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I almost forgot, but yesterday I contacted Ortolan about their US sales network. This is their answer: Hello, in the USA we deal with BDI Machinery, here below contact details: BDi Machinery Sales, Inc. 52 Race St. Macungie, PA 18062 (610) 966-2444 Office (610) 965-2959 Fax...

This may be like kicking in an open door, but why not remove the MMM for the winter? Not much need for it then, and you can check, clean and lubricate it.

Used worldwide on ships: https://www.owatroldirect.co.uk/product/marine-oil/

Shot this yesterday morning: thunderstorm rolling in. Before anyone asks where this is: I'm based in Bamako, Mali.

Gorgeous! I was lucky enough to visit the De Tomaso factory, back in '90 or '91. I don't think they got many visitors, as a nice -and very goodlooking...- young lady gave me a private tour of the plant (big word, as it was just a smallish industrial building with three -3!- cars under...

My first car? That was in '90 ( when I was 26): a '79 Chevy Monte Carlo, version for the European market with orange turn signals. Buick 231 CID V6, 6,500 (!) real miles, AC, auto, CC, power seat and windows, tinted windows, split bench with crushed velours, gage package etc. Parked since '81...

The real reason that we can't have the Ten Commandments posted in a courthouse is this: You cannot post "Thou Shalt Not Steal," "Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery," and "Thou Shall Not Lie" in a building full of lawyers, judges and politicians... It creates a hostile work environment.

Pellet-fired gas generator on an antique FIAT tractor in Italy:

mcmxi, please note that this is in Belgium; I got the machine through my (fine) Kubota dealer. Out of curiosity, tomorrow I'l write to Ortolan to inquire about their sales office in the US.

I had an LED system installed last year, and am I glad I did! The LEDs use a lot less power than the bulbs and are guaranteed to last a minimum of five years before needing replacement (and with our limited use they'll probably die of old age rather than wear...). Moreover, they only switch on...

Put it on *Bay as a haunted tractor - it may sell for a fortune... :LOL: Strange phenomenon, but vehicle electricity can do the most bizarre things.

Yes, I have one, a T10 pickup. Great machine.

The website says the are available in the US in the tab "About us". You may try contacting them: ortolan@ortolan.net Good luck!

Another one is Ortolan: https://ortolan.net/en/home-english/ Small company, single plant, no production facilities outside Italy. Great stuff though, built like the proverbial tank (I have their T10 with pickup).

There's a saying in Dutch: " Buy a boat and work yourself to death"; "boot" (boat) and "dood" (death) rhyming with each other... :cool:

The Covid crisis has made the yachting sector collapse, and boats can be picked up for ridiculous prices (even more now with the cost of fuel skyrocketing - power boats are almost given away for free...), so my nephew got himself a nice 28-foot sailing yacht for EUR 1,000. Inside is this 2000...

Instructions (???) that came with an el cheapo (there are no others here) UV fly trap. Chinglish isn't dead yet...