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Need to move something that weighs about a tonne around including over some rough and muddy ground.
Sounds like a perfect job for a 4x4 pickup - they can carry a tonne. On paper, for the purposes of BIK at least.
Only need to use one for a couple of days - however pretty much all the hire co's locally only have crew cab pickups rather than standard cab one with a propper bed. That means the load bed is mostly (or in the case of the L200 - entirely) behind the rear axel.
If i put a tonne of stuff behind the rear axel on my sprinter that would be bad. I've never really seen a crew cab truck carrying anything - let alone anything heavy. However non crew cab pickups seem to be rare as hens teeth. Can crew cabs actually carry a tonne safely and does anyone drive them with proper weight in the back?
110 Hi-Cap should be fine, if you can find one, not as trendy as most pickups you see around but they do actually work.
We've had well over a ton (roof tiles) in a 110SW and it was fine, if a little sluggish, more sluggish than normal anyway
You'll be fine unless you're moving 1000kg in one lump over very rough ground at speed.
1000kg in one lump
Well - the bed is so small - 'in one lump' is the only way you'd carry 1000kg. And it is one lump I need to move.
Move it slowly then...?
If the manual says it will carry a tonne, then it will carry a tonne afaic. If it was my personal vehicle then I'd limit myself to under, but a hire vehicle then I'd load upto it's quoted carry weight. Hire vehicle will presumably be reasonably new so I'd presume the rear sus / leaf springs will be in good condition. I've had 800kgs in a D40 twin cab Navara tray which included gingerly driving a mile down a potholed farm track, but was fine. Also, I suppose I'd check with the hire company that they don't have any small print about loading up the tray.
1 tonne pickups don't like having a tonne in them....
You will see what mean when you put a tonne in one.
Trailer. People use trailers for a purpose. Like moving ton weights.
+1 old man MTB. I wouldn't then want to negotiate rough ground with seriously crippled suspension and a high cog.
How ever on road it will have decent rear end grip for a change
They are rated 1tonne for tax purposes - while being. Crippled by suspension that will do 1 tonne in an absolute pinch rather that comfortable to minimise sea sick passengers with broken spines.
Might also surprise you to know that contrary to your thinking the single cab hilux with its longer bed has a lower payload(820kg) than the crew cab @1082kg
The Isuzu dmax regularly gets best in class for payload at 1250kg for their 4*2 single cab and 1200 for their 4*4 single cabs - even at that all the farmers round here still seem to tow heavy stuff in trailers
They are rated 1tonne for tax purposes
thats what I thought - if you put a hard top on them the nominal payload drops under a ton and you loose the tax benefits. They're an
Might also surprise you to know that contrary to your thinking the single cab hilux with its longer bed has a lower payload(820kg) than the crew cab @1082kg
I am surprised! What a load of shit. DPV's days have got to be numbered, its such and obvious scam.
A trailer would be a practical option if this was a longer term thing but for this its two hires instead of one and the trailer is just there to do the job that the vehicle towing it is supposed to be capable of. Its also not me driving and I don't think the guy that would be has sufficient grandad-rights for trailers.
Weight distribution is your enemy. The manufacturers plate will have four weight limits in kg:
Probably gross vehicle weight, gross train weight (inc trailer), axle 1 (front), axle 2 (rear)
Adding the kg for axle 1 + axle 2 together will probably = more than the gross vehicle weight, which allows for a bit of a distribution problem, but you mustn't exceed either the gross vehicle weight (which will include fuel, batteries, passengers, etc) or the individual axle weights
I guess you need some on-road capability, otherwise I'd suggest hiring a site dumper
Just googled 110s, seems to be loads to hire from Hampshire to Inverness. 1,525kg payload
<span style="font-size: 0.8rem;">Also, 3,500kg towing weight, but I've seen them tow a lot more (like more than three times as much, a fully loaded Harrier at 11.5t) although that may invalidate various warranties/insurance if you try it</span>
If you need a massive margin for error, Unimog (although not sure what license is needed for one of those)
I use a demountable camper. That weighs about a tonne with stuff loaded in it. Carried a pallet of compost last week. That was a tonne.
I do have pneumatic helpers to level it out when fully laden, but carrying a tonne without breaking in half is no problem.
If your job is within an hour of Fife, give me a shout, I have a Land Rover and trailer.
It’s a pickup that you’ll be hiring? Well if that’s the case it’ll carry 2ton.
The hire vehicle moto is similar to the late Colin McRae’s slogan
“If in doubt burn it out”