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I have spoken to sandy lane, the place mentioned on here were a fair bit cheaper, but they are an option.

I have decided I would like to get more privacy at my house and am looking to get enough laurel plants to do a total of about 200 metres. There was a similar thread last year where several suppliers were mentioned in a thread, but I can't find the thread . Thanks in advance

Bloody good tow trucks One thing to be aware of is the belly pan on ours had sound proofing stuck to it, which does an excellent job of soaking up vast amounts of oil, found that out after my gearbox developed a serious leak and the first thing I knew about it was when the gearbox failed If I could find a really nice one I would snap it up.

That's very impressive. Out of interest did you sand the boards down before gluing them together ? some pallet boards are very rough sawn.

I built one several years ago because I couldn't buy what I wanted. The full height ones look hideous imo, they are far too high and make the truck unstable and they have too much overhang, I would hate to drive about with one on the back. Here is what I built, it had a solid pop up roof, drove really nice but far too small inside. The ones on dodge ram sized trucks look more stable as the truck is much bigger. Build pictures are here

I can do it, was shown how to do it by a plumber friend who uses it a lot, it's a very handy thing to be able to do. I use a couple of gas welding rods bent at just under 90 degrees and sort of bend my wrists over slightly, if that makes sense, it helps the rods move easier.

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Have seen a few about, they now have 3 ton towing capacity which is a huge improvement on the earlier model. They used to be based on Merc running gear, not sure if that's still the case. If you take the price saving and write it off against the resale value I am not sure they work out cheaper in the long run though.

I have been considering one of these for bag filling and mixing the soil we blend with compost prior to bagging, only thing that puts me off is when I tried an Avant it was hopeless at pushing into a heap. Perhaps it's time to get a demo on one.

That's what we think is probably going to happen to it. That said I wonder if it's been stolen by an opportunist thief. It was a long way from home when it was stolen.

Can I ask if people would mind keeping an eye out for someone I knows Land Cruiser LC79 single cab pickup with dropside body, it's the 6 cylinder factory turbo version. I have only just been told about it, it was stolen from Romford on Sunday 15th January in the afternoon/evening, Reg number was AC03 HCZ, I do have the chassis number if anyone should need it, and there are some bits that would give it away without the chassis number. The usual thing of the police can't be arsed to look into it, even though there are CCTV cameras everywhere. I would imagine this is long gone by now, I am gutted for the owner, but not as gutted as he is, this was a very nice truck that he brought back with him from Australia when he moved back here, I was hoping to own it in the near future. If anyone should see or be offered one of these could you call me please on 07860 408135. Many thanks

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Fuel economy is one of the reasons I am not completely sure about the land cruiser, fuel economy on my 130 is really good at about 25mpg with the truck and trailer loaded, I have been told to expect around the 17mpg mark with the land cruiser.

Looks like I may end up with a a Land cruiser pickup this year so the 130 300tdi with the galvanised chassis will probably go, I am doing more and more miles in it and I need more comfort.

Was a very long time ago we used to run a 90hp 4wd balarus that ended up as a tow motor for pulling lorries off the field, it was a bloody nightmare to start and had a habit of blowing hydraulic pumps to pieces if we used a forklift on the back, had a keyway affair driving the rear wheel hubs that forever kept coming loose and it was terrifying driving it on the road, can't think of anything good to say about it except it could pull like a train for 90hp and had unbelievably good traction, that's why it got used as the tow tractor.

Nice loader, was offered a very low hour one recently, was tempted but don't really have a use for them now.

We have T&C's on the reverse of our invoices. And learnt from bad experience that you really must have them on your website

I am wondering why the finance company isn't chasing this up with the dealer, you are paying for goods you haven't received and until it's paid for it's their asset. You are certainly a more patient man than me, whether they are the only dealer or not I wouldn't have given them nearly 18 months, sounds like they really do need a much tougher approach.

Hope you are OK Eggs Out of interest I'm assuming it wasn't Colchester General ?

The 2009 will have the higher ratio gearbox which I think was used from late 2006 up until the major revamp in late 2009. Best of luck towing 3000kg with it is all I can say But if it's not going to be towing it isn't too bad, apart from the usual terrible quality Ford paint, and there is a known gearbox issue.

LC79 is plated to tow 3500kg and had a GTW of 6700kg, or that's what was on the one I looked at. They have a huge nose weight of 350kg though.

I really need to sort out a new truck but the idea of losing 500kg off my truck payload to tow a 3500kg trailer is rubbish, I had a long day delivering in my LR yesterday and my body hurts today. The LC79 is a nice truck but having driven one with a 4.2 NA it is gutless, on paper it pushes out less power (both HP and Torque) than my 300tdi with full width intercooler, TBH I was amazed just how gutless it was on a test drive. You will not get a RHD new LC79 with the 4.2 NA engine into the UK, it doesn't meet the emission requirements, although there is a company (in holland I think) that can get the engine to meet emission requirements, but they will only sell you a complete truck, not a kit. I have been told there is some loophole about bringing them in as LHD though. as to longevity, the 4.2 NA has a different block to the 4.2 turbo, the 4.2 turbo is the one to have to last but it appears it's no longer built, but whatever engine they are all very very juicy, I met someone who owns a 4.2 turbo and his first comment was "lovely truck" his second was "stupidly thirsty". I would think towing 3500kg with the 4.2 NA would be hard work, you can get a kit to turbo the 4.2 NA, but you won't have the strengthened block, all that said it was a lovely truck to drive. Not sure how it would work with the Australian V8 version and emissions, but apparently it would be very expensive by the time it got here, from memory if they are over a certain age then emissions don't matter when importing them from anywhere. Had the LC79 been more powerful I would be driving one now. I was hoping the new Amorok V6 was going to be 3500kg towing but having spoken to the dealer yesterday it's towing capacity is going to be 3100kg, 100kg less than the 2.0ltr version, so that was a waste of time on VW's part I may go have a look at the new Hilux, Rangers from experience are rust buckets, and the DMax still has dealers denying there is an engine issue. So all in all not much choice really Perhaps I will just fit new comfier seats in the LR and get it soundproofed better.

It pays to check the plate of any of them including 130's. we have come across a couple of 130's plated at 3050kg My 130 alloy body with wood floor non tipper has a payload of 1400kg