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Dont be put off by the spares with yank stuff. If you phone through and pay for parts 3pm our time which is about 9am there they will be on your doorstep 8am the next morning. Thats using UPS, as said they are big into freight services and very good at it, it takes some beating. Also reckon on a £ to the $ by the time it gets here because its racks up with import,vat, freight and handling charges. The UK vat is charged on all of these but you wont incur the mainland yank taxes because its for export. Bob

Geoff the guys are not wrong . Engines made prior to 2006 will benefit by adding a drop of oil to the diesel. The injection systems made prior to this were designed to run with a fuel that had better lubricating qualities. The contentious issue here is whats best to use and from my research plain old cooking (bio) oil is more than adequate at ratio`s of up to 5%. Two stroke,atf and engine oil will all help or do the job . Totally unnecessary in vehicles 2007 onwards but important in the older ones. As per this article,New Diesel Fuel and Old Diesels | Mercedes-Benz Club of America Bob

As far as using two stroke in fuel goes there are varied views on it benefits but this article below sort of puts it into perspective. Adding 2 Stroke Oil to Diesel A liter per fill of good old cooking oil is more than adequate and a fraction of the price. As far as more MPG goes its all down to the right foot, the manufacturers mpg figures can be beaten and some times doubled with careful use of the right foot. Bob Article below. Contributor: Stuart Bladon After 26 years on Autocar magazine, where he was deputy editor, Stuart became a freelance writer in 1981. His interest in economy driving dates from a first attempt at the Mobil Economy Run in 1961 with a Rover 3-litre, and in July 1984 he achieved an entry in The Guinness Book of Records by driving an Audi 100 turbo diesel from Land's End to John o' Groats and back as far as Falkirk without refuelling. Total distance was 1,150.3 miles, at 59.27 mpg. When the record was broken by a Toyota Land Cruiser fitted with an extra fuel tank, he tried again with the later Audi 100 turbo diesel, and retrieved the record by going from John o' Groats to Land's End, and back to Scotland, all on one tankful, 1,338.1 miles at 75.94 mpg. The tank finally ran dry on A74 at the then-little known town of Lockerbie. He also established the world record distance for production car economy, covering 112.01 miles on a single gallon of diesel fuel with a Citroën AX 14DTR. But he claims that his most successful economy drive with a petrol car was in October 1997 with a Mitsubishi Carisma GDI. Flagged away from Earls Court on the opening day of the Motor Show, the Carisma traversed France without refuelling, and then went right across Spain and over the ferry to Tangier. Total length of the London-Morocco journey was 1,658.4 miles, at an average fuel consumption of 65.06 mpg. Total fuel used was 25.49 gallons - less than two tankfuls. Stuart's experience as a Road Tester began soon after joining Autocar 46 years ago, and included testing a Lamborghini Miura at 172 mph. He drives about 80 different cars a year, averaging a total of 28-30,000 miles, and has been Road Tester for Wessex Wheels from the first issue of the magazine, which has now grown into the web publication Gear Wheels at Welcome to Gear Wheels and Wessex Wheels Motoring Magazine

There are a pile of weights bolted to the front so its not a problem. The old girl has not met its match as far as big ugly trees go including some recently with lean back over a house . Saved dismantling them which would have been at least a weeks work , they were on the floor within the hour . Also recently dragged a 20 ton machine out of a bog . As far as a winch goes I think they take some beating. Bob

My boughton on the nuffield is mounted straight to the back of the tractor. I am led to believe that boughton used a tk bedford crownwheel and pinion inside these winch`s with a mod to the pto shaft.

If you want to ag register a truck it needs to fall into a body type ie tractor etc. For most multipurpose ag vehicles its easier to register them as an ag machine which covers the timber truck , tipper and bowser etc. You then have to be mindful that restrictions do apply like no motorways and some of the ag diesel rules. Bob

I could enter my 6x6 iveco in that Bob

Al there is a humungous second hand engine parts supplier in that industrial estate behind twickenham rugby stadium, I would be very surprised if they never had all your bits on the shelf. They have had a recent name change but I cant remember what it is. Bob

And me but I am not quite right Thats the way I see it with a decent gmc 6.2 or 6.5 . Re the length you cant have it always , it will carry 4 +_times the weight of a transit so it can be a bit bigger. If it takes an extra couple of minutes to reverse into a job so what, its better than a two hour turn around to empty a truck with next to nothing on it. Bob

If a bit of cleverness was applied and it was fitted with 4 steering axles it would be ultra maneuverable , probably better than a 90 . A bit like a telehandler. Bob

Here you go for something different, an 8x8 landy. The axles are rated at 2ton each so in theory it should have just over 5 ton carrying capacity. Ag register that little beauty bob Start at 0.45 [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eukdNXRJiCU]Monster Tuning land rover 8x8 defender and discovery monster truck - YouTube[/ame]

We had to remove a monster roadside oak for a developer and ended up with the entire tree hugging population of the adjacent housing estate trying to stop us , police turned up to try and calm it all down and by the time we started a TV crew turned up to film it. Made the news on southern tv:lol:. Often wondered how many trees were felled to accommodate the houses on the estate the huggers lived in. Bob

Is there no warranty or come back from the guy that sold it to you Al ? Bob

I have not read up on the latest towing laws but I am going to. A friend of mine moved a tractor and post knocker on his plant lorry the other day for fencing contractor. It had to go from Oxford to Crawley, the fencing guy followed in his transit and trailer with some materials on the back. Nothing leary looking about it but he was pulled by Vosa at Leatherhead at 9am , apparently they like transits and its 50% of what they now pull. Anyway they found it to be slightly overweight and a few small faults so it got a prohibition on it as well, they also nicked the driver for tacho infringements . My mate had to go back to the Vosa depot from Crawley and crane the trailer onto the back of his truck and take it to the job, we are now talking about 2pm. That was one expensive day. You really need to be on top of this and check what you can legally tow not only with your license but the vehicle, not all transits have the same towing capacity's/ train weights and some when loaded for business use fall into the tacho rules. Bob

West of stonehenge they use kit like this. Bob http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=161906&stc=1&d=1406309799

Just bolted the two ms880`s back together that had been run on straight petrol. I think the old pistons are looking a tad second hand:thumbdown: Managed to rescue the bores with a light honing but really could do with a couple of new barrels to get them 100%. Bob

Kinell:biggrin: Bob

We have mulcher heads for excavators but you wont be doing much with a 3.5 ton machine. That is not enough machine for the job, you will need a ten ton plus machine to get the kind of hydraulic flow to power a head like that. The smaller ones will do it but you will be working it very hard. We have Seppi head with variable displacement motor for a small machine if you want to give it a bash. Bob

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Are you sure you have the pumps pipes on the right way round? Bob

Bang on:thumbup1: Get your head down, trim up the outgoings and get on a mission. Short term hardship for a long term gain. Bob

The success of the application revolves around the impact of the nuisance factor. You need adequate parking Good sight lines on exit Not to impact on the environment Not hack off the neighbours Noise comes into it so you may be restricted in a built up area Parish council can stick their oar in so they need softening up Timing of the application can make a huge difference. Put the add in the paper at the start of the school holidays or the week before christmas ,folk are to busy to read the papers and stick the boot in and the council are short staffed. Bob

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NIG is about £400pa fully comp inc road risk but is part of the fleet plan. Bob