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Milli - I made it...
Posted: Wed 12 Mar, 2008 7:18 pm
by The Crofter
About 1400 miles round trip, 750 miles with half a ton of glass creaking behind me !. Took 4 hours to unload but the sun was shining so not so bad. Not a single sheet broken.
Jacked up the opposite side to make it safer to unload. Should have thought of that at your place.
Hope your new venture is a success.
Posted: Wed 12 Mar, 2008 9:56 pm
by kev@frames
looks more like a ton and a half, Crofter
Posted: Wed 12 Mar, 2008 11:07 pm
by Moglet
Nice going, Pat! Rather thee than me
Posted: Thu 13 Mar, 2008 3:03 am
by prospero
You can't beat the old LandRover.
Sounds like a heck of a trip. I see you had a good supply of giant toilet rolls handy.
Posted: Thu 13 Mar, 2008 8:19 am
by The Crofter
When I left Milli's I only had two ratchet straps securing the frame and one of those came off !. For the trip north I used 7 straps.
The land rover is a godsend and will last longer than I will on this planet -ish. I get really p....d off by the people who condemn these vehicles, there is no reason why it will not be still on the road in 40 years time. Most people will have had 4-6 cars in that time so by my reckoning it is greener than a prius. I also only do around 6k miles per year effectively halving my co2 emissions.
Posted: Thu 13 Mar, 2008 11:28 am
by prospero
Too right.
There's not many vehicles that size that would haul 200 sheets of glass 700 miles.
Posted: Thu 13 Mar, 2008 4:55 pm
by markw
wouldn't have wanted to brake too fast with all that glass behind me.
Posted: Thu 13 Mar, 2008 5:09 pm
by prospero
Yes, that would make your eyes water.
Posted: Thu 13 Mar, 2008 5:41 pm
by Spit
It would be an Omen....
Posted: Thu 13 Mar, 2008 8:34 pm
by Moglet
prospero wrote: Yes, that would make your eyes water.
Taking bets on what colour trousers Pat was wearing...
Posted: Thu 13 Mar, 2008 8:39 pm
by Roboframer
On the way to Hannover, via Dover I turned a landrover over on the Andover flyover.
Posted: Thu 13 Mar, 2008 10:42 pm
by prospero
Moglet wrote:
Taking bets on what colour trousers Pat was wearing...
Definately bicycle clip time and no mistake
Posted: Fri 14 Mar, 2008 12:25 am
by The Crofter
"Taking bets on what colour trousers Pat was wearing..."
As white as the driven snow and no need for the jumbo toilet rolls.... Oh ok, two of the ratchet straps were around my ankles
Posted: Fri 14 Mar, 2008 1:37 am
by osgood
Roboframer wrote:On the way to Hannover, via Dover I turned a landrover over on the Andover flyover.
Did it go over Andover, Andover, Andover, Andover, Andover, Andover, Andover, Andover, Andover, Andover???
Posted: Fri 14 Mar, 2008 1:49 am
by Moglet
That pic didn't do me any favours, Prospero...
Posted: Fri 14 Mar, 2008 2:48 am
by prospero
What about that one then......
Posted: Fri 14 Mar, 2008 1:03 pm
by Moglet
I'm confused.
Which one? (I was referring to your pic of the truck in my previous post, if that helps.)
Posted: Fri 14 Mar, 2008 2:22 pm
by prospero
The one that's up there now......
Posted: Fri 14 Mar, 2008 7:30 pm
by Moglet
Somewhat better than the truck, and thankyou for the change Prospero!
I still shake any time I see an SUV (the vehicle that rear-ended the vehicle in which I was a passenger). If they have bull bars, it's worse again, and don't even
talk to me if it's pulling a trailer (yer man was hauling two bullocks at the time).