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Scrimble

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doblo maxi
« on: December 10, 2012, 11:03:54 pm »
anyone on here use a doblo maxi? is it big enough for a 2 man set up?

AuRavelling79

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Re: doblo maxi
« Reply #1 on: December 10, 2012, 11:19:51 pm »
You can get the 750kg payload (too small for two man) and the 1000kg version. (barely adequate)

I wouldn't - maybe hubby and wife team 3/4 day a week 7 hour day team but you really want a physically bigger van with a 650L plus a couple of 25L barrels and a two man team on all day work will need 800L to be safe.

I've still got my 56 doblo (736kg) and it was fine as a one man 400L. Now it has a 200L, and space for the guttervac and generator.
It's a game of three halves!

Scrimble

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Re: doblo maxi
« Reply #2 on: December 10, 2012, 11:27:54 pm »
i'm on about a doblo maxi which is the new lwb doblo with the 1000kg payload, was thinking of fitting a 550-600 litre water tank into one,

a lot of my work is local so going back home at lunch and topping up the tank wouldnt be a problem, not sure i would want the extra costs of insurance fuel etc with a large van

AuRavelling79

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Re: doblo maxi
« Reply #3 on: December 10, 2012, 11:44:24 pm »
i'm on about a doblo maxi which is the new lwb doblo with the 1000kg payload, was thinking of fitting a 550-600 litre water tank into one,

a lot of my work is local so going back home at lunch and topping up the tank wouldnt be a problem, not sure i would want the extra costs of insurance fuel etc with a large van

Nobbut ... it takes time - a half hour wasted over scoffing your sarnies in the van maybe? Driving home, filling up, lunch and getting out again?

30 mins = what? £15 earnings? x 16 (4 day week) £240 plus 16 x 4 miles of fuel = £10 plus.
It's a game of three halves!

Scrimble

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Re: doblo maxi
« Reply #4 on: December 11, 2012, 05:12:29 pm »
has anyone on here actually got one?

KS Cleaning

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Re: doblo maxi
« Reply #5 on: December 11, 2012, 11:01:23 pm »
has anyone on here actually got one?
I have one,but I can't really answer your question as I have my tank in a Transit so only use the Doblo for 25l containers in it.If I were putting a tank in it I would probably go with a 500l and have a few 25l containers for when needed.The Doblo Maxi is a good van but it does come with the worst turning circle I have ever experienced,a nightmare for getting into parking bays,I have nicknamed mine Zorro...........It always takes 3 cuts.

Spruce

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Re: doblo maxi
« Reply #6 on: December 12, 2012, 08:58:21 am »
You can get the 750kg payload (too small for two man) and the 1000kg version. (barely adequate)

I wouldn't - maybe hubby and wife team 3/4 day a week 7 hour day team but you really want a physically bigger van with a 650L plus a couple of 25L barrels and a two man team on all day work will need 800L to be safe.

I've still got my 56 doblo (736kg) and it was fine as a one man 400L. Now it has a 200L, and space for the guttervac and generator.

I have to agree with this comment of Gold's.

You have to buy the right van for a 2 man setup and in our experience you need something with a higher payload. So you would need to be considering Transit 280, Transit 300, Ducato/Relay/Boxer, Trafic/Vivaro/Primastar - those size vehicles with a higher payload.

As Gold says, if you run out of water half way through the day, it will start to cost you financially in lost business. If you run out of water at 2 o'clock in the Autumn, are you going to go back out for a hour after filling up? Doubt it.

The Maxi may look nice, it maybe economical to run, it maybe cheaper to buy, the neighbours won't complain etc etc, but if it won't do the job, it's a waste of money. Car salesmen appeal to your emotions when car buying - imagine the prestige driving this - head turner - when you drive this people will know you have arrived................................
Buying a van is nothing about this. Will it do the job we want it to do? - no. No point looking at it any further. Look at something that will.

Yes a bigger van will cost more and more to run, but it not always about this.

"An open cast mine had to replace a couple of 150 ton dump trucks, but they ended up buying a small fleet of 1/2 ton Nissan pickups instead. They sure saved themselves a lot of money."

My experience talking from years in the commerical sector of the motor trade.
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