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thinkin about getin another work vehicle soon,am just using a focus estate at moment petrol,1.8 worked out am getin a measley 20 mile to the gallon at present which is prity grim , what you lads using out there?and some advice on what type a should get to be more economical lads?
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Was using renault trafic ,thats now gone to my apprentice and I’m working out the back of my Ford Galaxy and I have to say its working for me .
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There is always Leavemetogetonwithit’s bike solution, or you could try THIS
My current ‘van’ averages just under 40 mpg which is quite decent for lots of short distance, local calls. Volvo V50 2.00.D powershift auto. 8)
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If your yearly mileage is 15,000 or more then you really should be looking at a diesel engine for starters.
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How many 1607s can you get in the back of there Jim 😆
Managed (afew years ago) to get 4 washing machines in the back of my old Mondeo estate ….then again it wasn’t quite as shiny as that 😉
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I never uplift or deliver, having said that I did transport an ISE 2 down to my daughters apartment in town a couple of years ago. 8)
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i could not survive going around in a car how do you manage to carry parts when you haven’t sighted the appliance first.
The whole workshop And Stock is In my van sometimes you can tell whats wrong over the phone by the customers description ex locks pumps carbons.but you must be doubling back with calls in between jobs to get equipment or parts there’s a high cost on that plus a delay on a repair time lost.
i have a rolling workshop and hundreds of every day bread and butter of spares. the down fall its 1800kg there is an element of extra fuel but it save me traveling back and foe.Tried Loading some pic but the board attachment is full jim’s estate has taken all the room 😉
garn
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I know my area which is quite compact and my machines, I do not try to repair every single piece of junk on the market and still reckon to crack over 85{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} of calls on first visit.
I don’t carry things like a WMA rear half but if I get a call to a noisy one I stick in the back before I go. Its a fine balancing act but one that I have perfected over 30 years. 😀
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garn wrote:
Tried Loading some pic but the board attachment is full jim’s estate has taken all the room 😉
garn
❓ Its only an 86kb file. 😉
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Thats waht you call well stocked but I’m guessing that you can travel huge distances between calls. I haven’t sat down and worked it out (yet) but I would hazard a guess that my average mileage per call is between 3.5 and 5 miles.
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