JD450A
Feral as Fk 🐾
I'm out of the office at the moment but will put resources upon it asap
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
actually got a couple of hours to mesenn this afters 
.....
and it was dry, little wind and a bearable temp. for a change ....
so made a start on Vin's S60 for the HPX grab he had off Alex a while ago, that's been sat here since.
Looked up the dim.s in me list of ctr.s for mounts and set them out ..
then the set out for the cheeks and wrestled the damned thing indoors ..
I am deffo getting old ...
48kgs took some getting up to chest height to get the bugger on the drill table and feeling it this evening.
piloted the holes, then set about it with a 17mm
before wrestling it back out onto the bench
two fixing options ... four square or six on a PCD, so'll be usable on several options of att.
gonna need lil. Jake's assistance with this, once I start adding bits ... not gonna be tomorrow though - Kids from 07.45 ... Clara to/from school, then us and Harper, all day 'til six ... Tues./Thurs. are long days
see if I can get it together Wednesday, hopefully --- but it's 'sposed to snow Wed.s, Thurs. and Saturday .... pretty crap for a good week BTL,s .. gotten used to this dry weather .. just a pity it's not been a bit warmer/less windy
.....and it was dry, little wind and a bearable temp. for a change ....
so made a start on Vin's S60 for the HPX grab he had off Alex a while ago, that's been sat here since.
Looked up the dim.s in me list of ctr.s for mounts and set them out ..
then the set out for the cheeks and wrestled the damned thing indoors ..
I am deffo getting old ...
48kgs took some getting up to chest height to get the bugger on the drill table
and feeling it this evening. piloted the holes, then set about it with a 17mm
before wrestling it back out onto the bench
two fixing options ... four square or six on a PCD, so'll be usable on several options of att.
gonna need lil. Jake's assistance with this, once I start adding bits ... not gonna be tomorrow though - Kids from 07.45 ... Clara to/from school, then us and Harper, all day 'til six ... Tues./Thurs. are long days
see if I can get it together Wednesday, hopefully --- but it's 'sposed to snow Wed.s, Thurs. and Saturday
.... pretty crap for a good week BTL,s .. gotten used to this dry weather .. just a pity it's not been a bit warmer/less windy
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
mental note to self ...... don't ****in' do that again !!then the set out for the cheeks and wrestled the damned thing indoors ..
I am deffo getting old ...
48kgs took some getting up to chest height to get the bugger on the drill table
rough night, feeling sick as a parrot
.. abdominal muscles gave everything a serious squeezing ... spleen not happy at all and giving me grief all night. 
diggerjones
Well-known member
All that gear and your mauling stuff on to a bench
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
wasn't the bench that was the issue Dyl ... was the hump up to chest height in me box to get it on the drill table ... should've gotten the mag drill out and done it on the bench ... 's half the weight , or less
just don't appreciate that I shouldn't/can't do it any more ...... without consequences
........ have always just gotten on and done it
Quattromike
Well member-known
That new shed with OHC looking better and betterwasn't the bench that was the issue Dyl ... was the hump up to chest height in me box to get it on the drill table ... should've gotten the mag drill out and done it on the bench ... 's half the weight , or less
just don't appreciate that I shouldn't/can't do it any more ...... without consequences
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
spent me shed money on a new chariot MikeThat new shed with OHC looking better and better
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
well after a 3 week wait (four actually, since I paid for it), I took the new sled in for its tow bar this morning.
Courtesy car was an identical Sportage with 700 miles less on the clock at 1,633 ... screen display price in the foot well, was four grand more than I paid for mine, including me tow bar haggling and proper kicking I gave Rhodri, the salesman ..in a month FFS !! made me feel a bit better about what it'd cost TBH
they rang me at four, said they'd just got to give it a wash off and I could pick it up (I put the little pressure wash over it Saturday and it's minging again - lanes're grim ATM)
arrive to chaos - their site is way too small for their stock and eventually juggled the loaner into a spot out the way ... looked at mine, thought odd - still minging .. looked the back end, expecting to see a ball - Nada !!
went and found 'the boy', dropped the loaner's key a reception and said to Rhodri ... "
you sure your blokes have fitted my bar to the right car? .... there's nowt sticking out the back of mine"
" you are kidding me ??"
"come and have a look"
"fu*k .. I'll go have a word in the workshops now "
we both knew I'd ordered/had a deal on a fixed bar 'cos he couldn't get the extra 200 odd quid a removable one'd cost, sanctioned in me deal and both expected to see just that sticking out the back.
When he came back he said they'd been sent a removable one --'cos they presumably had no fixed in stock ...
result
will take it off tomorrow and get some pix ... techy little thing, fair play ......
now to either source another, or replicate it for a jaw ....
a.n.other's gonna take some finding and bet they'm 'kin 'spensive to acquire, to hack the top off, for a 3.5" centres plate
this is the only hour-ish's peace we get on a Tues. / Thurs.
been a full on day today
Hoping the weather shapes up a bit now that the equinox is upon us ..... or gonna have to dig into some reserves shed fulls sat though
getting down to about 10 days worth I reckon
did have it stuffed up to the door head to start with
might need a few loads next year to replenish stocks
Courtesy car was an identical Sportage with 700 miles less on the clock at 1,633 ... screen display price in the foot well, was four grand more than I paid for mine, including me tow bar haggling and proper kicking I gave Rhodri, the salesman
..in a month FFS !! made me feel a bit better about what it'd cost TBH they rang me at four, said they'd just got to give it a wash off and I could pick it up (I put the little pressure wash over it Saturday and it's minging again - lanes're grim ATM)
arrive to chaos - their site is way too small for their stock and eventually juggled the loaner into a spot out the way ... looked at mine, thought odd - still minging .. looked the back end, expecting to see a ball - Nada !!
went and found 'the boy', dropped the loaner's key a reception and said to Rhodri ... "
you sure your blokes have fitted my bar to the right car? .... there's nowt sticking out the back of mine"
" you are kidding me ??"
"come and have a look"
"fu*k .. I'll go have a word in the workshops now "
we both knew I'd ordered/had a deal on a fixed bar 'cos he couldn't get the extra 200 odd quid a removable one'd cost, sanctioned in me deal
and both expected to see just that sticking out the back. When he came back he said they'd been sent a removable one --'cos they presumably had no fixed in stock
...result
will take it off tomorrow and get some pix ... techy little thing, fair play ......
now to either source another, or replicate it for a jaw ....
a.n.other's gonna take some finding and bet they'm 'kin 'spensive to acquire, to hack the top off, for a 3.5" centres plate
this is the only hour-ish's peace we get on a Tues. / Thurs.
been a full on day today
Hoping the weather shapes up a bit now that the equinox is upon us ..... or gonna have to dig into some reserves
shed fulls sat thoughgetting down to about 10 days worth I reckon
did have it stuffed up to the door head to start with
might need a few loads next year to replenish stocks
Lancs Lad
Well-known member
Please please check it like heck every time you fit it...seen pics of a box trailer that flipped after a lad didn't fit the removable ball properlywell after a 3 week wait (four actually, since I paid for it), I took the new sled in for its tow bar this morning.
Courtesy car was an identical Sportage with 700 miles less on the clock at 1,633 ... screen display price in the foot well, was four grand more than I paid for mine, including me tow bar haggling and proper kicking I gave Rhodri, the salesman
they rang me at four, said they'd just got to give it a wash off and I could pick it up (I put the little pressure wash over it Saturday and it's minging again - lanes're grim ATM)
arrive to chaos - their site is way too small for their stock and eventually juggled the loaner into a spot out the way ... looked at mine, thought odd - still minging .. looked the back end, expecting to see a ball - Nada !!
went and found 'the boy', dropped the loaner's key a reception and said to Rhodri ... "
you sure your blokes have fitted my bar to the right car? .... there's nowt sticking out the back of mine"
" you are kidding me ??"
"come and have a look"
"fu*k .. I'll go have a word in the workshops now "
we both knew I'd ordered/had a deal on a fixed bar 'cos he couldn't get the extra 200 odd quid a removable one'd cost, sanctioned in me deal
When he came back he said they'd been sent a removable one --'cos they presumably had no fixed in stock
result
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will take it off tomorrow and get some pix ... techy little thing, fair play ......
now to either source another, or replicate it for a jaw ....
a.n.other's gonna take some finding and bet they'm 'kin 'spensive to acquire, to hack the top off, for a 3.5" centres plate
this is the only hour-ish's peace we get on a Tues. / Thurs.
been a full on day today
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Hoping the weather shapes up a bit now that the equinox is upon us ..... or gonna have to dig into some reserves
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getting down to about 10 days worth I reckon
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did have it stuffed up to the door head to start with
might need a few loads next year to replenish stocks
got up to speed apparently then let go 🫣
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
don't you know I willPlease please check it like heck every time you fit it...seen pics of a box trailer that flipped after a lad didn't fit the removable ball properly
....bloke who fitted it struggled ......
said it'd gone in a POP earlier, to which I said it could have summat to do with it being at chest level on the ramp, rather than on yer knees on the floor, trying to show the customer how easy it is
... believe me LL it WILL be attached .. will probably spend more time in situ, than in the boot .. reverse camera or not, you can't beat bump stop parking, for getting yer nose all the way in
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Smiffy
Well-known member
Please please check it like heck every time you fit it...seen pics of a box trailer that flipped after a lad didn't fit the removable ball properly
And add copious amounts of grease. I've only ever tried fitting land rover ones that where seized and stiff and you couldn't tell if the ball bearings had actually fully worked.
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
got some cans of really nice graphite rich spray on chain lube, that'll probably fit the bill nicely
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
as promised ... said attachment
does this look anything like any other detachable anyone's seen .. I.e. is there a 'standard' for the spigot or unique design to each manufacturer?
pull hand wheel out and rotate clockwise 'til it latches and releases 3 ball bearings from their locations ... push into socket and release hand wheel to lock balls in place .. has a fourth lower down t'other side for orientation .. did take a pic of the other side, but has vanished off me phone
the red 'cap' is a key to lock the rotation once inserted
'nother one of these is gonna take some finding, cheap, for modifying to accept a jaw/whatever on 3.5" ctr.s mounting plate.
cut the ball off me P38's and plated that up decades ago, with a 3 position plate ... 's the last time I removed it from the car
me disco never had a tow bar on it 'fore I bought it and built one with a slider as an integral part of the bar .. will have to get a pic.
does this look anything like any other detachable anyone's seen .. I.e. is there a 'standard' for the spigot or unique design to each manufacturer?
pull hand wheel out and rotate clockwise 'til it latches and releases 3 ball bearings from their locations ... push into socket and release hand wheel to lock balls in place .. has a fourth lower down t'other side for orientation .. did take a pic of the other side, but has vanished off me phone
the red 'cap' is a key to lock the rotation once inserted
'nother one of these is gonna take some finding, cheap, for modifying to accept a jaw/whatever on 3.5" ctr.s mounting plate.
cut the ball off me P38's and plated that up decades ago, with a 3 position plate ... 's the last time I removed it from the car
me disco never had a tow bar on it 'fore I bought it and built one with a slider as an integral part of the bar .. will have to get a pic.
Lancs Lad
Well-known member
Yep just looks like a landy oneas promised ... said attachment
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does this look anything like any other detachable anyone's seen .. I.e. is there a 'standard' for the spigot or unique design to each manufacturer?
pull hand wheel out and rotate clockwise 'til it latches and releases 3 ball bearings from their locations ... push into socket and release hand wheel to lock balls in place .. has a fourth lower down t'other side for orientation .. did take a pic of the other side, but has vanished off me phone
the red 'cap' is a key to lock the rotation once inserted
'nother one of these is gonna take some finding, cheap, for modifying to accept a jaw/whatever on 3.5" ctr.s mounting plate.
cut the ball off me P38's and plated that up decades ago, with a 3 position plate ... 's the last time I removed it from the car
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me disco never had a tow bar on it 'fore I bought it and built one with a slider as an integral part of the bar .. will have to get a pic.
pettsy
Well-known member
That looks like a removable westfalia one I fitted on my old van. Rarely towed with it but found it was a little low for my IW.
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
well that's good news guys .... may be more abundant than I thought ..... time for a quick ebay search
's now't like a P38's .. proper chunk of metal they are
specifically which ''landy one'' LL ....Yep just looks like a landy one
's now't like a P38's .. proper chunk of metal they are
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
this 'un looks promising
our 'nice' neighbours have a freelander 2 .. will have to see if theirs is the same
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our 'nice' neighbours have a freelander 2 .. will have to see if theirs is the same
Lancs Lad
Well-known member
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
bit shorter in the spigot LL and thicker in its base, plus a hell of a crank down and much shorter ... similar lines though ... reckon the one above is nigh on the same
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
well that's spoilt my Sunday afternoon
Pam wandered down the letter box earlier, see if there was anything in it ...
been looking for weeks to try and find out what the council tax's gone up by in Monmouthshire? ....
not been able to find it anywhere on line - as usual - like to keep it to them selves, 'til the bills go out
you guessed what was in the box ...
+6.7% FFS ..
£3264.12 PA .... no wonder we've not been able to find it anywhere ... they'll have had to apply for that level of increase - (over 5%)
get so little back for it -
random bin collection fortnightly (provided we transport it to the top of the drive - and bring it back when they don't turn up)
no street lighting,
no road sweeping (roads are a bloody mess round here),
no road maintenance (have 4" deep potholes all the way up here, whichever route you choose),
Plod will NEVER attend here (unless you tell 'em you'll shoot 'em - quick enough then)
150 odd quid precept for the local com. council -- the wrong one - we ain't in the one we've been charged for
what have I missed?? whatever it is we won't get it
Taking the ****ing piss
Pam wandered down the letter box earlier, see if there was anything in it ...
been looking for weeks to try and find out what the council tax's gone up by in Monmouthshire? ....
not been able to find it anywhere on line - as usual - like to keep it to them selves, 'til the bills go out
you guessed what was in the box ...
+6.7% FFS ..
£3264.12 PA .... no wonder we've not been able to find it anywhere ... they'll have had to apply for that level of increase - (over 5%)
get so little back for it -
random bin collection fortnightly (provided we transport it to the top of the drive - and bring it back when they don't turn up)
no street lighting,
no road sweeping (roads are a bloody mess round here),
no road maintenance (have 4" deep potholes all the way up here, whichever route you choose),
Plod will NEVER attend here (unless you tell 'em you'll shoot 'em - quick enough then)
150 odd quid precept for the local com. council -- the wrong one - we ain't in the one we've been charged for
what have I missed?? whatever it is we won't get it
Taking the ****ing piss
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