t-dougs general tomfoolery thread

[terranosaurusdoug]

Just a thought.....great idea it seems......how with this fitting react to offset winching tensions...on what is a relatively small square fixing on a potential lever....:nenau

You would surely have to ensure every pull was 90° to winch every time.....:nenau

Direct straight line pull, with high tensile fixings I can understand......

There would be two pins if I did it. I think the further the end of the receiver is from the point it is attached and the strength of the material in general dictates what the max angle would be. I will be bearing it in mind though :thumb2

 

[solarman216]

If I was to be thinking along the lines of a removable winch then it would be a twin socket affair at least as wide as a standard winch tray, preferably in line with and fixed to the chassis rails, and the box would be mild steel heavy gauge 4 inch or thereabouts box, wall thickness 12mm minimum, Rick

 

[terranosaurusdoug]

Hey Blockster I saw this and thought of you, bet you've had a few eh :naughty

 

[terranosaurusdoug]

Here's one for you Jim :thumbs

 

[Blocky10]

Too much ginger is bad for you :lol:lol

 

[terranosaurusdoug]

I have a set of five steel wheels which I am going to paint and fit at some point, I'm wondering whether or not to widen them though, will 10.43 inch tyres be enough for 8 inch wide rims??
If I widen the the rims to 8 inch it will effectively add negative off set to them too which is what I want, that plus the already negative off set should be about right then! I just dont wanna make them too wide to suit a 265-75 16 tyre (10.43 inches) and I don't wanna go bigger than 265-75 16.

 

[Blocky10]

I've got 265s on atm. They look a little balloony but have been great. No issues with the extra width neither:naughty

 

[terranosaurusdoug]

I've got 265s on atm. They look a little balloony but have been great. No issues with the extra width neither:naughty

7" wide rims?

 

[Blocky10]

7" wide rims?

Just been out and measured. Yes T-Doug, 7 inch

 

[terranosaurusdoug]

Just been out and measured. Yes T-Doug, 7 inch

Thanks bud, wider it is :naughty

 

[terranosaurusdoug]

I wish the warm weather would hurry up, I want to dry the interior out :doh

 

[Wheelie]

I wish the warm weather would hurry up, I want to dry the interior out :doh

It’s here down south mate, pop down to the new forest over the weekend I’ll be there having a pre holiday run out to check everything

 

[terranosaurusdoug]

It’s here down south mate, pop down to the new forest over the weekend I’ll be there having a pre holiday run out to check everything

:doh you spoke too soon mate :lol

 

[Wheelie]

:doh you spoke too soon mate [emoji38]

Yup sure did. Absolutely hammered down

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[terranosaurusdoug]

This is how stuck I got the other week, I smacked it in right upto the buffers too, I think I need to make them out of high tensile stuff next time :doh

 

[terranosaurusdoug]

Two of these....

 

[terranosaurusdoug]

....and two of these I reckon, they are by a company called Strands, supposedly very tough stuff....

 

[terranosaurusdoug]

I got this flip key working today, just need to get it cut now :thumb2

 

[terranosaurusdoug]

Inspired by our resident internet celebrity jay666d I decided to erect my tent in the front garden :naughty I was given a tent last year by another member on here, donsimon, who is famous for other reasons but I haven't used it yet. He said he hadn't used it much and when I opened the bag it was in brand new condition, everthing there and even an unopened bag of spare bits, the only signs it had been used where a bit of grit and an empty condom wrapper with a bit of woolstuck to it in the bottom of the bag :nenau:nenau

It is like new though, I found it quite easy to put up and best of all it has a inner tent for the bedroom to help with condensation :thumb2 I'll put some pics up, its a trial run though so don't expect miracles, I left my tent pegs behind so I have just used some sawn up bits of cane and havent pegged it down everywhere, also tried one of the two new airbeds I got from ASDA, £10 each.

 

[terranosaurusdoug]