KAP Suzuki Jimny Jeep

[bowji john]

Anyone had any dealings with KAP?

I've just sent my jimny off to them for a full rebuild and to be converted to a KAP landmaster

KAP Suzuki - Suzuki Agricultural Vehicles - KAP Landmaster

 

[Bavarianbrit]

Anyone had any dealings with KAP?

I've just sent my jimny off to them for a full rebuild and to be converted to a KAP landmaster

KAP Suzuki - Suzuki Agricultural Vehicles - KAP Landmaster

What kind of ball park figure £££ do they offer?

 

[sh1kar]

I thought for a moment that wood shed is hiding some gems

 

[Dr. Strangelove]

@tim@tcs did they do your Jimny?

 

[bowji john]

£!0,000 plus VAT for total rebuild plus making it into a pick up style vehicle

I looked at replacing mine

I looked at a Yamaha Quad

I looked at a side by side

This seemed like a sensible alternative

j

PS - I bought the jeep 6 years ago sight unseen from a gent (and he was) in Scotland for £1200.00

So it owes me nothing

Besides - I fell in love with the registration which sort of said '' Why (Y) 62 deer ? ''

 

[bowji john]

I thought for a moment that wood shed is hiding some gems

I,m gonna keep digging

 

[User00035]

Nice looking little truck. Should scamper over wet boggy ground like a Polaris but a damn sight more comfortable to have with you for a day's work and much better on the road. If you've got a sound Jimny that isn't rotted out, it doesn't sound like a bad deal.

 

[Rural Management Services]

Anyone had any dealings with KAP?

I've just sent my jimny off to them for a full rebuild and to be converted to a KAP landmaster

KAP Suzuki - Suzuki Agricultural Vehicles - KAP Landmaster

Are you going to get them to put tracks on it?

 

[tim@tcs]

@tim@tcs did they do your Jimny?

Yes mate, mine cost a bit more as I wanted an automatic and he didn’t have one available so I paid extra for him to get it!

Absolutely love mine

 

[tim@tcs]

Anyone had any dealings with KAP?

I've just sent my jimny off to them for a full rebuild and to be converted to a KAP landmaster

KAP Suzuki - Suzuki Agricultural Vehicles - KAP Landmaster

Darren is a smashing bloke and built mine, no issues with it that my not driving into ditches wouldn’t cure

 

[User00035]

My only reservation is the load bed is a bit small. I wonder if they do extended versions?

 

[tim@tcs]

£!0,000 plus VAT for total rebuild plus making it into a pick up style vehicle

I looked at replacing mine

I looked at a Yamaha Quad

I looked at a side by side

This seemed like a sensible alternative

j

PS - I bought the jeep 6 years ago sight unseen from a gent (and he was) in Scotland for £1200.00

So it owes me nothing

Besides - I fell in love with the registration which sort of said '' Why (Y) 62 deer ? ''

I looked at side by sides and eventually was persuaded by a neighbour to the shoot to get another Jimny!
I looked at both firms doing the conversion and was impressed with both but talking to Darren swung my opinion

 

[User00035]

Darren is a smashing bloke and built mine, no issues with it that my not driving into ditches wouldn’t cure

Little thing like that ought to jump ditches like a gazelle. Maybe you weren't going fast enough.

 

[tim@tcs]

My only reservation is the load bed is a bit small. I wonder if they do extended versions?

It depends upon what you want it for it I found it more than adequate for keeping duty and stalking

 

[User00035]

Little thing like that ought to jump ditches like a gazelle. Maybe you weren't going fast enough.

It is tempting. I'm selling my Ford Ranger and it's worth 20 grand. I could buy a donor Jimny, have it converted and still have change from that.

 

[tim@tcs]

Little thing like that ought to jump ditches like a gazelle. Maybe you weren't going fast enough.

It’s the sliding sideways in that catches you out! Bouncing down a road in the farm and I was just too close to the edge! Mega embarrassing

 

[tim@tcs]

It is tempting. I'm selling my Ford Ranger and it's worth 20 grand. I could buy a donor Jimny, have it converted and still have change from that.

He can provide the donor

 

[User00035]

It depends upon what you want it for it I found it more than adequate for keeping duty and stalking

Yes it looks ideal for that. I'm thinking more of my hedging and tree work where I could do with more space, especially if I have a canopy on the back. But I like the idea immensely of having such a light footprint. I spend a lot of winters going over the same boggy water-logged fields day after day and the weight of heavy 4x4 pick-ups can be a menace and soon have the farmer jumping up and down when he sees ruts being chewed into his field. With some big wide tyres I bet those Jimnys don't make much more mess than a Gator. And you get a radio and a heater.
Seriously tempted.

 

[tim@tcs]

Yes it looks ideal for that. I'm thinking more of my hedging and tree work where I could do with more space, especially if I have a canopy on the back. But I like the idea immensely of having such a light footprint. I spend a lot of winters going over the same boggy water-logged fields day after day and the weight of heavy 4x4 pick-ups can be a menace and soon have the farmer jumping up and down when he sees ruts being chewed into his field. With some big wide tyres I bet those Jimnys don't make much more mess than a Gator. And you get a radio and a heater.
Seriously tempted.

You can tow a trailer plus you get loads of room behind the seats and loads of headroom plus the heater only has to warm half the normal cab size

 

[bowji john]

Darren is a smashing bloke and built mine, no issues with it that my not driving into ditches wouldn’t cure

Good to know Tim

How long did it take from end to end?