Yeah, that’s fair, I thought it would probably be something like that. TBF it’s work, they’re paying me, I’ll use whatever they choose. I won’t have it on my own computer though just because of Microsoft’s hard sell

My work insists on using it too. Fuck knows why, maybe it’s a security thing? And my personal laptop is constantly nagging me to use edge - it could be the best browser ever and I would still avoid it just because of the pushiness.

Yeah, good call. It’ll probably also have some basic insulation behind the walls too. Ex ambulances have often been ragged hard - but they’ve also been regularly serviced and looked after.

Lol mate look I’m thinking you gotta go Hilux or transit. Yeah you can’t get everywhere on a transit especially if it’s muddy, but you can have a workshop in there. Like I say, throw some solar panels on the roof, a decent battery, inverter, you can have 2k of 240v easily. Also when it’s raining you can sit in it all have a cuppa. I know they are fuckin bland vehicles, but it is what you make it. 4wd transit might make you feel better about it? But I’ve only ever seen a couple

Yeah I know what your saying, I’m thinking the last decent pickup truck was a Hilux around twenty years ago. I’ve never had one but I’ve had mates who did and who really reckoned em. I’ve driven one on a farm I worked on, it was old and not road legal but it was an amazing farm motor. But yeah, the new ones are too wide imo. Like you, I fuckin hate it when I’m trying to get back from work and it’s school run, all the parents picking up their kids in pristine, huge trucks that they don’t even know how to drive!

But yeah, if you just want functionality I’d say grit your teeth and get a transit. An swb transit will get anywhere in a city, plus you can put a workshop in back. You might wanna tail lift being a mason, I dunno. But lithium leisure batteries are getting crazy cheap at the mo, put a 500w solar panel on roof and regulator charging lithium battery and you’ll run a 2kw inverter no prob. You’d prob get all the bits for under £500 and then it’s just a bit of wiring. I have a similar setup myself, except I live in it

Yeah that sounds like a pretty decent solution. I know someone who did something similar to a Volvo estate. Bit crazy though that we’ve got to modify old vehicles to get a suitable work motor - seems like a gap in the market. VW made some sensible size pickups back in the 80s - but like the jumbuck they are old now. I hate to say it, but you might do better with a transit or sprinter. It’s enclosed space but you’ve got room for tools n stuff.

Yeah, el Caminos look proper cool. TBH I thought my jumbuck looked pretty cool too. And it was really useful, at the time I was hauling a lot of wood and it drove just fine with a heavy load. I think it was maybe a 1.2 petrol engine iirc. They are pretty cheap if you can find them, I sold mine with 6 months MOT for about £500 . But yeah, parts are tricky, which isn’t great with a work vehicle

I used to have a proton jumbuck, really useful little pickup. But they’re hard to find in the UK and getting parts can be tricky.