I chatted to the Old man yesterday.
His Artic was New from memory.
He said he used to back it up to the pole, then lift the end on and then back up till it was on the trailer. Some sort of ratchet to fix it down.
He said the issue was when turning as the poles would stick out in the opposite direction and you had to be very careful not to hit anything.

whitehillbilly

Apart from my unfortunate overdrive selector shaft breakage I squared the bulkhead to my 88's rear tub, raised the n/s hinges for the door to sit in line and added a couple of extra brake pipe clips adjacent to the handbrake lever and exhaust down pipe.

Hello Folks,

thought I`d chuck my views in the pot,

We have both a 109" and 88" both used weekly if not daily throughout the entire year, I find the 109" far more comfy to drive long distance and slightly more useable being a van body with a roof rack, that said the 88" is the preferred greenlaning vehicle because its a hard top with windows and having seats in the back.

Both still very useable vehicle's in this day and age, personally I`d prefer the 109" purely based on the fact that she's been the only vehicle I`ve owned since 2015 and I`ve grown comfortable with her.

I bought my first car in 1965 and don't recall it. Whether I got a receipt or not I can't remember. I just remember when cheques had 2d (proper money) duty on them.

I`ve been reminded of a time when we attached a postage stamp to receipts when selling a car. I remember doing so, even though I`ve never known the reason, so I looked for its origin online.

Introduced in 1694, Stamp Duty raised revenue by taxing written documents, called the Revenue Stamp, it indicated the payment of the tax. Later, with the introduction of Postage Stamps, they to, became acceptable for receipts over £2. This law was abolished in 1971, which was before I bought my first car, so clearly the practice hung around for a time, which is why I remember giving and getting them.

Like so many other day-to-day words and phrases, I wonder how many people know where this one comes from, Stamp Duty, every days a school day 

Are there any other oldies here who remember selling or buying a Land Rover with these stamps attached to the receipt?

https://camptonfamily.uk/receipts-postage-stamps/

Cam0ing at Jerveaulx Abbey with the Yorkshire lot.  We had a scenic run/green laning day today.

Peter

Spotted by a friend about a week ago in Hele Bay.
Anyone on here?

Quote from: 22900013A on May 22, 2024, 07:30 PMThe training poles at Taunton are now full 11M ones!

I'm surprised TTC still exists !

When the company was split and WPD took one side and LE / EDF the other I ended up on the EDF side of things. I was a bit pee-d off with that because all of my IT development had been done on the engineering side, mainly in assembler language (showing my age). I wrote the Fault Management system which tracked faults and worked out how much of the network was affected if a particular substation went off, it used to do things like track auto-reclosures so they knew how long before something needed maintenance. It meant I spent a lot of time at Exeter control room and understood all the intricacies of the LV mapping system, but the very last project I worked on was more customer based, so they pushed me over the "wrong" side !

I've come against this at LR. From memory, it depends on how the tractor is configured. A 5th wheel arrangement removes the loadbed of a pickup which can change its classification. If the tractor unit remains as standard with a simple tow, then it's not defined as articulated, so you should be able to drive it on a standard licence.

I recall it being a grey area, but that was some years ago.

Hi,

I ought to know, but I'll ask anyway.

Can an articulated vehicle be driven on a regular UK driving licence?

Just something that might be lurking at the back of my mind ... or might not.

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