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Two SISIS machines are helping to keep the natural grass pitches clean and healthy at Colliers Park according to Dylan Thompson, grounds maintenance manager.
Colliers Park in Gresford, Wales has recently benefitted from a major renovation…
Vic Demain, Durham CCC head groundsman, says that the Dennis Razor Ultra 560 fine turf mower has made a significant improvement to the pitch at the Emirates Riverside stadium and in particular has praised the groomer reel attachment.
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"Why not start cutting when it starts growing and stop when it stops? start a bit early (when your first ones start looking patchy) so you can get round everyone. Don't over complicate things."
"I have the straight shaft edger attachment. It rarely gets used, but is useful for cleaning up badly overgrown edges. For regular maintenance I just use the strimmer attachment and turn the machine upside down as it's faster and the strimmer achie…"
"I had the first ever Combi system made by Huskvarna. I couldn't get on with the edger . I have never found anything that compares to edging shears. We even got to trial a laser guided edger - I kid you not. It was the size & weight of a car batt…"
"I usually price per cut based on £50 to £60 per hour."
"Hi James,
We use the Kombi (KM131) with power brush all the time especially Winter time on regular maintenance jobs cleaning pathways etc it does a good job and great at removing pre treated moss.Customers appreciate the results, a cheap investment.…"
We use the Kombi (KM131) with power brush all the time especially Winter time on regular maintenance jobs cleaning pathways etc it does a good job and great at removing pre treated moss.Customers appreciate the results, a cheap investment.…"
"I agree with Martin Haskell advice. We are a commercial only grounds maintenance company. Price per cut/visit is generally a happy medium. Don't get too fixated on a start or finish date. Just make sure client is happy with two weekly visits as many…"
"Hlello Janes,
I also have the brush attachment. It's not a bad piece of kit but I don't use it as much as I thought I would. I tend to find myself using my backpack blower instead. Partly for speed but also because I have it on board all the tim…"
I also have the brush attachment. It's not a bad piece of kit but I don't use it as much as I thought I would. I tend to find myself using my backpack blower instead. Partly for speed but also because I have it on board all the tim…"
"As above but some of my commercial clients want agreed number of visits which I normally quote on average 22 to 24 per season and you won't be far off and normally in your favour on a normal year"
"Thanks very much to all of you for commenting. So, my experience - planting thru bark and membrane was really hard and as expected resulted in lots of soil mixed in with bark on top of the membrane. Planting thru membrane took longer but was ok. How…"
"I use the blower attachment and I'm quite happy with it, my back pack one, was playing up and was going to be out of action for a week at height of leaf drop season so I brought the attachment, took a couple of days to get used to, but now the back…"
"In November I bought my first battery kit. I got the HSA 86 and HLA 65 with two AP200 batteries and the AL300 charger. I have used them a fair bit over the last two months and they are very, very good. I wish I had switched over from petrol much soo…"
"Wear depends on pressure/effort applied and surface type.
Replacements come as 2 'cartridges' that just slip over the axle, engage with drive and they retained at the end
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Replacements come as 2 'cartridges' that just slip over the axle, engage with drive and they retained at the end
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"£180 for a useful piece of equipment ? I wouldn't say that's expensive as you recover the cost via your charging...
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"Make sure you are using one of the bigger kombi units for it, puts huge strain on smaller engines"
"Their cost ? OK for you big boys :) I just checked the price."
Stiga cordless
Does anyone have any experience of using Stiga Cordless tools , particularly the cordless long reach hedge trimmers ? I was looking at buying a stihl cordless HLA56 long reach when i got distracted by a Stiga SMT 500 48 v multi tool comprising of hedge trimmer and chainsaw accessory in a showroom . What i like about it is the telescopic pole which feels sturdy fully extended , Alternatively its not much for a stihl extension shaft to fit the HLA 56 . The stiga deal works out at more money…
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Reply by Vic 575 18 hours ago
Greetings
Hello All,I'm new to the forum and thought I would introduce myself.Currently looking to start a small gardening business In March after handing in my notice next Thursday.I'm trying to do my planning at the moment but struggling with the wealth of options available in Vans to Machinery. Using the search facility in the forum is helping somewhat.Out of interest, if you could go back to the position I am now in, what would you say to yourself and what do you wish you knew then?Lastly, if anyone…
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