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Re: Your new milk float

Hi Paul,

£95 isn't bad, I paid £50 plus to hire a transporter trailer, I had
to hire for the full weekend as I was doing it on the Saturday and
couldn't get back before the hire place closed. Add the cost of fuel
and severn bridge tolls plus stopping for luch on the services etc.

If the float had been functional I would have loved to have driven it
back (using quiet country roads), probably would have taken a couple
of days but been a great adventure. Take along a generator for
recharging.....

Itching to get it running now.

Martin



--- In milko@..., "milkbottlenews" <milkbottlenews@...>
wrote:
>
> Hi Martin,
>
> Your new float looks smart. Did you manage to get it recovered? I
> use a company in Wickford Essex who seem quite reasonable. I have
> used them twice and depending on mileage it costs around £95 for a
> lift from one area and delivery to the next. Depeding on where the
> float is situated though it maybe cheaper to get someone local
there?
>
> Cheers
>
> Paul
>




Tue Dec 2, 2008 12:20 pm

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Hi all, I'm new on this list, thought I was the only oddball that was looking at using a former milkfloat for local transport and now find that I'm one of...
martin_200261
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Nov 2, 2008
9:53 pm

Hi Martin. Welcome to milko. I used to be a milkfloat engineer for many years, so if you buy an old float that needs a bit of work, and you need some advice,...
nick maskell
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Nov 2, 2008
11:49 pm

Thanks for that Nick, just need to actually find one now. There's a nice one on ebay but I've a feeling that will go for lots. Cheers, Martin...
martin
martin_200261
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Nov 3, 2008
10:47 am

Well, I finally got one :-)) Just need to collect it now. I was planning to hire a car transport trailer but was wondering how feasible it would be to...
martin
martin_200261
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Nov 28, 2008
12:27 am

Well that looks in nice condition, well done !!! That was obviously one that went by quietly and at a bargain price. Phil......
gonadmilk
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Nov 28, 2008
12:33 am

Well pleased with it :-) just need to get it home, get it running and watch peoples reactions. Youngest daughter insists she doesn't want to go in it - reckons...
martin
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Nov 28, 2008
1:02 am

Hi Martin, Your new float looks smart. Did you manage to get it recovered? I use a company in Wickford Essex who seem quite reasonable. I have used them...
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Nov 29, 2008
10:07 pm

Hi Paul, £95 isn't bad, I paid £50 plus to hire a transporter trailer, I had to hire for the full weekend as I was doing it on the Saturday and couldn't get...
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