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Were going to the tuckers gave this sat for cider
gensetsteve replied to mendiplogs's topic in General chat
Where are all the pics ? You lot not up yet From genset taxi services licences to carry 3 unless really drunk then just throw them in the back -
Were going to the tuckers gave this sat for cider
gensetsteve replied to mendiplogs's topic in General chat
If I get finished in time I may drive up but wont be drinking. I can bring a few bags of kindling to look at and a few if people want to buy some. -
May be a medal for collecting the most amount of correct info and still not believing it I had a disco 4 van recently and cant remember what I concluded but I think it was light goods on the tax disc so should be 50 on a dual but then again it is multi purpose and car derived. It did not really matter as it spent 99% of the time on a ramp with me driving their 306 which can do 60 mph on a dual. Anyone else bought an expensive Landrover and ended up driving round in French crap
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Toyota Colarado with d4d engine unless you need to tow 3500kg
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I once used bio oil then went back to mineral. Took half an hour with a steam cleaner.
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Having an engine heater on 24 hrs a day the coolant is probably heated to 100 deg c a nd just eventually looses its anti corrosion additives also the ph can change which starts to eat the internals of your engine. Regular coolant change and monitoring prevent this. Obviously the odd hour off heating in the morning won't have this sort of effect. The saving on fuel and engine wear far out weighs any negative effects of an engine heater.
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Were going to the tuckers gave this sat for cider
gensetsteve replied to mendiplogs's topic in General chat
Dont get the liquids muddled up on the night especially with Jon in charge of that Jug -
We fit a few kits to old generators especially the ones with original element direct in the block which never seems to work well. I always try to set the temp to 40 deg max on engines heater 24/7 or the coolant degrades too quickly. Philips heaters seem to be ok at the moment avoid the little black plastic hotstart bottles seen a few catch on fire.
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Yes all the time. IPU group do hotstart stuff. Or uk manufacturer preheat engineering do the perigrine range. Most of our generators use the thermo syphone bottle type coolant heaters. I have used pad heaters on big air cooled lister stuff. Any heat in the oil has to be good as it carries around the engine as soon as it starts.
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Kindling ready for collection in Hampshire
gensetsteve replied to gensetsteve's topic in Firewood forum
No we are still down south in Andover. We take it as a sort of compliment that our kindling is vastly better than theirs and they are ashamed to photograph their own :lol: someone near Newbury did the same thing a few years ago. -
Don't panic I know someone who has been selling logs for forty years and done well at it. Has a place in Barbados and goes beginning of November when he has 1000 tonnes logged in stock. Comes back a week or two before Christmas when all the idiots and spongers have sold out and sells the lot out by March and at good price. winter only just began a few days ago two months time the firewood forum will be full of people looking for dry cord.
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Our kids are going from Xbox 360 over to play station 4. So that's two machines and a Miele tumble dryer this week. Think I put £2700.00 on the card this week with nothing to show for it.
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I would fit the spec of oil recommended for your engine and buy something with quality and change regular why save a £5 on an oil change and bring a full rebuild on sooner. I would avoid putting the latest low soot thin syn stuff in older engines as it has additives missing that your engine needs. The person to ask is timber cutter as this was his specialised subject a few years ago
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I have run my 100 series now for 10 years and the 80 series before that. The 100 series land cruiser is a brillant truck but very long in the tooth now compared with the competition. I fancy a change or I will have the same car for two decades. The disco 4 is a nice drive and easy to fall in love with on a test drive . I don't think there is such a thing as a good or bad ones the compressors and diffs are weak it's more likely to fail if you do high miles or tow. I don't want to dis anyone's pride and joy if your happy with your truck and it's reliable then maybe I was just unlucky. I bought a 3 year old Vito to back up the disco on bad days and got sick of coming down the m3 in rush hour at 45 miles an hour.
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I had this as well once you start digging bar in at a funny angle it soon wears the bar one side and problem accelerates. Also as old hand says left and right sharpening on the machine. We got round this by tickling with a file 4 or 5 times then removing chain and putting on the bench grinder.
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Ours was just out of warranty. I could buy a new one and get the repairs done under warranty. But unless you give the dealer 2 weeks notice you will spend 3 months a year driving round in a french hatch back courtesy car. The engine is finished and tested as far as I know. I think it will pop out with the new defender and disco 5 in about 2 years.
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Discovery 4 Best 4x4 I ever drove. Worst vehicle so far I have owned. Superb to drive models over 200hp great for towing, Harmon Cardon Stereo system the mutts nuts. Reliability absolutely none check out Landrovers from hell its all true Things just fall apart on a daily basis and the bills are 1000's not hundreds engines £8000 and a pig to do simple jobs like cam belts on. Gearboxes suck the coolant up and go bang the list just goes on. Landrover will release there new 2.0 litre 4 cyl twin turbo 250 hp soon watch the value of the v6 guzzlers fall were we glad to see ours go
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I can buy a new 200 for £54,000 which makes the 3 year old stuff at 40k look expensive. But 65 k for a truck just seems insane. But then spending 10k a year repairing a 3 year old disco is even worst.
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A 57 plate Amazon would make sense but that could be 3 decades with the same car and I fancy a change. The new v8 diesel looks ugly from the back and a bit too electronic and expensive new and second hand not driven one in case I fall in love and end up shelling out 50k. The other problem with a car is you can only claim back 12k per year of the value. A disco commercial you get 40% of the whole lot in first year. I see some landcrusiers are vat applicable if you can justify it in your business does that also make it commercial ?
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Logs seem to season quicker once they have frozen. Not sure if the cells have expanded and burst. Also found in the past you can almost dry beech too much a little rain water and dirt pollution etc you get a better flame.
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I will have to split some measure it and try it in the stove that night. You would think 3 years in a poly tunnel that hits 45 deg would dry it out. If I split beech in there its below 20 % in 3 months and burns a treat low draw max heat and lasts well.
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After an interesting year living with a 3 year old d4 commercial I have decided I am definitely more a LC Amazon sort of man. But mine is now 15 years old. My kids are turning into 6 footers and the truck needs to tow 3500kg so what to buy next ?
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I am trying that at the moment cutting it much smaller seems to help too. I have a load of bits 150 x 50 x 10 that burn well. I have logs that have been in the poly tunnel 5 years that were dead standing and they still sit there and sulk.
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I find if I burn oak on our stove I need to open up the flue a bit or it goes black and fire goes out. With the flue open most of the heat goes up the chimney so I am better off with beech birch or maple as it turns up in the yard. Currently burning beech,maple, birch,lime,hawthorn, sycamore and the odd bit of oak bone dry seasoned for at least 2 years.
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I have read this thread and feel for all concerned. Maybe we should all agree if something like this happens we should sort it out by pm phone call or face to face meeting. Your welcome to flame if you like but I don't tend to lend or donate to people or causes unless I have met them or researched where the money is going. I never met big J but have messaged about about mills and he seemed a good chap. Hopefully this will work out well for both of you.
