logrover
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Rather than hijack others threads, which i accidently seem to have done a couple of times, I thought I'd start one myself, just in case anyone wants to discuss my Logrover.
I should explain..... I've a "few" land rovers already, work in an office all week, and then fell a few trees and split some logs for enjoyment on the weekend.
Having rebuilt a few landrovers and rangerovers already, I thought I'd set myself a new challenge. So when I saw an old 1960's Dowty pump to fit an old alnd rover gearbox PTO on Ebay, I bought it and then built a vehicle around it, with the aim of being a dedicated Log related Land Rover. The aim being to present a good engineering challenge, but to end up with a useful vehicle. As its road tax exempt (so old), and runs on half price fuel (lpg), its cheap to own and run and was built using spares and recycled bits so cheap to build as well.
I realise its smaller and slower than a lot of the kit you guys use over there, but it suits my purpose fine, and has proved perfect for getting into the small jobs around my way and splitting on site and bringing a load home each trip.
A few pics here to give an idea, but loads and loads more of it being built and in use on here: http://www.log-rover.co.uk
they should give you some idea, but visit the website to see the whole story - if you are into that sort of thing....
happy splitting,
neil - in Scotland.
I should explain..... I've a "few" land rovers already, work in an office all week, and then fell a few trees and split some logs for enjoyment on the weekend.
Having rebuilt a few landrovers and rangerovers already, I thought I'd set myself a new challenge. So when I saw an old 1960's Dowty pump to fit an old alnd rover gearbox PTO on Ebay, I bought it and then built a vehicle around it, with the aim of being a dedicated Log related Land Rover. The aim being to present a good engineering challenge, but to end up with a useful vehicle. As its road tax exempt (so old), and runs on half price fuel (lpg), its cheap to own and run and was built using spares and recycled bits so cheap to build as well.
I realise its smaller and slower than a lot of the kit you guys use over there, but it suits my purpose fine, and has proved perfect for getting into the small jobs around my way and splitting on site and bringing a load home each trip.
A few pics here to give an idea, but loads and loads more of it being built and in use on here: http://www.log-rover.co.uk
they should give you some idea, but visit the website to see the whole story - if you are into that sort of thing....
happy splitting,
neil - in Scotland.