Pickup truck
Paul 8v
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Thinking of getting myself a 'ute, nothing too expensive, bout £3-4k just wndering if anyone had any reccomendations for something that can fit a bike in the pickup bed, i was thinking I could rig something up to clamp the front forks in and carrry the front wheel seperately. One thing I was thinking of was a VW caddy as I've always got on with VW's, I'd prefer something that sort of size rather than some giant mitsubishi warrior type thing.
Any suggestions, what do you guys use?
I like the idea of a pickup as all the manky muddy bikes are outside the vehicle making it easier to clean afterwards.
cheers
Paul
Any suggestions, what do you guys use?
I like the idea of a pickup as all the manky muddy bikes are outside the vehicle making it easier to clean afterwards.
cheers
Paul
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yeah toyota have a good reputation. all the park rangers near where i live use ford ranger pick ups. they are always getting stuck and i dont think they look that nice either.0
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Not a fan of the blue oval, like a vaxhaul, you only buy one once :-)0
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Caddys are nice but, not that big. Amazing how much you can't fit in the back. TBH if you're not going to use the offroad ability of a proper pickup, and you're not going to use it for hauling cement mixers or something, you'd be better off with an estate car, maybe take the seats out for space and stick a tarp in the back. Or a van/minivan.
Though having said that, talibanning it in the back of a pickup full of bikes, tools, wheelbarrows and a whacker plate up near vertical fire roads is the business "Try not to fall out, we won't notice til we get to the top"Uncompromising extremist0 -
Pickups are great for working with. Building trail I'll have a hilux over a landrover 6 out of 7 days.
However, they're terrible to live with. On the road they're terminally uncomfortable because of the leaf springs at the back, spin at every opportunity given half a chance, the double cabs have no rear legroom. All your stuff in the bed gets nicked when you forget about it. The bed fills with water. Getting a bike to stay put without damaging it is an art that no-one's yet mastered and you look like a builder.
Honestly they're only any good if you spend your day shifting one tonne of load around offroad and you can reclaim the VAT.0 -
For holding a bike in the back, check out the Dakine pickup pad - just sling the back wheel over the tail gate and you're done. I've not tried this though.
Best thing I've seen was a home made solution. Big board of plywood sized to match the bed, with sections of 2x4" nailed on to it to make rectangular "boxes" that will hold the wheels, and hence the bike, upright.
Being so close to pickup country (Idaho), I've seen a lot of bikes in the back of pickups - the pickups are generally massive though.0 -
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Holden Maloo? Now that is a proper 'ute! Does it come witha 'charger? If not I'd have to bolt one on 8)
I suppose you're right about the whole looking like a builder thing, I suppose one way round it is lots of stickers!0 -
why not just get a van, pick ups are way to expensive for what they are, money can be better spent on a vani spent all me money on whisky and beer!!!0
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redvee wrote:
I've wanted one of those for years, since I went to Australia and saw them everywhere (mostly in the cities - I don't think people who really need utes actually use them ). They have a stupid boot lid over the bed on gas struts which surely means you can't even fill it up properly.... :?0 -
llamafarmer wrote:They have a stupid boot lid over the bed on gas struts which surely means you can't even fill it up properly.... :?
Since when has buying a vehicle and using it for it's supposed purpose been the done thing? You only have to stand outside a school to see off roaders being used for the school run.I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.0 -
could get nice T4 for that money. can get changed in back when pooring with rain too.0
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now this is a pickup, dont think its quit in budget though
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Get a van with a bulk head between the load area and seats, black out the rear windows and put grills on them then a dirty great padlock for security, then keep all your spares, tyres, work stand ect in the van ! I got a cheep 1K van and use it like a mobile shed/workshop works great for me0
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T4 sounds good actually, what sort of MPG do you get from them? Would be nice for trips to chicksands etc also for when it's tipping it down!0
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We got six bikes in the back of my mates Transit connect over the summer, and it doubled up as storage, food prep area, bbq area when it got too windy etc... very versatile. And it was the only vehicle in a convoy of 3 that required absolutely no attention over the week, and one of the others was a 3 year old hilux.
I'll def consider a van if the need arises, but I think my next car will be an old skool Volvo 850 estate....http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtop ... t=12613038Cat With No Tail wrote:Anyway, fk dis, I iz off 4 a ride innit. l8rz peepz0