Cheap vans for weekend use!

stuart30

Ive just changed my LWB Transit to a motor caravan and to be honest DVLA are not that strict,long as it looks like youve made an effort they are generaly happy to change its use.

I believe internal length in mine is 4m..not sure how that compares with your needs,but if traveling alone or with one other,you have the option of changing double cab seat to single,gicing another few feet length.

Insurance wise its cheap..£200 and thats social domestic and commuting to work.

Can easily pick up a solid enough van for £700 - £1000 and converting to a useable standard is easy as eating cornflakes.

Herzlos

If you've got space to store a 2nd vehicle, I'd be looking at getting a largish trailer instead. Sure, you probably don't want to sleep in it (I've no idea if you can lock/unlock most from the inside), but you'll save a fortune in tax/insurance/maintenance, as well as being able to buy a brand new one for £3-4k (Assuming you're looking at, say, a 10x5' box van).

You might just be easier getting a long general duty open topped one that you can get a kayak rail attached to, if you're not going to be leaving it unattended anywhere or trying to sleep in it.

Fat_Walt

Herzlos wrote: »

If you've got space to store a 2nd vehicle, I'd be looking at getting a largish trailer instead. Sure, you probably don't want to sleep in it (I've no idea if you can lock/unlock most from the inside), but you'll save a fortune in tax/insurance/maintenance, as well as being able to buy a brand new one for £3-4k (Assuming you're looking at, say, a 10x5' box van).

You might just be easier getting a long general duty open topped one that you can get a kayak rail attached to, if you're not going to be leaving it unattended anywhere or trying to sleep in it.

One may assume it will be left unattended every time he goes kayaking.

Runningfast

Herzlos wrote: »

If you've got space to store a 2nd vehicle, I'd be looking at getting a largish trailer instead. Sure, you probably don't want to sleep in it (I've no idea if you can lock/unlock most from the inside), but you'll save a fortune in tax/insurance/maintenance, as well as being able to buy a brand new one for £3-4k (Assuming you're looking at, say, a 10x5' box van).

You might just be easier getting a long general duty open topped one that you can get a kayak rail attached to, if you're not going to be leaving it unattended anywhere or trying to sleep in it.

A trailer has been considered and ruled out due to security in the past. I know a few people who have had their trailers stolen. There would be too many days when the trailer would be left unattended either in a car park, in a lay-by or just simply on a road verge. The added limitation is that in lots of places there just isn't space to get the car in with a trailer etc.

Thanks for the suggestion.

Runningfast

Fat_Walt wrote: »

One may assume it will be left unattended every time he goes kayaking.

That is the limitation it would be left unattended anywhere from 1 day to 1 week at a time in the UK etc.

AdrianC

If you're damaging the car on bad roads, then a trailer's likely to limit your access even further.

Did you pass your car test before 1997?

Herzlos

If you've got a box/van trailer and take appropriate security measures (hitch lock / wheen locks) then it shouldn't be any less secure than a van. Admittedly, they'd be pretty big so you may have difficulty maneuvering at the end of dirt tracks and the likes.