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4 hours ago, Sussex Boy said:
Your point about permanent 4WD is a good one, however, the auction photos show selectable freewheeling hubs; wouldn't they negate the problem you`ve suggested?
Absolutely, didn't realise this had the free wheeling hub option....these weren't fitted as standard at the time so very definite advantage for this Land Rover.
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2 hours ago, David Mack said:
Or boaters could just burn the same smokeless fuels as are currently required for land-dwellers.
As most of us already do, judging by the 'what coal is best' threads on here.
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9 minutes ago, jonathanA said:
My last defender was a 1989 3.5 v8 petrol usual was 15mpg occasionally 16.... mind you it did 15 with or without a trailer , roof rack and crusing at 85 mph ... getting to 85 was quite quick for the size of vehicle getting to zero from 85 more nerve wracking...
The defenders were the last word in luxury and mod cons compared to a Series Land Rover 😅
I have a slight nostalgic notion to one day buy an old Series Land Rover, if I were to ever have one I would get a V8.....if you are going to burn that much fuel you might as well do it with a nice exhaust note and reasonable power!
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1 hour ago, matty40s said:
.and continues to do a forensically detailed essay about the band and leader.
I've got no iron in this fire but I found this strange too......I counted...a 3746 word essay, nearly half a dissertation!!
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2 hours ago, NB Alnwick said:
I was loaned a petrol engined early Landrover during the harsh Winter of 1976. It averaged 13 mpg making regular journeys between Rugby and Leicester or Loughborough. It got me through the snow but it cost me deep in the purse!
That's not great. Ours used to do about 18-20mpg although that did drop to 12mpg when towing!
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On paper the 4LK is worse than the 2.25L diesel.....57hp vs 62hp
But the 4LK with it's bigger displacement and considerably higher torque would hopefully feel much better to drive as it produces it's maximum horsepower at 2100rpm, whereas the 2.25 rover produced it's horsepower at 4000rpm.
Many years ago we had a SWB series 3 2.25l petrol and that was pretty agricultural. I had a lift in a series diesel once and remember it as very very noisy in the cabin.
This Land rover looks like an interesting conversion. I watched the YT video and it has had to be extensively modified to get the 4LK in, including the addition of modified driveshafts and moving the gearbox rearward. I see they had to fit a later defender gearbox and transfer case which I think is permanent 4WD. Although it has a centre diff, it probably isn't ideal as series front hubs weren't designed to be driven at all times so could wear prematurely.
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1 hour ago, MtB said:
Thanks, I knew it would be obvious after someone told me!!
Thank's for asking. I thought he was swearing....after all stove issues can get quite trying!
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49 minutes ago, Kingdom Isambard Brunel said:
Have we put the OP, Mel off this boat, or indeed any boat?
I hope not, the boat seems reasonable. Also the OP hasn't visited for nearly 36hrs so has hasn't seen the whole hot water debate!
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4 hours ago, magpie patrick said:
In Small Boat on Thames Waters (1950s) Roger Pilkington had to load several bus passengers and local council officials on board to get under one bridge
And if the OP were to let us know their boat dimensions we could roughly calculate how many bystanders they would need to load to get the boat down in the water sufficiently to get under the bridge!
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7 minutes ago, Ciara H said:
The latest info I have about the bridges headroom (From the waterways guide 7) tells me it's 7'8" which is 1 inch higher
It's not!! Your boat is 2.35m which is a shade over 7 feet 8.5 inches......google always converts to decimals but 7.7ft is not 7ft 7 inches!
In other words your boat is half an inch too tall and will hit the bridge.
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It's funny, because the actual hull of this boat is very similar design to an Aintree Beetle hull although it clearly isn't a Beetle. Square stern, tiny bow locker.....I bet this boat has a small gas locker at the stern, big enough for 2x4kg gas bottles just like the Beetles.
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33 minutes ago, MtB said:
The whole boat looks smart and well presented but the interior carpentry style looks a lot older than 2008 to my eye though
That's exactly what I thought. That rear door design with external steps going down from the cruiser stern seems much older than 2008 too.
3 minutes ago, MtB said:that will prove to be a PITA to use.
Every pun intended I hope!
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7 minutes ago, blackrose said:
I thought a UK or imperial ton was 2,240 pounds which is 1,016 kg?
Yep. Twenty British hundredweight (112lb) in a ton. Hence why those weights we use to trim the boats are 56lb...half a hundredweight.
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34 minutes ago, Derek R. said:
I have tried expensive coals, I have tried cheap ones. Some of the worst in lighting and burning quality have been the expensive ones.
In your stove. Other stoves and experiences are available.
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1 hour ago, Derek R. said:
Homefire's Taybrite in 25kg bags - £18.60, and for one ton £820.00 Compare with Burnwell's £520. a ton.
You're comparing apples and oranges. Burnwell is a high petrocoke cheap coal whereas Taybrite is a high anthracite premium coal.
Taybrite - comprising anthracite (60 to 80% of the total weight), petroleum coke (10 to 30% of the total weight)
Burnwell - Comprise of a blend of anthracites and coals up to and between 10% to 40%, petcokes up to and between 60% to 90%
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31 minutes ago, MtB said:
So to expand on this, my post was a joke, given an 8ft gangplank will be just about long enough to reach the bank if tied up on the outside of one of the CMers reputed to populate every inch of the western K&A.
I know. I was going to joke back that I would only have needed a 6' 10" plank to clear the CMers!
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1 hour ago, Steve Manc said:
What is CMer ?
Thanks
Continuous moorer. Typically someone who lives aboard and habitually overstays on towpaths or visitor moorings, usually for months and months at a time.
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8 minutes ago, MtB said:
To get over a CMer?
Nah, mostly to get over large overgrown reeds etc! For the benefit of the OP I'd actually say the K&A isn't really as bad as it's reputation suggests for CMers....except possibly the section west of Bradford on Avon to Bath.
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2 hours ago, Steve Manc said:
I have a 7 foot plank on the boat.
Should I try and get a 9 foot plank for the Kennel and Avon ?
Might be an idea. I had an 8ft plank and on a couple of occasions I had to use every 2.54cm of it.
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3 hours ago, dogless said:
Then stop over staying ... selfish.
Rog
Yes, although 2 months is pretty good going! The average VM overstay is probably about a year on the K&A 😅
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1 hour ago, BoatingLifeUpNorth2 said:
What like this on the Nottingham canal, speaking to people, everyone’s fed up with it as it just looks a mess according to locals walking the canal. CaRT can’t see it?
Obviously these boaters are making the tow paths users life’s better by the water. CaRT enforcement has let it get like this. Total joke
....there's always a blue tarp involved.
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Regarding a plank on the K&A.....If you manage to only moor on Visitor moorings you'll never need a plank, but I found most Vm's were pretty full last time I went down there.
Also the very prettiest rural spots (my preferred moorings) nearly always require a plank on the K&A.
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5 hours ago, Jerra said:
Also knowing their Granddad was likely to give them silly answers if the used the measurements the rest of the world use the probably knew to have it in feet and inches.
That's just silly. Practically no-one in the UK knows their height in meters/cm.
5 hours ago, Jerra said:obkiterated
I'm sure I've heard Popeye use that word!
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39 minutes ago, LadyG said:
When I was in LA,
I didn't know you'd spent time in Los Angeles......It isnt the city it used to be these days.
Gardner 4LK + Land Rover S2a
in Gardner
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Very true, not to mention the steel bulkhead. A major PITA if that's rusted trough.