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[Khriss]

11 hours ago, Mark J said:

It's a really depressing situation. Youth services have no resources, the allure of riches is very real. There aren't anywhere near enough police. I don't know how it's easily rectifiable, it'll take years to change the status quo. I reckon that it's doable given the right investment.

To be honest Mark, that's a bit optimistic, I saw the work base and sound industries in the North collapsed in the 80s, then boom n bust construction in 90s followed by this bloody austerity nonsense fr ten yrs an we now have Brexit to deal with next year. I have not an ounce of promise to offer my nearest n dearest's. Just more slog. K

[tree-fancier123]

3 hours ago, Khriss said:

I have not an ounce of promise to offer my nearest n dearest's. Just more slog. K

if you're not part of the solution you're part of the problem - knuckle down and try to invent something, if you can't think of anything else I'd like a kit so I can run a PTO chipper off my 90hp transit and a similiar kit for 140hp Iveco. Under 2k delivered preferably

[Khriss]

36 minutes ago, tree-fancier123 said:

if you're not part of the solution you're part of the problem - knuckle down and try to invent something, if you can't think of anything else I'd like a kit so I can run a PTO chipper off my 90hp transit and a similiar kit for 140hp Iveco. Under 2k delivered preferably

...god, that's an easy one ! Series Landrovergearbox  n pto adapter n housing plate. K

[Khriss]

( that took me all of two minutes an was eating samwich at same time- )

[markieg31]

imagen your 90, or my, hp transit running a pto chipper. I wonder if the RAC would still cover it after the guts have fallen out of it.

[Khriss]

37 minutes ago, markieg31 said:

imagen your 90, or my, hp transit running a pto chipper. I wonder if the RAC would still cover it after the guts have fallen out of it.

It's only getting the gearing right ! Loads of torque - just remmbr yr running on Derv, K

[markieg31]

I was always told that road going engines don't quite work the same as a commercial engine. something along the lines of the lorry engine in the tractor would get bogged down more easily when it gets put under load. perhaps not the same sort of torque being produced. 

[Stubby]

21 minutes ago, markieg31 said:

I was always told that road going engines don't quite work the same as a commercial engine. something along the lines of the lorry engine in the tractor would get bogged down more easily when it gets put under load. perhaps not the same sort of torque being produced. 

Its just the gearing .

[HuntingHicap]

2 minutes ago, Stubby said:

Its just the gearing .

Absolutely. Plenty of tractor pulling monsters powered by truck engines. Fordson Majors with big v8 lumps are quite popular.

[difflock]

I remain astounded at the quality and downright over-engineering that must have went into the Fordson Major back-end, having watched a few re-engined monsters tractor pulling way beyond their pay-grade.