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What do you use your van for?

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Postby Gunslinger » Sat Jan 14, 2006 10:49 am

will be general load lugging whilst doing work on house, and anything else that wont fit in the car, also gonna need it for moving welder and stuff around as i had to buy a new one while repairing this and that wont fit in the car, other than that pretty much as before.... a mobile skip :lol: :lol:
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Postby Basil Brush » Sat Jan 14, 2006 11:34 am

Use both of mine for work, the spec lift also doubles as a mobile ramp as well so much easier to work on the underneath of cars when you can raise them up, just use the flatbed for transporting stuff anything that will fit on it really as long as it doesn't put it over weight.

When i had me 190lwb i used it for everything, carting stuff, sleeping in, storing stuff was brilliant, i was sad to let her go but two's enough for me.

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Re: What do you use your van for?

Postby MRspivvy » Sun Jan 15, 2006 6:33 am

Andrew-v8 wrote:With so many people on the forum i was just wondering what you use your trannsit for?
I use mine for private use instesd of running around in a car, wife use's
the car as she doesn't share the passion 8)


Thats the same as me. I use mine instead of a car, the wife has a mondeo to carry the kids round in
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back of van-junk magnet

Postby MRspivvy » Sun Jan 15, 2006 6:38 am

Does anyone else who runs a transit find that the back always rapidly fills up with crap that has nowhere else to go? ie, empty fag packets, drinks cans, several spare tyres, the dashboard out of an austin princess, etc?
I also still keep finding sand from visiting Barry island 2 years ago
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Re: back of van-junk magnet

Postby Luke » Sun Jan 15, 2006 11:41 am

MRspivvy wrote:Does anyone else who runs a transit find that the back always rapidly fills up with crap that has nowhere else to go? ie, empty fag packets, drinks cans, several spare tyres, the dashboard out of an austin princess, etc?
I also still keep finding sand from visiting Barry island 2 years ago

sounds familiar :lol: - in my car its the passanger footwell :lol: but that can be emptied from time to time!!! when i stripped my mk1 i removed 5 carpets from the back each with its own layer of rubble - must have been costing me a fortune in lost mpg!!! :lol:
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Postby Andrew-v4 » Sun Jan 15, 2006 1:59 pm

Try to keep mine clean up front but got a couple of jerry cans, buggy and some wheels in the back.
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Re: back of van-junk magnet

Postby 100ps_drw_hicube » Sun Jan 15, 2006 2:36 pm

Luke wrote:
MRspivvy wrote:Does anyone else who runs a transit find that the back always rapidly fills up with crap that has nowhere else to go? ie, empty fag packets, drinks cans, several spare tyres, the dashboard out of an austin princess, etc?
I also still keep finding sand from visiting Barry island 2 years ago

sounds familiar :lol: - in my car its the passanger footwell :lol: but that can be emptied from time to time!!! when i stripped my mk1 i removed 5 carpets from the back each with its own layer of rubble - must have been costing me a fortune in lost mpg!!! :lol:


ye mine has about 7 spare wheels in the back all found at the roadside all with good tread also there is tons of other bits i find and chuck in there at the moment there is a bloody great 22inch hgv tyre in the back and one of those massive wooden reels for electric cable :D i found these and thought they would be useful for my trials club to use :)
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Postby chrisuk » Sun Jan 15, 2006 9:18 pm

Was going to go back to being self employed with the van, but I have decided to migrate to other pastures so its going to do its greatest favour a man could ever ask and that is its going to get me to Spain and then be used for car/bike/tractor/van repairs, fitment of towbars and bull bars or a nicer wording would be nudge bars and anything else it could be used for.
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