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landyliam

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  1. as long as the Design Gross Weight is above 3500kg it is mot & tax exempt as it falls into a

    different mot class which has an exemption for "working" fire engines.

    the DGW for a standard series fire engine is unlikely to get that high so they would only be tax exempt, but you will be ok with a forward control (don't know about the rangy 6 wheelers)

    Not sure about the definition of a "working" fire engine but the only time i've heard of police intervening was when they found someone driving around in an ex fire service transit van and was still claiming the tax exemption, so i think you should be ok with a real fire engine.

    p.s. welcome to the wonderful world of fire engines, you can bring your engine along to any show in the tattiest of states and still people will look at more than all those other boring classic vehicles, just keep an eye out for the kids who think they have an automatic right to climb onto the roof just cos it has a ladder :angry:

  2. had a look at the other one again and now i'm not sure, like the smaller community feeling here but i get the feeling that the other will be better technically (i mean for forum features not just the archives and technical advice) all a bit confusing anyway but i'm sure time will tell, bit irrevelant as difflock is the best forum anyway (oops, i shouldn't have said that :unsure: )

    so how many land rover forums are there anyway? someone must have a link page to them all.

  3. coincidently i have that very same magazine sitting beside my pc, i'm hoping to paint my s3 something similar next week to get rid of that 'orrible blue. I've decided to go with yellow instead of that ****ty sandglow colour, it may look good on the camel trophy vehicles but always seems to look carp on any dodgey replicas, and believe me, mine will be dodgey ;)

  4. have you considered changing to 11 inch drums off the stage 1 or one tonner, they do a very good job at stopping my fire engine which is nearly 3 tonnes! but then again i don't go that fast in it :rolleyes:

  5. no, you're not listening :angry: i don't want mil colours or shiny stuff, just want to know which is the hardest wearing of the paints so i can bounce my wee landy off the the walls, i don't mind the odd dent or 3 but don't want big scrapes down the side showing that 'orrible blue <_<

    so is it enamel and if so which type of enamel, i never know paint could be so confusing :wacko:

  6. i'm about to repaint the series 3 (oh i hate that blue) and i'm looking for something easy to put on (brush/roller) and preferably not too glossy.

    It's gonna be used a lot going through bushes, trees and the odd wall :( so i want something hard wearing.

    the expert in the shop suggests tractor enamel

    do you concur?

    [note: don't want a military paint - might get shot at!]

  7. my friend had one on his disco (tmax 11000) , went very well, pulled a few land rovers out of the gloop one after the other on a few occasions, never any bother with it........... then it broke, now its away for repair

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