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Many health and safety standards and inspections are involved in making these trucks. “It’s never-ending,” says Dan. “We now have to have a certain clearance between the top of our heads and the roll cage. We have to have 100mm between our helmet and

Dan is just starting to “poke his nose” into the winch challenge sport and truck fabrication. When he was interviewed, he had a winch truck buggy on the shop floor. The difference is in the independent suspension and the positioning of the motor in t

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The adrenaline rush of taking part in a sport like this and creating an exciting event for a 5000-strong crowd is huge. Dan’s farm fills with cars and people. There are hot-food caravans, a rolling scoreboard, and music. The event is compèred by an A

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George Hattersley & Sons Ltd of Keighley, England, designed this domestic weaving system in 1895. The firm had designed full-width looms since 1789, and made every type of loom and a vast range of associated textile equipment until the company closed