stan wrote:

the diesel L322 is 5975 lbs [2.66 tons]
the petrol is 5710 lbs [2.55 tons]

thats unladen and with a full tank of fuel [2010-2012]..

Ooh I stand corrected

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stan wrote:

the diesel L322 is 5975 lbs [2.66 tons]
the petrol is 5710 lbs [2.55 tons]

thats unladen and with a full tank of fuel [2010-2012]..

stan wrote:

the diesel L322 is 5975 lbs [2.66 tons]
the petrol is 5710 lbs [2.55 tons]

thats unladen and with a full tank of fuel [2010-2012]..

Tut Tut Stanley old chap. Tonnes, as in metric, i.e. 1000kg. A Ton is an imperial ton and 2240 lbs or 1016 kg.

You should know that being a similar age to me old boy, you would have learnt imperial at school.

What it was to learn imperial at school, then metric at Engineering College, then going to live in the USA so going back to imperial all over again. Amazing really, the metric system is so much easier but I still think in feet and inches. Mind you, (Salisbury) I do recall someone had a set of imperial A/F spanners

And if you want a really amusing example, try the railways. Everything is still measured in miles, chains, yards etc. Of course, with Swindon being the heart of the GWR you knew that anyway.

i put lbs into google and converted it to imperial tons, is google wrong ?

ah, now i'm fully awake i see theres tonnes and tons..surely everyone speaks of imperial tons or is it tonnes nowadays, whatever it is the FF is very heavy..

Tonnes, you're not allowed to use tons for sale anymore I think. Ed

No, us mere mortals are supposed to use metric, yet the national railways has zero metric units in use, none, zilch. But it was really nice to see how many market traders took to selling in units of 454 grammes (one UK pound) Tortoise wins again.

Yes Stan, a Tonne is metric and a Ton is Imperial. 16 kilos more in an Imperial Ton.

another reason why we should leave the EU.....


i think i'll start a 'bring back the ton' campaign

at least beers still sold in pints !

Unless you live in the USA where they have Girlie pints of 16 fl oz against the British pint of 20 fl oz. Probably explains why they thought I was an alcoholic when I lived there

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Looks good daveenty! Please paste up some pictures of the FFRR when it's up on your lift.

Sorry to be a bit late replying to this request, but today's the first day I've had a chance to put the RR on the ramp due to my obsession with trying to keep the Merc out of the bad weather.

I didn't take it to full height, probably another good few inches to go, though the hydraulics seemed to struggle a lot more than with the Jeep. Go there in the end though.

High enough for cleaning wheels, sills etc. though I wouldn't like to do much underneath where it is, and I'm not lifting the garage roof any higher than it is now, life's too short.  Dave
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4 post is the way to go with the FFRR



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I can only dream of a garage like yours.

I remember the build thread on it many years ago over on the Mercedes forums,, though unfortunately I neither have the space required, the height or the concrete for a 2 or 4 poster. Believe me, a lot of compromising was tried but usually fell at the first hurdle.  Dave
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47p2. Do you have problems jacking the RR up off a four post lift ?
Sorry there's probably a simple explanation, only never thought about it before.
Greg.

Easiest way is with a jacking beam. e.g. http://www.ac-hydraulic.dk/fr/produits/tra...20l-sd26l/

Don't know what 47p2 has but suspect it might be a possibility.  John
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