Best Van for your tiling business?

[whitebeam]

Originally Posted by frostfree

VW T4 Transporter, not too big, not too small. You can get an 8 foot by 4 foot sheet of ply in the back, even on a swb. Smaller than a transit, good for getting up domestic driveways. Pretty reliable, although can be fairly expensive 2nd hand compared to other vans of the same age. We use a transit also but I much prefer the VW. Transits also not that reliable. I have a friend who services a fleet of 50 plus transits and as he puts it, anything that spins round on a transit soon wears out or breaks!!

A mate of mine has a transit crewcab truck has about 50,000 on the clock just had his flywheel and clutch changed £600.

[All Tiles]

vivaro sportive with all the trimmings

[bigcraw]

I use a lwb Transporter, plenty room 4 tools and you can still get ply and gyproc in, doesnt take 3m pipe though if you fitting as well as tiling.I reckon I get about 40/45 to gallon.Good driving van, bit tight in front if you tall

[Fekin]

I'd like a big transit

[MrSpoon]

Originally Posted by grumpygrouter

What are you going to do about shifting plasterbaord if it is raining?

wait till it stops
use smaller boards or plastic sheeting wrapped and tied very well i guess, or get b &q to deliver

[riggers]

transporter 174 bhp

[Oli]

Originally Posted by Waynos

havent seen any astra vans as yet....lol

Not an astra and well erm..... not technically speaking a van, infact I havent actually started tiling yet, waiting till i get back off the hols and will hopefully start july time, but when i do it'll be (reluctantly) the vectra estate.

Being a second job part time initially, and wanting to buy decent tools, the missus would at the very least..best case scenario, throw me out if i bought a van aswell, especially as were moving house 2 weeks after we come back from the jollies.

[charlie1]

Ford transit 300 SWB, you get all you ply and plater board in and loads of room for your other materials at the back. Side door is where i keep all my tools, no more having to hunt through the whole van to find the tool I want. And good sign writing too.