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I think the lack of a refresher course is a problem. Too many people only tow once in a blue moon. Chainsaws have a mandatory refresher test - albeit a bit skewed. Living in a very rural area, with a lot of very narrow minor roads, without hedges to bounce off can be interesting. This is a popular holiday area. The number of times I have to offer to reverse a caravan has increased considerably over the last few years. This year has seen a big jump, with all the purchase of caravans for UK biased holidays. I like the idea of the trainer signing off the reversing section, instead of the examiner. It allows for potentailly better training - with the onus being on the Trainers liability As someone who once held an HGV 1, I must admit I do have concerns with the 'dumbed down' version

Driving standards in the UK have fallen year on year for the last 30 years. Nothing to do with 1997 decisions. The lack of common sense is partly to blame, lack of vehicle understanding, lack of involment with other road users etc etc. The modern world. I have a MAM on my licence of 8,200kgs and have used every kilo of that for almost 40 years, all over Europe. The same issues before 97 still existed after. Primarily inexperience and lack of use. Caravaners being the biggie. I can't see the roads of the UK becoming disater zones. One of the good things about modern vehiles is they are better designed for towing, with more flexible power, better brakes and usefull additions, like reversing cameras.

Yup, liquid cooled, three cyclinder. I'm pretty sure they were factory fitted, not a dealer option. It was a time when two stroke diesels were very popular. In our little 'club' we have single twin, horizontally opposed, v twin, three, four, five, six and V12 two stroke set ups. My favourite being the 6/71. Having driven my friend's 88", I fully understand why he removed the turner lump and boxed it up, then replaced it with a re-built 2.25 petrol Apologies to the OP

An old friend bought an 88" Series One , about thirty years or more ago. It had a Turner two stroke, three cylinder fitted, from factory. The lump was in poor state of repair, so he whipped it out and fitted a 2.25 petrol. Over the years he slowly rebuilt the Turner, then, about five years ago, he fitted it back in the 88". Worth noting that he is part of a small group of two stroke enthusiasts, based down here on Sedgemoor, so he was more than familiar with the 2 stroke diesel issues. But the engine was truly awful. Gutless, almost unuseably loud and soooo very thirsty. Thinking he's made a mistake in the re-build, he approached a local early Land Rover Guru, who had used Turner engines Land Rovers back in the 50's. Chap took it for a spin, came back, got out, and said "that's just about like new".

Not directed at Norseman But I like what Deep is saying here. The whole 'need for power' rush that has spawned the 'bad, but quick and easy tuning' industry really gets my goat. Rolling coal, four wheel burnouts, needless swaps for massively overweight, drive train destroying truck engines... Trying to turn a 4x4 into a sports car All seems so pointless. The phrase is 'enough power to do the job'. I love a series, although I prefer the 2.25 pet, the 2.25 diesel does the job, and it did the job for decades, quite happily. It's a great off road engine as you really have to try in order to break the power train, it has enough power to maintain traction, where more powerful vehicles simply can't. It has eight forward gears for towing, so will tow a Rice Box with two hunters in all day, without the worry of a speeding fine or a cattle box with three bullocks in, that will reach market without any stress. Does what it says on the tin Added to which, if you think it's gutless, noisy and thirsy, try driving a Turner engined Series One - now that's an experience

Mike, that is proper tidy. Really nice I also noticed you'd made up an end plate. None of those nasty cross head screws. Nice touch. The free spool is meant to have an an Allen bolt - stainless

I'd echo this. But I would also do some investigation. Check compression, lift pump flow, timing and pump timing. This is a very, very simple engine. Drop the rock cover off and see how clean the rockers are is. What state is the coolant in. US diesel used to have a lower calorific value than UK diesel - is this still the case Also worth noting, in the good old days, the top speed of a 2.25 diesel was 45-50mph . You had to wind the pump on to get higher speeds - 80mph is possible, but the get a bit of smoke (thing California forest fires)

Nice place to wait Of course if it was a 110, it wouldn't have broken a half shaft

One of my favouriet memories of the man. The other being when he put his 110 on it's side whilst laning in Devon - such a relaxed affair

Some tips: Go Outdoors do some lovely tables like these https://www.argos.co.uk/product/9278211?istCompanyId=a74d8886-5df9-4baa-b776-166b3bf9111c&istFeedId=c290d9a9-b5d6-423c-841d-2a559621874c&istItemId=ixilqptqm&istBid=t&&cmpid=GS001&_$ja=tsid:59157|acid:629-618-1342|cid:9563523552|agid:102230985110|tid:pla-913324488954|crid:423314716697|nw:g|rnd:9213130518632023517|dvc:c|adp:|mt:|loc:1006563&utm_source=Google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=9563523552&utm_term=9278211&utm_content=shopping&utm_custom1=102230985110&utm_custom2=629-618-1342&gclid=EAIaIQobChMImd_08cns8gIVaEpyCh3KRwXaEAQYAiABEgJctfD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds and oddly enough so do Argos. I have two both over 15 years old with much use. Cooking on the ground is a pita. I always carry a trangia - always. It's consistantly reliable and the perfect back up. Mine has run on cheap vodka, petrol, surgical spirit and various other inflamable substances. It also has a gas converter. My trangia is now over 30 years old and has seen use of four continents! Generally I use a two ring burner running off a 4.5kg butane bottle - very, very efficient and weeks of cooking. My burner is a Viper two ring cast iron unit. Tough, easy to fix. I use the same gas bottles to run my gas fridge. I have a few of the aerosol cartridge Pezo electric cookers. Really good - until you go to more remote places, then no gas. But for the UK, brilliant Kelly Kettles are fine. Only but Stainless. Cooking on them is, to be fair, a pita. too small and the heat is either on or off. These are better https://wildbounds.com/products/bushbox-outdoor-pocket-stove?variant=25388966600&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIpZm60Mvs8gIVmozICh09VQAiEAQYAyABEgJ8a_D_BwE and more flexible/fun As most of my camping is either in small basic campsites or 'Wild' sites (like Nash Oakland); I have based what I need on where I am going and with whom. Generall we don't go camping as a family. My wife takes the kids to larger. better equipped sites. I take the kids to the previously mentioned. Everything is boxed up and labelled, prepared as soon as we return. I generally use 'Really Useful Boxes' but also have a number of Pelicases and Zarges boxes. I always wriet what is in the box on the lid! I take on spare of everything, from plates to cutlery. I also often go off camping on my own - to meet up with friends or just get some P&Q, so I also have a 'me' box. I do try to make sure, as much as possible, that all items have more than one use. For example, food preparation knives. I avoid non stick pans - I always go for stainless steel. I picked up a set of these a couple of years ago https://www.campingworld.co.uk/en/Wynnster-Copper-Bottom-Pot-and-Pan-Medium/m-2468.aspx A decent kettle is of high priority - as big as you can carry. Stainless is best and nice and thick. Second hand AGA kettles are good. I'm naturally tight. The drawback of having young kids later in life. I loathe paying inflated prices for stuff, so frequent Go Outdoors. They accept Blue light Card, CSSC card and numerous other cards, as well as their own discount club. My wife and I have found that they will add up the total discount! They also have sales. After the enourmuos upsurge in camping this year , there will be a lot of expensive kit being sold cheap this winter. Always happy to discuss camping and sites.

I have a thule roof bag - very useful. Tough as hell and pretty much waterproof and dustproof. Also light in weight. I tend to belt and braces though. All the sleeping bags, roll mats and clothing go up there, but in waterproof bags, in bin bags. When not in use, I flatten it down and hold it in place with a bungee

Arjan is closer than that

Nearest I can find you one is in Granada

Very close. Very similar in character as well, although the Scots tend to be over generous

Both the Hankook RTO2 and RTO3 are very good

It's okay mate - we understand. My mother is a Scot (although born in Yorkshire. Both her parents were Scots, form old families. So I'm entitled to wear a tartan, and I do, often. But even if my granparents were from Coventry, I'd still wear a kilt if I wanted to. A german friend wears one everyday. It's his work clothing, resting clothing and best occasion clothing.

If I come accross an EP9 that's being broken, I'll let you know

Mike, it will always drag on winch out, as it uses a one way bearing. The manufacturer states no more than 20seconds of winch out, without a break. I tend to use rope protector on the first wrap of the drum. I have set up a bowden cable, previously, on a rear mounted X9 (belonging to a customer)

Nice winch

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Theres's a couple of mum's up at my youngest's school who drive the best part of five miles a day, just to get the kids to school - both with BMW electric cars. Then lets not forget the ones who do the same miles in D5's etc

A 1.2 will be fine as long as you don't carry all up weight, tow and have silly size tyres If you go onto Ashcrofts website they have a very useful ratio calculator - work this around your peak torque/rpm figure

eleven tonnes of oil seed makes about 4000litrs of oil in a good year - cold pressed. This is then reduced to about 3,800litres after filtering - which is a pita. Reckon on about 3.33tonnes per acre at the moment - but it's dropping. You'll need to spray it as well Works well, mind. And smells lovely

Most modern up and over doors, as fitted on 'new' housing are 8" higher than the older doors. You could easily move the two courses of bricks above the lintle, then move the lintle up, fit a new door. I've been helping my neigbour over the road do exaclty the same thing - as well lift his roof three feet

Petrol and diesel are readily available from recycling plastic. A company in Swindon produces a production unit that fits in a 20' container. Of the four resultant 'fuels' produced by the process (shredded, washed plastic is atomised by sand at 600 degrees, then directed up a distillation column), the finest is essentially the same as base diesel. The infrastructure to support Electric cars is simply not around, anywhere in the world and won't be ready in the UK until the middle of the 21st Century. Lithium (80% of the worlds potential supply is in Afghanistan) Batteries are too expensive to recycle and simply don't last long enough and Zinc Ion stuff is late on the market. There's no grant available to modify older cars to electric. Older, larger vehicles, would be a prime contender for this. Range is simply not there - how do we move all our goods around the UK without diesel powered vehicles. Our rail network is so past it's sell by date, it's ridiculous. Canals are no longer used, Covid has turned the trend of moving form rural to city on it's head, internet purchases can't be delivered by electric And to top it all, the UK only contributes between 0.7 and 1.1% of the global Carbon mess. China produces 28%, with Japan, India, Russia and Murica all in the top five. We are 17th. The 0.7 -1.1% is taken form the varying figures available, best to worst. Why? Because it's almost impossible to calculate accurate figures. Can we actually stop global warming? No. Would it be better to learn to adapt and become sustainable? A new var, on average produces 15.25 tonnes of carbon on manufacture.That's three years of running an average, well maintained old car at 30mpg. A brand new Disco 5 is actually 35 tonnes on prodcution and a C1 is 6 tonnes. So two years of driving a D2 Td5 is not far off the cost of a C1 Build. Crazy. Enforced maintainance is the road so Sustainablity with vehicles. The worst pollutoirs are in the 7 to 10 year old bracket. Poorly maintained and at the end of the origional design life. A well maintained 200tdi is cleaner than a 10 year old Golf GTD (potentially)! And as for sustainability, don't get me started on concrete, Vegan diets or frequent fliers....just don't