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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Debs. on 02 January 2010, 17:43:18
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Three and a half days of shoveling on my driveway and finally, I`ve cleared two 400 yard long wheeltracks in the 12" deep snow and now 'Lazarus Landy' is able to traverse the hilly-track to/from home.......although Lazarus is an old, only off-road workhorse (no MOT or Tax etc.), I can at least use it to get nearer to civilisation and tarmac roads.......Gawd, this Winter is a toughie! :'(
(http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj241/CleverCollies/DSCF6854Large.jpg)
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Well done Debs!
Looks pretty but what a pain in the ass!! ::)
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Gorgeous "winter wonderland" scenery Debs :y although I suspect you have seen enough of it for one year.
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nice landy i really miss my disco :)
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:o :o
great work Debs.. :y :y
I know how hard it is, as only I clean our street >:(
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This years project, fit 2 suffolk colt lawn mowers on to the front of the landy and convert them into mini wheel track snow blowers.
Seriously though Debs, well done I would have done the 1st 5 yards and looked at the next 375 yards and said stuff it.
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Well done again. Thats one hell of a driveway. :o
And nice picture again. Wouldn't mind a spot of snow myself.
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Great pictures Deb.....and well done.
I thought that we lived in a pretty remote area.....but....... :y :y :y :y
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Debs. I know it's hard work living where you are (i know all too well), but i do miss all that & i envy you.
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Great work Debs, have they cleared the road yet?
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Nice work Debs :y I take it the next it the next project is a snow plow attachment for the landy ;D
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WHo is going to notice no tax and no MOT in this weather?
Borrow the Pupmobile tax disc :y
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WHo is going to notice no tax and no MOT in this weather?
Borrow the Pupmobile tax disc :y
Any ANPR van....
and you often get them on the Road by Debs Towers, frequently pass it out that way :y
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WHo is going to notice no tax and no MOT in this weather?
Borrow the Pupmobile tax disc :y
Any ANPR van....
and you often get them on the Road by Debs Towers, frequently pass it out that way :y
I feared that might be the case......so, until the pup-mobile is water-tight, I`m a pedestrian. :(
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Nice work Debs :y I take it the next it the next project is a snow plow attachment for the landy ;D
Funnily enough......I am considering just that! :D
A skew-mounted front blade; cut from the side of a large diameter steel pipe (scrapyard).....industrial castors mounted on each end of the blade and a mechanism for lifting/adjusting ploughing height. ;)
A nice, welding project for the Summertime. :y
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WHo is going to notice no tax and no MOT in this weather?
Borrow the Pupmobile tax disc :y
Any ANPR van....
and you often get them on the Road by Debs Towers, frequently pass it out that way :y
I feared that might be the case......so, until the pup-mobile is water-tight, I`m a pedestrian. :(
Ski's??
Sledge???
Poor Debs!!! :-*
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Great work Debs, have they cleared the road yet?
The county council are tight-fisted; the gritting (yellow) bins are all empty; and have been for weeks and the lorry schedule is clearly reduced on the published gritting circuit....anyone would think it was 'THEIR-OWN' money `they`re not spending. :(
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Nice work Debs :y I take it the next it the next project is a snow plow attachment for the landy ;D
Funnily enough......I am considering just that! :D
A skew-mounted front blade; cut from the side of a large diameter steel pipe (scrapyard).....industrial castors mounted on each end of the blade and a mechanism for lifting/adjusting ploughing height. ;)
A nice, welding project for the Summertime. :y
Bung one on the tractor.....I would not put anything on a land rover that would put strain through the chassis
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Nice work Debs :y I take it the next it the next project is a snow plow attachment for the landy ;D
Funnily enough......I am considering just that! :D
A skew-mounted front blade; cut from the side of a large diameter steel pipe (scrapyard).....industrial castors mounted on each end of the blade and a mechanism for lifting/adjusting ploughing height. ;)
A nice, welding project for the Summertime. :y
Bung one on the tractor.....I would not put anything on a land rover that would put strain through the chassis
Built to last, just need to occasionally rustproof chassis ;)
Heard a stat a few months ago that something like 75% of all proper (defender style) landrovers are still running ;)
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with only 3% having original chassis's. ;D
Its realy not worth stressing them
I went to the railway today to discover that our S3 long wheel base has broken its back.....more rather welding to do!
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Heard a stat a few months ago that something like 75% of all proper (defender style) landrovers are still running
The phrase "Trigger's Broom" comes to mind. ;)
Kevin
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with only 3% having original chassis's. ;D
Its realy not worth stressing them
I went to the railway today to discover that our S3 long wheel base has broken its back.....more rather welding to do!
Bit of a pig to change them. Probably a lot of fridges and freezers welded into to them ;D
The trouble you have with that one, must be worth replacing it. At some point in its life, its been abused or not undersealed properly.
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Heard a stat a few months ago that something like 75% of all proper (defender style) landrovers are still running
The phrase "Trigger's Broom" comes to mind. ;)
Kevin
LOL, yes ;D
IIRC, top is all ali? So that should be fine. I know the old ones used to rust badly underneath, and were supposed to be undersealed regularly as a workaround.
I know a few people into offroading, and people do seem to be able to keep the buggers running cheaply. Probably a bit like OOFers with their Omegas :D
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nice one Debs :y
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Heard a stat a few months ago that something like 75% of all proper (defender style) landrovers are still running
The phrase "Trigger's Broom" comes to mind. ;)
Kevin
LOL, yes ;D
IIRC, top is all ali? So that should be fine. I know the old ones used to rust badly underneath, and were supposed to be undersealed regularly as a workaround.
I know a few people into offroading, and people do seem to be able to keep the buggers running cheaply. Probably a bit like OOFers with their Omegas :D
Thats the trouble, the top is body is mostly alloy but, the bulk heads and chassis are not.
Underseal wont help as the box chassis sections rust from the inside out.
Its gonna be a sod to fix but, we need it and it has a cherry picker mounted on it so not easy to replace
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Heard a stat a few months ago that something like 75% of all proper (defender style) landrovers are still running
The phrase "Trigger's Broom" comes to mind. ;)
Kevin
LOL, yes ;D
IIRC, top is all ali? So that should be fine. I know the old ones used to rust badly underneath, and were supposed to be undersealed regularly as a workaround.
I know a few people into offroading, and people do seem to be able to keep the buggers running cheaply. Probably a bit like OOFers with their Omegas :D
Thats the trouble, the top is body is mostly alloy but, the bulk heads and chassis are not.
Underseal wont help as the box chassis sections rust from the inside out.
Its gonna be a sod to fix but, we need it and it has a cherry picker mounted on it so not easy to replace
Get plenty of welding practice in - I may need your skills in a few weeks, MOT due :'(
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This might give you some ideas :y
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/scrapheap-challenge/episode-guide/series-10/episode-9
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Ta da!
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/snow-plough_W0QQitemZ330390512848QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_BOI_FarmingEquipment_RL?hash=item4ceccf24d0
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Nice work Debs :y I take it the next it the next project is a snow plow attachment for the landy ;D
Funnily enough......I am considering just that! :D
A skew-mounted front blade; cut from the side of a large diameter steel pipe (scrapyard).....industrial castors mounted on each end of the blade and a mechanism for lifting/adjusting ploughing height. ;)
A nice, welding project for the Summertime. :y
If anyone is up for that project I reckon your the person to do it :y
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Nice work Debs :y I take it the next it the next project is a snow plow attachment for the landy ;D
Funnily enough......I am considering just that! :D
A skew-mounted front blade; cut from the side of a large diameter steel pipe (scrapyard).....industrial castors mounted on each end of the blade and a mechanism for lifting/adjusting ploughing height. ;)
A nice, welding project for the Summertime. :y
If anyone is up for that project I reckon your the person to do it :y
Trouble is..if you build a snow plough, it wont snow for another ten years.
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Nice work Debs :y I take it the next it the next project is a snow plow attachment for the landy ;D
Funnily enough......I am considering just that! :D
A skew-mounted front blade; cut from the side of a large diameter steel pipe (scrapyard).....industrial castors mounted on each end of the blade and a mechanism for lifting/adjusting ploughing height. ;)
A nice, welding project for the Summertime. :y
If anyone is up for that project I reckon your the person to do it :y
Trouble is..if you build a snow plough,
True but if the popular opinion is to be taken seriously it might be worth fitting a bilge pump ::)
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We will have to have a gritting, radiator and cam belt party at Debs ::)