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They were good tractors, I had one we used for years that had the loader removed and we used it as a tow and mowing tractor.

Is it the industrial 40 ?

It also has a fridge but as things were tight there is no room for a table, its an eat on your lap job I have been asked by several people who are interested in it if I would consider taking it into production in grp, it weighs in at just over half a ton. A sort of gallery of it's build is here The mounting system has been changed since the first shot to something better looking and more substantial with custom chassis brackets.

I have one that I built because the only ones you can buy as you say are a bit too large, the trouble is they are all made so you can sleep across them which makes them much wider than a euro pickup They have lots of advantages over other campers imo, mine has a pop up roof and is the same width as the buck, not very big but is a doddle to drive even in the highest of winds, has a cooker, sink, heating and fridge, for a toilet we use the porta potti in a toilet tent I think if you want smaller than the average you will have to sacrifice some of the home comforts, but as far as i'm aware there is no one making smaller solid sided one's(you can get canvas popups) what we have has served us ok, but is really only suitable for weekends, and because we now want to go away for longer I have just bought a T4 hightop camper, so will be parting with the demount. My next project is a demountable on a 130 landy, which because they are slightly wider can be slept across widthways, because I still think they offer the best of all worlds, and 4wd is also very handy on some sites.

I have a customer who kept getting his ifor's stolen from his yard, the police advised getting his new one painted which he did in a nice loud green and his last one was never stolen, apparently it's less likely to be stolen because it stands out.

I couldn't get a strengthened already galvanised 130 chassis from the usual suppliers, it appears none of them do them in either 110 or 130, speaking to one of our local landy places the HD chassis is never seen on standard versions including tippers, so I have gone with a standard one. Be carefull if you go down the new galv chassis route as the one made by richards although made from thicker plate are not type approved (don't know if that has changed now), the ones from marsland are made by GKN who supply chassis to land rover, so there is no type approval issue. I would imagine if you want a HD chassis it will have to come from land rover.

The heavy duty chassis was available as an option and was usually specked by utility companies, it involved 2 or 3mm plates being welded down the entire chassis, but was a rust trap as water gets between the 2 plates and rusts away nicely, hence my 130 rebuild VOSA have said they can not issue a new plate the plate is for me to get sorted but they check that the alterations have been made.

I am converting my 110 hicap to 3500kg as soon as my 130 is finished, it's also going on a 130 galv chassis. you need to put bump stop extenders on the front axle and put helper springs in the rear coils, you already have the salisbury axle and that is pretty much all that needs doing. The problem comes with getting a new plate stamped, there are loads of plates available on the net but land rover has a special stamp for 2 of the characters on the plate, also it's stamped from the back so the letters stand up on the front, and atm I am struggling to find a plate the right size to replace the one on the brake servo. I am currently trying to persuade land rover to stamp a new plate which I understand they can do but are reluctant to do so. Axle weights for the 130 are GVW 3500kg, GTW 7000kg, front axle 1580kg and rear axle 2200kg but should be the same or the 110. I called into Vosa at Ipswich to discuss the uprate and they said they would be happy with it and just get a plate made by someone else, but I would rather have one that looks official. Insurance wise I discussed it with NFU yesterday and they are happy with both the chassis length change and the weight uprate so long as they can have a copy of the MOT certificate.

I forgot to add that the chassis on the ranger and especially the later ones is made from toffee, my older one flexed but nothing like the new one , it notices a lot when you tow with them you can see the chassis flexing between the buck and the cab, it's one of the reasons I am going back to a land rover.

I have just had a price of £600-£800 to do my landy chassis cab, but that is a complete colour change and isn't just for a straight blow over.

As already said the rangers of a certain year (appears to be tdci up to the newer shape) are terrible for towing, way to high ratios in the box, although apart from that they ain't a bad truck, that said my 02 plate ranger was a much nicer truck to work with especially when towing. I wouldn't buy another one of them, they are cheaper for a reason imo.

Good reliable trucks, the ride is a bit iffy when fully loaded around corners, but they could get stuck on a tarmac road, I wouldn't want another one.

I can sort of see the thinking behind it Locally one of the big recycling firms/transfer stations is shipping wood chip from skip and other waste to sweden or finland (one of those can't remember which) for thier biomass stations, which to me seems completely stupid. Chimneys can be fitted with scrubbers that trap the contaminants, i'm sure if it can be burnt in other countries it can be burnt here.

And there was me thinking you couldn't do anything to a ranger to make it any worse.

What pto HP does it need now to power it and what pto speed ? Running off the front pulley is never a wise idea, it's ok for small stuff like auxiliary pumps and such imo. I saw the remains of someone doing a similar thing to an irrigation pump last year, that was meant to be pto powered except they ran off the flywheel with a reversing gearbox, luckily no one was killed.

From the pic it looked like it had the log loading ramp kit.

I think some zetors were 24v ? in which case you will need to keep 2 batteries.

I tried to persuade them to take a phone bid but because it was short notice they wouldn't, and I couldn't get up there in time for the auction, looks like it has all the extras with it.

Not a clue what they are making at the moment, as said above the export market for them is very good, I sold a really wrecked 6911 with cab smashed and rusty, bald tyres and mechanacly beaten to death for nearly £800 last year, and it went back to poland.

4911 is like most 11 series zetors pretty indestructable and very reliable, I had a lovely one for a couple of years.

It's over the top in our eyes but someone was willing to pay it, whether they manage to sell the rest of it remains to be seen. It would be nice if you could find land around here at £6k an acre, if you do and there is more than you want please let me know about it.

Best of luck with that in general you are going to be looking at around the £10k an acre mark for woodland around here now. I do know of a piece but tbh am after it myself, but if it falls through I will let you know. Ok it's rant time. Woodland.co.uk have a hell of a lot to answer for in my opinion, in their for sale section there is 3 lots that are now sold in alresford, they form part of a really stunning 49 acre ancient wood that was recently sold, that wood is now going to be ruined with everybody thinking they can do what they like with it and fences going everywhere. Some might call it sour grapes but I know that particular woods quite well (then called stable & mill woods) and knew that because the rides split it up so nicely (roughly into 9 pieces) it would be ideal woodland for woodland.co.uk to buy and put on again and I really didn't want to see it go the way it has, unfortunately you can't outbid someone with as much money as they have to spend and make it a viable proposition, but yet again it's another great woodland that in my opinion will be ruined, speaking to the local FC they are of the same opinion and hate to see woodlands split up this way, with fences all over the place, I would rather have seen someone else own the woods if not me than to see it go this way, but I also know it's the way of the world and there is bugger all you can do about it. I would like to know the legal standing as to right of way to a woods like the one I have mentioned, as far as I am aware when the woods was sold the right of way was granted to one owner for access to the woods and for forestry vehicles, but now the access will be used by lots of people, I believe it's called "enhancing a right of way" but wonder how the right of way owners feel about this or if they have even thought about it. I have come to the conclusion I am not the only person who feels like this about woodland.co.uk as I have noticed that near halstead in essex someone has gone to the trouble of climbing a tree to spray over one of thier sign's. Unfortunately it' not just with woodland and sadly the Tendring area is now covered with fenced off one acre horse paddocks with stupid looking sheds, and the whole area is now looking hideous. Rant over.

I would imagine this is what you wanted to link too Japa 300 Firewood processor Oct 2008 -PERFECT Order

You could try Barenbrug or dlf But it's not a very good time of the year to be putting grass seed in, especially if you are doing it cheap you will be putting a fairly low rate on and germination rate will be lower in winter.

Just out of interest. Can any peterson owners tell me how wide a gap you need to get the saw carriage through a gateway, as the peterson frame looks quite wide.