Craig.

I`ll put a picture on your thread for you:lol: Regards Craig. (with the full stop):laugh1:

Phewww, thought my account had been hacked or some thing then.

Silky, just checked my PM outbox nothing to you?

Hate mail??:confused1: I spoke to you in the APF, but have never sent you a PM, and I`m not on face book or like:confused1:

Not the best picture sorry Jon, from yesterday morning but still pretty much the same.

Most 4X4`s that are normally just rear wheel drive, don`t have a centre diff like a land rover, so when you use 4X4 its like a land rover with the centre diff locked, so you will get a certain amount of transmission wind up, if your using it on wet or slippy roads this will release some of the tension in the transmission. Using it in 4x4 for miles and miles on a high grip surface (dry roads / concrete) would make the wind up worse and possibly eventually cause damage. The steering pushing on, and ripping the ground is again just a effect of the transmission being in effect centre diff locked. If you find the transmission wound up and wont disengage back to 4x2, just backing up, or backing up on a bit of a lock releases the tension, and disengages. Don't know whether the dmax has a diff lock. I use my ranger in 4low if I need too, with no problems, some times it might take a minute to go back to 4 or 2 high.

The temperature read -6 in pick up this morning on way to work. Been a nice clear day though. Still snow on ground here from boxing day, not much has melted, just froze solid. -1.5 outside now.

Here you go Jon, Snow on the wing of the mog, about 4 inch now

Been sticking since about half two, this afternoon. On the yard, and fields here, and looking out onto the lane out side the yard are white now, looks a couple of inches settled. Any thing down there you?

Hi Jon, a good frost this morning, and been snowing here in north wales, since just after lunch, sticking well for the last couple of hours.

Link for you, dunsley baker neutralizer link-up system

We have the same as this, a dunsley neutraliser, they come in different shapes to suit where you want to fit them, and allow a few different heat sources to be used without back feeding into each other, they (the heat sources) can be used separately or together.

As Jon said, the gearboxs can be a bit weak, and don't like rough handling, all the ones I`ve seen with problems have been manual type with two sticks, one with A & B ranges forwards and back, and the other gears 1-4, with tortoise and hare across to the left, not see dynashift ones with trouble, so can`t comment on them. Some gearbox problems, can be just external linkage problems under the cab, or unseen internal damage/breakage. Try it to see if sounds and feels right. Front axle, regular checks for play/regular greasing, more so with loader fitter,but no more of a problem than any other brand. Engine, fairly bomb proof perkins. Electrics, The is a black box under the O/S cab floor for linkage, 4wd, diff lock, etc, Have seen corrosion on the wiring connections here giving problems, but a easy fix cleaning/remaking these, also the box can fail internally/burn out, it is possible to do away and rewire for the diff lock/ 4wd just wont work automatically. Not had any linkage problems. PUH, is swing back type and can wear on the pivots, so rattles a bit with trailer on. Cabs and doors can suffer from rust. If you can find a well looked after good one, their not a bad tractor, and very good on fuel, with a good hydraulic output for a loader. The snoopy front is good for loader work, a mate of mind has one with loader, and has no overheating trouble, contrary to what some people say about the snoopy bonnet, and has been a good tractor for him, he has an other standard bonnet 3065 with about 10000hrs, been ok but needed a gear box repair a couple of years ago.

DPF is diesel particulate filter, looks like a silencer or cat in the exhaust system, its to trap very fine soot particles.

I have a shell, Texaco fastfuel, and UK fuels.

From personal experience, comparing my fuel cards price to that of a haulier buying in bulk, the is next to no difference some weeks slightly more, some slightly less. Saying that sometimes pump price comes close if super markets start a war between them selves. As said, paper work, and security swing it for me with cards. If you get a card try and get more than one, and from different company's so to keep them on their toes, price wise, they can get carried away with you using one card week in week out.

Goaty, you are right about the ships using it, but things are changing in certain areas of water regarding emissions. The simple fix for ships is to use low sulphur diesel, downside demand might increase fuel pump prices for us all. http://www.poferrymasters.com/low-sulphur-flyer.pdf Sorry for the derail On the plus side waste oil may be cheaper/ free again for your kiln or furnace, which in theory should work out quite cost effective.

The workshop heater was quite clean burning.

Yes, a visual check only as far as I know. Some of the `kits` for sale just seem to have a piece of pipe to replace the dpf, so would be no good. A bloke I know did the same as you on a bmw he had, he was a tig welder by trade, so that helped.

We used to have a waste oil heater in the workshop, a self contained unit just needing a flue and providing blown hot air, could be used in a kiln no doubt, the one in your link must be a lot more fierce to create the heat needed for the furnace. A lot of garages are paid for their waste oil now, only pennies per litre, but still, not so keen to give it away.

UK government :lol:

Just be aware if removing the DPF, It wont pass, or shouldn't pass its MOT. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-rules-for-mot-to-test-for-diesel-particulate-filter

Off the link, Most vans are under 7.5 tonnes laden (loaded) weight and must follow the speed limits for goods vehicles of the same weight. This includes Ford Transit vans.

Your 3.5t transit can do 70 on a motorway, but 60 on dual carriageway, and 50 on single carriageway. See gregs link, goods vehicles not more than 7.5ton

First bit of snow of this winter to settle this afternoon, rumbles of thunder then about 10 minutes of hail then turned to snow for about 1/2-3/4 hour. Road and yard stayed white for about an hour afterwards, just a bit left on the short grass now. Just looked out snowing lightly at the minute. In North Wales