Ed Poore

But you didn't need one then. I suspect if you'd had the requirement it would have happened. I mean why make more work for yourself when you don't have to...

It might limit the target audience somewhat but for a Shire event how about restricting it to vehicles with an MOT? There's already precedent for that in the preexisting rules you just remove the "or roll cage" requirement. It wouldn't stop the likes of @Stellaghost and @landroversforever with their silly awesome vehicles but it would fairly quickly cut out the vast majority of ridiculous competition only trucks. The fact that there's an MOT requirement would mean there's at least a reasonable amount of consideration to safety etc., gone on.

Kind of proves the point that axle survivability is down to the driver. Doesn't look like he's running massive tyres which will help too.

@Gazzar if I see him next week I'll ask Bob about the chap he used to cut LT230 gears. Years ago he did some hunting because he wanted some ~0.75:1 ratios for LT230s, found this old school chap running a small company. On enquiring about the possibility of cutting some gears it turned out he'd been involved with the original gear cutting off those gears for Land Rover so knew them quite well. Alternatively I've got a friend up the road from me who had done a fair bit of one off gear cutting for digger bits etc. If you've got an original for him to copy he might be able to do it.

Phew I'm okay then! Question is how long does it take @Stellaghost to add another axle to Sid...

Or tracks...

What about front tyres off a tractor? They normally deform reasonably well at low ground pressures.

Sport are a hybrid between Range Rover and Disco 3. I think the suspension setup is more similar to the Disco 3/4 but they share engines between the full size Range Rover (the TDV8) but also the Disco 3/4 (V6s etc). The driveline I think depended on what engine was in there. The 5l supercharged and 4.4TDV8s shared a lot of common components I think because the engine power / torque ratings were similar so they got bigger brakes etc. Only when they went to the L405 shape was the sport based purely off the Range Rover I think.

How do those numbers add up? Is that assuming a 2t 110 HiCap? Is the 1200kg ULW a rule or just realistically what a trailer is likely to be? What happens if you don't have ABS on the tow vehicle? No mention of vacuum/air brakes for that rating but bear in mind this is on a 1982 vehicle with three axles, all of which have oversized brakes compared to any LR at the time. Perhaps LR determined the braking capability was capable for the extra half tonne. FWIW this is the vehicle in question

Wasn't actually thinking of a camper but it'd be handy for shifting stuff >2.7t which is about the payload limit for a 3.5t trailer. For example a tonne for a plant trailer and I'd be able to shift 5t plant about for a mate down the road without him having to use the tractors.

I think for a 3.5t trailer it's 7 metres for the trailer.

It's shorter than the L322 Range Rover.

Guess it depends on the payload of the Disco 1. I know the Sandringham was advertised as 2t payload in the brochures. A fifth wheel would probably be smack in the middle of the two axles on the 6x6 so works well.

Since we're on the subject of 5th wheels is anyone here knowledgeable about them? My understanding is the purpose of the 5th wheel is to shift some of the weight onto the drive axles of the tractor (tow vehicle). So for example the Sandringham has a 2t payload on the bed on the rear and is actually plated for a 4t trailer behind it. So (assuming one has an appropriate license) I would have thought that I could have a trailer + payload combination that totals 6t if one created a gooseneck trailer or fifth wheel trailer that shifted 2t of its weight onto the 6x6? The question is is such a trailer possible in the UK behind what is nominally a historic vehicle / 4x4? One assumption I'm working on is the trailer would have to be air braked but that wouldn't be an issue theoretically as there are air over hydraulic systems available and I know someone (this is where the theory comes in as it depends on if he could find it) who has one.

Got an 8x5.5ft flatbed on the back so would easily fit, just be a useless vehicle. Anyway a similar accident(s) happened so now I need to find the roundtuits.

Cut the edge off a bolt or suitable round thing with a hacksaw and tack it in inside the round hole. If you drill in the side perpendicular to the hole then you could also plug weld it.

You've got enough plate steel lying around to make a lovely flat floor.

The original Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance. After the airframe was decommissioned it was converted into a play demo thingy for events. Steps and paraphernalia were stored where patients were transported. Got a few interesting looks pootling around Surrey and Hampshire with that behind the Land Rovers.

What's your budget? I know of a Ford 655 (I think it's a 655 he's selling not his 550) that might be up for sale if he can convince himself to do it. Extremely well looked after and just had a load of work done on it that wasn't really necessary.

Different filaments would easily be suitable I'd have said. After all @simonr 3d printed some air intake bits (if I'm remembering correctly) for @Mo Murphy's M57 conversion. @Retroanaconda if you want post up some fag packet drawings of what you want or at least some dimensions I can knock up a 3D model for you. Other people have far more capable printers than I do so I'd recommend someone else printing them. Alternatively I have a slab of 40 or 50mm thick delrin somewhere which is a lovely thing to machine.

I got some treasure this morning. No wait I gave up some treasure this morning... Needed a 250Nm torque wrench for the JCB engine and surprisingly Dad had a meter that went to 360Nm so used that. Cue two days later and I now need a torque wrench capable of 410Nm. So some treasure was given up and a meter (3/4" drive in, 3/4" drive out with beepy buttons) capable of 1000Nm was delivered, along with a 3/4" breaker bar and an impact set of adapters and the required 36mm 12 point 3/4" drive socket. Stupid Range Rover hub... Haven't even unboxed them yet.

It's a nice idea but it takes time, we had a great example of this in my old job one of our customers had a directive from on high in the government of that country that they wanted all stuff relating to their area of work sourced in-country rather than from overseas. It was admittedly a very niche and extremely small market but our customer responded with "okay, but are you willing to go back 10-15 years in capability?". The higher-ups were very put out and demanded an explanation and the response was "That's how far ahead of the rest of the world this little team of 50 odd engineers based in the UK are, we can do it but you'll need to give us a couple of decades to source the talent and catch up". Needless to say we were rather chuffed.

Rough ball park when I dug out the back behind the house to extract some shale (and provide a hole for a future garage) was roughly 250 tonnes. It was a conservative 7.5x7.5x3m hole (in terms of measurements).

I would have had one had they been created when I was in the market for one. As it was I ended up getting the little Husky. By all accounts the Milwaukee runs rings around the Sthil offering and is ahead of the Husqvarna by quite a way. Basically Husky and Sthil don't have the investment that Milwaukee do in a battery platform or motors so that's where it's pulling ahead quite substantially.

Just to throw an offer in there but I have a couple of contacts who I might be able to coerce into doing the boring free of charge or very cheaply.