PeteB

Rent one as and when needed or see about acquiring a rich benefactor! Contact Cambrian Plant in Cardiff....

Surely not!?! Ian, you are a man of the world with a modicum of common sense - would you recommend a Landforce to the OP? What do you base your findings on? Chip dinner week after next?

Now Ian, my recommendation would of course be GreenMech. The superior, British built machine!

Id choose a main stream make that will have parts available, service back up from the supplier and something that would be worth more than its weight later on! Sorry to those that have them but, avoid it if you can.

Log? Yes you do need to keep a comprehensive log if a vehicle is fitted with a tacho. I got a fine to prove that one!!!

This doesn't apply to crewcabs though does it? So we are back to the point made by Pete Haines that I don't need a CPC for using my reps towtug CrewCab or the beaver tail. But I do need to keep reasonably extensive manual records of every days work/driving/rest times and destinations, along with start and finish mileage. And obey the working hours regs for tacho equipped vehicles?

AAARGH..... Still not clear! Pete says only if over 3500, others say category of use, then category of licence held applies! I'm a rep. A machinery rep. I drive a crewcab towing a chipper. Sometimes I drive a 3500kg beaver tail which will carry one and drag one. Sometimes I use it for private use otherwise it is a tow tug! Do I need a CPC? I'm over 50 and have had a licence for 30 odd years but am ashamed to say, I don't know the law!

I've had rooks of bother since September - one bit of advice I keep coming across is regularly turn off your phone and re-boot it and regularly check for updates! Keep it backed up to your PC and often do a factory reset.... That and have another mobile for standby when your main one doesn't work then you can call the network and supplier and get fed more BS! After a long time on hold or queuing for the next available operator.!!!

Straight answers only please.... If you drive a crewcab or 3500kg beaver tail and it is fitted with a plastic card tacho - do you need to be a CPC holder? I know about keeping manual records as well as using the tacho but I get different reports on the CPC bit! Some say I need it and some say I don't! Others say "read this pile of BS from VOSA!" but that wouldn't get an award for simple and easy to understand!

Errr....I think one criteria is to do with standard door width. Last time I looked, a TW125 or 150 was a tad too wide? Go with the CS100 - cracking tool! But then, I am biased slightly.

Isn't BDM hire are spin off from Predator anyhow?

Anyone done anything like this with twin steer? Looks a tool Dean, do you still use Blooms to haul for you?

I had one of those days.... I rebuilt a Rover V8 for my hot rod, tried a test fire this evening and the (expensive) high pressure oil pump has gone tight...... My mobile has been stuck on 2G thanks to an update which has led to loads of grief with supplier (long saga since september).... JVC flat screen has just stopped working too! Another glass of wine and I shall retire early to bed......

Follow the cable from the red bar to the valve block. The lever on top to the valve block should move through the three positions with the red bar. Take the cable off of the lever and then move it, it should positively locate in 3 places as the spool moves into each correct position. If it doesn't, the remove the cap and lever and check to see if the internal portion of the lever is present and located properly in the recess on the spool valve. Try that. If you No Stress has been over ridden, we can go through a few simple steps over the phone to find out why and see if it can be fixed cheaply and easily. The chopper worked so much better with it properly working.

Hey Matt, I'll get the RAL code and post it later. It is powder coat, not enamel and I think it is called glebe green. When you say the rollers are stuck in the "feed in postition", could you elaborate please? Is the red bar moving but not the control cable or kever on the valve? Is the overide engagdd so it will pull in at any engine speed?

Dean, not too sure on the "Forst" comment. While they are a worthy competitor, they aren't in the same class as either TW or GreenMech. The main design criteria of the TW150 and 240, GreenMech QuadChip and the 150/130 range is to be under 750kgs. The Forst isnt....... if you buy a Forst, it is in the knowledge that it cannot be towed by everyone and it hasnt a turntable. The OP is new to Arbtalk with 4 posts in all, welcome him to the community.

Bearings need 2-3 pumps per week each nipple. Strapping it down depends on the trailer and whether you have her N/S or E/W.

I got a wheeled strimmer, an old DR strimmer with a 6hp, 4 stroke for old folk in Devon with a big garden and small paddock and an old 4hp x 2 smoke for the wenches place! Bugger that carrying about malarkey!

I "ebay dream" about car stuff on a worldwide basis - just to see what is available and at what cost! I've yet to buy anything substantial in size but I did get a request for tax from some stuff sent from the states. Good luck with your purchase, could you not get it locally?

Get them sent out by your local GreenMech dealer. Welcome to the family!

Seen on a slurry tanker "We take care of the last link in the food chain!"

Trick piece of kit! Looks awfully useful..... Does it move much? Where abouts is it based and what kind of rent is it?

To be fair - a guy at phones 4 U did try hard and a girl from EE was right embarrassed and apologetic that they couldn't switch on this booster box. But what got on my nips was being sold 4G when I don't need it and spending about 3 hours on another phone due to poor signal and someone saying "you should phoned 150 on your handset, that is free!"

I changed phones and in the advice of the man int shop, went from Orange to EE with 4G. Dont use the phone for much bar calls and txt with wifi and a tablet at home, there wss no need to use the phone for much else. After many months of dropped calls and txt messages not sent, the supplier found that the handset was faulty and replaced it. While doing that EE tells me that unless I use the phone to access the internet, I was sold a pup! Signal still no better and a week later of tests and trials, they have to semd a signal booster out. This came with no instructions and that took a further week for them to activate it! I asked the supplier why I had been sold 4G when I dont use it and what the difference in cost is and their response was "I shouldn't worry about the couple of pounds per month and anyway, Orange are shifting their clients onto EE anyway!" Because of this attitude, come renewal time, it will not be EE or Phones 4 U again.

Top response! I like it when a gem of info of this quality turns up! Thankyou good Sir!!!