PeteB

What about the importer? Can they help? I must admit, when I first saw them, I was amazed at how quick they could produce 'logettes'. Then looked at the apparent lack of control and the damage that they could do in seconds! I cringed.... Good luck with your search.

This 'transition ' is something I got to face at some point and absolutely dread it. Dementia seems to run in mums side while dads side live long. Already got an Aunt in her early 90's whose mind is super, super sharp but body is no good - brilliant person but I'm no good at coping with stuff. I'm dreading Mum or Dad starting the next bit, they in their 80's and are in storage 4 hours away....Uncle died of cancer really and couldn't watch the live link to the funeral, I go to pieces!

I got talking to a chap who knows his transmission stuff. He reports that when getting anything like a VW dsg box or Haldex transfer box, check for honest service receipts and history of expensive oil purchase. Good, strong units but cheap people tend to economise and then they go wrong!

I drove from top of Leicestershire down to Cardiff via the Ross spur and back home via the GreenMech factory. ADB seems to be affecting vast amount of stock! Loads of DED spotted and a large number of distressed, leafless Silver Birch too. Have they got an issue too?

Good to meet you the other day Nick, hope you found something to do on the way home! Have you found the knack starting her yet?

You've always been a tad coy over your AT name too Stuart Lee, what's the reasoning there?

I had a Haarken from Bergen ring me, it was from him and Gantic, our dealer, that had heard of the misinformation campaign started by someone.

For a fee we would have a good go at different colours (there is a thread called "United colours of GreenMech", which I'll add to later. QTS decided to have there STC1928 fleet in a dark green to blend in but we have done others in pink, blue, red blah blah blah.... I got a deal on the go for 2 x 165 units in a yellow main colour at the moment. I think we have done two in the Glebe Green and Grey combo too. Thanks for your kind words too Les.

As a yoof, I spent a fair bit of one summer on an archaeology dig and still find finding stuff fascinating! It was hard graft, really interesting, fun and entertaining being with a bunch of like minded volunteers. Mostly quite well balanced and educated people and I'm still in to that kind of thing now. We shifted mountains of spoil over the period on a roman site near to Oundle. Long days with little or no breaks, 7 days per week as volunteers but with all the learning and help you needed on the subject. Really surprised at how much stuff came out of the ground - bones of animals from ritualistic burials, skeletons, pots, coins, jewelry etc and at some depth too! I had a chap working for me years ago who was the other end of the scale in that he was a treasure digger, not interested in the context, only the value. He had pots and pots of finds at home, mostly of little value but I would not have trusted him with any gold etc - he did not see the point of getting permission either. He was the sort to give detectorists a bad name.

supply and demand! I got it and you want it! "Bish, bash, bosh, gimme your dosh!"

Unfortunately, if the thieving scum want your asset, they will go to extraordinary lengths to get it! With the tools that are available to them and knowing that the punishment does not the crime, your asset is always at risk.

This is going on ebay soon enough. I got a slight repair to do and a good clean and sharpen and she will get listed! New in 1997 from Charles Hill's and used on several jobs before I started working for GreenMech in 1999. Apart from a couple of jobs for mates, she has been sat in the shed! Works as she should and comes with another chain which is new but a different length.

I didn't realise for many years that the 'H' symbol is actually modelled on the fore site of a rifle on a barrel! Links back to the armaments division.

Just to quash a rumour given out in Scandinavia, the GreenMech Evo 165/45LE is available in all of the region! We have never switched off from supplying anywhere but the rumours that have been banded about by some irresponsible twerp in the Scandinavian trade are false. While we have engines and while we are allowed to supply, we will do. Please feel free to pass this message onward via your own channels. Anyone who says differently is being dishonest, and personally, I would walk away from anyone with that kind of sales technique!

A 1999 project? A few other people will have had the steel out of her! She should run a cement mixer okay but why? I wouldn't bother with a flail, I doubt she will have the power or flow for that. Stick to what they were designed for imo.

If you got spare and the deadline approaches, you an build the chassis, register the serial number, and carry on to fulfil the build. To have that level of stock will need decent cash reserves and space to store the part completed units. I think that we are in that position.

exothermic reaction? Seen bales or straw and hay go up before now. Back in the day, my woodchip pile caught fire on a hot summer day, possibly caused by a fag end or spark from the fire. We let it smoulder for quite a bit before the tractor scooped that section out and tossed it on the fire heap.

That's a good Landrover! Years back, an Uncle had the first LandRover delivered to Hereford and Worcester. I used to drive it about his farm as a young teenager, it taught me how to double declutch and gave me my love of the brand! I have had seven different models, inc the current weekend dogbus, a D4. The others were a Series 2A LWB, 110 V8, 127 Crewcab, 130 Crewcab, 130 Single Cab and an LSE RR. GreenMech got me a FreeLander van as a tow tug which did well too.

A mere 129 for me! 57 at the moment and 1948 Austin 16 hot rod!

That dont look good or cheap! Best wishes going forwards!

On a trip to Sicily a couple of years ago, we had a walk around the World Heritage Site, Akragas near Agrigento. Pretty awesome place and deserving of it's status. As we walked back up the main avenue linking the two structures, I picked up a couple of cones from one of the pretty huge Cupressus trees. Back home, I let these dry out and shed the seeds. I gave my mother half and i had mine in and out the fridge for stratification. She bobbed hers in a pot and one took. None of mine did! This it now.

Hopefully!

Ha, just to blow the old oil and dust off! Son brought the washer yesterday to replace his two year old one that died. He got the washer to clean my drive of old oil splats from his bloody car!

Just putting on ebay!

I put it on ebay this morning!