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another nice man
« on: June 20, 2009, 19:45:57 »
got the engine unbolted from my 127 project this morning, went to the farm up the road and picked up a mini digger to lift the engine out and onto the scrap pile. all hooked up and pulled on the engine, but the digger wouldnt move it, despite the engine being well within the capacity of the digger, so there was something wrong with it. took the digger back and the farmer said no charge for it as it didnt do what you wanted , got talking and he said "im buying a new 1 ton engine crane on monday, come and borrow it anytime". then as we were stood there he saw an old tractor engine hoist behind some fencing in the yard and he said "we never use that any more, have it if you want, dont know if it still works though "
so i took it back up the barn, wd40ed it up and it all works fine!its huge, goes up to about 10feet and lifts up to 30cwt so should have no problem with a tdi!
well pleased :D

so landrover project rule number 144: get to know your local farmer :)
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Re: another nice man
« Reply #1 on: June 20, 2009, 20:00:55 »
second that, the farm i worked on before i moved had an abundance of stuff laying in the yard.mark(the farmer) loaded up the trailer with about half of it and look it to be weighed in. came back with a brand new freelander 2 in the trailer........weighed in all the stuff for 32k!!!!!!!!!!!!! and the yard is still full of rubbish! well not rubbish to me, i know for a fact there is a forklift in there that i can scavange the steering system off of. :lol:
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Re: another nice man
« Reply #2 on: June 20, 2009, 20:16:06 »
theres another, even bigger hoist i could have if i wanted, and a mark 3 hilux and series 3 swb..... no no no, no more projects! :twisted:

oh yeah, some nice railway sleepers too ;)
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1990 defender 127 flatbed 200tdi mud tyres stripdown started 14/03, now striped, ned to start the expensive bit
1992 rrc vogue se izuzu 2.8td running well so it got sold,
2003 110 td5 hardtop,ex mod, arived 25/04, bfg a/ts, ply lined, k and n filter, honda sport seats, rear demountable 2000lb winch, security grills,high lift with winching kit, mountney small steering wheel, momo gear knob, front spots, airhorns, hd steering, diff guard, ex army  center towpin bumper replaced with winch bumper, rear mounted bottle opener, cheaquer plate, neon underbody light, ex police map light,1000 watt inverter, reversing camera
2007 ford ranger wildtrack d/cab(dads)
yamaha big bear 350 2wd, likes to eat flies, fixed (until i roll it again)

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Re: another nice man
« Reply #3 on: June 20, 2009, 20:20:39 »
Quote from: william127 on June 20, 2009, 20:16:06
theres another, even bigger hoist i could have if i wanted, and a mark 3 hilux and series 3 swb..... no no no, no more projects! :twisted:

oh yeah, some nice railway sleepers too ;)



where abouts are ya?! ill give him mones for some of the above if he wants it :lol:
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Re: another nice man
« Reply #4 on: June 20, 2009, 21:03:34 »
hertford, surely you can get sleepers closer to Norfolk than that? :lol:
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1990 defender 127 flatbed 200tdi mud tyres stripdown started 14/03, now striped, ned to start the expensive bit
1992 rrc vogue se izuzu 2.8td running well so it got sold,
2003 110 td5 hardtop,ex mod, arived 25/04, bfg a/ts, ply lined, k and n filter, honda sport seats, rear demountable 2000lb winch, security grills,high lift with winching kit, mountney small steering wheel, momo gear knob, front spots, airhorns, hd steering, diff guard, ex army  center towpin bumper replaced with winch bumper, rear mounted bottle opener, cheaquer plate, neon underbody light, ex police map light,1000 watt inverter, reversing camera
2007 ford ranger wildtrack d/cab(dads)
yamaha big bear 350 2wd, likes to eat flies, fixed (until i roll it again)

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Re: another nice man
« Reply #5 on: June 20, 2009, 21:07:10 »
dont care about them  :lol:

the lift and the series is a totally different matter lol
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Re: another nice man
« Reply #6 on: June 20, 2009, 21:37:33 »
Quote from: boss on June 20, 2009, 21:07:10
the lift and the series is a totally different matter lol

Hilux?
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