Crew cab 4x4 advice

buzzymcg

Have to trade in my van as I need something with 4 seats that can carry a lot of bulky but not heavy stuff. Was thinking of a hilux but am open to advice. Any suggestions?

101sean

Assuming you can convince the VRO that you need the seats and still get commercial road tax you'd be better off with a van with a second row of seats. The load space of crew cab 4x4s isn't very big and not that secure even with a truckman type top. 4x4s are also heavier on fuel.

As mentioned in a recent post, chances of finding a second hand Hilux crewcab are slim, they all get exported!

Have a good think about what you want, is 4x4 really needed ? If it is, look at the Mitsubishi L200, Ford/Isuzu Ranger/Dmax and Nissan Navarra.The only 4x4 crew cab with a really big load bed is a Defender 130 but I doubt if that's what you're looking for!

buzzymcg

Was thinking the VRO might be a problem & a van with extra seats would solve the problem. Twins on the way hence the need for extra seats.
Thanks for the advice

Fishtits

Be careful with crew cabs, some local authorities are looking for evidence of three plus employees before they will tax it as commercial.

Welease

Fishtits wrote: »

Be careful with crew cabs, some local authorities are looking for evidence of three plus employees before they will tax it as commercial.

And in the (albeit unlikely) event you do get stopped by the Garda, it might be difficult to explain that the 2 babies in the back in baby seats are employee's of yours

If you are using it for SD&P, you will (legally) need to have private not commercial tax.

buzzymcg

Was thinking of excuses already but it's not worth the hassle. It's a small company 2 employees & another mode of transport is just not an option so trying to kill 2 birds with 1 stone

JohnBoy

something like a vivaro crew cab van would only have a 1.9 engine so wouldnt be too painful to tax as a car.

marzic

http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/commercials/1701333
http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/1790853
Nice machines but one is deffo 2.5 if not both of them

http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/commercials/1916646
more likely 1.9

buzzymcg

Another option I have is to put seats in the back of the caddy and change the status from a commercial get windows,seatbelts etc installed & sacrifice the space & buy a trailer

YouTookMyName

Canopys are impossible to get 100% water tight aswell.

buzzymcg

Will be lugging textiles around so any leak would be a nightmare.

YouTookMyName

If buy a crew cab you'd need to lift the canopy and re fit with silicone every summer.

Welease

On my L200 the water seems to get in around the tailgate not via the flat Mountaintop lid which I have.. I was told by the dealer about this when I bought it..

But it was a lot worse than I expected.. If it rains heavily, I will have large puddles inside, and during the winter it was bout 1-2 inches deep and froze everything together in a large clump...

So be careful..

colm_mcm

The load space in a crew cab pickup with a canopy isn't exactly huge given the high floor. Access is also tricky given the tailgate.

Even a Caddy Life or a Berlingo Multispace would offer similar capacity and could be a van by day and a car when you need to bring the kids. You could even tax them privately cheaply too (156 euro for a 102hp 1.6 TDI, 445 for the 140hp 2.0)