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Hedges/Shrubs against walls

A question... do any of you have to maintain a hedge against the wall of a building with a gap (the suggested is 10cms) between the wall and the shrub/hedge? - These shrubs/hedges go all round the building, creating the gap is one thing, maintaining

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Hayter or Honda?! Or neither......!

Now then! Hope all are well and surviving the rain!

Just looking for suggestions/general comments etc etc on roller mowers.  I bought a Honda mower a few months back, it doesn't have a roller but was bought for slightly smaller and more awkward jobs,

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FACTS - Turf Certification Training

Quick heads up - anyone interested in furthering their training and knowledge ...we are running a very rare FACTS course to equip managers, groundsmen, turf specialists, sole traders etc with high level knowledge on fertiliser and nutrient planning f

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Football Pitch care

Part of a large grass cutting contract I am tendering for requires the following,

Application of autumn/winter fertilizer

Application of selective herbicide to pitch

Application of spring/summer fertiliser

Mark out pitch at start of season

Mark out pitch

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Lawnflite pro mowers

morning people  hope everyone is doing well , has anyone had any experience with the lawnflite pro  mowers  what are your thoughts. 

Cheers 

chris. 

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Petrol Pole Trimmer recommendations

Hello All,

What are people using for their hedge jobs? I've been using a Makita PTR2500, a Makita RBC2510 or a Tanaka TBC2211. None of these machines are my own, however, and I need to buy one. Trouble is, all of these machines are 8+ years old and I

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Stihl KM 94 - Air Filter Screws Stuck

I'd been using my Stihl KM 94 for work and I realised I hadn't cleaned the air filter in a long time. I went to undo the two screws (Is-M5x17) holding the air filter in place and they were really stiff. When I finally got them to move they just spun

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Lawn Care Business - for sale

Hello, just passing this on for expressions of interest on behalf of a very good customer of ours.

Lawn maintenance company run by a professional couple in central Wiltshire. Looking to take early retirement and are selling a database & possibly equip

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Books

morning all hope everyone’s doing well on this wet Wednesday...can anyone recommend some good books on lawn care preferably with a good bit of technical detail about scarifying, fertilisers an the like. 

 

Cheers 

chris. 

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Any experience with Husqvarna Duo Pro Chipper/Shredder?

I'm hoping to add a chipper/shredder to my kit and I've seen this Husqvarna model quite close to me. They're a well respected brand but I can't find hardly any reviews on them online so wanted to know if anyone has any real world experience with them

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Green Waste Charges

Hi All

 

I've had a look at the forums with regards to charges for removal of green waste, and feel the commercial tipping charge is around £120 per tonne? That's the same as for builders waste that goes to landfill? I assume ours goes in the same land

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Pricing hedge work

Folks I dont normally do a lot of headge work but have a customer with many meters needing late summer tidy trim, not into old wood at all. I have the meterage and height, if anyone can gibe me an indication of how they price jobs like this I would a

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Dying trees - Expert needed (West Midlands)

I have a customer who is losing his Red Western Cedars / Thuja's. The smaller ones start at 13' high going up to about 17' further down the row. He had about 32 of them planted around 3 years ago (before we took the maint on).  It looks like whatever

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Converting fertiliser application rates

Evening gang, I'm just looking at some liquid fertilisers and having forgotten most of my gcse maths can't convert the application rates from l/hectare to more sensible figures for knapsack application. Is there a formula to use? The product I'm look

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Wolf Garten Scarifier petrol

• Would any one be interested in my Scarifier before I list it on Ebay? Only selling as I just don't use it cracking little machine with a Kawasaki engine ! Tel 07926544102 

 

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London congestion and Ulez charges....how do they affect your business?

My business was based in the sticks so I never had to travel into London to work.

How does the congestion charge and especially the new Ulez (Ultra Low Emissions Zone) fees affect your business?

London director of the CBI business lobby group, Eddie

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What Mowers...?

Hi All

I'm new to LJN and new to the industry. Just starting out and would appreciate a bit of advise on what mower to buy (I know it's been covered before) I will be offering a lawn mowing service to start with so wanted to get a good commercail grad

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Gravel Drive Renovation

Morning all.

I have a client whose gravel drive is in desperate need of a bit of renovation. 

He is reluctant to have it redone completely as it's a back entrance and he is already having the main drive replaced. 

I have approached Kersten UK to hire th

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Silky Hayauchi Vs Stihl Super Turbocut

Currently in the market for a telescopic pole pruner and wondered if anyone has experience of either of these? The silky has the edge at the moment because it has greater reach than the stihl.. I notice that in the states you can get the Stihl PP800

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