Farms and Farm Machinery

CHINESE persuasion

The ‘L’ and the ‘D’ in LDV nominally stand for Leyland and DAF respectively, although the LDV T60 ute you see here has little to do with either, which in the case of the former British manufacturer Leyland could be a good thing!

Currently the LDV T60 comes as a dual-cab 4x4 pick-up, as a standard model in two specification grades, ‘Pro’ or ‘Luxe’, or as the special ‘TrailRider’ model you see here, all with the choice of six-speed manual or automatic gearboxes.

The TrailRider has the distinction of being tweaked by Walkinshaw Performance, a company better known for running V8 Supercar race teams and Holden Special Vehicles (HSV). In the case of the

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