Tree Man Tom

Right guys and girls, need your help My landrover developed a knocking noise earlier today and is leaking oil badly from somewere. (to dark to see where, will look tomorrow) Drove about 15miles down the motorway, everything was fine. As i came down the slip road my oil light came on, thought this was odd as id checked the oil level about 7 days before, so thought something must be wrong. Proceded to my mates house which was about 1min away and as i pulled up the knocking noise became apparent and you could see oil coming out under the engine. The engine still starts fine, its just the noise and the oil, the oil light goes out if you give it some revs, and the knocking noise also gets louder when given revs. He towed me home to be on the safe side, didnt want to cause anymore damage, any thought on what could be wrong? My thoughts are: Oil pump? Something gone bang inside the engine? (but it still starts and why would oil be leaking out?) Thats all i can think of now, will investigate further tomorow but be nice if any of you people have any thoughts on it? P.S anyone got a 200tdi engine knocking about, just incase? lol Cheers, Tom

Cracking find! Wouldnt mind doing a tree that size myself, just the once though! lol

Crikey! Bet that wasnt covered in the RA "Beware of unexpected tornados" lol

Sooo you did it then?

Not sure how active he is on here, but pm "howburn" he said he sells jonsered saws, so may be able to help you.

Good man joe! Im sure you will fly through no trouble, just remember mirrors, mirrors, mirrors! I got 2 minors, theres a drink in it for you if you beat that Good luck!

Top notch as ever mate, cant fault it! Great sound track to, also good to have a mixture of footage taken from the ground and from in the tree

Take the mewp off, convert to tipper with a chip box thats what id do, and at the price its going for atm might well do

Sounds like an 090 lol, seems to be the choice of saw out there aswell.

Bung it in the washing machine, should come up like new

Just squeezed 86kg

I like the look of that, i fancy a helmet cam for tree work and motocross and thats more affordable than others ive looked at

75kg

Sweet, dereks a good chap, hes done a few of my assesments and we have him as a lecturer on fridays

Proper job! Who was your assesor?

Fairenough mate Bet the client laughs seeing you turn up with a new truck or chipper every time lol

How long you been on that job now? lol

Thanks for taking the time to post those pics mate! :thumbup1: Glad i was able to help you out, still got some more lying around in various sizes, if your ever in need of another sawlog just give me a shout Cheers Edit, you've been abit quiet on here recently? Work keeping you busy?! lol

Nothing wrong with a fordson!

Crikey mate, i assume your alright? Is it just body work damage or has the engine been shunted to?

Has that last picture not come out well, or was it really that dark?

Im talking as a my first car though... maybe you are to... lol I ended up being abit sneaky and getting my insurance for £850

You will have trouble with insurance on vans and pick ups joe, although one of these small trucks would be cheaper... Most comapnys wanted £2500 for my landrover, and when it came to getting insurance on a pick up most companys wouldnt even give me the time of day.

Buy one and put a hyabusa turbo engine in it with chain drive to the rear axle, then YOU will be laughing