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BrokenBiker
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i would like to imagine this is a 1 off, friday afternon job...no excuse, but reality is that these things do occasionally happen.
should there be any more complaints of the same nature, ford would need to recall, but for a very small amount of claims they will simply put a bulletin out to manufacturing to double check all welded parts on the tow bar assembly as firstly, actually welded and secondly to a good standard and then anyone that brings a failure in will get it repaired for free.
until there is an injury from a failure there isnt really any great seriousness to it sadly. when i worked for a company i shall not name (think they went bust anyway), as an apprentice, they had a room upstairs with warranty claim items that caused a change in design or process...but then the room next door was a full or warranty claims that had resulted in a death due to the failure...apparently they knew for a while that 1 of their items was loable to fail in a certain way if not perfectly maintained...it took a 5 year old boy in africa drying from an impact from the bit that came off before they changed the design to remove the failure point
should there be any more complaints of the same nature, ford would need to recall, but for a very small amount of claims they will simply put a bulletin out to manufacturing to double check all welded parts on the tow bar assembly as firstly, actually welded and secondly to a good standard and then anyone that brings a failure in will get it repaired for free.
until there is an injury from a failure there isnt really any great seriousness to it sadly. when i worked for a company i shall not name (think they went bust anyway), as an apprentice, they had a room upstairs with warranty claim items that caused a change in design or process...but then the room next door was a full or warranty claims that had resulted in a death due to the failure...apparently they knew for a while that 1 of their items was loable to fail in a certain way if not perfectly maintained...it took a 5 year old boy in africa drying from an impact from the bit that came off before they changed the design to remove the failure point
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its a miracle that it lasted longer than the wet belt
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Etch primer and another coat of black and it would have lasted for years
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glad it wasnt mine, used to pull my stockcar round on the trailer and if it let go in to traffic in opposite direction would be like a battering ram 
I have a new VW T5 on hire. Nice metallic blue with alloy wheels. It is the new Ford Transit in drag. I hate it with a passion.. Mirrors are crap I find it impossible to see the kerb.
Left knee always hurts driving it.
Totally gutless. 110bhp - drop down to 4th on motorway hills unladen.
Fuel economy - 32.3mpg and it is drinking adblue!
The old Crafter I had did 30mpg carrying loads of staff. Far faster. Much nicer to drive. Far quicker and much better visibility. Swapping back to a Crafter next month hopefully!
AFTER I have repaired the scratches in the back bumper - it isn't designed for work of any kind!
Left knee always hurts driving it.
Totally gutless. 110bhp - drop down to 4th on motorway hills unladen.
Fuel economy - 32.3mpg and it is drinking adblue!
The old Crafter I had did 30mpg carrying loads of staff. Far faster. Much nicer to drive. Far quicker and much better visibility. Swapping back to a Crafter next month hopefully!
AFTER I have repaired the scratches in the back bumper - it isn't designed for work of any kind!
I saw a Police Ford Ranger the other day with the stupid receiver style tow hitch. To get the towball down low they had a 10mm steel plate sticking down about A4 sized. Just a flat plate! No bends in it nothing. Just imagine the turning forces - box section at the top - towball right at the bottom. No doubt it was "approved" or the Police wouldn't use it. And there is the difference. If one of us lot on here built something ourselves and there was an accident they would throw the book at us. But if it has the correct paperwork that is all they care about these days
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I remember in the 90s near Bournemouth...I was stuck in traffic. Other side of the road a boat on a trailer got free....boat and trailer hit the car in front of me. Quite a bit of chaos!
I know Coastal Rides - one of our customers - they used to convert big American V8s into boat engines etc. Probably still do.
Look how fine those welds are - possibly laser welded?
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the garage I worked at as an apprentice had a regular customer who had a Triumph 2000 that he had used to tow a boat trailer, the tow ball was bent backwards at nearly 45degrees, he had towed a 7 ton boat up a slipway. The towbar was as good as new
I had a look at my Custom earlier, as it came with a factory fit towbar, and it's welded (I didn't want the towbar, but it was the only stock available when I was looking)
It's a Bosal towbar.
You get the option of factory fit with a two bolt fixing which requires a cutout in the bumper, or a dealer fit swan neck, but the swan neck has a lower towing capacity.
It's a Bosal towbar.
You get the option of factory fit with a two bolt fixing which requires a cutout in the bumper, or a dealer fit swan neck, but the swan neck has a lower towing capacity.
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How is that even possible? When I was into L200s I had a "new shape" 2006 that did 136 BHP and the later ones did 176 BHP and even 212 BHP, IIRC, for the final Barbarians.
And I would scoff at the "old shape" third gen from 1996 to 2005 that had what was even then a totally risible 113 BHP.
How can Volkswagen make and ship a van today that puts out less power than a 1.0L ecoboost Fiesta?
