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Design weights are set in stone, even tractors have maximum axle and towing weights. The main difference between truck based ag vehicles is whether they are registered Ag machine or ag tractor, ag machine is allowed 40mph and ag tractors vary. Blurb Tractors and regulatory requirements: a brief guide September 2017 - GOV.UK WWW.GOV.UK
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Unless you use the AG, forestry,hort exemption that has no weight limit. Some types of vehicle are exempt from EU rules. This means they come under GB domestic rules in the UK. The main types of exempt vehicle are: vehicles that cannot go faster than 40 kilometres per hour, including vehicles that are restricted by a set speed limiter emergency aid vehicles - vehicles used in the non-commercial transport of humanitarian aid for use in emergencies or rescue operations breakdown vehicles - specialised breakdown vehicles working within a 100km of their base vehicles undergoing road tests for technical development, repair or maintenance purposes, and new or rebuilt vehicles which have not yet been put into service non-commercial vehicles under 7.5 tonnes - for example a person moving house or goods carried by a non-profit making group or registered charity vehicles manufactured more than 25 years ago vehicles used by agricultural, horticultural, forestry, farming or fishery businesses for carrying goods within 100km of where the business is based vehicles that are used to carry live animals between a farm and a market, or from a market to a slaughterhouse where the distance is less than 100km vehicles that are used to carry animal waste or carcasses that are not intended for human consumption educational vehicles, for example play buses and mobile libraries vehicles or combinations of vehicles with a maximum permissible weight of 7.5 tonnes or less that are used for carrying work equipment for the driver where the distance is less than 100km vehicles driven only on islands whose area does not exceed 2,300 square kilometres vehicles with a maximum weight of 7.5 tonnes which use natural or liquefied gas or electricity as fuel and carry goods within 50km from their base driving instruction or exams - vehicles used for driving instruction and examination. Includes instruction for renewal of Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) circus vehicles - specialised vehicles transporting circus and funfair equipment milk collection - vehicles used for collecting milk from farms or returning milk containers or milk products for animal feed to farms any vehicle that is propelled by steam
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Fitting a tipper back to crewcab Hilux-anyone done this?
aspenarb replied to Treetom15's topic in Arb-Trucks
The scissor type ram/tipping gear will all be mounted between the upper and lower sub chassis`s, nothing hangs below this so everything you put on the back whether single or double cab will sit on the chassis you have. If you look at the two chassis`s below you will notice they are basically the same, there are two forward bodymounts that will need 50x50 box section on top of them to bring them up to the same level as the other fixing points. What you will be doing is mounting the cut down tipper body and sub chassis`s as close to the hump in the chassis where it goes over the axle as you can. All the tipper gubbins will be sat over the mid cross member/tank/ spare wheel, nothing hangs down. Just slide your cut down tipper onto the chassis and bolt down to all the lugs available. Bob -
Fitting a tipper back to crewcab Hilux-anyone done this?
aspenarb replied to Treetom15's topic in Arb-Trucks
The easiest and cheapest tipper conversion for any pickup is to adapt the Ali planked Transit type tipper bodies. They are riveted together and can be dis assembled, shortened, width reduced with a wood saw and riveted/bolted back together. The only " fabrication" needed is to shorten the subframes and reduce the width of the bolster, you dont need to get involved with the tipper geometry because its the front bit you are cutting off so the hinge to ram ratio remains untouched , the ram etc stays where it is. Bob There was enough ali planking left over on this one to add some extra height to the sides. -
Mainly TW`s here and thousands of hours of use, only service items in the main and only the occasional repair. Cant put breakages, negligence or stupidity against the brand. Bob
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They must have been old codes not deleted Z, it would never of made it home with that lot unless it was just a problem with that big square mulitpin harness plug between the engine and bodywork. Bob
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`zz do yourself a favour before you scramble your brain, you need to do one simple test. Check the integrity of the pipes and filter housing before the injector pump, all you need is the primer gadget linked in below, attach it to the inlet pipe that goes from the tank to the filter housing, prime the bulb for a minute or two and observe the flow into a jar, if the flow decreases and the priming bulb stays squashed you have a restriction, if the fuel flow is full of bubbles its drawing air from a dodgy connection ( possibly at the tank end, shitbag of a job ). If all is well connect priming bulb to the filter, if the filter housing has a problem ( they are shit) it will leak, by pumping up this circuit you can check the integrity of the filter housing and associated pipes to the engine. If all is well and not associated with the fuel delivery side of things you may have to become a rent boy to pay someone to sort it. Bob Ford Diesel Filter Prime Bleed Pump Tool WWW.EBAY.CO.UK Diesel fuel system bleeding tool. Also can be used for bypassing the fuel filter if you suspect a restriction in the...
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Stihl hilifts are the nuts,must have a dustbin bag full of the plastic wedges in the chainsaw shed and it looks like the dogs tried to eat them. Bob Hilifts can also be easily tethered through the hole with chain or starter cord if working steep banks or waterways.
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They are a ballache to sort without the proper ford diagnostics, they run through all the whole engine management system in quite heavy detail, even down to injector percentages. Anyone running a few of these older fords should get this setup, codes keys and pumps as well.
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for the few quid it costs its worth running it into somewhere that has proper ford diagnostics gear, fault code readers are worse than useless on these transits. Or just keep changing bits until it goes Bob
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Is @gensetsteve still an active member, may be worth rattling his cage. @the village idiot its a bit cruel bringing a Genny down to a stall with log splitters, have you considered using engine driven hydraulic power packs? Bob
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asulox Bracken Management
aspenarb replied to Drew Dickinson's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Same here, we have been cutting a lot of glades into the sides of rides through woodlands and all that grows in them now is grass. A lot of these things will give up if you keep mowing them off. Bob -
True Kriss, probably going to be a baby boom now Bob
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Good! we can go busking for a few sheckles Stubby Buried in the shed here, working on the mancave extension.
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Back a mulcher through there.Probably an hours work if you put a groundie with it. Bob
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Transit door went into lockdown. Used my glass removing tools to take out the quarterlight.. That was no help, the door would still not open so with the help of an angry grinder and some red mist I made a few precision cuts to access the lock. Tin of touch up paint from halfords Not really, fitted another door off an old snotter thats parked up for bits.
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A lot of trust and respect needed on both sides of the fence with this sort of work, it’s no open cheque book. These customers are also friends, most of the work is discussed in restaurants, last time out four of them got me seriously bladdered. Bob
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We have been on this estate for about ten years now, its like some of the others we do I don't think we will ever escape. Bob
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One of my lads stopped off at the corner shop yesterday and they had an 89p Tesco bog rolls marked up at £12, they never even bothered covering up the 89p. Anyway top tip, force the kids to use both sides, that’ll make the little blighters wash their hands. Bob
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A bit more concrete the lads have been doing for a couple of portacabin bases, about 22mts pumped in.
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No panic here atm but do wonder where all this will be six months down the road. Bob
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Sounds like the one of the roller motors is goosed and the blades are beating each other up.These motors are piped in series, as in what is the return for one motor is the feed for the next, if only one of them slows it means fluid is pumping straight through it ( fecked). Worth checking, wedge the bridge up to give the rollers some space and tipex them, then run the rollers to see if they stay in synch. They should be turning at the same speed. Bob
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You are only an apprentice miserable bastard Kevin, you need to blow out a few more candles to gain full status. I suppose it would depend on how thorough the service was . You could easily lose half a day going through a chipper if you were checking the running gear/brakes, doing the oils/filters, checking through the electrics, belt tensions, blowing out the crap, cleaning out the tank, anvils/knives bearings and on ...................... Bob