Quote from: Tam1872 on February 02, 2026, 09:09:18 pm

One of the pueguet partners has a payload of 1 ton. So would carry 500 litres no problem, aslong as it fitted anyway.

Vauxhall combo looks cheap and nasty inside.

Ford vans seem to drive the best. I was looking at transit connects, but they didnt have the payload of what you got with the pueguet partner.

Connect L2 240 is 936kg

For some reason I thought it was closer to 700kg.  I paid around 12k for my partner. Tbh, if id have properly researched it then I would have went for the connect, wouldnt even have minded if it meant it would have been a year or 2 older than the partner tbh.  Ive driven every make of vans out there. And fords seem to feel the closest to handling like a car rather than a van.

Quote from: dazmond on February 02, 2026, 07:07:28 pm

Quote from: ֍Winp®oClean֍ on January 31, 2026, 01:45:38 pm

Quote from: dazmond on January 31, 2026, 08:52:36 am

Quote from: tonyoliver on January 30, 2026, 07:52:55 pm

I brought a Vauxhall combo  swb  brand new
Worst van in history no power no guts  I dreaded any type of hill
the gearbox went  3k repair and oddly the ignition key wore out the barrel. And they couldn’t fix it   and so starting was hit and miss it was a car  discuised as a van and in my opinion not up to the job  gutless small and ugly

You can't go wrong with a Ford. Excellent vans. Vauxhall are well known for being just rubbish vehicles in general.

What engine is in your van Daz?

1.5 euro 6

Any issues? What's the mileage now?

9 years old and 30k miles. Never had anything done to it apart from servicing,brakes and tyres. I will get the Cambelt changed next year though.

Still use a 25 extreme with three bottom sections that still got the steel banding on, them sections last forever and never need clamp adjusting.

Quote from: ֍Winp®oClean֍ on January 31, 2026, 01:45:38 pm

Quote from: dazmond on January 31, 2026, 08:52:36 am

Quote from: tonyoliver on January 30, 2026, 07:52:55 pm

I brought a Vauxhall combo  swb  brand new
Worst van in history no power no guts  I dreaded any type of hill
the gearbox went  3k repair and oddly the ignition key wore out the barrel. And they couldn’t fix it   and so starting was hit and miss it was a car  discuised as a van and in my opinion not up to the job  gutless small and ugly

You can't go wrong with a Ford. Excellent vans. Vauxhall are well known for being just rubbish vehicles in general.

What engine is in your van Daz?

1.5 euro 6

Any issues? What's the mileage now?

Quote from: dazmond on February 02, 2026, 08:59:05 am

Quote from: Scottish Cleaning Service on January 31, 2026, 07:35:56 pm

I have plenty of Extremes but I use the 25' once or twice a day max but its still lasted 6 years. Don't have any spares because this is the first time it has let me down but will be buying a few top pole spares in the next few weeks.

My Xtreme 47 is 12 years old (at least)and even has the old style clamps on but it only gets used around 10 times a month!

Would you buy another if it broke, or just dump those jobs?

It won't break though as the bigger sections are virtually indestructible. If any of the top sections snap ill replace with a spare section from one of my other shorter poles.