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That MF372 is surely a trifle unusual. An import perhaps? I am not a MF fan but still kinda know the commoner older models. . . PS The 390 is missing the "T"

I like the plasters test! I do however remember (& drink was an distinct contributory infulence) being suckered into "spoon boxing" when in the TA Mess. The "gas microwave" for the Cook-tent was also a winner. m

I took a while to establish why i was going back instead of forward and visa versa. Bloody hydro pedals are arse-about-face/other-way-round compared to the long established JD 3720 tractor. So i got them changed = success. The other intractable issue is the swivel steering when using the forklift to lift closely stacked pallets, say off a lorry after heavy braking. The swivel steering makes it quite impossible to move the pallet out sideways, unless one swings in sideways "just so" so one really NEEDS the hydraulic side-shift pallet toes. Other than that a useful tool. Ours is used with an edging blade/bucket on the front (miles of Cycle paths) Plus a hydraulic drive rotary wire brush to scrub weeds from kerblines and off areas of Pavoirs (caravan park incl) Plus jibbling misc palletized stores about the depot, emptying bins in the Cem etc etc, filling sand for pitchs etc etc. Marcus PS Ours is a 640, which with rear weights and a silage grab (to lift bushs) comes in at 2080kg, so nicely legal on a 3000kg/3500kg trailer

So where do I, with a franschised dealer fitted swan neck towbar on the Octavia, attatch the breakaway cable, as there is no fixing point other than the swan neck and towball? Happen I wrap the cable round a couple of times and clip it to itself, what else can I do, not wishing to interfere with the CE approved integrity of my approved Skoda towbar? marcus

Eddie, Also look at Mitisibisu Canter 7.5 tonne, we have taken delivery of one with a full "Buaffalo" board floor, a 5.5m long body, incl beavertail, full width alloy tailgate ramp (gas assisted, quite beautifully) and a 5 tonne 24V recovery winch. And the slight weight penalty of the standard-fit automated gearbox. All of Which, after allowing 260kg for a full tank of diesel, and a Driver with a large piecebox. Gives a full legal payload of 4000kg. Which allows for a genunine 3500kg excavator, plus buckets (especially with an unbraked 750kg trailer on behind) cheers marcus

meh! whadda ya expect from a crappy Husky with an integral plastic-cast tank.

An absolutly excellent post Timon:thumbup:

A Hardy-Spicer? Any agricultural machinery merchant should be able to identify or source surely

Who prepares the Risk assessments and stands the training costs, if training is required,(and RA's and certified training is REQUIRED for everything nowadays) and insurance, if trained/not trained. Sounds like a potential minefield to me. Bearing in mind a Local Government employee, made a claim, as yet unresolved, in account of not being trained how to open a heavy door. Absolutly seriously. Ditto The guy knocked down crossing the road (on litter picking activities) who got his claim because the Risk Assessment (which had been prepared) did not EXPRESSLY identify the risk of being knocked down crossing the road. Cos, like, that was so bleeding obvious as to not need stating ( I presume) marcus

:thumbup::thumbup: I like it, makes perfect sense to me, people really really get their knickers in a twist, and if a parent cannot excerise this type of judgement, perhaps they are not best skilled to be a parent. The Mrs. would agree with these sentiments. The eyes are the gateway to the soul, and tell no lies. Proviso: Only in a Cafe I was familar with, not suggesting walking into a strange Cafe in a strange Town.

Akinda! In that having tried 1.0m3 bundles (appropriate Dia at 1.0m long billets) that were too heavy for my crane and forby that too loose in the strapping. I have now switched to 0.5m3 billet bundles, with 2 Polypropelene straps. Much more "wieldly" Still weigh 250kg wet and 160-175kg dry (in softwood/Confir) So realistically need means of mechanically handling. Though when dry they are "man-handelable" by 2 or rollable on the flat/up a slight incline by one. Beauty is they stack very stable and reasonably high, therefore minimizing covering, and also the round bundles allow for good airflow. And can mechanically put in under cover into a shed (and again will stack to form a vertical wall up to 3m high, between girders for instance, then and cut to the desired length at time of consumption or sale. I have yet to fabricate a rack for the 3 pt linkage (or the forklift) to take 5 bundles, being 2 on top of 3 and = to 1.25 tonne wet, so worth transporting, i.e. from the area where they are processed from the round to the stack where they are seasoned and then into the shed. Or directly through the cross cut saw and into a trailer. A manyana:blushing: job cheers m

How about; Caterpillar D.E.U.C.E., Deployable Universal Combat Earthmover, #70199 - MOD Sales, Military Vehicles & Used Ex MOD Land Rovers for Sale :thumbup1:

Just to throw another contender in the ring Krpan. Not used a double but i have the used the 8 and 9.5 tonne models. Very well built and user friendly. Lots of space in the chain boxes (i have 6 in there, 3 each side). They pull like a train. Wire rope quality is the best i've ever seen. Had cables start to hedge hog in a few weeks but this is as good as new after a year. ^WOT "e" SAID^

lemme see 20 years at a fiver a week * 52 weeks =20*5*52=£5,200.00 Saved!

A very high quality rolled steel cable comes on the Krpan winchs, or at least used to anyway.

So this baby Seal waddles into a Club. . . There is no punch line btw.

Logdaft, Now that takes me back to the 80's when routinely about Glasgow:lol:, a lot of those older established words/expressions (like "Boke" for sick) are also in common use by the locals/natives here in Scots-Ulster speaking Co. Antrim. This could be one reason we are poorer at speaking foreign languages, simply because our own is enough of a challenge to master! cheers m

Try curried rabbit, said rabbit was curried because it smelt slightly odd, despite being shot by a mate the evening before. We attempted to eat the curry but failed, a singular event for us. On cross examination Andy admitted he had not paunched it when shot, but only the morning after. I now have some idea what curried silage ud taste like. m

Kosher or Halal?

in or outta the shell?

A decent Haggis is remarkably good eating, after we bought about 100No. from Sainsburys for 1p each,(post Rabbie Burns night) to feed the dogs(seriously) cept Senior Managment decided to pop one in a pot to try it, and boy o boy, was it GOOD! With ketchup. The dogs/dawgs got none.

Hmmmm:001_rolleyes: but if you say so:001_tt2:

Ye girl ye, America is hopping full of micro-breweries at present, get stuck in, though "they" sometimes appear to go a bit mad wit the Hops an overdo it. Being an over-reaction to the usual mainstream over bland/tasteless beers. Though one might as well drink cresote as some of the pungently hoppy beers.

Ye girl ye! With reference to a parrafin heater using the same wick in oil technology as a Tilly Lamp So. "turn the wick up" = produce more heat:lol: boke = sick scowl = scold pechle= an ould feeble done person crabbit = irritable carnapscious = argumentitive thran = stubborn thran an carnapcious are often paired oxters= armpits oxter coggle = assist by gripping below the armpit/shoulder. dwamle = stagger or turn unexpectedly(particularly in a motor vehicle) i.e he tuk(took) a dwamle coup = tumble or fall over