Ford d series gives a piggy back.

Autobiographical short story from my book "I wouldn't value it at that" about my exploits as a scrap metal dealer in the 1990s. This time i clear some lorries from an engineering workshops yard, getting into the usual daft scrapes.

[@outbackmotorcyclesandengin867]

I'm laughing as you recall your escapades. It reminds me of my own antics back in the 80s. You can't get away with anything like this now, keep the videos coming.

[@ColinWeaver-rs1yx]

Evening. Thank you for taking time to have a look. That they make you smile means a lot. All the best.

[@RuthNewstead]

Lovely old job mind me tash 🤠🔧⚓ JB

[@ColinWeaver-rs1yx]

Thank you.

[@davelove3779]

Brilliant reminds me of my own cunning plans I used to get upto in the early 2000s. Can’t get away with half the stuff anymore. I remember needing to take a lorry into London that I’d sold and been paid to deliver no MOT so I went down to garret gree Dvla office and registered it as a recovery vehicle to tax it and run it into the back of portabello road. Can’t get away with that these days.

[@ColinWeaver-rs1yx]

Good evening. Cheers for watching the video. Was a great way around things back then. Just fitting an ancient Harvey Frost to a vehicle got things sorted. Take care.

[@davelove3779]

@@ColinWeaver-rs1yx I had an old Land Rover series 2a v8 with An Harvey frost on shed do about 9mpg with a car on the back. Great days. Take care

[@mandymoo7406]

Our d series recovery kept failing the brake test on oval rear drums so we too decided to exempt it and put it on recovery tax at £75 a year i think,anyway a nice little mk3 ransid recovery turned up so we decided to sell the d so advertised it on autotrader for £500,we soon had a buyer and he told us it was off to africa ,soon after we found out the warn winch we let go with it that i had reconditioned with mini starter solenoids was worth more than £500 on its own Oh well life is a learning curve

[@ColinWeaver-rs1yx]

I did something similar. Later on in the stories i will tell of an Iveco 55-10 lorry i had. That was fitted with a Ramsey electric winch which was pretty good. I foolishly sold the truck complete with the winch for less than the winch was really worth on it's own. As you say, we learn. Best winch i ever had i still have and that is a Pearce hydraulic one fitted to a tilt and slide body. In 20 years i never found any car or small commercial it would not drag. Biggest thing i ever loaded with it was a Belarus 4x4 tractor with flat tyres.

[@paudiepower1407]

Where you from in the UK?

[@ColinWeaver-rs1yx]

Evening. My accent probably gives me away but Gloucestershire/Herefordshire border. Yourself?