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Spoke to one of the old managers at Macduff shipyards up here, they used Larch or Spruce for propping up.

My Vitara was fine at seventy or eighty. They are bigger than a Jimny though. God bless small cars all round though. My 998cc Peugeot 107 hit the limiter at 92 in third. I'm looking at a 550cc or 660cc kei truck for my next vehicle. For the sex appeal over practicality you understand.

I firmly believe landrovers lost its way , most of them are crap, missed the design brief and now are geared up for twats in cities , esp the new defender that looks like a freelander . So my link to landrover was personal , grandfather worked on proto types of vehicles, specialist conversions, design flaws, and alone on his name ,job in body in white I could get a job anywhere. But I can remember alot of issues with v8 diesels and v6 diesels , the engine couldnt take strain along with other issues and he was liaising with gmc at the time . My grandfather died in 99, but I knew about the freelander before it was out, the storm engine, v6/v8 engines , the discovery proto types , sv vehicles. Range rovers etc, and a whole list of other stuff that I can't remember at the age of 42. I do believe he'd be turning in his grave at what has happend to landrover and there direction now

Oh come on, I gout our jimny upto 90mph, but it needs a slab in the back and to anticipate the bounces

Joe is right unfortunately

His weight is.

No mate, my son is though. He went freelance before Christmas after being on the books for 4 years…got him a couple bits to help him on his way. good to read you mate 👍

Good to read you, Rupe! Amazed you're still climbing. I know a few people who have mounted the swivel direct to their bridge to run a more compact setup. It would mean replacing the swivel every couple of LOLERs if that's your thing.

I've got an 02 jimny. Yes they are scary at motorway speeds, and motorway speeds being 55mph in a jimny! But the older type develop 'death wobble' which your other mate likely had (mine has) if fixed makes a massive difference. The OP originally asked about a lower tax runaround alternative to the pickup he already had. The jimny is great, cheap local runaround, incredibly reliable, cheap parts, fun to drive and amazing offload. I havn't tried more than 750kg unbraked towing. Its fine for small stump grinders etc. If OP wants a luxury vehicle to regularly tow 3.5t then don't go for the jimny, but be prepared to pay a lot more tax. Everyone's requirements are different.

Sorbus has stock I think? I think you have to remove the rope from the bottom part, but not necessarily all of the links, and that will give enough space to remove the swivel. Not possible with rope fully in there. I'll take a pic tomorrow.

Looks not too bad just needs a bit of practise. In a video it looked nearly quick as a carabiner. I wouldnt like the extra length of a ring, carabiner and the swivel. Quite tempted, but no where has stock.

The RRP has more of a flat plate that pushes against the rope doesn't it? Similar idea though, the more weight the more pressure.

It looked as if that solid bar was a bit like the lower half of RRP? I am getting more tempted to take the plunge.

All those items could have been found in my house when I was growing up. In fact most of those items would be in every member of my families house.

Are you climbing again then Steve?

For those who haven't got to see one in the flesh yet, the difference from the ZZ is the solid bar that pushes against the rope below the flexing zig zag section. I guess this is what allows it to work in different set ups. The more weight applied the more pressure it puts on the rope. The ZZ doesn't do that. You can see it just above the red body of the device. That part will wear eventually though I'm sure

Added a magneato thingy, works as it should. I think ISC should make something specific for the Reflex, in red/black

Hi Folks Its been interesting reading this thread, everyone excited about product but doubtful it will be any good at the same time, then boredom set in while waiting for the bloody thing to turn up and convo drifted off to Duran Duran FFS! The I was expecting lots of pics of it in use now that many seem to have got hold of one, but no, just the one chap in NZ, Hi! So, I've had mine for about 2-3 weeks now, and basically I doubt I'll use anything else again, what with being so old and all that! I've had 3 or 4 ZZ's, a 1st gen now in the bin, a mark2 and a mk3 with extra holes for Chicane. I recently replaced the third one as it was slipping on Adrenaline which is what I mostly use. I also recently bought a RRP and was getting the hang of it nicely. Loving the midline attachment which gives so many more initial set up options for SRT access and no more holding onto the ZZ while you pull half the rope through it to, and also getting to use both ends of the rope has got to be better for the rope? So the Reflex looked like a good idea to me! Had one on Pre order from Sorbus and got it a couple of weeks ago. I would say that it does everything it says it would. I'm only 85kgs these days (some might not believe that) plus kit, so I can use it fine without any extra friction devices added. The removable swivel is not easy to remove when the rope is installed so its not that much of a bonus, I doubt I'll use it that way. Used with Adrenaline I would say that the self tending in DRT is exactly the same as the ZZ. If you have enough rope weight below yhou and you pull in towards the Reflex it will self tend. Then switching to srt is great without adding any extra kit. For cinching onto a stem it works great, more on that later though................

Like Mick says. Is it the accent?

As you drive up the road toward old coal yard, opposite there is a gate leading into a field. The woodchip can be dropped inside the gate on the grass infront. ill stick sign up in the field for for guidance. Inside the gate is a hard standing to drive onto.

If the seller said it ran fine on regular fuel and you have only tried it on aspen. my advice would be to try it on regular pump petrol before you start messing with anything else. this will prove if the seller was being honest about it running or not. if it runs on petrol and not aspen then this would suggest there is an issue with a non metal part in the carburettor, ie a diaghragm (most likely the problem) as others have suggested, if a machine has been run on regular petrol for a considerable time, there is a chance that the rubber parts are already damaged before you switched it to Aspen and that Aspen has highlighted this issue. usually this doesnt happen and usually machines will swap over without any changes. the quality of rubber used in machines is constantly changing, hence why there are still machines out there which have been ran on petrol for over 15 years without any carburettor issues yet some new machines will experience problems very quickly. luck of the draw really.

Oh ok? Tired and rough days here in Norway. Bloody freezing. As for the extra stretch from a big eye. That’s just what I was informed about 20 years ago when I started splicing. 😜

I think Alex meant you gave what seemed the correct response a while back but it was not acknowledged.