Mr Ed

Not quite in Dean's League, but I gave my parents a few gray hairs. I - Ate a whole box of firelighters at age 2, requiring me to be rushed to hospital for a stomach pump When I was 7 I got some matches and set fire to the heather on the mountain behind our house. needed 7 fire engines to control the blaze. On the same mountainside, we blocked a drainage ditch with turf sods and stones to make a dam. That night it poured down and the ditch overflowed into the terrace below, flooding the ground floors. At age 12 my cousin came over and demonstrated how to make a nitrate fertiliser bomb in a coke can. I thought it would be better to make one on a 5 litre paint can and detonate it with and old shotgun cartridge and lightbulb, and 100 meters of old bt cable. We placed it in the old disussed granite quarry offices, and expected a nice bang. We did'nt expect it to blow the roof off completely, whilst sending a fireball 100ft into the air. I wonder how I even made it to this age sometimes...

More like excellent copy paste skills...

Been through this before I know, but dual rears will give you far better load carrying ability, and under certain circumstances better traction. My preferance is for duals.

From the HSE?

Good thread Lee, I've long felt that the APF is a Total ripoff. Look at how many exhibotors are there paying top money. Then add at least 10,000 paying punters... It does'nt cost to get into Elmia or Interforst, so is it just another case of ripoff Britain?

Put a steel cradle over the back of the chipbox to rest the crane on whilst chipping. Lifting the crane to tip off is not that big a deal.

240hp, yes. I've never worried about my cranes not folding. I used to stick them accross the load. I reckon if you want to use it for chipping into, you need to either have Rear mounted crane with side tip bin front mount crane with conventional chip bin.

Just phoned them, The MAN's are gone but he has some really tidy 1824 mercs on a 2001 plate for £20k.

I would go for the MAN with the 224 engine. Very nice truck. Your crane will go really neatly on the back of that compared to a unimog. I used to have an 890 Jonsered on the back of a 17tonne volvo

Hi Jim, tried to call but no reply. I have something coming up for you in this area.

WHat tends to happen is the little fittings on the brake pipes and suchlike tend to corrode. If you buy one, budget to have it shot blasted and painted. Offroad they are pretty damn good for their size. Most have full airlocking diffs.

Whne we exhibited at Ragley Hall APF, the stand was nearly £2000.

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If your dead set on 4x4, then mercedes would be my first choice. Best value would be an ex snowplough 1820 (18t gvw, 200hp), or a 1317 if you can track one down.

Thats the stuff Justin. We get a lot of it on the atlantic coast, exactly as Lee describes. Last time I was trolling for Bass in the straits the lure was sparkling like a firework.

Mark, I think the later ones got the 500 240hp versions as they were breaking so many 330's. Thats the story I was told. Dean - I remember thinking how luxurious the AWD versions were AEC? luverly. I know a guy used to run a Mammoth Major on timber up till about 10 years ago...

This is more my kind of thing

no the 6x6 had the same engine as the 4x4. its the 6 litre 330 unit. internals made of chocolate and plasticene. Yours may have flew carrying a few squaddies, but you try driving one at 17 tonnes on the 4x4 or 26 tonnes on the 6x6. Just dont want to know.

I assume your not talking about the ordinary phosphorence you get from plankton...?

I've been told its all the whitening agents in washing powder getting into the water sytem. anybody else heard that?

Eh? If they do they've never driven one - Underpowered - 200hp overstressed bus engine. Payload of 8 tonnes on a six wheeler crane truck? I could get 16 tonnes on my Iveco. Max speed of 50mph, but takes about an hour to get up to speed. about 5-8 mpg Forgot to add terrible steering lock...

Grossly underpowered, tiny payload, slow, thirsty.

Bollocks, Just read the date on that, its 4 years old! Somebody slap me.

Wonder if HSE will just lump it into the chainsaw accident statistics?