Navara & Farmer

bradygaz

Any sole trader farmers run in to any issues taxing a Navara crewcab recently? Rang Wicklow county council and she said they weren't as strict on crewcabs and employees as they once were...once vehicle was classified N1.

Just said would ask before went and bought...

Grecco

Ive heard stories about lads having trouble taxing ordinary jeeps.Seems they are looking for proof of business now. I don`t know how true that is though

TITANIUM.

Grecco wrote: »

Ive heard stories about lads having trouble taxing ordinary jeeps.Seems they are looking for proof of business now. I don`t know how true that is though

Went to tax a newish jeep commercial recently. I had to get a letter from revenue to say that I was registered as a farmer as well as a form for the local gards to fill out to state same. Every county seems to be a little different in terms of strictness.

bradygaz

Thanks... have the letter from revenue to say registered as a sole trader for the farming side of things so should be grand.... fingers crossed... genuinely only going to use it for the farm as we have a car too

paddyte20

Hi buddy don't buy the navara until I get back to you when I have more time.

bradygaz

paddyte20 wrote: »

Hi buddy don't buy the navara until I get back to you when I have more time.

Will be buying something in the coming days as need some vehicle. . . . What's the issue?

paddyte20

What year navara were you looking at. What kind of money are they looking for it. Are you buying private or in a garage.

bradygaz

paddyte20 wrote: »

What year navara were you looking at. What kind of money are they looking for it. Are you buying private or in a garage.

One looking at is private... 06.... making me nervous with all these questions!!

What's the story??... send me private message if you prefer

epfff

bradygaz wrote: »

One looking at is private... 06.... making me nervous with all these questions!!

What's the story??... send me private message if you prefer

I have 03 drives little like tractor loves diesal
But I like it
Lead to believe the different engine from 06 on is not as good also something about body splitting

But don't listen to me because it has to be fully stopped before I'll except their is anything wrong with any machine I have

bradygaz

grand thanks... have a friend who manages a Nissan garage and says are an ok machine... mine will prob do 30 miles a week if that...

farmerjj

bradygaz wrote: »

grand thanks... have a friend who manages a Nissan garage and says are an ok machine... mine will prob do 30 miles a week if that...

Think most jeeps do around that, doubt there's any one that's much cheaper to run

paddyte20

Hi Bradygaz

Sorry for being mysterious. Firstly you will not have an issue with taxing a commercial once you are a farmer and have a tax clearance cert.

Now to the navara. I had two of them. Still have one. They have a serious problem with the chassis breaking so if you are buying it I can guarantee you the chassis on a 06 reg is either welded, broken or about to break. That's why I was wondering if it was private sale or not.

I know more about these jeeps and their problems than most. Lovely jeep to drive. Gave clutch problems earlier on ie Had a dual mass flywheel that was prone to slipping and burning out. The wheel bearings go fairly regular too. A neighbour of mine had his engine go recently and not one to be got in the country as it seems to be common.{what mileage on the one you looking at}.

If you google Navara chassis cracking you will get a wealth of information. What part of the country is the jeep in as I know where alot of the cracked ones are.
Regards.

bradygaz

paddyte20 wrote: »

Hi Bradygaz

Sorry for being mysterious. Firstly you will not have an issue with taxing a commercial once you are a farmer and have a tax clearance cert.

Now to the navara. I had two of them. Still have one. They have a serious problem with the chassis breaking so if you are buying it I can guarantee you the chassis on a 06 reg is either welded, broken or about to break. That's why I was wondering if it was private sale or not.

I know more about these jeeps and their problems than most. Lovely jeep to drive. Gave clutch problems earlier on ie Had a dual mass flywheel that was prone to slipping and burning out. The wheel bearings go fairly regular too. A neighbour of mine had his engine go recently and not one to be got in the country as it seems to be common.{what mileage on the one you looking at}.

If you google Navara chassis cracking you will get a wealth of information. What part of the country is the jeep in as I know where alot of the cracked ones are.
Regards.

122k miles. . . In laois. . . 06

paddyte20

Thats a King cab one I think. Don't know any details about it. Like I said I would google the chassis issue. They all go on the left first. Look in front of the rear wheel where the body is mounted. If the chassis goes you will be ringing a scrapper and might be lucky and get €500 for it. Welding it is ok until you have an accident. I would think you will be pulling a trailer.

I am only giving you advice. Do with it what you will. You can see I don't post often so I am not messing with you.

Best wishes with whatever you buy. Maybe let us know what you get.

bradygaz

paddyte20 wrote: »

Thats a King cab one I think. Don't know any details about it. Like I said I would google the chassis issue. They all go on the left first. Look in front of the rear wheel where the body is mounted. If the chassis goes you will be ringing a scrapper and might be lucky and get €500 for it. Welding it is ok until you have an accident. I would think you will be pulling a trailer.

I am only giving you advice. Do with it what you will. You can see I don't post often so I am not messing with you.

Best wishes with whatever you buy. Maybe let us know what you get.

Thanks for all that. . . Def always listen to advice. . Will have a think for a few days. . . Don't have money to be wasting on vanity machine so just want an old workhorse

paddyte20

An old workhorse with a cracked chassis wont be much good to you. Its such a big problem and no easy solution. My advice to put your mind at ease is to go to your local doe test centre and ask the lads there about them. They are looking at them every day. The problem is the steel is rotted away with rust. Only for I cant put up pics I could show you a pic of one.

Miname

If it's a workhorse and a crew cab you need then you won't go far wrong with an Isuzu. No show pony but great machines. The toyotas are super machines but are making silly money.

Grueller

Miname wrote: »

If it's a workhorse and a crew cab you need then you won't go far wrong with an Isuzu. No show pony but great machines. The toyotas are super machines but are making silly money.

+1. Dmax are bullet proof almost.

Upstream

paddyte20 wrote: »

An old workhorse with a cracked chassis wont be much good to you. Its such a big problem and no easy solution. My advice to put your mind at ease is to go to your local doe test centre and ask the lads there about them. They are looking at them every day. The problem is the steel is rotted away with rust. Only for I cant put up pics I could show you a pic of one.

Have an 09 here, no issues at the moment, is it worth getting the underside sprayed to prevent this? And how much world it cost?

IH784man

Another one for the dmax,will take serious abuse and are handy run.

paddyte20

Hi Upstream

It seems to be bad steel and rots from the inside out. Sealing it might help or even spraying it with rust inhibitor. Look in the holes on the chassis and see is there any flaking rust in there. Keep monitoring it. Seems to be 06/07 ones at the moment that go.

mayota

Heard of a 07 Navara snap in two while reversing a trailer last month.

ecospace

Steer clear would be my advice . Chassis cracks are very common in as are engines going pop. I had an 08 with 130 kms, head gasket went and was told by 3 different mechanics not to bother fixing it as it is never a success, full service history too. Replacement engine was €3800 in IVI . Decided against it and sent her to the scrapper 2 weeks ago. Place is full of them with either heads gone or broken timing chains.

Have a look at nissan-navara.net or the navara forum . Some real horror stories

joeyboy12345

Awful pity to hear that,theyre a lovely jeep!

tractorporn

bradygaz wrote: »

Thanks for all that. . . Def always listen to advice. . Will have a think for a few days. . . Don't have money to be wasting on vanity machine so just want an old workhorse

If your looking for something to tow for smallish money, we bought a 05 Kia Sorento in summer 14. Had 90k kilometers and cost us under 5k. Its an EX model and will pull anything. Regularly have 5 heavy bullocks behind it. We had no bother in taxing it just had to give them the herd number in the tax office in Athlone.