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  1. GarethM
    Just don't waste your money on surveys, maybe speak to your local councillor as well. My option of a snotty solicitor letter including pictures, location map etc. If it went south you did your part, do not under any circumstance say you'll do it for them, these wildfire trusts are not short of a few quid and generally do nothing except taking donations, Google says 4 Million in donations and 1.4 Million in salary's!.
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    We also need to bare in mind this is not your tree!. Whilst it's nice doing something for them, if it was me I'd make a example out of you trespassing and effectively doing criminal damage if you felled it. We've given you ways to communicate with them, a further option would be the council tree officer.
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    Via letter never email, preferably with a solicitor. As it's not your tree, you're advising them you will take full legal action should any damage occur including to your boundary fencing etc.
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    Say 100 litres of water plus me at 80kg = 180kg + bath around 150kg for a cast iron one. I can drag a cast iron bath but not lift, so at a guess 150kg. 180+150= 330 kg at a lower estimate.
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    Ooh a business opportunity, for a ARB specific debt recovery service. A 2-3 ton concrete block shaped like a tree trunk in pink with debtor emblazoned.
  6. GarethM
    Ring them and ask. You don't need to regularly remove it, UK fuel is pretty clean. If you're worried add an inline fuel filter instead, dirty fuel is usually down to poor transport.
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    I have vague recollection of a similar thing breaking on my venom log splitters with a heavy handed dad over tightening it. Cup A for Robin EX13, EX17 Engines - OEM No. 277 62100 18 | L&S Engineers WWW.LSENGINEERS.CO.UK Cup A Genuine Robin Part OEM No. 277 62100 18 Suitable for the Following Applications: EX13, EX17... Carburetor Assembly for Robin / Subaru EX27 Engines | L&S Engineers WWW.LSENGINEERS.CO.UK Carburetor Assembly for Robin / Subaru EX27 Engines Genuine and Non-Genuine Spare Engine Parts
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    Attached to one of those shotgun blank alarm things ?, might as well let them nick something and crap their pants!
  9. GarethM
    The bin lid where it belongs?
  10. GarethM
    I was always told it's around 1/2 Ton
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    Visit a local stove shop, and get their recommended installer to visit, you might have to pay for a site visit as you've not bought anything yet. But they'll be able to advise if, where and how it could be done. Maybe another RSJ across the corner, but that's structural engineering territory. No point setting your heart on an exact spot if it fails every reg going or ends up falling through the floor, as that weight is enamel bath territory.
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    Yes the number is mm length. Once fitted you can always drop down a size if you feel it's too long or too short.
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    They're mostly rebranded to whatever the manufacturer requires, sometimes you get the option as they last a little longer. But for a £5 belt it's not worth the worry, but never bad to keep a couple spare for when the inevitable happens mid way through bashing back the overgrowth.
  14. GarethM
    Is that Kevlar reinforced?
  15. GarethM
    I just find them a bit crap at starting, that's why I pull over on run first and not choke. On my occasional use, 261 being the main workhorse. Holding the throttle whilst not best practice usually start then.
  16. GarethM
    One machine can't do everything.
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    Because the argument would be atleast an independent body or company is impartial ish. It'll just be like the old MOTs by mates in the 90s, the vehicle never moved and had grass growing out the tyres, yet miraculously had a MOT certificate.
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    I wouldn't say it's leaking, more the choke is just letting too much build up in the cylinder. Messing up the ratio to the point where it'll never ignite, had to remove the plug once or twice on an ancient Ms250 years ago. I tended to pull it over normally once or twice, if it fired happy days before resorting to choke. Weirdly on my 251, I tend to rev and hit the stop button helps on the next restart.
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    What does the manual say for the belt, sometimes the part number is just the actual size as most people would go aftermarket for a commonly available V belt.
  20. GarethM
    They'll usually have a size printed on them that is it's length in mm. 1755 for example.
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    I've always been of the mindset, claim for the big stuff and not the smaller stuff. The insurance company will want their pound of flesh somehow, even if you've 30 years worth of premiums they'll get it somehow.
  22. GarethM
    I'm still a little confused by the exhaust going down through the plywood. Fumes are the least of your worries, but maybe the chain brake is only fitted for carrying passengers?.
  23. GarethM
    Erm, a paperweight and a free spark plug ?.
  24. GarethM
    It cost you nothing, chalk it upto experience and move onto something better.
  25. GarethM
    The hydraulics have to be open centre, so zero resistance until you engage a lever valve. But every layer of complexity adds another point of failure, a one cylinder hatz runs a hydraulic 13 ton splitter all day on a sniffle of fuel. What are you thinking of running, electric is always nicer but it's then even more inefficient if you're then running a generator.

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