Mick Dempsey
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I wouldn’t take it on, removal or nothing. As an employee, just get on with it, think of the money. Or as Mark Bolam put it, get so pissed off half way round, plunge a 200t at full chat into your sternum just to end the misery. (I think of that a lot, too much in fact)
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I’ll freely admit the torque/horsepower thing is a little beyond me, I get it but not completely. But I’ve driven 4wd pickups starting with the non turbo hilux in 98 to now. The improvement in power is amazing, towing a 3.5 tonne load was nerve racking back then, up and down the box, dreading hills on the motorway, an embarrassment tbh, these days a piece of cake.
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Well yeah, and a remap, you don’t see the irony in that?
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I had a Mk6, lot of turbo lag and gutless by modern standards, nice looking truck though.
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So what? How many engines from 30 years ago reached 250k and are still going? Where are all these 20/30/40 year old vehicles? Fooked, crushed and recycled that’s where. The engine is now a consumable, send it back for fixing or recycling. The fuel pump went on my old Ford Ranger (the old Mazda based one) not economical to to repair, gave it away and bought a new one.
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Purchasing 25 acre oak stand in France
Mick Dempsey replied to JonnoR's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Firewood is all I’ve seen it for. Never seen a coppice of Hornbeam here like you see in Sussex. -
The ‘no replacement for displacement’ sounds good and to an extent is true. But go back 20 years and the hilux turbo 2.4 knocked out 110hp now my Ranger knocks out 150hp at 2.2. Engines are more efficient whilst using less fuel. A 3.0 Capri was knocked into a cocked hat by a 1.8 golf. Formula 1 now use a 1.6 liter engine producing similar HPs to the older 3 liters, they’re more reliable as well, rarely does an F1 engine let go compared to the days of Mansell etc. Only the yanks with their cheap fuel run those big lazy engines.
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Mine is a 2008, if I replace it (before I’m finished) I’ll get another transit, probably a low mileage second hand one. They still make them you know
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We’ll be all electric by then or living in nomadic tribes ruled by warlords fighting over whatever canned goods are still about (a bit like Croydon on a Saturday night) How old are your trucks?
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Me taking delivery of the new vehicle (not actual game footage)
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Me on the mount of olives (I think) Jerusalem
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Lessons I learned. 1. Never give a months wages to a mate to change from Scheckels to dollars (to avoid hyperinflation) if ‘your mate’ happens to be a heroin addict. 2. Arak is bad, really bad. 3. Israeli women are beautiful, but they rarely shag goyim, especially idiot English boys. 4. It is punishingly hot.
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Cheer up you miserable wanker! The new Ranger (which I have ordered) has 220hp two litre Bi-turbo engine. So I will be inserting myself (I like to think of my vehicles as female) into a powerful beautiful black Bi! Could things get any better?
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If you want to keep your van for 10 years you can, it’s just that you’ll have to spend money on it at some point. Now in a world where 10k gets you a very decent second hand one and lots of cheap credit available, there is no incentive to keep throwing money at an old one.
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I have to disagree. Vans and pickups are getting better and better IMO.
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Dunno, but great story anyway. Well actually, can you persuade him to let you do it on a more modern bike? I was in Israel in 84, working on a moshav. Got a few stories but not as adventurous as you. Chapeau!
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Graphic images there! Good luck with the recovery, will you be expecting to do the same workload physically as before? Or will there be a change of attitude to some aspects of what you do?
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Cardboard. Not exactly sure what ‘on scale’ means, but I’m Friday night drinking now so all bets are off.
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Just like Cinderella teaches you to hate step-sisters, but you know what? Pornhub make you rethink these damaging stereotypes.
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Never understood the calendar thing, I always forget to turn the page after March, and you can watch videos of girls just as pretty performing whatever your heart (or other blood dependent organs) desires on your computer in a couple of clicks.
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Water filled cavities are no bad thing, the water stops fungal decay in the rot pocket. Or so I’m told, unless anyone can correct me on that?
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Fwiw (my opinion) you’ve done a nice job there, I think the intention, at least the spec you posted, was to hit it harder, but skillful work by any standards. Thanks for following up.
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I have a mahoosive maiden lime to reduce end of this month, dreading it if I’m honest. Worst thing about the one pictured is it looks like everything is coming out the side of the house.
