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  1. Tony B
    I've a 2 1/2 ton and 4 ton Tirfor in the collection. Great bits of kit as they maintain the pull all through. Ive seen and used them for everything from pulling gate posts out to righting a semi submerged river cruiser http://www.tractel.com/en/series.php?id_serie=47.
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    Can't see why. Firarms can be transported by air. BA will have made a fortune over the last few weeks shipping people with shotguns up to Scotland for the 12th. It is illegal to transport firearms or parts of firearms if they have not been declared on air services, but again all they are legally is bits of metal. Provided there well packed, and the shape dosen't give a hint and the couriers know exactaly what they are carrying, it's thier problem.
  3. Tony B
    Legally they are just lumps of metal. But I'd try TNT they have no hissy fits when transporting such kit. Packing them I'd use a large strong cardboard box. Tradition seems to be to then add two or three black bin bags over the top and loads of sealing tape. Though as soon as I see that combination I think 'Gun'. :-D
  4. Tony B
    A great loss to the MV world. I hope the collection stays together. Though I must adnit to coverting many things there. Not only the vehicles but the rest of things the 'Junk' he has saved over the years.
  5. Tony B
    I was taliking to a guy at work today who is seriously into RC aircraft and boats. He was raving about the stuff, apprently it is the go to fix when engines etc get damaged.
  6. Tony B
    I'd say if you want it for practical use, go Tirfor! :-D By the By, isn't there a picture somewhere of a Series 1 beign pulled across two wires with something similar?
  7. Tony B
    Welcome.
  8. Tony B
    Be adventerous and go Humber!
  9. Tony B
    Welcome.
  10. Tony B
    No I don't write liquid metal off.
  11. Tony B
    Nice looking piece of kit. I've seen the British Army use Tirfor type winches before. Though I'm always a bit wary when the prices aren't clear.
  12. Tony B
    This has intrigued me so I've done searching about and asking them who would know. The answer is if a body part is one that the person couldn't live without. It is a body and is buried as such. So a limb, which could have ben removed surgically but you could survive without, is not a body. A skull however is.
  13. Tony B
    When international road racing was first considered, there were no numbers on cars. Each country used it's national colour. So France was Blue, Italy was Red, but Britian had no national colour. Oh well, Ireland is close enough and isn't competing, so we got-Green.:-D
  14. Tony B
    That's the equivalent of the 2lb isn't it?
  15. Tony B
    Thanks guys! I've a Sthil chainsaw that has a cracked ally oil way. I don't want to scrap the saw, but new parts are are uneconomic.
  16. Tony B
    I have this stuf recommended to me. Anyone else any experience weith it? http://durafix.co.uk/pages.php?&pID=6
  17. Tony B
    Is that what they mean by DROPS! Also who didn't fasten the lid?
  18. Tony B
    Sounds like your conering the market!:wow: Still you can go up to 10 days without food, about 2 without water. An essential bit of military kit. In the 1980's a lot were shipped abroad. As they were 'Miltary Equipment' a number were painted red and sold as 'Fire Tenders'. I had one that I used to water horses in feilds and damp down dust in the menage.
  19. Tony B
    Ah the team know you then? :-D
  20. Tony B
    Like waiting for a bus. How many workable ones do you reckon to get out of them?
  21. Tony B
    A rather grusome fact is that in CWWG and other Allied cemetries, you maInly get single burials, also if German casualties are buried there. In specific German cemetrys group burial is often the case. This dates back to an understandable feeling at the time, that Enemy dead wern't wanted on the lands they had occupied. As Mark says a lot are still out there. It depends on wether you look at a place as sacred, or where you live, raise a family and want to improve your life. If anyone knows the answer, what numbers will win the Lottery next week?
  22. Tony B
    When you think of it, metal ammo boxes are expensive to produce, and steel was short after WW2. Somebody at Vauxhall probably saved the company a lot of money.
  23. Tony B
    Welcome, your knowledge will be much drawn on.
  24. Tony B
    A lot of ammo boxes seemed to go commercial. I've seen a number with either firms names or individuals on them . DERA used to have them for transporting stuff about. There was a regular clear out every couple of years, it was take your place in the qeue. I have a number of wooden ex RAF bomb sight boxes. They had been used by the Natural History mueum to store samples.
  25. Tony B
    Sounds like the old days when you used to cut spare wheel brackets and empty the cab completly to get the vehicle to weigh a pound under three tons for registration.
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