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This is bang on, I remember when folks used to down plate from 10 to 7.5. the whole truck was built slightly heavier so you end up compromising the carrying capacity. Some of these downplated trucks depending on body type could only carry 2 ton. Bob

We have got quite a few of these landrovers and the mpg figures live with the drivers. We gave the old boy that drives the mulcher a 90,. We gave him the car with 40,000 miles on it. He goes along with the traffic and tucks in with the lorries on the motorways and rarely does more than 60mph. He managed to put 280,000 miles on it in 6 years and it always managed 350-400 miles out of its 12 ish gallon tank. You have to bear in mind he was loaded with all the diesel for the day, spares,hydraulic oil and tools, probably half a ton. It also never needed any mechanical components in that time not even a clutch, all it had was its service`s and a grease gun put over it. Now we turn to the 110`s the "boys" use and its sub 25mpg and a new clutch most years and the odd gearbox here and there. The tdi lump is capable of 30+ mpg as many will confirm in nearly two ton of discovery. The problems lay firmly with the drivers. One lad pulled into the workshop and insisted that one of the 110`s needed a new fuel filter because it would not go over 35mph so the fitter just did as he asked and off he went. A week later he said it was just the same so the fitter wizzed it round the block, , the **** had been driving it for nearly 2 weeks in low range. Another moron had two clutches in a 110 in a month.We assumed that the clutch that was fitted was duff till I went to site and watched him drive it. He was taking a mini tractor with flail to a scrub clearance job every day and bringing the kit back at night for security reasons. The entrance to the job was up a steep drive and he was backing the best part of 3 ton of trailer up a drive in high range against the trailer brakes ?????????? He did not know there was a reversing toggle to put in on the trailer and did not know there was a low range on the box , if I had not been there that morning it would have been clutch 3 going in it. I am going to stop here because I could write a book on this:laugh1: Land rover will give 30+mpg if driven properly and also give a really good service life but in the hands of morons ??????????? Bob

That thing would be as much use as a chocolate teapot in the woods. I cant think of a use for it, its too tall,wide and heavy. As a gritter its probably the nuts but to have a monster like that with a flail on it seems like a sledgehammer to crack a walnut. Bob

Gazundaboard. For laying on:) A bit of clean plywood to poke under a machine in the woods to stop you being eaten alive and soaked to death while fixing poxy forestry equipment. Bob

Well there a paying job there if someone wants it and I can supply the sticks if you want. Bob

Keruing is the norm but being a tight wad and the fact that some our kit punches holes through the boards it wont be getting that . It does not need to be seasoned or rebated just straight forward planks. Bob

The deck of our low loader is fubared and we need to re plank it. The area is 40`x8` the planks can be 6" or 8" wide. They need to be 1 1/4" thick and I will need enough to cover this area plus a bit of spare for losses on the bearers. A decent hardwood or suggestions please. Preferably in the south of england. Bob

The land rover has a dozen uses even when its road smoking years are over. Our 110 was finished with so we got our fabricator/welder to lengthen the chassis and mount a simon hoist on the back. while he was at it he fitted some anchors and a hyraulic winch up the back of it. The hydraulic pto has a two way spool too divert too the winch/cherrypicker. While he was at it he fitted an extendable draw bar so it can tow a chipper. I found an fd35 nissan engine on the bay of thieves and we put that in it. Its the nuts and we get no end of use out of it. A friend of mine had a beaten up old 90 and he tore the back off it and fitted a massive drum winch in it running off the pto, same thing its always in use. They recycle well:) Bob

Thats just taking the piss Onion juice works a treat and lasts all day. Bob

Its as clear as mud just like anything the government legislates on. I do think the loop is open enough to be workable in as much as most of us are not employed as "drivers" which the drivers cpc is aimed at. Even though its an EU directive Germany are threatening too not comply which might blow the whole thing out of the water. Time will tell. Bob

Some truth in here. I deliver about four artic loads of timber a month to a little old man and his mucker. He is and has been flat out all year with his logs for a number of years now. He has a splitter and conveyor belt going straight into 1 ton bags , he has a beaten up forklift to stack and load the bags. He makes very light work of this and he has done very well out of it. He is just organized. Bob