Rich H
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Registered: 26th Oct 05
Location: West Sussex Drives: E46 M3
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Well I guess every day throws up different challenges 
This one was totally unexpected. Basically the owner is having it serviced tomorrow and just needed it tidied up as otherwise he gets charged extra for it being dirty!
Luckily this isn't a used and abused tractor though - it purely gets used for cutting acres of grass and popping to the shops occasionally when he cba to take his Hummer (yes seriously )
Was shocked to hear how much it was worth as well!! 
Anyway, before:
Spent ages picking out the grass from everywhere and bagging it up ( a whole black sack's worth!) - not good when you suffer from hayfever though 
Then a low pressure rinse off with the PW, and sprayed all over with AS Hazsafe and left to dwell. Tyres and wheels sprayed with G101, scrubbed and rinsed off. Bodywork then rinsed off and dried with AS Tango - barely enough metalwork to justify proper wash with shampoo etc.
All visible paintwork then given a quick polish with AS Platinum and waxed with Collinite 476s to keep it protected! (inc. wheels)
Interior hoovered, scrubbed with G101 and dressed with AS Pazzaz.
Glass with AS Glass Clear, Tyres and black trim with AS Finish.
Afters:
And a few random bits that made me laugh (as a tractor is a novel experience to me!)
No odometer, just hours used:
Speed control:
Orange Peel (Get it?!)  :
Ah well, enough silliness for today
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flybikeslee
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Registered: 2nd Jan 07
Location: Liverpool
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thats bosss
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Rich H
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Registered: 26th Oct 05
Location: West Sussex Drives: E46 M3
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Bloody thing took near on 3 hours to complete too! 
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flybikeslee
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Registered: 2nd Jan 07
Location: Liverpool
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looks like new!
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MarkSport
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Registered: 22nd May 09
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I drove one of these in my old workplace.if you put it in rabbit mode and 3rd gear they fly.theres a plastic clip on the brake pedal aswell so you can have different wheel braking 
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BluKoo
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Registered: 8th Apr 02
Location: Stonehaven (Scotland)
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Your best write-up yet! 
[Edited on 09-06-2009 by BluKoo]
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FAZ
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Registered: 24th Nov 07
Location: Coventry
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different, didnt you do a golf at that place? o is it your own place where people come to you?
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Rich H
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Registered: 26th Oct 05
Location: West Sussex Drives: E46 M3
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The Golf's in the background of the before pics 
It's a trade guy I worked for - sacked him off today as he's been mucking me about.
The tractor is the landowners. He also owns the Hummer I've previously posted - got that to do again properly next week as it's being used for some dinner dance thing apparently.
I have been offered the whole area to rent but it's in the sticks, so would need motor trader insurance, which at 21 isn't that justifiable (~£4.5k p/a!)
Murray - Thanks mate!
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philip2
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Registered: 1st Oct 06
Location: n.wales/chester
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thats ace, id love to see that trundling down the road!
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FAZ
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Registered: 24th Nov 07
Location: Coventry
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bet you had a field day ploughing through that 
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Nick-S
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Registered: 3rd Mar 04
Location: Leigh. Drives: RS Megane 230 F1 Team R26
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Fucking lol
Top job tho. 
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mattk
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Registered: 27th Feb 06
Location: St. Helens
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ace, your only 21
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Rich H
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Registered: 26th Oct 05
Location: West Sussex Drives: E46 M3
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quote:
Originally posted by mattk
ace, your only 21
Yus, 22 next Thursday 
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noshua
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Registered: 19th Nov 08
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Certainly didn't expect that! Surely it would've been quicker as well as cheaper for him to simply pick the grass up and blast it with some water! Oh well!
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Rich H
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Registered: 26th Oct 05
Location: West Sussex Drives: E46 M3
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The owners in his late 60's with health problems so probably not
However, why he drives huge vehicles, I don't know! Means I am responsible for cleaning all of them though lol.
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Twiggy
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Registered: 15th Oct 04
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Credit cruch on and he has you professionally cleaning his mower
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Ellis
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Registered: 11th Sep 07
Location: Aberdeenshire
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Fuck me thats a clean mower!
Top job
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xa0s
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Registered: 4th Mar 08
Location: Dartford, Kent Car: Turbo'd Fabia vRS
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How much is it worth?
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Rich H
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Registered: 26th Oct 05
Location: West Sussex Drives: E46 M3
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quote:
Originally posted by xa0s
How much is it worth?
Including an attachment for the rear which acts as a huge garden vac, he told me it's worth ~£30k
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xa0s
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Jesus! I was guessing £10k...
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random dav
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Location: NSW
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random
WRLFC !
Project cars
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JM_16v
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Registered: 17th Oct 05
Location: Essex Drives: GLC63S
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Tractor ST
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Nic Barnes
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Registered: 5th Apr 04
Location: nowhere near ginger people
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best detailing thread ive read yet. its cool to get random things like that to work on i imagine.
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jr
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Registered: 20th May 02
Location: Kent
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bit diffrent rich
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RS6
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Registered: 5th Nov 03
Location: with MJ
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crazy nice one rich
didn't see you sun did spy the van 
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