defender's

[Mr Ed]

I am going back to one after several years. They get under your skin. I drove one today for the first time in several years, 130 tdi - came back with a huge grin on my face

[Mike Hill]

+1 for the "Defender Center".I bought my last 110 from them,I came up from London and the machine was absolutley as described.I ran it without trouble and sold it for a profit.

[Kev Stephenson]

STS have you bought the TD5 drake had with the crane on? he had one with a little Hiab on it. I must have caught Gary in a good mood LOL!

 

Yes that is the one I have bought.

[Chris Sheppard]

Yep he was miserable with me too - good to deal with but just grumpy as hell. www.gsdrake.co.uk i think is the link to his site

 

I love mine (havent got as far as taking the box off yet (over a year later - oops) and have had somewhere around 2 and a half tonnes (ssshhh-don't tell anyone) in it once and it didn't really bother it.

 

I use mine for leading firewood out of the wood and back to the yard and delivering too - my concern with going for a tipper body would have been that you are lifting the floor height up considerably therefore lifting the centre of gravity.

Off road this wouldn't be good and it'd make going round corners a bit more interesting.

 

Had mine over the weighbridge with some scrap a few months back and it was 2400kg empty so you can carry a fair bit.

[christreeroot]

I have dealt with Gary Drake twice and i am picking up my new 130 from him tommorow, Gary is highly regarded in the land rover industry and doesnt buy and sell any old sh*t, we were talking the other day he is quite aware that he is mentioned on here as a grumpy bastard and proud of it.

 

Spend your hard earned cash here you wont regret it:icon14:

[Dean Lofthouse]

I've done his mum-in-laws trees, and she is a right card, independant as hell, elderly and runs a farm on her own in all weathers. I found gary helpful and not grumpy at all.

 

Perhaps it is just southerners that find him grumpy :wave:

[madmatt]

I really couldn't describe gary as grumpy at all. Lots of new landys coming to arbtalk then, Ed,Chris,STS and even Cordwood should be winging his way south towards his new one as we speak! Hope we see some pics of all these trucks soon.

[Dean Lofthouse]

Lots of new landys coming to arbtalk then

Knew they'd see sense and give in to the landys versatility and superiority as an Arb truck. :wave:

[frans]

What does: "Dogs testicles Cordwood" mean? Pecontools said this earlier.

 

 

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[TheTreeWiseMen]

What does: "Dogs testicles Cordwood" mean? Pecontools said this earlier.

 

 

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It's a variation on 'the dog's bollocks' which translates as excellent or top notch.