how many does it have, corsas seem to have that problem as well, one at the front and one at the back :tard:Quote:
Originally Posted by L14MNP
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how many does it have, corsas seem to have that problem as well, one at the front and one at the back :tard:Quote:
Originally Posted by L14MNP
Two mate, on that section anyway. Definitley needs one in the centre. I tore the centre heat shield off last weekend, as the standing water had pulled it right down, and as I now realise the reason it was down in the first place was because the exhaust had been resting on it.Quote:
Originally Posted by turbojolt
Is a Corsa the same?
They are good cars, but have their share of stupid faults.
ask tj about his shed....lol lol lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Alex J
i have no idea as to what this man is saying :wtf:Quote:
Originally Posted by mowgli
lol
yer if i remember right mate, seems stupid but i bet saving that 3rd hanager and rubber, on a whole fleet of cars saves thousands and thousands of poundsQuote:
Originally Posted by L14MNP
/\ ford is legendary for knowing the value of a quid & the price of a part... they did component lifing long before everyone else did..
they famously worked out that the original mini was being sold at a loss & told bmc(or whoever they were at the time).. it took them 20 years to admit it..
they infamously had the pinto...70's american car..... that had its fuel tank in behind its rear bumper, and worked out it was cheaper to pay for a few dozen burns claims than it was to re-engineer the car...they got caught out with that one...
Component engineering FTW, most OEM's can make a part fail at exactly the end of warranty :D its a skill.
so true!Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuart
i find that most vehicles have certain items that fail in 3 year cycles...cars, bikes & hgv's.
Contractors have turned up today to harvest the maize at work, would love a job like that just makes me want to get away from the farm even more! :(
contracting is piss boring.. ok, you get to earn minimum wage & sit in a warm tractor seat, talking cobblers on the cb all day, but it is just like any other repetitive job..
me, i'd love to be on a farm all the time.. my family has been in farming for ever, but it skipped a generation at my dad.. i'll happily do all the farm work there is, but the money isn't as good as what i'm earning driving a wagon..
what sort of farming are you in?? i'm guessing mixed/dairy.
Ive been round this place my whole life, dont really know much different but im a qaulified welder, keep telling myself i want to go into fabrication but i like 80% of the work here too much :(Quote:
Originally Posted by mowgli
where i work is owned by a now 4th generation family, split into two halfs. One cousin does arable which is the side i work on, and the other cousin does dairy but occasionally i get roped in doing bits and bobs on the dairy farm, had too look after 2 farms of cattle for a fortnight earlier this year on me own & i do pretty much all the grassland work for sarlage (cutting, spreading, rowing up, making the heap only thing i dont do is drive the forage wagon)
then in summer i corn cart/bale cart and this time of year im on a 150hp case puma with a 6m power harrow doing 3km/h across a field allday :tard: very boring this time of year but i can think of worse jobs. my dad used to be relief cowman on the dairy side but he left because he didnt get on with the main cowman & i nearly left this harvest after coming very close to fistycuffs with our resident jumped up combine driver, been here for 2 years but im on my 6th harvest now i think as i worked during school holidays for them, dont really know what to do with myself tbh lol:confused::(
agric engineering??? corn store builders need fabricators/erectors..
look about, in your neck of the woods there are loads of ag engineers (not tractor dealers), and a good welder/fab man is always going to find work.
my cousin is a phenomenal fabricator, he works for a firm on heavy stuff for industry & quarries. he recently got an aquajet machine for his own workshop. we get him to make stuff. my hiab crane needed converting to have folding jack legs, we were quoted about 2 grand for a poxy fitting kit.. so we got him round, designed something on a scrap of paper & he designed a much better setup than the factory & then built it up. he made a few hundred, we saved a few hundred . his dad is a farmer & when he was younger, he would make his own implements to save money..
working for family is not always the best thing.. i should know, i'm into my 18th year working for my brother... we've had times when we were ready to murder each other, but a trip to the pub usually sorted it out...
me & my brother are at our best when doing proper old school farming... like baling( we did 3000hay & 2000 straw conventional bales & i stacked them all cos my nephew & his mates were crap at it) , or doing something with his sheep, we find its great for the soul after a week of stress from haulage & building work..
Spending nearly two ton at the vets
2 words... pet insurance.
3 words-drown the bast&rd, the animal not the vet. Cruelty to vets is illegal.Quote:
Originally Posted by mowgli
what happened?Quote:
Originally Posted by Asa-James
i desperately tried so hard to get an apprenticeship with CLAAS combines, they strung me along until the last minute and then said they werent running it that year, i wrote to them about 4 times & my current boss put in a good word for me as he's freindly with a bloke high up in the local dealership as we've only ever had claas combines & grass working equipment (apart from there round balers, ****ing **** things!) Tried with Ernest Does & thurlow nunn the two main tractor dealers too (new holland & fergie ****e) but had no luck with them either so i chose the farm. I'll keep looking though! Only problem is i dont have much experience, and everyone wants experienced people :tard:Quote:
Originally Posted by mowgli
there are college courses available all over the place to get ag mechanics papers, but most places want school leavers cos they are el cheapo...
what do you do in the winter months on the arable farm??
she is insured, but the vets dont do direct claims for less than £500.Quote:
Originally Posted by mowgli
so is cruelty to animals, doofus.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeff16v
dew claw removed, she caught it a few weeks back and partially tore it off, its only this last week its become an issue (imagine pretty much ripping the nail off your thumb, and still having to use it as normal every day)Quote:
Originally Posted by turbojolt
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Originally Posted by Asa-James
£200 for a damaged claw, I need to train as a vet.
oh, our vets gets us to pay it up & then we put the claim thru ourselves, then we get paid less the excess, which is way less than £200
anyway, is pooch ok??
pooch is fine, and i'm sorting the paperwork out tonight. it'll all get sorted, but i could have done without the bill this week
ouch well atless there ok, ive spent stupid amounts on my dog in the vets one year the cont cost me over 1100 quid :mad: should have got a new dog lol
yeah im at night school on my last year of my welding diploma so i didnt really want to take on another course too, winter months are absolutely dire, things like cleaning/maintaining field drains, ditching, building maintenence (hate that with a passion) concreting, we usually service everything during winter too, dont mind the servicing of machines and such like as i find that interesting, other than that its just a bit boring really!Quote:
Originally Posted by mowgli
building maintenance is actually a traditional farm workers craft..seriously..
have you looked at day release courses?
just seen my brothers bird addressing her self with my sir name on facebook :mad: sorry but my grandad gave us one everlasting thing and that was are family name she has no right to address herself as it!!!!
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Originally Posted by mowgli
My first ever signature quote :thumb: lol
Biting into a very fresh jam donut from Tesco, only to find out its Fcuking custard. 65p I'll never see again. :(
Open to offers for the other 4 posted lol
i always think of a great big gurgling spot when i see a custard doughnut.... jam or nowt...
ps. i am not from derbyshire, so i prefer not to mate with sheep.....
i stayed in a hotel in derby once, and gave my name, saunders, and the bloke asked if that was with a u, i said yes, only to find them leading a sheep into my room..... i'll never make that mistake again...
Me bike ride's been called off. :(
Right, I'm going to Scotland too! (but you already live there blah blah)
Now the bodyshop have said that my jetski isn't ready to be collected - again. :mad:
My whole day of arsing about has been thrown into disarray. Might go and fit some bits to the Escort. Could really do with my wheel dollies though, but my mate has dropped off the map... lol
Last I heard a jetski was heading down the A1 on the outside of the barrier with the biggest reel of masking paper following some 50m back. The out of control trailer was be pulled by a transit lol
I knew someone who did that once!Quote:
Originally Posted by L14MNP
Who the feck are you and whats all this jetski and ford tat all about? Where's the lolvo at? :p
Who the feck are you...Edd's apprentice?Quote:
Originally Posted by MK999
+rep hahaha lol lol lol lolQuote:
Originally Posted by mk1nova_rich
Bahahahaha sat night lolzQuote:
Originally Posted by mk1nova_rich
I need to pass the butter before sharing it with Rich again lol
THE WIFE, spent all day while she was at work cleaning and doing the laundry only for her to come home and rewash all my oil stained hoodys because i hadnt done a good enough job, fffs i wear them while working on my stock car who f***in cares if theyre spotless, last time i ever bother loading the washing machine
Someone mention Ford tat? Scrap it all