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PeteB

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  1. Friday! I'm in, collecting a loan machine and seeing folk in far counties! Just had a few minutes at the Telegraph. Rain here. Eal, Lead, Oars.
  2. I'm in. Dwelling on odd thoughts after a crap nights sleep! Sham, Pane.
  3. Morning All. Best wishes Jase, sure it will work! Fee, Ask, Owes.
  4. PeteB

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    A couple of years ago, I was asked by one of my Scottish dealers to come up with a tractor mounted chipper to show a bloke. I borrow one off of a customer for the job and repay him by fitting a set of 6 new disc blades. I drove from the factory up to a hotel in Greenock and set about the blade change in the carpark. I removed all six blades and started to get the new ready. I set my torque wrench to 210nm and jammed the flywheel with a spanner, put the torque wrench on the nut and gave it a healthy heave. At that pressure, the jamming spanner flew off and the rotor came around and trapped my thumb between the housing and the rotor! I felt quite sick with the noise and the pain. I removed my glove and the pad on my thump was squibbed to one side and bleeding heavily. I pushed the pad back into place and put the glove back on! I finished the blade change so it was ready for the demo! The hotel only had a plaster so I went for a steak with with a wedge of Handy Andys held in place with two cable ties..... A visit to Tesco next morning got a roll of tape and some proper dressings. The Rep was furious at the customer who thought that we were coming with a tractor too, so no demo to do! I decided to call it quits and drove the seven hours home with a right throbbing thumb! A few days later I was xrayed and it was broken and too late to stitch so it got left!
  5. Morning All. Belting thunderstorm yesterday evening, white over with hail at one point! For, Lap, Heart.
  6. Sorry I'm late reporting! Next door had a party to gone 3 so sleep has hard to come by so was up and gone in a rush to mine! Not looked at crossword either!
  7. Morning All, she brought the tea up and gone to the gym! Bloody fool! Rain, Bone, Asian
  8. Yup. The 57 Chevrolet is 2000hp normally aspirated. Some right good things here!
  9. Lapped, Answer. 20240330_105431.mp4
  10. Morning All. Looks clear enough in Retford and I hope it is too at Santa Pod! Off to watch my lad crew for a 2000hp normally aspirated 57 Chevrolet! Not looked at the crossword as it wants me to login but I can never remember the details!
  11. They do make sense to me apart from the thing with the tachograph for me! Right ingredients built by folk who have been building Mercedes for an age! I'm told they got the stones to pull well too, that German taxi engine and box has got to be better than the shell spinning LR offering and the belt in oil Ford stuff!
  12. Nope, that is how good they and the CS100 work! You become the 'No Stress' device! Up to a certain size, they'd beat a 6inch with rollers!
  13. Marmite peanut butter in a celery stick for my lunch!
  14. Morning All, dark in this bedroom! Kit, Chins, Sink.
  15. Vat reclaimable on the two seat van version but it isn't Tacho prepped and any work around will void the warranty! They should work well with proven undercarriage from BMW, ZF and Carrero and folk I know that have them, really rate them as a Disco type alternative. Crewcab falls down on not being able to carry enough..... I got told that they have a couple which have done 1,000,000 miles apiece with nowt but usual service wear/tear stuff. Only outfit that have put a right good warranty on - Ford commercial warranty is 60k miles agin theirs of 5 years and unlimited mileage.....
  16. Morning team! Spreading the gospel to a team in Liverpool then to drop off a new one in Carlisle. Sock, Rut, Ease.
  17. Morning All! Driver awareness course today. Loo, Ether, Ruth.
  18. Im awake. Tie, Man, Thyme, Again.
  19. Go on then Bob, how did the 1st day go?
  20. Good luck on the fresh start. I'm in but wishd for another hour! Rain, Soup, Ream.
  21. Slept very well last night! Jaw, Jeep, Orgy.
  22. Up and planning some Scottish trips with a few demonstration things needed! Sing, Caws, Whim.
  23. I stand corrected on the subject. These were made at the Salford Priors operation and not Coughton where GreenMech are made. Nigel Davis confirmed that he made the first few when they were tup'ed across to Bomford's in the early 1980's.
  24. Call the Timberwolf factory and ask for the Service Manager, he will be able to answer your questions.
  25. I'm in, office day today. Fur, Bet, Terror, Worse

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