Sunray-I40 Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 just had a Richards chassis put on my 110 by paul marsden who is right beside Richards. They were all delightful to deal with and thoroughly helpful. No hesitation in recommending them 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pastycrimper Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 I spoke at length with both Marslands and Richards. I had no issues with either but this thread pretty much summarises it: - If you have any non-standard, modifications or Series requirements then use Richards but be aware that the chassis is 4-sides welded on the corners with potential for slight out of spec.....and use heavier guage steel (2.5mm) which must add some weight. - Marslands do not want to stray from what GKN are still making to LR spec so they are restricted to what GKN have - namely for a 300tdi an original chassis with TD5 rear cross member and plastic tank mounts (although you can specify metal tank mounts but still with the TD5 crossmember). Not sure about later models after TD5 If you look at my thread on this you will see I had great concerns with the galvanise on my first order with Marslands, but Marslands advised me of this before shipping and sent photos. I asked politely that I'd prefer to have another one and they obligued without argument. And in their defence the galving issue wasn't there fault - it was to do with the particular batch of plate steel used by GKN having too high a silicon content (I spoke at length with the UK galvanisers association about this). So I was very happy they let me know before shipping. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dailysleaze Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 - Marslands do not want to stray from what GKN are still making to LR spec so they are restricted to what GKN have - namely for a 300tdi an original chassis with TD5 rear cross member and plastic tank mounts (although you can specify metal tank mounts but still with the TD5 crossmember). Not sure about later models after TD5 They have since swapped their default tank mounts to the metal type (as I found out to my disappointment earlier in this thread), so you have to specifically ask for the plastic tank mounts now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pastycrimper Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 They have since swapped their default tank mounts to the metal type (as I found out to my disappointment earlier in this thread), so you have to specifically ask for the plastic tank mounts now. Aaaah yes I did read you say this.......thanks for correcting my summary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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