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No Jack - THIS is what you should be looking at!!!
And I've already e-mailed them to see if it's still for sale etc........
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Is this the place:
RUSH GREEN MOTORS
London Rd,
Langley,
Hitchin,
Hertfordshire SG4 7PQ
Tel: 01438 354174
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Thanks all - majority vote seems to be by dia :-)
Now - opinions - would you go for natural manila:
Natural Manila Fibre. Ideal for garden use or other decorative purposes, looks just like old fashioned rope. This is made from a natural fibre and will absorb water. It will shrink when wet and lengthen as it dries.Or something like this:
Hemp style polypropylene, a 3 Strand rope made of synthetic fibre, which looks and feels like traditional hemp rope. It has excellent breaking load and resistance to abrasion. Low stretch and easy to splice.,, -
OK, OK, so it sounds s dumb question - but....
I'm told when you buy rope it's not meaured by the diameter - but by the circumference !!!!
Can anyone confirm this please as one of the (many) jobs this winter is replacing all the ropes on the Stalwarts loadbed cover!!
Found this place that sell manila rope by the metre on-line:
http://www.cheap-rope.co.uk/productlist.asp?ProductCategoryID=23
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Noisy blackberry + Irate NCO's rifle butt = Electronic mess :evil: :evil: :evil:
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Strange - I've had no problems at all. Worst I can say is sometimes it takes a little longer to follow a link but thats all.........
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Is there anything the MVT can do to assist on this??????
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Know this sounds a bit early but... The booking form arived in the post today wrapped in a Xmas card from the W&P organizers!!
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If any one can find them after Jack had 'em last!!!!!! :evil:
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Think it's OK with me - vehicle maint permiting!! :-)
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Well done sir!!!!
My old Saabs are insured with Aon - the off-road cover is £15/year. Cover being based on bands of vehicle values, IIRC. The road going policies are a bit more complex in that they are a % of the attested value of the vehicle plus premiums for things like engine size and mileage allowance over 4,000 - again IIRC.
The RoadSure scheme is a lot simpler and preferable I have to admit!!! :-) :-)
And they do breakdown cover... :-)
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Mate more than you would ever know :cry:.............and as of yesterday, I have to get in a trip to the US in the meantime :cry: :cry: :cry: :-(
One of us could always go to the US in your place - it would be the kind and genereous thing to do to ensure you don't miss out on the march :-) :-) :-)
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Thanks John - much obliged... Waiting to hear back from the Reg't to see if I managed to get one of the places :-)
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No idea if anyone made it all the way over - but the story is told of a squaddie who went AWOL from BAOR and nicked a Stalwart to do it in - which kind of casts a question as they aren't road vehicles - and got halfway over from Holland before chickening out. Story says he got courtmartialled but not dishonourably discharged as Alvis requested his services as a test driver...........
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A house for the owner, a companion and nice barn to sleep...
He said dream - period!! Not two thirds expensive nightmare one third dream!!!!!!!!!!!!
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It's in the diary - and I got there FIRST!!!!!! :-) :-) :-)
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You can't beat takeing a Leyland Hippo on a booze cruise! We brought LOADS back when we went in 2004 to Normandy.
Provided you've a fire engine at each end to blast the salt water off/out you can't beat doing a booze cruise in a Stalwart - no ferry fare to pay!!
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Oh - some one to give her a full base service and a metal worked to deal with the corrosion around the window frames..... :-) :-) :-)
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Clive - re the first point on the vehicle - talk to your insurers. Most firms who insure vehicles like ours will also offer "Off-road cover" - for when the vehicle is not mobile. You get third party fire and theft cover BUT the vehicle cannot be moved under it's own power. Cover and costs will vary depending on whether the vehicle in on the public highway or not. I currently have 2 classic Saabs under this form of cover that are stored off the public highway with SORN declared.
As regards the cipher trailer - like a touring caravan I think you really need to get seperate insurance for this, again a talk to your insurers is a good starting point. They are usually quite keen to take more money off you!!! :-) :-)
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Sounds fair - <insert your name here> can drive my Stalwart if I can drive what ever <insert your name here> has!!! :-) :-) :-)
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Especially if they are stood around the front of the Stawarts cab when I fall off the top of it!!!! :-) :-) :-)
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Ah. OK. Maybe I was being a bit to ambitious in the hope department!! :-)
The Viersdaage is the 4 daymarch that starts in Njmegen each day and goes off into the surrounding country side before returning after a certain mileage - 20, 35, 30 etc. depending on age. I found this in a VERY old copy of Readers Digest (July 1989!!):
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Bit on the soft side sir - but not too bad.... Still waiting for the scantily clad serving girl with the snifter of Cognac though..... :-) :-)
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Its the same the whole world over and it's all a bloody shame.
It's the rich wot get's the pleasure
and the poor wot get's the blame.
Another super rupert...... :bow:
Rank has it's privilege
Hardyferret :evil:
Nah - you're safe mate! Never got to go on the commission course, the P8 got in the way... :-( :-( :-(
Rope - how is it measured??
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Cheers John - that was my inclination too.........
Just wondered if there would be any objection by purists though... :-) :-)