Treewolf

The regs changed years ago and are as in the IWT note. All that matters now is the actual weight you're towing, not the plated MAM.

Any trailer over 3500kg gross needs coupled brakes and cannot be towed on a ball hitch, it must be on a suitable pin/ring or pintle/lunette coupling.

Many LR vehicles from Series Ones onwards have been rated to tow 4 ton trailers subject to being fitted with coupled brakes.

Now it will also cause a world of pain with tachos, drivers' hours, licencing, and all that malarkey. It's not really worth the aggro.

I've driven a 2286cc SII with coupled brakes and 4 tons on the pintle and it is extremely tedious and generally a horrible experience. Never again!

Be thankful it's a Transit not a Land-Rover! 

"We are unable to renew your insurance" is becoming fairly common, and for some models I've heard of premiums increasing from a few hundred to £16,000 per annum. The latter tends to be for the pointless "school delivery system" models like the RR, Velar, etc, but to the insurance computers unfortunately the proper Land-Rovers are all the same. 

The future does not look very promising!

All that means is that the aspect ratio of the tyre is 100%, i.e., it is as tall as it is wide (in effect it is a 205/100R16).

On 05/01/2024 at 17:30, Steve Bullman said:

What is your preferred method for driving through flood water?

You can question the judgement but the technique is good. Don't try this unless you know the road, know what you're doing, and have a suitably prepared vehicle.

4 hours ago, Rich Rule said:

Now who is ranting.? 
 

No, I feel it is relevant.

 

So many are finding it hard to find staff. 

 

It wasn’t the reasoning behind your text is was the stab at the starter of this thread saying he wasn’t fit to run a business that I thought was out of order.

 

If you read my post you would see I agree with most of what you had written

 

My rant was at naive individuals, not directly you,  Especially regarding the drinking of alcohol comments.

 

 

Ah, thank you for clearing up my misunderstanding. I wasn't intentionally suggesting for a minute that the the starter of the thread wasn't fit to run a business, and I am sorry if that is what you thought I was saying.

In fact I applaud the starter of the thread, someone who has identified a problem, isn't sure how to deal with it, and has asked for advice and suggestions. Absolutely sensible and responsible behaviour in my opinion. I would question the judgement of any person who turned a blind eye in such a situation (although we'd never know because they'd be unlikely to ask for advice)

I also understand that it is difficult to find staff, and difficult to screen potential staff for alcohol/drug dependence, but that difficulty doesn't mitigate our responsibility to ensure that we are safe.

I suspect that we are actually all on the same page. 

@Tree Brother, I hope that you didn't feel offended by anything in my post, because that was categorically not my intention.

5 hours ago, Rich Rule said:

Where about are you based?  How long have you worked in Arb?

 

... <followed by lots of ranty stuff>

 

Not relevant in the slightest.

My point, which I thought was clear, is this: if you are employing someone to do a job of work which includes an element of danger to them, your other employees, or the public, you have a very clear legal duty to minimise those risks and that includes making sure that your employees are fit to carry out their work safely. That means properly trained, properly equipped, adequately rested, and not unfit through drink or drugs of any kind, legal or otherwise. You may think this is tough, but to most people (at least those who aren't drug users) it's pretty reasonable.

How do you think a non-user employee would feel working with a user if you failed to look after his safety? How would you feel when Johnny Junkie causes life-changing injury or death to another employee knowing you had the chance to prevent it but failed?

How would you feel if your recreational drug using employee, or the one who arrived at work drunk from the night before, or who hadn't slept the night before, kills someone's wife and kids by driving your signwritten van into them?

Like it or not being a good employer carries responsibilities to employees, public, and society at large, and it isn't always easy or pleasant.

I actually find it a little disturbing that any employer in this industry at a professional level would not have a documented drugs and alcohol policy. Make it clear to all staff up front what standard you demand and what will happen if they let you down, eg first warning, second warning, goodbye. Firm, safe, fair.

Imagine what would happen if your subbie or employee whom you suspect to be a user is the cause of a fatal in or life-changing incident and it can subsequently be proven that you knew or suspected he was a user and did nothing.

I'm pretty sure that your life would take a significant turn for the worse. Is it worth the risk?

If the only way you can stay in business is by employing users then you really shouldn't be in business unless you find a way to manage the risk.

Insurance for all recent Land-Rover vehicles has rocketed this year due to the theft problem. They're desirable and very easy to steal. I seem to recall seeing stats which show that more than 40% of stolen vehicles in the greater London area are recent Range-Rovers.

Coupled with the general increases due to keyless entry and the fact that EVs are usually written off after minor prangs, many LRs have become virtually uninsurable.

14 hours ago, renewablejohn said:

Think you will find when the full story comes out there is a very good reason.

There'll undoubtedly be a reason, but it won't be a good one. There is no justification for this.

I also think that the public backlash will make life very difficult for the perpetrators to the extent that they'll probably come to regret it. Joe Public will probably end end paying for their protection.

I wonder if the movie is planned yet.

35 minutes ago, Stu33J said:

"The cedar tree, which was planted on the Kingston Lacy estate in Dorset in 1827, will be pulled down because it is rotten."

"The National Trust said the 'landmark' tree had to be felled immediately after experts found there was only five per cent live wood left in the trunk."

 

That's what I found on internet 

Don't believe all you read on the Internet, for a much more honest discussion read the whole thread on here. See ' 200 year old cedar in Dorset' in the general chat forum

https://arbtalk.co.uk/forums/topic/64358-200year-old-cedar-in-dorset/#comments

Worth remembering that the Nat Trust, which is quite rightly up in arms, is the organisation that felled the Wellington Cedar at Kingston Lacy only a few years ago.

Hypocrisy or a new enlightenment?

9 hours ago, AHPP said:

I can't see the price of your one.

 

And do you you mean that your one will do what I want or the one I posted in the opening post will do what I want?

Sorry, I didn't word that well, did I.

The one I linked to will do what you want. I wouldn't bother with the one in your original post.

I also managed to pick at random the one website which does not state a price, but googling DA6823 shows the price to be around £650 wherever you buy. Quality is never cheap.

I use one of these:

Yes, it will do what you ask, but it is not really in the same price bracket.

2 hours ago, WirralBoy said:

Of course they are.

 

Look carefully.

 

They are     Maintaining Trees Hedges & Shurbs

 

(sack the signwriter)

Sign writing is dangerous, do not attempt to do it yourself!

21 hours ago, eggsarascal said:

Am I right in thinking on the 2.4 Durotourqe the rocker cover doesn’t need to come off? Remove high pressure lines then undo them then pull them out? 2 & 4 are the ones that are leaking, if they are a barsteward to get out would you leave 1 & 3 or persevere?

If it is the same motor as the 2.4 Defender then you're right, you don't need to disturb the camshaft cover. Remove the HP lines, disconnect the bleed line and electrical connector from each, then remove the clamp bolt and clamp. Since there is 1 bolt/clamp for each pair of injectors it is risky only to remove one since the other will also be unclamped. It's a false economy not to do them all - you're doing most of the work anyway.

I don't know of a puller that fits the 2.4 injectors but they usually come free with a wiggle. Replace the copper sealing washers at the tip, the larger seal between the injector and the cam cover, and if possible the tiny O-rings on the bleed line connectors. The clamp bolts must not be reused, they are stretch bolts. It's not a difficult job but I understand that access on a Transit isn't great (it is on a Defender).

In my opinion the 2.4 is a good strong engine with bags of torque. My 2.4 Defender has now done nearly 275k miles, it's remapped and de-EGR'ed, the latter in particular helps prolong engine life.

2 hours ago, Logdaft said:

Would have been a little more convincing if the wheel clamp had a padlock!

The advantage of a canal is that very little energy is required to move payload compared to almost all other forms of transport.

1 hour ago, Bob_z_l said:

Sorry to interrupt, I'm not sure that is all true.

I was told of a number of reasons for Orange.

1 it wasn't a naturally produced colour. Or as much as the yellow in daff's and daisy's,  gorse whatever.

2 it didn't disappear as readily under sodium street lighting. This was the biggie.

3 to set it apart from road workers...who did use yellow back in the day. Police H-Vi being one.

4  lastly the scotchlite strips on "yellow" hi vi were similar to some of the old telegraph signalling. Rail HiVi scotchlite is/was in a different setup to not be confused with signalling. double bands round arms legs.

 

Also I believe insects see in a different spectrum, so our "yellow" is their shocking pink or whatever. 

 

 

Sorry do de-rail. No pun intended

More importantly yellow is a colour used in signalling and for hand-signalling flags whilst orange is not.

I have to say that I've never really liked aluminium snaths, wood is much nicer. I find the adjustable handles never seem to stay put on an ali snath.

Personal preference, of course.

They're not hard to find to buy, just Google "snath for sale". Quite a few suppliers of good traditional snaths around now.

Fantastic news, what a heartwarming story. He looks as though he is enjoying life to the full.

Strange how the media never seem to ask the people with savings and no mortgage about the interest rate increases! I guess good news isn't news...

I imagine that the OP may mean this one;

They are, sadly, worth more in parts than as whole vehicles.

A good one for around £5/6k is a hell of a lot of car for the money.

If you bought a good one for £975 either enjoy it knowing it cannot depreciate or flip it straight away and triple (or more) your money if it really is good.