It's a no brainer

But we do have a Nissan Cabstar ! It's inaugural trip was picking up a tonne and a half of ashlar blocks from Dumfries. Every time you bring any vehicle over to Gigha that is over 5m in length you end up with high vehicle costs. A builder's merchant's wagon costs £190 return and a large van about £80. Our Cabstar is under 5m and costs the same as a car - £13.40 return. It carries just under 2 tonnes payload and has a flat bed big enough to carry full size sheets and 4.8m long sticks of timber propped over the cab. It's a no brainer for us as we have problems getting materials over to the plot given the appalling surface on the track. Taken slowly the Cabstar has high clearance and provided the track is not blocked by cows will take a full load very nicely. Problem is we got stuck turning round after offloading our first load as the rear wheel drive just slips when the truck is empty. However Micky rescued us and we got towed out by our Landrover.