A short story and pictures from a newbie.

Hi everyone,

I'm new to Jimny ownership so I thought I'd just give you a little introduction.

I bought a Jimny chiefly as a work vehicle. I have a small business harvesting and selling firewood. I have developed a special trailer that enabled me to do the whole harvesting and delivering operation using any vehicle with a towing hitch. Until recently I'd been borrowing a quad bike for harvesting duties and delivering the wood with my Peugeot 306. But the quadbike struggled to tow the loaded trailer on the soft marshland and I spent more time getting out of holes than I did splitting wood. The 306 handled the trailer great on the road but after several years of abuse was due for replacement.

The appeal of the Jimny lies mainly in it's size and weight. Compact, manoeuvrable and half a ton lighter than a Defender, I realised it would be great on the marshes. And unlike a quadbike it would also be ok for the delivery side of things. So I went on a Jimny hunt!

Although there are hundreds of Jimnys on the roads, there are relatively few for sale, so finding a cheap but servicable one was tricky. Eventually I found one 50 miles away- slightly over budget at £2200, tatty wheels but very genuine and drove ok. After haggling the price down to £1800, this delightful silver 52plate was mine!

Once home, it was time for a play. There were very few obstacles on the farm that troubled the Jimny- it really is a very capable little car.

I soon fitted a towbar and put it straight to work:

The woodland I work in is on a peat bog. Once you break through the top layer of grass, the peat is soft and bottomless. A defender would already have sunk if it was parked here:

As well as the towbar, I've fitted a decent Alpine headunit and a cheap ebay roof rack to increase the carrying capacity:

The only other things I will be changing are the standard Duellers (the rears are dated 2002 so possibly even original?!) for some mud tyres. I'm hoping some 215/75 R15 BFG KM2s will fit straight on.

Thanks for looking!

Welcome! It's nice to see another work horse jimny

Nice to see you and your Jimny.

Welcome to bigjimny you well enjoy your little jimster.......

Looks like you have found the ideal motor for the job

Welcome this fine forum it’s good to have you join us ................

Welcome to the forum from another newbie here. Good pics, especially the one with the hill climbing shot. I'm well impressed withe the new toy too, just got mine yesterday.