[MSTAV]

is this a van forum this should be locked

Are vans not a main asset of a window cleaner?
I was under the impression that this section was actually called window cleaning issues.
I am a window cleaner with an issue of what vans are good enough for room and payload etc.
So all in all it is related to window cleaning.
It is no different to asking which pole should I get.

well said martin

[Clive McDonald]

Reading this thread with great interest because the thoughts that fieldsy expressed are mine too and this is very much a  window cleaner related topic.

I have a scudo 900kg with 650, but now feel torn between new scudo at 1200kg to work with three men or a ducato.

I choose ducato and scudo because they are cheaper and my old ducato (different business) i have had from new for nine years with no problems.

Scudos have two side doors which i like and are easier to park, ducato's get everything in but are big on drives....

What are other peoples thoughts?

[dave.e]

is this a van forum this should be locked

Are vans not a main asset of a window cleaner?
I was under the impression that this section was actually called window cleaning issues.
I am a window cleaner with an issue of what vans are good enough for room and payload etc.
So all in all it is related to window cleaning.
It is no different to asking which pole should I get.

well said mattinlester if the others do not want to read the post then go and do somthing else.

[niceandclean]

Reading this thread with great interest because the thoughts that fieldsy expressed are mine too and this is very much a  window cleaner related topic.

I have a scudo 900kg with 650, but now feel torn between new scudo at 1200kg to work with three men or a ducato.

I choose ducato and scudo because they are cheaper and my old ducato (different business) i have had from new for nine years with no problems.

Scudos have two side doors which i like and are easier to park, ducato's get everything in but are big on drives....

What are other peoples thoughts?

SWB Ducato would be ok for backing on and off peoples drives i would of thought? Nice size as well.

[Sapphire Window Cleaning]

I know it may sound like I want the best of both worlds, but whats the MPG of a Ducato?
I know the likes of Transits and Iveco Daily's only do about 20mpg.

[Clive McDonald]

My nine year old ducato van is brilliant about thirty or more i think with a 1.9 engine. I think you are more likely to pick up a good banger as a ducato than any other.

In your shoes i would use the 1500 as a deposite on something newer. But this depends on your circs, i guess like the rest of us you haven't got any choice but to make the window cleaning work.If you fail there are no jobs to go to so on that basis, the basis that you will succeed, get a better van that looks pro on peoples drives.

easy for me to say i know.

[Sapphire Window Cleaning]

Slump, I am shrewd when it comes to this sort of thing, I wont buy a rusty old bucket, just try to catch a bargain.
Saw a Scudo X reg 102K 1.9 TD very tidy only £900

[Milltown Cleaning]

i hear u want to stay clear of the 1.9. I test drove a 1.9 berlingo (am i right in thinking they use similar engines?) it was empty and i struggled to get it to 50 - 60mph!!

[perfectpanesplymouth]

Slump, I am shrewd when it comes to this sort of thing, I wont buy a rusty old bucket, just try to catch a bargain.
Saw a Scudo X reg 102K 1.9 TD very tidy only £900

good price especially being the turbo version