CPS
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Left hooker
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Pennine Hillbilly
To our younger members, yes this is what we used to laugh at back in the 80s 
To our older members, sorry I know you'll be singing that all night now
To our older members, sorry I know you'll be singing that all night now
kabin man
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got me.To our younger members, yes this is what we used to laugh at back in the 80s
To our older members, sorry I know you'll be singing that all night now
Just watched some NT9oc news on twitter..nostalga
Vinpetrol
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I had exactly same tipperTo our younger members, yes this is what we used to laugh at back in the 80s
To our older members, sorry I know you'll be singing that all night now
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1RB
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V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
they were great trucks Vin ... loved my unit versionI had exactly same tipper
Vinpetrol
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i loved all the while I had it. It was actually badged scammel where the Leyland is written but it was damaged so I swapped it for the Leyland one. It's only let down was the scamwell axles . More tippers were fitted with rockwells and they were way better
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Big Jordy
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A wile ago in fact nearly 2 years ago @Brendan I think it was put up that Ford where doing a chassis good will gesture on the rangers… anyways long story short I’ve been on the waiting list for 2 years nearly, my ranger was meant to go to a ford commercial centre near me about 15 miles away.. anyways fast forward to this morning , got an email from ford commercial to say that I had now to bring my ranger to Dagenham to get the chassis sorted and that they would cover the cost of the ferry the 4 times that I would need for taking mine over bringing courtesy one back and then courtesy one back to collect my own then home again.. So as you can imagine I was less that impressed, bear in mind for me to get to Dagenham it’s near as dam a thousand mile round trip as im in the very north or Northern Ireland.. I rang the person in Ford I was dealing with and asked nicely where they also going to pay for my time and diesel to get there, response was no we won’t as we think it’s a reasonable expense.. I literally laughed in her face and broke down the 2 days it would take me just to get there and back and probably 3 tanks of diesel just to get there.. it’s 520 miles on way for me not including the boat lol.. I then said that the agreement I had with them was for their ford centre In Northern Ireland to do it which I have in writing from ford… phone went quiet and then oh so you’d like us to keep you on the waiting list for northern Ireland then???
Im sorry but am I being too uptight or is that the biggest load of Shi*e you have ever heard from a company? Especially as it’s meant to be a good will gesture on there behalf?
Also I asked about getting the ranger transported by Woodside motor freight who are Northern Ireland based and could do the haulage of my ranger there courtesy one back and then courtesy one back and mine home for £1000.. ferry’s alone where working out at £1200.. to which ford said no we don’t do that and it isn’t cost effective??? Am I missing something?
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Im sorry but am I being too uptight or is that the biggest load of Shi*e you have ever heard from a company? Especially as it’s meant to be a good will gesture on there behalf?
Also I asked about getting the ranger transported by Woodside motor freight who are Northern Ireland based and could do the haulage of my ranger there courtesy one back and then courtesy one back and mine home for £1000.. ferry’s alone where working out at £1200.. to which ford said no we don’t do that and it isn’t cost effective??? Am I missing something?
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V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
dealing with a jobsworth by the sound of it, with no authority to vary from 'the script'
Left hooker
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craig
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Think yourself luckly they are doing anything, they said mine wasn't eligible, after stringing me along for over 12months
CPS
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On the plus side im sure we can get you a back load both ways
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Brendan
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They had a weird sort of clamp down before they closed the door on anyone else getting added to the list. Have heard some either having to drop off and collect the courtesy vehicle then drop back to exchange them back over to others having to insure the courtesy vehicle themselves which brought nothing but misery. Seems they are probably being as awkward as possible either in the hope that people would have sold or can't be arsed to jump through hoops.
Can't imagine any of the repairs being even remotely cheap, mine had new front and rear shocks plus leafs f.o.c. and they also replaced a load of engine sumps too as they fail too. They also replaced my rear bump stops which I didn't want doing as removed my airbags before they did the work so ended up having to bin two new bump stops, had also a few months prior replaced the front springs as one snapped but can't complain at new set of shocks plus a free service, although looking back should have held it back and gave it to ford for the big 100k service instead of just an oil change
Big Jordy
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Yea I doubt I’ll get anything much for FOC off them lol I’d happily take the trailer with me and get a few back loads.. I’d likly end up the courtesy one having no tow bar
I don’t mind waiting on getting it done over here to be honest I’ve waited 2 years lol sure what another 1 haha
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Brendan
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Would assume they're still doing all the replacement bits f.o.c, mostly to avoid claims of faulty bits being fitted.Yea I doubt I’ll get anything much for FOC off them lol I’d happily take the trailer with me and get a few back loads.. I’d likly end up the courtesy one having no tow bar
They should supply one with a towbar, i had a roller shutter instead of a canopy, till on the fence whether to change back to a roller each has its plus and minus points.
Glad I got mine done as even though the mileage has jumped up I can't replace it with anything new, so will hopefully see out a few more years before any major issues
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