Rupe
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It looks good mate. Good job, cheap and hopefully reliable vehicle. I want to make another now!
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Must be long (standard). Strange though, my tipper is 9 and a bit feet so yours would have been longer without the tool box. My tool box is then 2 foot something makign the whole thing about 12foot, so would only have worked on an extra long. So for all that extra chassis and driveshaft weight, I still think I did ok. My main saving was the aluminium chassis though. I can't remember who much difference that made, i did work it out. Without that advantage mine would be well over yours.
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Was yours a standard wheel base or an extra long? If it had a tipper on it must be standard. So mines longer, bigger chip box with full roof. But still you've done well to get yours that light I reckon. Good job. Next contender please!!!!
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Γεια σου, δεν είναι ρύπανση με τους Έλληνες!
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Good work. You get the neat workshop award too! Now, do you watch american chopper by any chance? Do you have tool envy? I bet between a bunch of us let loose in the OCC shop, we'd come up with some cool stuff!!
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But you can't go on the web and buy a saw from a dealer here either. They are not allowed to post them out. If you did buy a saw (or anything else) from the states the import duty would be high enough to make it not worthwhile. Getting someone in the states to buy you one and post it as either used or as a gift would be the only way round it. Mates of mine buy wakeboards from the states so they get the latest models half the price that they would be here. Someone buys them, gift wraps them and adds a card saying happy birthday. Works a treat!
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I might be wrong about the Shumach. I can't find it on my list, I might have been confusing it with laburnam?? Unless anyone else know if its any good? Try it out on your fire and see.
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Holly good, Shumach Poor!
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You can do whatever you want really! I'd go for the 1m3 and chuck a few extra in?? £100.00 happy days!
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1.2m3 ! You could get away with £120.00 in some areas of the country if its seasoned etc. Anything under that should be ok.
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One thing you need to do is to get the tape that goes under your foot adjusted to the correct length and then lock the tail back under the other bit of tape, or else it will slip and be a pain. I think when they are new the tail of the tape comes out on the outside of the pantin. One way to lock it off is to reverse this so the tail comes out on the inside then fold it up under the ankle strap. Heres one I did earlier!!!!!!!
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Sure there is some trade between US and UK, but they are seperate businesses essentially.
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I just got a new machine, and it "juggles" the load back and forth until its balanced and then starts spinning. If it can't get an even load it will spin slower or not at all if its really uneven. Clever stuff! Plus its got magnetic drive or something, can't hear a thing!
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Well I just put my tuppence in, but in reality I'm not likely to ever want such thing and if I did I'd just buy a tipping L200 or similar and customise it myself. But in answer to your question I'd go for the hollow plank version as I assume its lighter than the press alu?
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The saws do not all come from the same place. Its not like they come out of one factory and have different prices put on them. Ours are made in the Europe and are expensive. American ones are made somewhere in the states and are cheaper. I don't know if thats because they make more of them, or the raw materials are cheaper or waht, I'm not sure. But that is why there is a difference as far as I know? Also there might be more red tape in Europe, testing and what not that might make a difference.
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Oops! I don't bother with a pillow case, I just chuck it in and get my girlfriend to sit on it. Gets two jobs done at once!
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Device for easy retrieval of Cambium Saver (Friction Saver)
Rupe replied to morten's topic in Climbers talk
I think you got the . in the worng place! Surely you mean £1.50 ? No? -
Device for easy retrieval of Cambium Saver (Friction Saver)
Rupe replied to morten's topic in Climbers talk
I used to have an aluminium block thingy years ago, and its now in a crotch up a lime tree. I know exactly which tree, so if I ever go up it again I'll so how far its grown into the tree! It must have been there 7-8 years so far. If I don't go up it but I ever see anyone felling the tree (its a highways tree) I'll get my deck chair out and watch them chip it!!!!!!! -
Would it be more or less gay if it were the original body work?
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I think if you want it for work then it shouldn't matter if you can tell its a tipper or not. But puttign the original rear body back on for re sale and keeping the tipper for your next vehicle would be a good service. I found this pic of L200 king cab tipper. Looks ok to me.
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Yes factory fitted tippers are strong enough but the original body panals (is that waht you are calling bucks???) are not as strong. SO a tipper made to look like its not a tipper would not be as durable as an actual aluminiun doubles skinned tipper as is alread available direct from the factories. Refittign an almost new body set for minimal costs ready for resale, and leavign the expensive tipper unit ready for the next new vehicle would be a good proposition.
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The only problem that I see, is that if you are going to properly use these vehicles for work (and therefore need a tipper) you would probably want a stronger rear end than the original body panels. The factory offered tippers that utilise a seperate tipper body from reinforced aluminium panels look more suited to the job IMO and the user would be less worried about dents/scratches etc. I good service to offer might be, removal of original panels and fittign of propper tipper, with a discounted offer of reversal at a later date. That way onwners of posh 4x4 can have a tipper and then resell them later with (virtually brand new) rear end bolted back on, keeping the worked tipper unit for their next new 4x4 vehicle. Thats what I would do anyway. And a company that could offer me that for less than 2k, with reversal for less than 3hundred and fitting of same tipper unit to new vehicle for less than 4hundred in the future now that would be a good idea!!
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Will the "John H's New Bird" thread take on a whole new meaning then??
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The groundie should know what saw you want!
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Laurel – Love the smell, but is it really bad for you?
Rupe replied to John Hancock's topic in General chat
Yeah trace elements of cyanide, nothing to worry about.
