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    3.5t box mileage vs chassis age and other questions

    If you yourself plan to put further high mileage on the vehicle, do not buy one that is already high mileage. On the other hand if your use will be low mileage the purchase of a high mileage vehicle can be considered. A high mileage vehicle that has been well maintained from new can have plenty...
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    daft question - which room to post in ?

    I recommend the UK based company LOC transport.
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    Can't get lorry back

    I think that information on a V5 does not relate to ownership of the vehicle.
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    Diary of an aspiring work rider

    I hope the thread is going to run and run.......like a runaway racehorse.
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    Diary of an aspiring work rider

    .....LOL.....
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    Diary of an aspiring work rider

    ah,....yes.......the goodest english I can manege.........that might, or might not, be helpful.........
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    Diary of an aspiring work rider

    I would like to read advice as to how to write the best blog.........can some of you advisers post a few tips for the rest of us ?
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    Diary of an aspiring work rider

    Well done so far work rider. I think that you do have a good chance of fulfilling this ambition. I am a rider myself, at quite an old age.......and my personal opinion is that personal physical fitness is the most important pre-requisite to your chances of surviving this caper. ( No harm in...
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    Insurance quotes.

    An insurance quote ( for any purpose ) is valid for the day of the quote; there might be an associated statement offering to honour that price for a certain period of time....for example 30 days. Other than that insurance premiums offered go up and down from day to day just like the price of...
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    Bit for my horse

    forget bitting difficulty......dr cooks bitless....?
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    Afford a horse on 15K a year?

    well.........I read that as a positive reply.........in the seventies we are probably going to feel we pay physically almost whatever was the detail of lifestyle 'back in the day'.......
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    Afford a horse on 15K a year?

    interesting post from you splashgirl so in retrospect was time with horses and horse ownership a good exchange for the burden of a mortgage at 72yo.....?
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    Afford a horse on 15K a year?

    As a few people have written, it is not just income that counts....it is also the total of the outgoings. I suggest you write a list of personal priorities. For example if I do this myself it would be....personal water supply, personal food supply, personal shelter......and after that you and...
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    3.5t vs trailer

    Engine is usually the last thing to give up........
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    Personal and public liability

    I do believe that that the most cost effective insurance, of this type, is obtained by enrolling as a non riding member in Endurance GB. You are automatically covered by a policy which covers you for all risks arising from horse ownership. Of course do not take my word for it, read the small...
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