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Heres some on youtube. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8TkTpiLbcs]YouTube - Bandit - conventional-drum-chippers[/ame]

About 17k.

It used to be the advised practise, believe it or not- 'fill the cavity with mortar boy'!!!! Good luck mate.

Those companies are a waste of money.

Wow- I have never heard anyone express that opinion before!

Been hearing this unfold in the news. Its awful.

If you are in the financial position to afford a schleising, then why on earth are you even considering a TW- they couldnt be further apart in terms of quality!

At the risk of sounding a bit thick- why do you need to pull a leaner- or do you mean for pulling against the lean?

Echo what badger says, unless it really is a very quiet road, but even then, if it goes wrong, you are in it deep.

Without seeing the tree, I cant say, but I was undercut on a £150 job today!!!! Not worried as i am snowed under with work, but I would have normally put a couple of hundred on this one, but was for an OAP friend of a friend. Some people must have little or no overheads!!

Ali geckos. Lovely.

When you put a vid on youtube, you grant youtube and its users the right to use it.....[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdcK6r7yk9Q&feature=player_embedded]YouTube - Who Owns Your YouTube Videos?[/ame]

On MY youtube video, made at my farm.....are there copyright issues?

Well thats all very interesting. The 810 i was quoted was to cover the cost of admin and adverts in the local paper warning of the closure I was told. Jase- i would NEVER believe what farmer palmer tells me about what is or isnt legal LOL!!

Silicone may not be your answer. YOu need something like plumbers gold, as silicone needs to be trapped between 2 surfaces to be best (yeah I know- baths, showers etc etc....) but i have had probs with silicone before. Bituminous mastic would be good too.

I agree with Ade's last post. I am privy to the particular customer who phoned Ade, and the circumstances, so can understand how a normally very level headed and sensible guy became flustered enough to lose the edge momentarily.

JimE- have you had a defender before? They hold their price like nothing else, and 100k is NOTHNG for a landrover, esp 200 or 300 tdis. They cost a hell of a lot more, because they crap all over the others. TBH if you are going to put your own bodywork on, why dont you just buy an MOT fail defender, and a new galvanised 130 chassis for about £1400?

ooops! Well spotted Ade

You must have deformed feet mate.

They were known as the thinking mans defender when they first came out- a way of making farmer palmer feel a tiny bit better about himself, but they were also known as the poor mans range rover:001_tt2: Do you know anyone who has one then darren:confused1:

Okay sean, you know what i was on about with the permanent 4x4 thing, and yes you are tecnically correct, but the set up on switchable 2 or 4 wheel drive vehicles means that those that arent permanent 4x4 are limited in their set up, and BTW are also designed primarily for ON road use. As far as engaging the second (front) prop, on defenders, toyota landcruisers and possibly others this is permanently engaged, and a centre diff and hi-lo range are controlled by the small lever (although i suspect you know this:sneaky2:) In response to you second hair splitting paragraph, you know perfectly well that when i say it has no ability to carry, i mean that for something the size and power of a hilux, its carrying capacity is woeful. Mine couldnt even legally carry a ton, and as for towing, you are in agreement anyway- they cannot tow very much. I am sorry you think that i am slating toyotas for the sake of it. You couldnt be further from the truth. This is a forum where people can express their views. A question was asked, and I expressed my views, that are formed from experience not opinion by the way. I still disagree that the hilux is the best all round. However i look at it, I faiul to agree with you. It isnt endowed with any more seting than any other 4x4s, and less than some. It doesnt have ability to tow as much as others, it cant carry as much as others, it wont last as long as others, it wont keep its value as long as others, and it isnt any more comfortable (IMO) than others, including a defender IMO (although i accept that many people find defenders very uncomfortable.) I would have a toyota landcruiser based pick up over a defender any day, but i would never touch another Hilux again. I bent mine, it rusted like hell, had endless electrical problems, and the delaers/ customer service worse than atrocious. You say no pick up can tow as much as a 4x4 with permanent drive to both axles.....what is a truck cab defender if not a pick up, or a high capacity pick up land rover. Once again I repeat- i was expressing an opinion based on my experience (which is not limited to one vehicle btw) in response to a question.

To a point you are correct, but not with these sorts of figures....that is simply devaluing the industry.

Whats RIGHT with a hilux:lol:.....as a 4x4 they are a compromise- in the wet they slide around for a past time unladen. They are 2wd half the time too!! The old ones, although quite agricultural, were useless for carrying, useless for towing, uneconomical and rusted faster than a rusty thing. I had one, I know. They arent any more reliable than any other 4x4, unless you only use them well within their capabilities. The new ones seem better on paper- however, they are fitting them with massive engines, yet they still have no real ability to tow or carry to speak of, and from what i have been told, they are having reliability issues- at least the old ones kept going. They were designed in a country where there is no mud!! And dont start me on the ridiculous styling:001_rolleyes:. They are little more than a car IMO. You did ask.