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Post# 307643   11/30/2014 at 14:23 (3,405 days old) by citroenbx (england)        

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this is all working now just needs tool's this is now a up stairs vacuum cleaner

and it does a good job for a dc01




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Post# 307657 , Reply# 1   11/30/2014 at 15:45 (3,405 days old) by Marks_here (_._)        

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That is my favourite one of them all. Too bad they never made it here to the states.

Post# 307686 , Reply# 2   12/1/2014 at 01:11 (3,405 days old) by citroenbx (england)        

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they never made fantom thunders over here in the U.K

Post# 307706 , Reply# 3   12/1/2014 at 14:28 (3,404 days old) by beko1987 (Stokenchurch, United Kingdom)        

Nice skip find!

Post# 307710 , Reply# 4   12/1/2014 at 14:42 (3,404 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)        
May I be so bold???

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What is a "skip"?

Post# 307713 , Reply# 5   12/1/2014 at 14:51 (3,404 days old) by Marks_here (_._)        

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Trash bin/dumpster


Post# 307714 , Reply# 6   12/1/2014 at 14:52 (3,404 days old) by citroenbx (england)        
skip

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this is off Wikipedia

A skip (UK English) or dumpster[1][2] (US and Canadian English)[3] is a large open-topped waste container designed for loading onto a special type of lorry. Instead of being emptied into a garbage truck on site, as a wheelie bin is, a skip is removed, or replaced by an empty skip, and then tipped at a landfill site or transfer station.

Typically skip bins have a distinctive shape: the longitudinal cross-section of the skip bin is either a trapezoid or two stacked trapezoids. The lower trapezoid has the smaller edge at the bottom of the skip bin, and a longer edge at the top.[dubious – discuss] Where there is an upper trapezoid, it has the smaller edge at the top. At either end of the skip bin there is a sloping floor or wall. There are usually two lugs at the ends of the bin onto which chains can be attached, permitting the heavy skip bin to be lifted onto and off a lorry.[4] A special skip-carrying lorry or crane is used.

One end of the skip sometimes has a large door that hinges down to allow manual loading and unloading. Skips are usually durable and tough, made to withstand rough use by tradesmen and labourers. The size of a skip bin can vary from 2 cubic metres (71 cu ft)[5] to 32 cubic metres (1,100 cu ft). Even though these large bins can store many tonnes of waste, most lorries are limited to carrying around 8 tonnes (8,000 kg) of material in the container.

A typical small skip, when empty, weighs about 250 kilograms (550 lb).


Post# 307716 , Reply# 7   12/1/2014 at 14:57 (3,404 days old) by Marks_here (_._)        

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I like a tip, it's easier to get stuff out of 😜

Post# 307721 , Reply# 8   12/1/2014 at 15:23 (3,404 days old) by citroenbx (england)        

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looks a bit like the one I got the dyson off

Post# 307723 , Reply# 9   12/1/2014 at 15:35 (3,404 days old) by parwaz786 ( )        

Nice Dyson! It has an Ametek motor in it too! Quite surmised that it does considering the stickers on the machine

Post# 307724 , Reply# 10   12/1/2014 at 15:46 (3,404 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)        
thanks. I learned something new today.

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I finally got "boot" and "bonnet". My Irish cousins roared when I said, "trunk" and "hood".

Post# 307727 , Reply# 11   12/1/2014 at 16:21 (3,404 days old) by parwaz786 ( )        

Lol, cool! I kinda like how Americans have different words or pronunciations as its interesting in my view.
Like how we say "Aluminium" and you say "Aluminum" :)


Post# 307729 , Reply# 12   12/1/2014 at 16:22 (3,404 days old) by parwaz786 ( )        
Reminded me of this video

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CLICK HERE TO GO TO parwaz786's LINK


Post# 307738 , Reply# 13   12/1/2014 at 17:22 (3,404 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)        
Aluminium vs Aluminium

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In the UK we say "Al-you-min-you-um," when pronounced slowly, whereas the U.S say "A-lume-nee-um."

Post# 307740 , Reply# 14   12/1/2014 at 17:25 (3,404 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)        
We say

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A lu mi num


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