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scraggs

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  1. Free to good home I have a pair of Bearmach HD 2"+ rear 110/130 springs. Now the story behind them is I bought them and they didn't fit, but that may be due to it being a new galv chassis and everything being very tight, the people I bought them from didn't want the hassle of collecting them so refunded me and said do what I like with them.. If anyone wants to try them you are free to come and collect them, sorry they are far too heavy to want to post, Maybe if they did fit a small donation to the childrens trust or little havens childrens hospice would be nice, and if they don't you have some quality scrap
  2. with that budget I would have a 130 and don't have the rear body overhang, rather than a 110 with the overhang, it will tow so much sweeter, a 300tdi with a full width intercooler and VR Turbo and pump mods, a galv chassis, hydraulic winch, galv bulkhead, 265 BFG mud's, HD rear suspension, rebuild doors and overhaul all the major parts.
  3. That looks totaly ridiculous imo
  4. The first ifor tippers used to run their power straight from the tow vehicle, one of the reasons they stopped doing it that way was you need some pretty substantial cables to run all the distance up to the battery of a truck and not melt them. If it was mine I would buy a new battery and also wire a fused auxiliary socket to the back of the truck and then wire a plug to the battery, we use ours endlessly some days and have no trouble at all. If you remove the battery good quality battery cables and high amp Anderson won't be very cheap anyway, and you will be stuck with using the trailer with one truck.
  5. you beat me to it
  6. The main reason I use a fuel card is one receipt every 2 weeks makes it easier for the book work.
  7. Best way for road diesel I have found is on a fuelcard, I pay about 2ppl less than pump, we now use a firm called BWOC, and get a text friday night with next weeks prices. I wouldn't want to store road derv through fear of it getting stolen just to save 4ppl over pump price
  8. Ask Dean he may know why
  9. scraggs

    Bad dreams

    Try eating sunflower seeds an hour or so before you go to bed, as others have said, lay off caffeine from the early evening. I have some pretty graphic dreams if I watch films involving water, have concluded that it's linked to me nearly drowning a couple of times when I was a young, it's always the same dream and I normally always wake up just before the inevitable end. Never again will I watch titanic
  10. service metals will probably be your best bet
  11. Long time ago now Jon, I think it was about a 16 ton payload but was a 6x4 flatbed. Nice lorry but the Detroit's were supposed to be juicy
  12. Some of the TM's had a Detroit engine. I nearly bought a 6 wheeler TM years ago but the Detroit turned me away.
  13. That was my thought aswell We regularly do work on new houses where the client hasn't moved in yet, and just meet them on site.
  14. Whatever or whoever it was it was good to have this pointed out in case anyone else falls for a similar scam.
  15. I like stuff like that, we are just a grain of sand. I have always liked this one
  16. 6.3m reach and can lift just over half a ton at that. It's powered by a 6hp honda, would be too slow for general arb work but its good for dragging and lifting big sticks.
  17. If I was a copper I would love to put that over a weigh bridge !!. A Feel free Forklift has a weigh checker fitted and it will be close but not close enough Actually the truck is light on that one, it can take 2 pallets Not worth the fine or the hastle
  18. It can be done but keeping the nose weight legal can be tricky, depends on the type of crane you want and how much you want to lift at what reach. The best way to fit them and keep the weight right is fit it at the front of the bed, not on the drawbar. triaxle trailers can make it easier. On this one the crane weighs 600kg with the engine and strengthening, but it has to be unfolded out across the length of the bed when empty to make it legal, wouldn't be without it now though.
  19. Depending on the build quality it looks a lot of machine for the money.
  20. I wouldn't touch them. There is a payment to return the terminal of around £150 even after the 18 months. Also on a rolling contract of 18 months a time. I just left them, but luckily was with cardsave who were taken over by them and got out cost free due to them trying to change our contract mid term. I ended up with a decent deal from Barclays, there was better out there but the service has been far better and no crap hiding in the small print about canceling. Best thing is to check and double check the small print, they try to get you when you leave. When I was looking to move it was a toss up between Barclays and Sagepay, Barclays got it because their terms were best, 12 month contract to start, non rolling, with no machine collection charges, rates were better than anyone, but the minimum monthly merchant fee was higher (to us that didn't matter as it always costs us more than the minimum anyway) We also had an issue with Worlpay not wanting to swap a faulty terminal without a major fight.
  21. Just pay them a visit, most don't like confrontation and pay up.
  22. I have a villager Chelsea and wish now I had used the rear flue and left the top for the stew pot. I will be putting a new stove in next year and will have a rear flue and flat top next time.
  23. All the fun has been taken out of Christmas by the shops and tv ramming it down our throat from not long after Easter. I will never understand why people find the need to ram trolleys full of crap that they would never normally eat or drink and can ill afford, it's just a huge excercise in over excess. All I like about Christmas is most of the family around the table for a normal dinner without the excess on Christmas day, and that's it, the rest of it you can stick. Baah
  24. if water has got into the battery that could explain if it has terminal corrosion.
  25. They are normally ok so long as the terminals are clean and tight. A cover would be a wise move

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