Welcome to the UK Window Cleaning Forums
Starting or own a window cleaning business? We're a network of window cleaners sharing advice, tips & experience. Rounds for sale & more. Join us today!
Help Support WCF:
Wind o kleen
Well-known member
- Messages
- 456
- Location
- North east
Citroen berlingo long wheel or dispatch if wantinh something abit bigger
That’s my recommendations
Never been a fan of French makes ?, but like. I say reliability and price is my goal will have a shop around ? thanks @Wind o kleen
TBH, I am similar, not so much that im a VW 'fan', but I wont buy a french van, which rules out everything but VW?
If you do go for a Caddy Maxi, remember the payload isnt the biggest. And try and get a 1.9PD or a 2.0, the 1.6 Tdi has a terrible EGR system that costs a ton to replace/repair, and with lots of short journeys would become a problem pretty quick.
Our old Caddy has the good old faithful 1.9PD, 280,000 miles and counting? and no DPF to worry about.
If you do go for a Caddy Maxi, remember the payload isnt the biggest. And try and get a 1.9PD or a 2.0, the 1.6 Tdi has a terrible EGR system that costs a ton to replace/repair, and with lots of short journeys would become a problem pretty quick.
Our old Caddy has the good old faithful 1.9PD, 280,000 miles and counting? and no DPF to worry about.
Last edited by a moderator:
Haha yes, definately a 1.9 the current van I'm using now is my own VW T4 1.9td which is really my camper. But when made redundant from my previous job 2 years ago, it's the only van I have to use. Pains to me to use her for business so would like to get another and give the T4 the TLC it needs ?
Wind o kleen
Well-known member
- Messages
- 456
- Location
- North east
Never had any problems with my long wheel berlingo, I found it at Bristol street motors coventry,
65plate 24k on the clock 3seats 6.1k paid no vat
- Messages
- 14,050
- Location
- Cornwall
I also hate french vehicles but unfortunately it’s the only model of van that will give you over 1500kg payload without going into the 5 ton and operators licence zone ????
Wind o kleen
Well-known member
- Messages
- 456
- Location
- North east
Don’t think I have a van long enough to start seeing any faults ,
as the wife says ya change your vans more then ya boxers ?
dmw
Well-known member
- Messages
- 864
- Location
- North Manchester
I'm also into VW's.... but 3 years ago I wanted a van and the only one with a decent payload and capacity to carry a 500 litre tank and paraphernalia and so I bought a 3 year-old Peugeot Partner with 55k for £5000 with vat and it's been totally reliable which really surprised me, however I think Caddys now have a bigger payload but are also reassuringly expensive.......
scottish cleaning service
Well-known member
- Messages
- 9,075
- Location
- Paisley
Peugeot always had great engines. My mechanic was telling me he lifted the lid on an A class and a Belingo engine was staring him in the face.
scottish cleaning service
Well-known member
- Messages
- 9,075
- Location
- Paisley
They should do BMW because my customer bought a new one and the engine blew up. Apparently they are using plastic for their manifolds. He told me it was easier for them to fit a new engine in it. Heat and plastic don't mix but they are doing the same with combi boilers now, not sure why.
Plastic manifolds have been around since the early 2000s on a lot of cars, absoloutely rediculous if you ask me..
Had similar with the only fault on my skoda over 200k of use, the thermostat housing is made of plastic, just the material for something that has constant heat cycles going through it! Went brittle and started to leak, all the metal parts work ok though?
Mercedes Benz Vito gets my vote. I've had years of super-reliable service from them. I don't know what the payload is. I have a 650ltr flat tank, two operators, two reels, two heavy leisure batteries, a backpack permanently strapped to an alloy sack truck, short double ladder inside, heavy duty tele ladder also inside and a large double ladder on the roof. Lots of other equipment also permanently carried inside. The Vito walks away with it, no problem.
scottish cleaning service
Well-known member
- Messages
- 9,075
- Location
- Paisley
Nice van makes all the difference and I like it saying hot water system as not many do. I picked up another customer today in an area that all the other cleaners have left and looks like I'm the only one now. I can do the windows and gutters in 2hrs but I'm usually there 4hrs talking to customers or sawing off branches from over hanging trees. They have a factor but takes ages to get things done. If I keep doing all the small jobs around there then I may as well become the factor. ?
- Messages
- 11,589
- Location
- Sunderland Tyne and Wear
Last edited by a moderator:
Thanks PT. 109 CDI. Payload 924 kg from what I can tell. We're running close to our legal limit for sure, I reckon. I must weigh it one day.
- Messages
- 11,589
- Location
- Sunderland Tyne and Wear
Would be overloaded with me and my son in the front, that's for certain. More then likely you'll be overloaded until you're tank is down to around 500 litres.
