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  1. Happy hillbily

    King sliding door gear

    Wheels just fallen off the axles on the sliding door trolleys for the silage clamp. Phoned my mate who builds sheds, cheapest he could do for new king trolleys was £60 each !!! And I need 4 Anyone know of a cheaper supplier ?
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    Delay timer for hot water tank.

    I've had a change in the time the milk tanker turns up as one of the farms on the round has gone dry for the next month or so. Tanker used to come after milking so first job of the morning would be to switch on the hot water for the tank wash and by the time the milk was picked up it was up to...
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    Pressed metal number plates.

    I'm after a square metal pressed number plate for the back of the loadall after one of the cows snapped the plastic one whilst having a scratch, bit of a poor design the way it's held on, so I thought a metal one would be an improvement. Seen a few sellers on eBay, but they want documents...
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    Quad bike tax class

    Having recently bought a new to me road legal quad with number plate and all, and I've just received the V5 back from the dvla with the change of registered owner. I die t notice at the time but it's the tax category of lifeboat haulage. It tax exempt same as ag vehicles, but does anyone know...
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    Honda Trx500 fm6

    Looking to change my 2010 trx500 manual. Hardly any towing, but 4wd a must, and prefer a heavyer bike for these steep hills. No money for new so looking at what's about on the second hand market, preferably honda. I know to keep away from the electric shift, on the 420 especially. I've seen a...
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    It's all right untill it goes wrong

    Seen this on Facebook earlier.
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    Sliding door guides

    I've put one sliding door on the new shed for now (price of steel and flat galv sheets are silly atm) so the other two will have to wait. Normal guide for sliding doors in these parts is a U shaped bracket welded to the bottom of the stanchion and the door slides back and forth. Only problem...
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    Thomas skid steer

    Possibly looking for a cheap skid steer this winter, just to muck out the calf pens in the old shippon. One or two thomas's have come up on the radar that might be suitable. Now that Beddoes are Wacker neuson what are spares availability like for Thomas ? Is there another UK dealer ?
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    Conservatory window tinting

    Chatting with my mum, she was asking where she could go and buy blinds for her conservatory, as she has had enough of everything fading inside. I had a quick look on the net, and saw that tinting is also available. The roof of the conservatory is a solid one with faux plastic slates and...
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    Would you ?

    Would you go in this hot seat ? I wouldn't, not for a million 😯😯😯
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    Lwc bucket brush

    Anyone running an Lwc bucket brush, had mine just on 12 months, and the brush segments are falling to bits, leaving clumps of bristles on the floor everywhere, anyone else having this problem ? I will give my dealer a ring next week, but just thought I'd ask here first.
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    Short nose county

    Sold £196,000. 😲😲😲
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    Petworth West Sussex to north wales

    I've 4 wheels need collecting from Petworth , West Sussex to north Wales. Their loaded on a pallet ready to go.
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    Electric fence enegisers

    Strip grazing the fields here throughout the season, i use a couple of Rutland 9v enegisers, an esb 137 and a very old 127. I've read to keep away from the button switched Rutland energizers, as they don't last. But as Rutland have been taken over I'm not sure if the new range. I've come acros...
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    Walkway for cleaning gutters

    Hopefully this year, I will be replacing an old hay shed. Living on top of a hill @1200ft it's a windy and have trees planted around the farm yard for shelter. Unfortunately lots of trees means lots of leaves come autumn, and gutter cleaning is something that gets done quite a few times in the...
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    Winterizing summer diesel

    I have about 1200 litres of summer diesel in the tank, probably won't get through it till February (depending what the weather will throw at us) so have bought 5 litres of this to add 1.2 litres to my tank Oh by the way, it's £21 cheaper to buy it through their shop on ebay than buying it...
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    Trx500 foreman valve clearences

    Daughter managed to lose the only key for the quad the other day. So as i am this deep into replacing the ignition switch and loom, does anyone know what the valve clearences are for a 2011 trx500 foreman, before I put everything back ? Thanks
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    JCB wiring plugs

    Anyone know where I could get some of these wiring plugs. Their off a 2001 JCB 520s, they plug into the back of the switches, I've tried Rs components, trawled the net, and tried my local auto sparks. I could just put spade connectors on the end of the loom, but if possible would like to sort...
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    Used ibc tanks

    Not sure where to put this. Seen on facebook earlier, a bit of a warning if using used ibc tanks for watering livestock.
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    Komatsu tracks

    I have an old komatsu pc60-5 here, dosn't do many hours year, but its a handy machine to have about the place. The track chains are shagged to say the least, with quite a few master pins, and some more with washers welded on the chains to stop the pins falling out ? (previous owners work) I am...
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