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Charging for chipping

I'm looking to buy a small chipper and not really sure how to monetise it. How much should I be charging customers for its use. I currently charge £10 per builders bag for disposal and am looking to save time and effort by chipping instead 

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What is average cost for mowing a garden?

Hi all,

Most of my customers are regular maintenance which I visit every other week.

I would say on average most lawns take me between 15 and 35 mins to mow and strim.My set figure for these jobs is between £20 and £25 each.

I am interested to see wha

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Liquid seaweed on lawns

A quick question for those of you who recommended / use liquid seaweed on lawns please. 

I want to introduce liquid seaweed to the lawns I manage. How often do you guys recommended and is it something that can be applied all year round as it's not a f

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Gardeners near Romsey

 

I'm looking to drop a couple of customers in Romsey as the drive is too far and I can get work closer to home.

They've asked for recommendations, I don't know anyone working in Romsey. So I thought I'd ask if there was anyone looking for customers in

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Fixing badly laid turf

Morning everone,

Hoping you can all help.

Visited a new customer last week, in November they had landscapers in to re do half the garden. This was turfed on previously barren ground, heavy clay. Turf has taken in places, is full of gaps between turfs f

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BIG Roll turf suppliers..

Hi All, Looking for a good supllier of big roll turf in South East we are in Haxted Kent. Anyonwe have some good contacts ? We are laying 1000m2 turf in March for a customer so shopping around for suppliers.

All the best ,

Nick

Emperor Landscapes

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Best Place to sell machinery

For the new season, I have finally decided to upgrade my ride-on mower. This now leaves me with the issue of selling my John Deere X166. Having sold some items through ebay, I was shocked at how much the commision is, even on Classified adds. A numbe

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John Deere Zero Turn and mulching

I have started a number of threads about Zero turn mowers. I have now decided to go for a John Deere Z530M, with the mulching kit. I have read a nukber of posts on here stating that mulching is the way to go. I'm not convinced but this may well be na

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We Need your Advice!

Hi All,

We have been having internal discussions surrounding Landscape Juice and how we need to be moving forward.

We are aware that since the passing of Phil, the site has changed, and we are looking to see what we can do to improve it in any way that

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Honda 476 rear roller

Anyone got/used one? Just for small lawns on some of our sites. Opinions please, thanks.

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Specialised Work - Where to Find it/Advertise......

Good Morning,

Forgive me if you think I've come to the wrong place, but it feels like me of you have been around for a long time so might have some handy advice for me.

I set myself up as a self-employed gardener earlier this year when I was let go fro

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Lawnflite 448SJR

Evening all.

Anybody have any experience with this particular Subaru powered Lawnflite? Can't find any previous discussion on it.

I'm looking for a good quality 19" fan assisted mower that I can fit a high lift blade to. Not owned a Lawnflite before, b

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clean business = good business

Long time no post... hope you’ve all had a great season while staying healthy and injury free out there! Quick thread about carbon emissions and the importance of change... I operate a medium sized gardening/groundwork business (50 regulars with load

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Battery inverter

Afternoon 

What battery inverters are people using for charging batteries, I after getting one for charging my stihl batteries. 

Thanks 

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Cobra RM48SPH

Following on from our post re Honda 476 rear roller which seems to be plagued with gearbox issues now looking at the Cobra RM 48SPH, this having BBC and Honda engine around £1100 to help distinguish it from the cheaper Cobra models.

Queries - The hand

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Agri fab towed spiker.

Hi all, a customer of mine has a large lawn which I mow using his stiga park pro. The grass is in generally good condition but a bit of aerating wouldn't go amiss. I've just seen a local dealer has the agri fab 1mtr towed spiker on at a good price, h

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Battery Knapsack

Does anyone currently use a battery powered backpack sprayer? Getting tired of arm pumping these days. Run a garden maintenance company not a lawn treatment company, so it will get a bit of use but not all day every day use. Seem to be a few around,

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Lawn edging shears

Use a strimmer to cut lawn edges on most sites but have a few where edging shears are needed. Any recommendations? The Burgon and Ball ones seem to have good reviews and have long handles so you are not bending (important) but are around £48 which se

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Penellec v kress mower

Hello everyone has anyone compared these 2 high end brand self propelled mowers ,and is anyone committed to purchasing one or other 

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The latest rental equipment

The Executive Hire Show takes place this coming Wednesday and Thursday, Feb 14th and 15th at the Coventry Building Soc Arena (formerly the Ricoh Arena) in Coventry. It is open to any Trade user of equipment, not just members of the Hire industry. Whi

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