They see me turfin'

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penski will be so proud

 

[Gilly]

Nah, the 'stance' is all wrong

 

[Dunks]

Nah, the 'stance' is all wrong

 

[ironman]

All that and no photos of the garden?

 

[chipperhead]

All that and no photos of the garden?

This is a motors forum, you don't want lawn pictures surely

Ok imagine this, it's a small rectangular shape. It was brown and now it's green and fluffy and we've done a fine job if i do say so myself.

xTurfing Tipx
It's all in the preperation, spend a good amount of time making sure the soil is level and then just roll the turf out, piece of cake.

 

[theo]

I've been turfing for the last couple of days, transporting many dozens of rolls of the stuff into a trailer and across the land to unload, my god that stuff is heavy for a sissy like me.

 

[benneh]

Must've been a LOT of soil with it. Which is unusual.?

It came from a bowling green, so not too surprising .

 

[Skeeter]

Ahh, reminds me of the days when my dad was a builder... tonne of bricks or sand or gravel in the back of a P100 pickup, or when that was broken, in the back of my mums Sierra!

 

[silversurfer]

pics of the turf yo?

turf could be the new bread

 

[Scania]

Is that even safe for carry over a tonne of extra load?

No. frankly, its damn stupid.

 

[Zuma]

that suspension must be on it's bump rubbers.
i had 500 kilos of scrap steel in the back of my volvo 760 the other week and it looked about as low as that. i wouldn't have wanted to put any more in it.

 

[Firestar_3x]

No. frankly, its damn stupid.

Yep, in order to save a couple of quid you've prolly bent something....

 

[Muffin`]

Yep, in order to save a couple of quid you've prolly bent something....

He is probably on about breaking ability.

 

[Matt82]

Weights / loads
Unladen weight (excl. driver) in kg. Gross weight in kg
1805 / 2435
1825 / 2455
Axle load limit at front / rear in kg
1280 / 1280
1300 / 1280
Trailer load limit unbraked in kg
750
Trailer load limit on 8% / 12% gradient, braked in kg
2100 / 1900
Roof load limit in kg / permissible nose weight in kg
100 / 85

 

[silversurfer]

Audi arent lightweight cars luckly in this case. Hows that compare to a transit van I remember my old volvo had cart springs, went to france with that and brimmed it with lots of alcohol, not a tons worth I dont think ( unfortunately)

 

[atpbx]

Cars at the very must are supposed to carry about 4 people and some lightweight luggage.

NOT hundreds of kilos of junk and turf, as it is extremely dangerous.

To put it another way, the 3.5tonne vans i drive have a carrying capacity of about 1200- 1400kilos INCLUDING driver and passenger.

 

[needmorespeed]

Cars at the very must are supposed to carry about 4 people and some lightweight luggage.

NOT hundreds of kilos of junk and turf, as it is extremely dangerous.

To put it another way, the 3.5tonne vans i drive have a carrying capacity of about 1200- 1400kilos INCLUDING driver and passenger.

We can only get 860kg in are merc sprinter 311 CDI's but we do have refridgition units and loads of racking in there aswell

 

[Scania]

He is probably on about breaking ability.

Yes indeed, not to mention stability and the potential damage to suspension components.

 

[Zuma]

i just realised this is the guy i bought a vw vento off a few years ago.
The suspension was a bit knackered.

Chipperhead, this was you wasn't it?

 

[Scania]

i just realised this is the guy i bought a vw vento off a few years ago.
The suspension was a bit knackered.

Chipperhead, this was you wasn't it?

I have seen things very close to that @ Builders merchants........