PeteB
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Mine had the original chassis boxed off, a Jag IRS fitted (420g), Rover V8 and BW35, narrowed I beam with discs, arches lowered to suite modern tyre sizes and widened rears. The original builder did it black and plum then later changed it to silver. It won a prize in the 70s and it is rare to have the original make in the log book too.
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The green Scimitar went for £2,850! Mine is a 1938 Austin 16 which aint no dragster! But worth a tad more than the green thing. Hey Kev! Have you got a number for your neighbour with the yank barge? That 6.6litre V8 wouldn't be a bad lump to fit in mine! And yes, mine can tow a chipper!
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Seen on another "honey" tanker Number 1 in Number 2s!
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Seen on a tanker "You are the secret of our suckcess"!
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Sweet! I'm looking for a bench, will my grey fergie power it up? This is slightly bigger than the one that gave me a dose of "miller's thumb", that was a 36" blade.....
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I like the idea of this.... But I need to sell this first! Have I got the time for it or the funds to go racing that often....it was an 11 second car originally!
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Big Al, our man for the North and Scotland tells me that Alan Mason has an 09 in his yard.
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Michael Large and his team are top people to deal with imo. Give them my best regards please.
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I think Stevie Blair's set up is Top, with a capital.... put up some pictures Steve....
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You dont need the help of Jez Smithers, the English rep for TS. An engine specialist is needed.
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Thanks for the good words about Mac and Jason, I'll make sure the office gets to hear your views about some of our dealers too. FYI, Jason is a visitor to Arbtalk occasionally and blushes bright pink when your worthy posts are put up on the company notice board!
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Dave Oliver might sell one of his, Arbtech at Witton Gilbert.... I had one which Mac and Jason fettled but the order came through yesterday! They are in short supply and there is a waiting list now and someone is going to order a dozen soon so the wait is going to get even longer!
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I got loads of experience..... get me the serial number and I'll let you know the build date and original destination. 400+ hours since 2006 sounds low tbh. Good, strong solid machine - the tracked versions is the favoured machine for rail work. 50hp and the 11" wide opening adds up to a hell of a 7.5" machine!
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After many years of experience and being somewhat a fan of both items, I will confirm that anything fitted with either will be expensive, time consuming, judgement confusing and heart breaking! Good luck to you for the future with both, btw? Any puctures of either?
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I may work for GreenMech, but I did own two of them back 1990's. Am I therefore biased?
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Try a pre filter or clear out the existing one more regularly while these conditions exist.
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I did see an advert on ebay for a couple of guys in the North Nottinghamshire area who could perform such a service. Plonk "woodchipper" into the search box on ebay.... there was also an advert for chipper hire from a small firm close by Doncaster - but it isnt a GreenMech!
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Hmmm, I would ask where the dust is coming from? I would like to think that a pre filter is unnecessary in usual circumstances otherwise one would be fitted as standard. Make sure that all the mechanical bits are in order first but if you feel the need - see if you can acquire a centrifugal pre filter. It certainly wouldn't harm anything.
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I thought Kev Petley's post spot on! If there were fewer "local" dealers, how far would you drive to get a warranty repair completed? Quite often, Kevin's staff fix things under warranty, for which they can claim a labour rate per hour which is fixed by the supplier and that may be less than they would ordinarily charge for routine servicing. Well done Kevin for your post and welcome to the forum.
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Not yet Rog, but they have been delivered with lighting towers, lit infeed chutes, electric recovery drive and different colours. They gave gone to America, Australia and also Brazil recently too!
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Cannot remember the fuel consumption figures - rule of thumb would be 1.5ltrs per hour? Is that about right chaps? Reliability? Generally yes! We had a few drum failures but changed them foc, and then changed the welding process. Other than that - nowt to confess to! Keep your blades very sharp and your brash very clean, and that goes for any chipper!
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Good thought Roger but the spray booth doesn't do complete trailers! Another factory tour day will be announced soon too...... GreenMech green is Glebe Green - I'll post the RAL code asap for the original poster!
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Ironic thread this! Our family have had a few VWs over the years, and I'm considering selling my Hot Rod to get a T4 or T5 for the weekends! But I don't want to fall into the trap of getting one, then 6 weeks later, finding out that I don't really like the camping thing! The Hot Rod fits in the garage and is lots of V8 fun and noise, a Van will just take up space on the drive when not used....
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Eddie, those Canberra's weren't bombers really, their main role for many years was a very stable platform for very high spec photographic equipment. They could get unstuck at only 75% throttle and fly for many hours at getting on for 60,000ft, yet were highly manoeuvrable and very robust. They lost their role with the emergence of digital photography and satellites. Dad crashed landed one in Malta back in the 60s - officially, he was a bad pilot having one more take - off than landing!
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Quite! The Vulcan crew took a lot of convincing that they wouldn't burn through all the leaks in the refuelling system even though the Victor pilots lived in jet fuel! 13 Air to Air tankers to get one Vulcan there and back! They were fated as the hero's in the film but little or no credit was given to the Tankers because they refuelled everything on a daily basis worldwide!
