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  1. GarethM
    Or just put in stock fencing with plain wire on the top, I just let the deer come and go as they please. Post spacing a little closer to give a bit of extra support, but the deer just jump in and out.
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    Damn those cunning capitalists!. I do have a question about the diesel option, I hear they're down plated output wise but are they as filled with sensors as the petrol equivalent?.
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    It does somewhat remind me of the American Vs Russian writing in space analogy. One spent millions on a zero gravity Fischer pen and the other just used a pencil.
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    You're thinking of Amazon, not eBay. Then you confuse the royal mail model of universal service, if people are honest at the basket 1st I have zero problems. Have an empty basket with 4.95 at the beginning and then add your stuff, a certain engineers website then ends up being more expensive than eBay as a result, or atleast say £50 and it's free. Most of the chains i buy are direct from a Stihl dealer and includes the postage. Oil is actually direct from Gator and cheaper than they're own website. Everything else tends to be at a dealership if I'm not in a rush. I should also say I've used a lot of couriers commercially, royal mail actually works cheapest in most cases. It's more work but £6-8 Vs FedEx at £15+ for a small bag.
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    You say that, but just make it clear at the basket 1st. I hate companies that only add the postage at the very end, I usually then say stuff it and head to eBay as they're atleast honest from the outset.
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    Closer to 3.5k me thinks.
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    Generally when they discolour or get brittle, still using some from the late 90s but always best to keep out of direct sunlight as the the UV ages plastic.
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    Tracked access platforms came up 1st in google, based in Bradford
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    Blame autocorrect for flack. I don't really do FB, but is it like a murder mystery scooby doo style ?
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    It always did attract flack for some unknown reason
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    There is a injection model iGX800 at 24.9, but strange they don't make a twin cylinder model like Kohler & Honda. But anything bigger than a lawnmower should be diesel IMO, it's added weight and expense but they must drink petrol like it's a alcoholic.
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    Well there's only really Honda and Briggs that would probably meet the emission guff in petrol. That being said, are the problems down to being hidden away. Are lawn tractors also suffering a similar fate with these issues?.
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    The whole UN thing is to prevent idiots using milk jugs and alike. Even old chainsaw oil contains are diesel UN approved, everything has to be shipped on pallets so is generally approved for use. If it was me I'd turn up with a load of ex army jerry cans, mines from 1987 just to spite them or an actual barrel depending on how arsey the manager had been.
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    Nope, just UN approved. There is a limit on total volume, but that's something like 3000 litres, more about if you had an accident and spilled.
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    I'm sorry but that's bs, providing it has a UN number on the container it's legal for diesel. Petrol is a bit different a that expands and has a specific regulation. https://www.hse.gov.uk/fireandexplosion/portabable-petrol-storage-containers.pdf
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    My pallet guys were saying 1.31 for white. Obviously they buy it in large amounts tho
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    Granted price break starts around 1000 litres, last email I got last week was saying 79p plus 5% on farmdeals.
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    Those screw type jerry cans do look to have a tiny filler Vs the flap type tho.
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    I'm not sure if it's missing a larger sleeved spacer, as that looks like about 5mm of metal where it touches the rear bearing. As that's a lot of turning metal and stress acting against a glorified thick washer.
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    Daft question, do you have a picture of the other side of the hub ?. Maybe someone fitted the wrong size bearing on one side and the wrong taper lock on the other, as a spacer would need to be quite meaty and hopefully hard to misplace.
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    Why am I picturing David Duchovney in twin peaks
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    They weren't bothered about the slippers, it was the ladies bathrobe leaving very little to the imagination!
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    Other than patience and maybe a little bit of compromise. For a free chainsaw ticket it's worth jumping through a few minor hurdles, they're not asking you to strip and rebuild a chainy
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    And at which point does the damage they do getting in exceeded the cost of a decent tracker and basic common sense security?. I'm not advocating leaving the keys in the ignition, but you get the idea.
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    I don't have the time to physically stack, I'm filling IBC's cages to the rim on a commercial scale but do try to Tetris as much as possible into the cage. Cutting and splitting wise with experience you get a pretty consistent length within a couple of inches and can almost adjust the log splitter gap before you even pickup the ring.

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