurance companies are starting to ask for that or a fuel cut off now before they will insure lorries.
 
don't think it has on this one as I just turn the engine off with the key. Old one I used to have to pull a knob out to cut the engine out and then remove the key.
 
No an Isolator is a 'switch' put into the battery cable wire which when you remove it means that no power can be taken from the battery at all as the circuit is broken. So if you do leave the lights on accidently it wont matter and it makes it harder to steal the lorry as the battery is effectively dead without the switch/key.
 
No, the switch is about £25 and its about 30 mins work. But unless your insurance asks for it, or you have a 'leak' (something draining the power - usually the tacho, when the engine is switched off) which makes it difficult to start after not being used I wouldn't bother getting one fitted.
 
Ah right thanks for that DD, insurance didn't ask for that when I gave them the details on Friday (NFU). So will see how it goes then
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Im very jealous too! I have been trying to sell mine on Horse Mart and have had no interest at all. Have to get a bigger one to take the monster shire
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Wishing you miles and miles of hassle free fun x
 
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does that mean you won't come and play at Somerford with us again
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promise I'll park far away from you, but you're more than welcome to come and have a sit on the sofa and get a cold drink from the fridge
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You'll have to let us know when you're next free one weekend and go for a spin round somerford again?
 
fortunately chap took mine in PX so no hassle selling it! didn't get as much as I wanted but does mean no advertising, phone calls, appointments to view, test drive etc etc and no double tax and insurance so all in thought it was an ok deal
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thanks Caz, just wanted something a bit newer and that we could sleep in as old one only had luton over cab and was a bit shallow, whereas this one is deep and the sofa converts to a double bed as well. Somerford Park Horse Camp 2008 here we come
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it looks a fabulous box.....

am keeping my figers crossed for you that it's not overweight, though.

with the size of the living which am only guessing at just by looking at the outside window positions, is quite large...and with having a lot of the horse weight behind the rear axle, you might just be pushing it with 2 large horses in.

not trying to dampen things, sorry...but have been through this many, many times with having lorries for our commercial usage.

as i say...fabulous looking lorry!!!
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don't worry that's one of the first things I checked and it is well within the weight even with our 2 boys and all the gear on, even have enough for another horse but won't as like to just have our 2 on it
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well chap I bought it from has just had it plated so saw it with lots of horse feed in the back to weigh it down for the plating and still came in at 5.7ton with that lot in it
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After all the posts on here that was the first question I asked
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Looks a nice lorry, Pidge and Sunny will be travelling in style!
We are having our chassis switched to a Daf, just borrowed a friend's one today and it was so much smoother & quieter than the Roadrunner. So we are looking forward to a better ride as well in a few weeks!

Are you planning to do Horsecamp next year then? We would like to go sometime too (soundness permitting but looking good so far!
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), dates don't go up until the new year I think though.
 
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