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Nations chit-chat
This is a forum for the nations/continents.
ONE thread for each continent!
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Photo Competitions
This forum will host the monthly CMN Photo Competition
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How to use this forum

Last post by Holger « Tue Sep 04, 2007 9:30 pm

by Holger » Tue Sep 04, 2007 9:30 pm

Hi,

welcome to the chit chat forum.
Feel free to discuss everything here - not only machines.

:thumbs_up:

/Holger

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New forum for the CMN Photo Competition

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by Holger » Tue Jul 03, 2012 8:34 am

Hi all!

I have moved all competitions to this forum:

Enjoy!

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Thoughts on forming a machinery club

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by martyn williams » Mon Nov 23, 2009 4:06 pm

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Hello all
Just would like some feedback on forming a new club.
It will be mainly to do with crawler tractors, working days,attending vintage vehicle...

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Come and join us in the Link club,only £25 per year :thumbup:
Martyn
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Vintage trailer hitch?

Last post by hair bear « Fri Apr 17, 2026 9:57 pm
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by hair bear » Fri Apr 17, 2026 8:10 pm

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Question for you...
In the early 1980s the farmer I worked for had a late 50's lwb series 1 landrover. The tow hitch on it I'd never seen before or...

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Ok, so if you could imagine that as a solid casting (no jaw opening) with the pin hole drilled through from top to bottom, and the pin itself as...

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Fergies

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by hair bear » Sun Feb 08, 2026 5:38 pm

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I suspect a leaking rear main as well. :D

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Oo er missus :D

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Merry Christmas 2025

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by Billy26F5 » Tue Dec 23, 2025 7:42 pm

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Merry Xmas from Billy, Super Billy, Davie, Mr MacGregor and myself, and here's a pic to enjoy:

Sandy

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Happy new year to all from Billy, Super Billy, Davie, Mr MacGregor and myself, and another pic to enjoy!

Sandy

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Who needs baulbles?

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by hair bear » Sat Dec 06, 2025 6:08 pm

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I give it two minutes before it's spotted!

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Hoveringham culvert?

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by hair bear » Mon Oct 06, 2025 8:12 pm

Bimbling along the M4 eastbound near Reading today, and somewhere between Reading services and J11 - I think near J Mould - there is a small sign in...

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Re-power your motorbike?

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by hair bear » Sun May 25, 2025 3:14 pm

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Errr...?
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Errr...?
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0-60mph Never! :lol:

Jeremy

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Merry Christmas 2024

Last post by Billy26F5 « Sat Dec 28, 2024 3:27 pm
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by Jeremy Rowland » Thu Dec 12, 2024 9:05 pm

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Wishing all of our members a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year :claphands: :thumbup: thanks to all who contribute and visit.

Jeremy

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Happy new year (a bit early) to all from Billy, Super Billy, Davie, Mr MacGregor and myself, and another pic to enjoy!

Original URL:
Sandy

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My fathers Pembleton

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by rowehillmaster » Wed Aug 07, 2024 10:47 pm

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I am the new custodian of the Pembleton that my father built in 2017-18)

…. he took it to France last September, he’s 85 now! and he has decided to...

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Lucky you, very nice too! :rockon:

Jeremy

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Buyers premium

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by hair bear » Thu May 02, 2024 8:36 pm

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I've always enjoyed going to farm sales, you never know what might turn up. It used to be fun to get a bargain.
Dragged all the way to Alton recently...

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Rob, although I am no auction expert, part of the problem for auctioneers is that people bid on things and win them, then decide they don't want them...

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Merry Christmas 2023

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by Jeremy Rowland » Sat Dec 16, 2023 6:31 pm

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Seasons greetings to all CMN members and visitors :wave: happy holidays and all the best for the New Year. :thumbup:

Jeremy

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Merry Christmas all and many thanks to jeremy and Holger for keeping this site going.. :thumbup:
Craig

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One for Jeremy

Last post by Matchless?58 « Wed Dec 20, 2023 12:12 am
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by Matchless?58 » Sat Dec 16, 2023 6:23 pm

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Hi Jeremy here's one for you . It's my 1961 ajs 650 csr . I took this in the summer and I thought I would post it to now as the weather is so dark...

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Hey looks a great bike. Not over restored and obviously still in regular use. A7s are becoming rare beasts now. Can't wait for the weather to improve...

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Uploading pics

Last post by hair bear « Tue Sep 12, 2023 2:20 pm
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by weirdfish » Tue Sep 12, 2023 1:35 pm

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I’ve tried Imgur and the link below but I still get them to upload in my threads.
I’ve got them into the gallery but that’s about it.
Explain to me...

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Type your text, then go to your GALLERY, coose the pic you want and below it there should be a button marked INSERT. Click on it.
You will see a text...

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Merry Christmas 2022

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by Jeremy Rowland » Wed Dec 21, 2022 9:36 pm

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Merry Christmas to all CMN members and visitors let's hope we have a Very Happy New Year, thanks to all who continue to contribute to the site....

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Merry xmas. A calmer 2023, what a great idea!

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I think I shall just leave this one here...

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One for those following the Parliamentary news from the UK...

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Merry Christmas

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by Jeremy Rowland » Wed Dec 22, 2021 8:15 pm

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I would just like to wish you all a Very Merry Christmas and thank you all for your contributions. :claphands: :thumbup:

Jeremy

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A belated Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone ...

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Triumph Alternator Drive Shaft Replacement

Last post by Jeremy Rowland « Fri Dec 10, 2021 9:05 pm
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by Jeremy Rowland » Tue Jun 10, 2014 10:43 pm

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Triumph Alternator Shaft Replacement (Part One)

Having already once owned a 1996 Hinckley built Triumph Trident I quite fancied another similar...

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Sods law they call that !!!!

Never mind daft thing is it had crossed my mind to put it on here, I don't know why I didn't :doh:

Jeremy
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Adblue - what's the point?

Last post by essexpete « Thu Sep 23, 2021 9:27 am
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by hair bear » Tue Sep 21, 2021 9:12 pm

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Ok, I get the 'user end' chemistry and the supposed effect on emissions etc., but by the time the ingredients have been sourced, refined, transported...

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This highlights some of the anomalies in the green crusade.

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Trailer test / entitlements

Last post by Jeremy Rowland « Sun Sep 12, 2021 12:29 am
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by hair bear » Sat Sep 11, 2021 10:18 pm

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I don't know if this is mentioned elsewhere but I feel needs more clarification.

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I saw that. I wonder if they're thinking of helping covering their driver shortages by getting more 3,5t vans with box trailers on the road &...

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Trilobites and Shells

Last post by Jeremy Rowland « Mon Aug 30, 2021 8:55 pm
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by Jeremy Rowland » Sun Jul 10, 2011 10:17 pm

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It's hard to believe that once upon a time Dudley was actually underwater, at the bottom of an ocean to be more precise.
The geology of the town is...

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Well I had a bit of a different bank holiday Monday; I met up with a lady friend of mine to do some foraging for fruit and after a large bag of...

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New Magazine

Last post by Jeremy Rowland « Sun Aug 15, 2021 2:22 pm

by Jeremy Rowland » Sun Aug 15, 2021 2:22 pm

Well Covid has taken its toll on many different aspects in our lives and the end of Classic Plant & Machinery magazine along with some other...

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What did 'The Two Ronnies' know?

Last post by hair bear « Wed Mar 10, 2021 3:53 pm
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by hair bear » Tue Mar 09, 2021 11:34 pm

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Another dive down the Off Topic rabbit hole...
In 1980 the show was broadcasting it's Worm That Turned series. Set in the then future, at that time...

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That would be On Topic then?

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Seasons Greetings

Last post by Matchless?58 « Thu Dec 24, 2020 11:22 pm
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by FOWLER MAN » Thu Dec 24, 2020 7:42 pm

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Hi,
Just a line to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a much better New Year than the one we are now experiencing.
Please stay safe and well.
Fred

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Thank you Fred .
Also I think I speak for all members of this forum when I say a huge thank you for your knowledge and advice always freely given...

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Merry Christmas

Last post by Slooby « Tue Dec 22, 2020 9:48 pm
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by Jeremy Rowland » Mon Dec 21, 2020 9:05 pm

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Wishing all members a Very Merry Christmas and a more hopeful 2021. :thumbup: Stay safe and enjoy the holiday.

Jeremy

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Indeed, Merry Christmas all!

2020 has certainly been a grim year, but there have been some upsides to it, like buying a JCB and discovering this...

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