madmatt

i agree but several large hauliers disagree! one very large uk haulage firm has just reduced its limiters to 52mph as they say over their fleet it will save 1 million pounds a year in diesel! lots more hauliers are following suit so get used to it!

lots and lots and lots of TD5,s have problems! they are no better or worse than any other land rover engine when it comes to problems they all have good points and they all certainly have bad uns. as far as limits are concerned I don't care as I never travel much above 55-60 as anything above that is very easy but it just cains fuel consumption!

Pictures for BTS want any more pics or got any questions drop me a pm

I'd say the second pic most likely is that looks to me like a thwaites 3 tonne dumper they weight at least 3 ton empty plus the weight of a triax ifor with side is about 900kg so that makes about 4ton gross trailer weight.

my mile marker is far from slow running offthe pto, however the build quality is poor and the winch really isn't the best to use day in day out! The man from MM will tell you anything you want to hear if he thinks you will buy one. A warn 8274 is not a winch for serious arb work.

Ramsey winches are fitted to a lot of rescue tenders for the fire and rescue service so bushey hall must be doing something right. Just please please please dont buy the milemarker and thats coming from a milemarker owner!

blackberry in an otterbox for me its the first setup that hasn't been full of sawdust in the first 5 minutes of use. Having seen how easily an Iphone breaks there is no way I would consider one without an otterbox.

ok a 130 is 3500kg mam and 7000kg on overrun brakes a trailer of 3500kg. However if it has "linked braking" i.e air brakes it can run at 7500kg gross train yep a 4ton trailer! as fora tacho well yes most probably so!

a few more pics just for fun,

I never had a video wouldn't know how too! There are swome pictures in the My 130 thread in the Large equipment forum, My 130 has got 8 securileds, 4 vigileads, 3 whelen led units, 4 pole mount beacons and a blaze bar in total! as regards winning the lottery I used to have friends in high places and was afirm beliver in a favour for a favour sadly thoose days came to an end last year when the reccession hit hard locally!

Dean, I have 8 of thoose securi's on my 130 they are very good. no need for an extra flasher unit either, as said use the third wire for syncing or ket them do there own thing very effective!

I am sure this has been covered before somewhere? you might want to try a search.

Second vote for old uncle Eddie! He would do a cracking job for you. as pete says we used to do alot foer barrowcliffes when I worked for eddie a fair few years ago.

have a look here near the bottom of the page Weights and dimensions / vehicle plating - 03/01/2007 - RoadTransport.com

If you want a few hrs light reading just search MRM on any landy forum,

this vehicle was local to me until a few weeks ago, I am fairly sure the 3050kg is a misprint it would not be the first time i have seen misleading adverts for a landy! It should be more like 4500kg GVW. The vehicle has had a full rebuild with galv chassis, bulkhead and lots of new panels henec the patchwork quilt effect. The previous owner had to sell before he completed the project he started hence no rear body. Its now in the hands of a dealer who seems good at picking out telphone number prices!

LR did make 130 tippers back then they just weren't readily availiable they had to be ordered through LRSV. Oh and sorry whoever said bonnet mounted wheel brackets were a military thing thats wrong too, they were a normal option on any LR upto 98 when the TD5 was launched.

When I was little I was allowed to play with proper tools and build things with wood and nails with my dad. I was probably younger than your lad Stevie when I had my first cut from a real swiss army knife but I learnt valuable lessons! I was machine mad as a kid but unfortuneatly my Dad didn't run a business or work outside so I'd have to pester my uncle to go to work with him on a saturday to get that precious ride on a tractor. I carried on like this up until exam time at school no one ever made me go with my uncle or help my dad with the DIY I choose to do it and used to have the mickey taken out of me at school cos I'd take me steelies and overalls with me to school on a friday so I could go straight off with my uncle after school but the thing is I choose to do it!!!!!!! When your lad starts school he'll soon tell you if he'd sooner be playing footy on a Saturday than driving a digger with dad. Oh and I learnt to swim at school if that helps.

if your cargo is 7.5 tonne gross then they can do a C1+E test rather than a C+E old hgv1

When I bought my Milemarker winch they only made hydraulic ones though things could have changed!

not if they are run off a proper pto driven pump with the correct motor, but off a pas pump yep they are slow.

I have to disagree with the above sorry. I have the milemarker with PTO pump on my own 130 and while its a good winch it is not comparable to the Superwinch H14. The H14 is a very heavy duty commercial winch not what you'd see in a landy mag. The winch is far better built and has a much larger drum capacity than that of my Milemarker H12. The H12 is good but it could never be compared to the Superwinch H14.

The H14 is a superb winch, wether its driven via pto shaft or hydraulic motor off a pto pump is irrelevant provided the pump and motor are speced by Superwinch. Neither of the Ramseys can the compared to the H14 as they are 4000 & 6000lbs less pull respectively. The ramsey hydraulic winches are very very good, but they can't be compared to something from a different manufacturer with nearly a third extra pull.

glad to hear that andy thanks!

I'd be going for an Ifor, Our local dealer is happy to accept bespoke orders for Ifors but does state a longer wait than normal I'd rather that than have another make. Used to tow a Edwards tiltbed flat trailer with an old employer it didn't tow as well as the same size ifor i now tow. This is a bit like the stihl V husky debate you make your choice and pay ya money!