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Post by mirth on Jan 24, 2008 18:49:30 GMT
we would not but a lehel after beign parked next to one at the RIHS, every time they put the generator on he opened the locker door and all the fumes blew are way, we asked them to shut it , they said they were told they had to open the door evrytime they put on the generator. WE had a whitakker and now we have a jj wood -which they're brilliant !!!
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Post by northernstar on Jan 24, 2008 19:39:01 GMT
Mirth - what kind of money would I have to pay for a 7.5t JJ Woods, I have seen them and they are lovely lorries, just never see many about.
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Post by mirth on Jan 24, 2008 19:46:47 GMT
jj wood do not build many 7.5 tons you eill have to get in touch with them. We have a hgv
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Post by jinja on Jan 25, 2008 12:43:25 GMT
be carefull with lehel they have a lot of trouble with electrics we bought a new oakley last year and whilst we were at oakleys looking around i saw a 2 year old lehel and asked why it was there it had gone for a complete re wire by oakleys as they were sick and tired of problems with it and they bought it brand new you cannot buy better than an oakley
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Post by legalchick on Jan 26, 2008 17:53:57 GMT
We have a "Profile" horsebox.
Company owned by an old J+J worker. Cannot say enough about how fantastic they are. We had loads of people stopping us last season and asking who built it. Apparently quite a few high profile producers are currently having lorries built by Mike.
He does both HGV and non hgv. Based in Lancashire.
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Post by northernstar on Jan 26, 2008 18:39:10 GMT
Thanks legalchick, do you have any idea of how much Profile price a 7.5t lorry? I do like the fact that lehel have a slide out as standard on their 7.5t lorries - a big advantage with two kids and my mum at a wet week at ponies UK or similar!!!
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Post by Caroline on Jan 26, 2008 19:44:04 GMT
northern star- i'd be quite careful, the extra weight, hydraulics etc of a pop-out side adds a lot. I would have thought you would have been over 6 tonnes unladen with a pop-out and full living. Once you add water and ponies (even small ones) you may find yourself overweight. You also need to be careful on the axle weight. Even if overall you are still under 7.5 tonne you may be over on the front axle
We used to have a 7.5 tonne - my husband has a weighbridge at work which we are lucky enough to be able to use to obtain a weigh ticket. There really is very little room for manouevre on a fully loaded 7.5t - especially on the axle weight. - We now have an hgv.
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Post by shelleyj on Jan 26, 2008 19:45:39 GMT
Please be careful over your lorries weight - slide outs weigh as do their contents. Also anything that moves is prone to wear and tear, I'd recommend a gazebo instead!
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Post by flashthecash on Jan 27, 2008 11:42:51 GMT
I'd recommend a gazebo instead! I second that!... we have a gazebo and its great! and plenty of room for parties another plus is that you can get your sleeping arranged before the parties... so all you have to do is crawl into bed from the gazebo! Can you tell I'm a party animal?
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Post by northernstar on Jan 27, 2008 20:14:29 GMT
I hear what you are saying about a gazebo but you wouldn't put one up for one day at a local show whereas a pop-out is funtional in 5 seconds. A Lehel weights 6.5t unloaded so you only have 1t payload but apparently you are allowed 5% over that?
I still have not heard anything from a Lehel owner to know exactly what they think. I am thinking that perhaps every horsebox manufacturer has its good and bad points
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Post by shelleyj on Jan 28, 2008 7:59:20 GMT
If it is 6.5t unloaded you will struggle to get much on in the way of ponies, bearing in mind diesel, water, tack, food, and not forgetting people. As far as i know there is no 5% leeway.
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Post by Caroline on Jan 28, 2008 19:22:22 GMT
No I'mnot aware of any 5% levy either. If the rumours are to be believed the mobile weigh-bridge will soon be around and about to stop horseboxes and weigh them en route to shows. I think this has to be a real possibility as it would be easy money to make in fines! You should also ask Lehel what the weight ratio is between the front andbakc chassis. If you have a pop-out in the living as well as all the water, diesel etc - I would have thought that you would be overweight on the front chassis. Where we live the Ministry have started weighing lorried when they go for their plating - presumably if you are overweight you may not pass?
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Post by princess on Feb 11, 2008 19:16:18 GMT
weve had 3 there amazing and looking to get a big one next year and one of the ones we sold is 4 yrs old n still going strong they are fab xx
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Post by sallyw on Feb 11, 2008 19:56:54 GMT
But were they overweight?
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Post by princess on Feb 12, 2008 21:11:16 GMT
no they were fine and we had pop outs on all of them you can put 1 big horse on / 3 small ponies like 13hh-13;2/ 2 middle size ponies like 14hh-14;2 but thats with all the stuff for the big shows onboard aswell its more that there isnt the space on the back for any more xx
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Post by rebrebreb6789 on Aug 20, 2015 16:56:55 GMT
I am changing my horse lorry this year and Lehel are one of the contenders! Does anyone have one or know of anyone who owns one to give me some feeback please. I am interested in the 7.5t non-HGV. Any comments will be greatly appreciated. Many thanks. I seriously wouldn't touch them with a barge pole! BeAuful lorries, but they are absolutely dreadful to deal with, unreliable unless ur willing to wait a minimum 10 months for delivery , then only to have lots of problems which they don't seem able to fix. Absolute Cowboys!
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Post by joa0106 on Aug 20, 2015 20:51:57 GMT
I used to own a 57 plate Lehel on an Iveco 7.5 ton with Pop out. I kept it a year and then sold it. It looked quite flash but the workmanship was shoddy and it was overweight with more than one horse on.
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Post by nici on Aug 21, 2015 10:24:03 GMT
No need to reopen a thread that is 7 years old just to make a point when you've started a new thread on the same subject.
Locking this one.
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