Pumpy

Good to know thanks, in this case the engine and gearbox had been professionally fitted by a 4x4 specialist, I can't see ringers going that far.

I think it unlikely the one I was looking at was ringed, it had just had a new MOT, it would be easy to check the MOT was genuine, I am presuming the MOT would spot a ringer though, whilst not spotting the "tax exempt" rule bending regarding rebuilds. To be on the safe side on these projects, it may be worth asking the seller for a SVA/ESVA certificate, and if they're not prepared to have it tested, walk away. Pumpy.

From what I can gather, it seems the VOSA rule change in 98 meant before that pretty much anything could be done, hence the 88" and series "conversions" were cut down range rover chassis and new running gear with an 88" or series body plonked on top still qualifying for tax exemption. Since then it seems to follow the points system in Ty Unnos link above, still seems to be grey areas though, like a qualifying conversion done pre 98, but then with a new engine/running gear added after, or a post 98 rebuild that's been upgraded after passing it's "enhanced single vehicle approval" test to qualify for tax exemption. Under the current rules, I think to rebuild a series with new parts and still qualify for the original plate and not be allocated a Q plate, you'd have to use mostly original (even new) series parts under the points system you need 8 points... chassis or body shell (original or new) = 5 points suspension = 2 points axles = 2 points transmission = 2 points steering assembly = 2 points engine = 1 point I'm not sure how good a zooped up series would be on say original axles and steering with the biggest engine etc you could get away with I only do 2k miles per yr, cost wise it makes sense, my shogun is worth about £5k it'll lose 5-800 per yr in value plus £475 tax, £500 ins would come down to about £100 for classic car ins. At least that's the financial argument I gave the Mrs. when I announced I might get myself a new toy

Tks guys, Ty Unnos that link covers it I think. Why do I think they're cheap? Well, the best one I saw had been converted/rebuilt about 4yrs back, only done 2k miles since (tho it might have been hard miles) and the seller had receipts for 20K worth of parts on it, I saw it up for £10k a few months back, and heard from a mate yesterday he'd take £5k for it. But it seems this vehicle is a VOSA nightmare waiting to happen. I hadn't even thought of stolen/ringed vehicles because of the pile of receipts, but worth keeping a weather eye out for sus vehicles all the same. I'll go see my mate Ray at Rockingham LR, he'll know the full SP. Cheers fellas

At what point in the modification/rebuild process does a classic 1973 tax exempt series LR become a new vehicle? e.g. I've seen one with a new galv chassis, new galv bulkhead, upgraded engine to a Td5 with gearbox, upgraded brakes, power steering, diffs, new modern defender type bodywork, and a gob load of other expensive off road type gizmos, I was left with the feeling there wasn't much left of the original series left, a lot of off road motor for the money too. So whats to stop someone basically building a new car and still be tax exempt with cheap classic car ins? Is there much of a down side to these off type of road projects? I've seen a few around the £5k mark, and putting them up against the current running costs of my 06 Shogun sport (£475 tax £500 ins), I could afford to spend a grand a year on repairs and still be better off depreciation wise. plus I'd get to play off road a bit

yeah Rosey, with 50 cube bagged n stacked, and another 25 ton on the ground, I'm covered for a while, still taking in wood for 2018 tho, you can never have too much wood Glad to see you're on the mend matey

It's a bit early for a winter forecast, but there are a few pointers hinting at a cold one for the UK. The NCEP CFS model (climate forecast system) has had run after run forecasting significant Winter blocking during 2013/14 (this model is not known for accuracy this far out) The N Atlatic Sea Surface temp pattern in May this yr hints at an increased risk of Northern Blocking highs for winter (this pattern repeats in winter around 70% of the time) The UKMO (Met Office) model is hinting at significant blocking during the Nov/Dec/Jan period with High Pressure to the North of the UK & Low Pressure to the South, a Classic Negative North Atlantic Oscillation Set up.(this model is not known for accuracy this far out, or even near time ) Artic Ice melt season: Arctic ice rebounded 3-4 weeks early this yr, with almost a Million sq miles more sea ice than this time in 2012 already. If this is a proxy for Northern Hemisphere "heat content" it's an ominous sign for the comming UK winter IMO. Sun Cycle: the Sun is very quiet, well below forecasts, some researchers say we're heading into another "mini ice age" or "Dalton Minimum". A lot will depend on how the Jet-stream behaves, compared to S.hem jets the Northern counterpart is still relatively weak, but strength seems to be building all the time, coupled with indications for potential blocking highs, it could get pretty cold. So, taking the above into account (and a load of technical climate/weather related stuff I can't be bothered covering) I'd say we're in for a cold snowy winter, with say 60-70% confidence Pumpy

What do you do for a living? I pump **** tanks out Why do you use Arbtalk? I think it started while researching the firewood business, I was paying 1000's out a yr for firewood which I needed to bring down, ended up processing my own, arbtalk to the rescue researching tools/kit etc. I also have an 8 acre site where I planted a small forest garden, and I'm doing a lot of tree planting, so arbtalk to the rescue for tree research. Needed some mulch for the new plantings, so offered a free tip site for chip n logs, arbtalk to the rescue....Then I needed some trees addressing, so I needed a climber.. arbtalk to the rescue again I might well have achieved what I set out to do without arbtalk, but there would have been a lot more heartache involved Pumpy

Geoff, I tried scaffold poles, besides the ends sticking out a bit too much, I found working on my own it was less faff to set the forks slightly wider and use a length of chain with a hook n loop to go through the loops of one bag and back on it's self, effectively forming a sling over one fork for each bag (needs two chains for two bags). I only had to move 50 bags, if I had a lot to move regularly I'd be tempted to make a frame. Reddens scrap yard (wellingborough) has a bunch of old pallet pump trucks knocking about, you could cut the forks off and I'd bet they'd slip over your telehandler forks, weld a couple of lengths of decent box section across them as a support frame, with 8 short lengths of hook n chain hanging off in the rights spots it would be easy peasy.

I agree with TCD, because I remember the first time they tried it earlier this year, had to find the story on the wayback machine, it seems the compliant media scrubbed it. If at first you don't succeed, flush the story down the memory hole (and ignore those meddling kids showing your secrets) try try again Thoroughly depressing on so many levels.

woodburner boilers are usually fitted to gravity fed open vented systems, (so you have a cold water tank, feeding a hot water tank with a coil utilized by the boiler, and a system header/feeder tank to feed the gravity/pumped CH circuit,) putting two boilers into one circuit is usually against manufacturers instructions, because depending how the pipework runs it is possible to get HW "cycling" through the other boiler/gravity circuit, or too much heat building up in one part of the system, or other unwanted hydraulic interaction between the two systems when a pump comes on for example, best case it can prevent the system working properly, worst case is damage to the boiler or possibly a boiler explosion. When they talk about a "thermal store" they're usually talking about a hot water tank (HWT), in a single boiler system the HWT is usually fed by the gravity circuit going through the coil in the HWT, one way to add another boiler is to have a completely separate system with it's own system header tank for the additional boiler, but a second coil in the HWT, so may mean adding a coil to the existing tank (not always possible) or getting another tank with two coils fitted. This would fill the requirement for a "thermal store" and keep to the manufactures spec. A Dunsley neutraliser is just a big old manifold, where the cold feed and open vent for both boilers are connected, to eliminate any possible hydraulic interaction between the two boilers/systems. There's some diagrams on the Dunsley website follow the links on the page. More diagrams can be found in the Dunsley neutraliser installation instructions, linked on the Dunsley download page HTH

reading further now the EU legislation is coming in.... Guidance for those affected by the Plant Protection Products (Sustainable Use) Regulations 2012 New legislation on the use of pesticides regarding professional weedkiller products it seems everyone born after 1964 needs a cert of competence, or be directly supervised by a cert holder to use them regardless of circumstance, people born before Dec 1964 have the exemption until 26 November 2015, when everyone who purchases a professional product must ensure that the intended end user holds a certificate. the link to the list explaining who's supposed to be policing all this leads to a HSE login page, so I presume we're not supposed to know who to report offenders to yet, additionally since "The distributor or seller of the products is not required to check the purchaser or intended user holds the appropriate certificate..." will it make the slightest bit of difference?

I found this document useful.... CONSENTS GIVEN UNDER THE CONTROL OF PESTICIDES REGULATIONS 1986 3. No person in the course of his business or employment shall use a pesticide, or give an instruction to others on the use of a pesticide, unless that person- (a) has received adequate instruction, training and guidance in the safe, efficient and humane use of pesticides, and (b) is competent for the duties for which that person is called upon to perform. 7. No person in the course of a commercial service shall use a pesticide approved for agricultural use unless that person: (a) has obtained a certificate of competence recognised by the Ministers; or (b) uses that pesticide under the direct and personal supervision of a person who holds such a certificate; or © uses it in accordance with an approval, if any, for one or more of the following uses: (i) home garden (amateur gardening) (ii) animal husbandry (iii) food storage practice (iv) vertebrate control (including rodenticides and repellents) (v) domestic use (vi) wood preservation (vii) as a surface biocide (viii) public hygiene or prevention of public nuisance (ix) other industrial biocides (x) as an anti-fouling product (xi) 'other' (as may be defined by the Ministers) 8. No person who was born later than 31 December 1964 shall use a pesticide approved for agricultural use, unless that person: (a) has obtained a certificate of competence recognised by the Ministers; or (b) uses that pesticide under the direct and personal supervision of a person who holds such a certificate; or © uses it in accordance with an approval, if any, for one of the uses specified under paragraph 7(1)© above. all of which appears to say you need a certificate of competence if you're charging for the work/providing a service. If you are doing it as part of your business (but not providing a service) you need to have sufficient "instruction, training and guidance" unless you are doing one of the approved uses in the above list, I think?

Such a compelling argument, I stand corrected, I will attempt to converse on the same level, global corporations are obviously sugar and spice and all things nice, it's those feckless hordes of underclass who are slugs and snails and puppy dogs tails.

I agree there is widespread environmental destruction/pollution/poisoning, but I don't lay the blame on our species as a whole, because clearly there are members of the species in tune with the environment who work towards rectifying the situation. I lay the blame for "the plague", as you call it, entirely on other people, corporate drones, high functioning sociopaths and psychopaths who naturally migrate to the top of the corporate/bankster class. Corporations enabled by banksters are the planets plague, not our whole species. Which brings us back to Monsanto and big Pharma et al, who you are defending. How do you square this apparent cognitive dissonance?

Difflock where did you get this information? I don't think it's as clear cut as you suggest, Documents emerge proving Dr Andrew Wakefield innocent; BMJ and Brian Deer caught misrepresenting the facts Personally I think it's worth listening to the Dr. defend himself, it is also interesting to listen to him talk about the recent measles outbreak in S. Wales, link to videos of Dr. Wakefield interviewed. I havn't got time to find links on GMOs showing why France banned them, it was a study on GMO potatoes showing 3rd generation rats with high stomac cancer rates and really bad fertility numbers, Monsanto (bless them) had studied effects up to the first generation only, effects showed up in later generations. When I read it I thought how effective this would be to depopulate the planet, probably why the eugenics crowd are pushing them along with the overpopulation meme.

Depends how far you want to go. Since you are only part responsible, you could do 1% of the required work to fulfill your legal obligation, as a defense should they try to take you to court for the cost if the council do the work. Might need to get a quote so you can quantify 1% of the work in a letter to the council, 1% of an acre is 40.5 sq M do a 5Mx10M area, take before and after pictures etc. showing you've over fulfilled your legal obligations, include a statement saying you will maintain this patch annually, maybe then they'll chase the other 99 owners. Or become unpaid organizer risking doing a lot of legwork with no return and a lot of grief. Is the land worth anything? Is it worth sorting out a long term solution, like asking other owners to transfer their share to you so as to remove their maintenance burden, or to a community trust (if enough owners would cover legal setting up costs) with the aim of making it a nature reserve or something else useful which might attract funding. trying to deal with 100 owners sounds like grief to me tho Maybe fence it, maintain it, and go for adverse possession in 10 yrs Or get a quote, send it in to the council offering to pay 1% of it or something.

The Sustainability Center in Hampshire has yurts, teepees etc. very popular so might need to book well in advance Bit further afield in near us Northants (2 hour+ drive ish) there's an outfit hire canoes where you go down the river to a camping spot already set up with yurts etc. seem to do a range of prices for short breaks link to website

I can see how warming up a diesel for 10 mins in a small housing estate at 4.30am would irk someone too, but if it were only once, in the dead of winter, I'd cut the obviously hard working chap some slack, I would not wait 2 years and then write a letter about it, including other pifflingly small minded complaints. Would anyone else moaning about this 4:30 thing seriously wait 2 years to say something? Tell the bloke to get a grip, anyone listing complaints from 2 years ago deserves rectal intimacy with the rough end of a pineapple, period.

Reading the planning rules, seems you'd pass the key tests to determine you'd not need planning permission IMO see Planning Portal - Working from home I'd write a letter back... Dear Cupid Stunt, thank you for your letter dated whenever. It seems you have been misinformed regarding the nature of my business, and the authority you think you hold over me in a democracy. I am tree surgeon, my business is tree surgery, my business activity is carried out on customer premises only, where would you suggest I move my business to? Until this country becomes a dictatorship, and some idiot puts you in charge of it, you hold no sway over me, I therefore don;t have to comply with your irrelevant requests. Please desist from writing your wishes regarding my business to me in future, I have a life, and I don't want to waste it answering trivial letters from you. I suggest you move to China and contribute large sums to the party in charge, this may allow you the power you clearly desire. Disclaimer: this is not to be considered legal advice, just the ramblings of a raving lunatic

I had a tour round Laverstoke on a compost tea seminar, the composting/green waste facility has to be one of the best I've ever seen, about 8 acres with specialty windrow/turning machines, a HUGE shredder/mulcher/mincer that was mincing BIG tree roots when I was there, up to a conveyor system/screens/screening bays, they also recycle the rain/runoff water from the site to use in the windrow machines, very swish operation. The soil/testing lab is fantastic too. If you pop by, go in the shop and get some Buffalo milk Ice cream, you'll never want any other ice cream again!

distressing looks like a dremmel or multitool used on wet wood to me

I've had a 1995 450 Kodiak for about 5 yrs, now got 7k km on it, good workhorse, it's had a new carb (worn sliders) some welding on the front and back load racks (minor), new battery, and new front wheel baring & gators (disintegrated) in that time. I heard the carb issue is quite common, symptoms include flooding, uneven revs even when it's warmed up, high revving etc. check the bearings by waggling the wheels, fronts are harder to spot for wear so give em a good look see. no idea how much an 09 is worth.

Funny, I never met anyone serving in Scotland who got stung for the poll tax for the pleasure of living in barracks who had a good word for her. Just after that went pear, we had an armed forces pay review for our branch as so many were leaving for 4 times the pay in civi street, got a glowing review recommending a 30% special service pay increase for the whole branch, result was a pay decrease! (2% less than inflation). Still, I raised a glass to the old goat, tho I won't repeat the toast

I recall some of those "wrong things" she did, possibly the wrongest thing she did was to support Pol Pots Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. However, I can't agree with the logic that giving military assistance to genocidal maniacs is outweighed by her actions crushing the unions. We'll have to agree to disagree there!