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4th September 2019, 16:26 | #1 |
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What’s my best move/option
Not Rover related, but still vehicle related. My current van is now too small for my business equipment. Having started a second business last year which runs alongside the existing one, I now have two lots of equipment to transport. The van is fine if i’m just doing one of the jobs per day, but if I need to do both, I have to unload one lot of gear, load up the other lot, do the job, then come home and swap for the other equipment.This obviously is not a good solution for time, money and fuel, but the problem a I have is, I owe more on the current van than it is worth, by approximately £1500. I can’t afford to buy a newer van until the current one is paid for. What I had in mind was trying to find a bigger van but around the same value as my current one, but that is only about 2k. So am I going from frying pan to fire? for want of a better phrase. I need to fit a new suspension arm and sort out a couple of deep scratches on the current van before I can think of moving it on. What say all of you?
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4th September 2019, 16:34 | #2 |
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Trailor and tow bar?
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4th September 2019, 16:36 | #3 |
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4th September 2019, 16:36 | #4 |
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4th September 2019, 16:42 | #5 |
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4th September 2019, 16:42 | #6 |
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No room for trailer, hardly room for car and van on drive as is. Trailer no good as it would need to be a box trailer, the walk I type, and it would be in the way, as I constantly need access to back of the van.
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4th September 2019, 16:51 | #7 |
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Look for a larger van with racking.
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4th September 2019, 16:57 | #8 |
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That would make it smaller Bob. Its the extra floorspace I need rather than shelving. My main worry is buying a van of similar value, am I making the right decision? There are good cheap vans to be had but few and far between
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4th September 2019, 17:23 | #9 |
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Sadly that's the nature of vans , they get used and abused by people who don't own them and have no interest in treating them well , just have to keep an eye out for a good one
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What size floor space are you looking for? Then you can see what is available. You may have to look further away.
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