Ford Transit Tipper Review

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Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 Time: 1:32 PM
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If you need your commercial vehicle to be specialized to your needs, Ford might just have the Transit for you. They have multiple variations on both the chassis and the cab. This workhorse of a vehicle is available in such a massive array of different styles and sizes that just picking what you want can prove to be intimidating. Ford seems to have the goal of covering every single light commercial truck market with every possible permutation of a single vehicle. With this myriad of permutations, customers can basically have whatever they want or need and the vehicle is tailored to their requirements in a way that no other light commercial vehicle can come close to.

The chassis cab is basically the standard Transit panel van set up without the van part. Basically it comes with a cab fastened onto the skeleton of the frame. This frame has been designed with fixing points throughout the frame that is able to take all forms of load carrying add ons. The buyer gets the bare bones from Ford and then they are able to pick and choose whatever bolt on they want attached behind the cab. These are professionally installed by specialist firms who will create and affix whatever bolt on options you wish to design. Ford also offers their own good selection of factory built chassis cab based variants that Ford calls the Transit One Stop range. These are ready to drive models that are constructed in house by Ford as ordered through the dealer network. The fact that this vehicle is so amazingly diverse in its creation and application is what makes it extremely popular and still growing in popularity.

Even if you concentrate your attention solely on the chassis cabs, you still have a huge variation of choices. There are four wheelbases for you to choose from, they range from 3,137mm short to the 3,959mm long and then add to that the long wheelbase EF or extended frame, you ad another 40cm to the length of the LWB model's ladder frame. On all models with the exclusion of the short wheelbase, there is also the option of dual rear wheels in order to help boost the payload capacity and the traction. The LWB and the LWB extended also offers a double cab option, with this option, you have extra passenger capacity because of the second row of seats.

Out of all the options available, it seems the most popular engine choices are the 2.0 or 2.4 litre turbo diesel engines. From there, your choice is either the TDdi or the TDCi engine technologies. The first is the conventional turbocharged diesel engine; the second is the more advanced common rail configuration. There is also the option of the 2.3 litre petrol alternative that you can order as an LPG conversion. With all of these options, on of Ford's main drives is to lower the ownership costs and improve the fuel economy. They have extended the service intervals to 15,000 miles in that same vein.

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This article was written by Tom Sangers on behalf of Foray Vans who are offer Ford Transit Connect vans at great prices and other great Ford Vans for Sale.