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I haven't investigated on our volvo yet, but hopefully when the deal was done from landrover, he told volvo to improve on the pto design taking drive from front gearbox to rear axle. Had 2 freelander2s and blew the pto drive sleeve on both. Unlubricated components ate splines off driveshaft ends. Known issue but in true LR style refused to address.

The one thing that's missing from almost all your choices, and what's the most usefull is a high/low ratio gearbox. Currently have a suzuki grand vitara 1.9diesel 2012 to replace my old 110 defender. Bought this purely for the low ratio and cheap price. Very happy with its abilities. Not got as much towing capacity (2.0t) but does it safely holding back my ifor williams 12' down steep grass and mud track from my upper mountain fields. Yokohama geolander all terrain tyres, relatively recent fitted. Tyre contact is everything off road. In comfort, without rainwater running down my ankles and with a heater that gets the whole car warm in less than 5minutes. We also just sold my wifes later vitara allgrip 1.6 , without low box, to trade against a volvo xc40 awd automatic. Not put the trailer on it yet, but impressed with its abilities up and down the same track. Standard road tyres. A little too fast coming down as all hill descent controlled vehicles seem to be.

It's always good, but so seldom happens that we hear of the final outcome of a call for guidance and knowledge. Well done making an educated decision. Enjoy finding more tight corners and difficult areas to work it on.

Had a brilliant boss at the changeover point who told all employed to say they'd 'mislaid' their old licences and reapply for new ones, which meant they were updated to new style but with old weight limits carried forward. Did us all a huge favour. Thank you.

My 7.5t licence issued in 1984 allows trailer of 4.5t so 12t gross train weight.

A one dog ground clearance machine in the making - I expect to see him on arbtalk touting for work sometime soon. He doesn't seem half as stupid as you've led us to believe in the past. 😁

That was supposed to read flails last 4 seconds on rock impact!

I've got an alpha delta tow behind quad mower. It's sort of a strange hybrid Scottish /Chinese machine. Very heavy flail shroud that will probably last my lifetime with pretty shit soft chinese couplings from engine to primary pulley, that aim to eat themselves as fast as possible. Original bearings made of cheese but easily transferred to good quality from local ag suppliers. Cast rather than forged original flails that last 40 seconds on rock impact, but again readily exchanged to professional blades from local suppliers. 15 h loncin engine rattled itself apart at timing case , but spotted the oil pissing everywhere, and shut down before seizure occurred! As a flail on heavy rushes its easily overwhelmed, on light grass I could travel faster but it would start to miss bits. Good, maintenance minimal, drive belt setup from primary pulley down. Would I buy the same again? Probably not - would get a lighter faster cutting, swipe blade type machine and put up with perhaps multiple cuts and more frequent blade changes on my rocky ground, with considerably less weight horsing the quad around.

Don't know if this is an old one or not, but wow this fella's got style. 😁😁 VID-20250915-WA0000.mp4

What the f##k does all this do to help a man get woodchip. Poor fellas regretting ever asking for help.

Love the blue resin boards. Something I'm hoping to experiment with in the next year. Where do the swirl effects come from?

Think she needs a bit of touching up, I've got my brush in hand ready for action. - Call me anytime

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Spot on. If you're going to grease, then do it weekly , to the point of squeezing out the excess dust and shit contaminated crap out, replacing with fresh clean grease. Wipe off grease nipples/torx bolts first to keep everything clean, and don't drag the nozzle of your grease gun through all the dust and gravel in your yard. Fail here and your just injecting grinding paste straight into the heart

Oooh didn't mean to do that... was just about to say one of the easiest places to clog up, and also easiest places to clear is the little hole where oil enters the saw bar, and then onto the moving parts of the chain. A small hole of about 2-3mm diameter on the upper part ofhe bar, about 5mm down from the top guide rail surface, where the bar is clamped to the engine. Shouldn't have to be describing this , but I'm beginning to feel that maintenance and regular care don't occur very often with this case.

Or bounce around inside a small workshop hitting every wall, ceiling and floor, at least twice, before disintegrating to all the component parts, some of which were never found again.....memorable!! Yep, don't trust an exposed clutch

Aww, nice one. Such a gentle voice from mr Brooks. A great era for cultivating imagination in kids. You had to be there!

Peas?......

It's hardly difficult to find that information, guess bots are less intelligent than we suspected

He won't be able to if you pull his sim card!

Why do guys do this? ..throw out a question , then fail to get involved any further. Is it just the sheer joy of knowing you've wasted our good , honestly given time, or is it actually a benefit to all and sundry forevermore, that we've unloaded our encyclopedic brains, to be harvested at some later time, if anyone can be bothered to read it then. Some people just have too much time running through their fingers.

I'm sure it will be eventually

That's made my night, oh the mental imagery, exploded by the last line. Thanks 😆😆😆