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Replay Maintenance has announced a series of new and expanded partnerships with County Football Associations across England, reinforcing its commitment to raising standards in grassroots football facilities.

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Sam Bainbridge replied to Rob's discussion Help with pricing graveyards
"Pretty simple.for grass cutting I try and average £60hr so if you know how many hours it takes just…"
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Peter sellers replied to Dougie's discussion Looking for a new roller machine
"Ian, is right. As for weibang read the post "mowers mowers mowers"  you are warned!
You won't get a…"
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Vic 575 replied to Rob's discussion Help with pricing graveyards
" At £180 per day you are hugely under charging. Using hand mowers on this job is very inefficient…"
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John F replied to Dougie's discussion Looking for a new roller machine
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Ian Harvey replied to Dougie's discussion Looking for a new roller machine
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Hi i am just starting my new business and would like to invest in a roller machine would you…
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Adam Pilgrim replied to Rob's discussion Help with pricing graveyards
" My comments - I can't see any cut grass on the top - surely you aren't boxing it all off?
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Retirement advice

After 40 years plus and some ongoing health issues begrateful for thoughts on either full or partial business disposal, machinery/vehicle disposal and how on earth do you value something like this with no formal premises or long term contracts. Yes long term mainly commercial work with some well known names in excess of 30 years.All year flat payments 95%commercial maintenance work.One for you to answer Adam!

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Help with pricing graveyards

I cut 2  graveyards and in the past have been accused of being drastically underpriced.Without saying how much I charge is it ok to post some pictures and ask people how much the approximate rate would be?I understand this differs somewhat person to person but I have been having mower issues lately and realise that the reason I have so many mower issues is because I probably dont charge enough to grass cutting, especially when its  graveyards that are tricky , bumpy and  a minefield for the…

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Toro or Stihl Scarifier

I've had a read through various forums and through the archives here and there's plenty of talk about the Stihl scarifiers but not much on Toro. Most of my local dealers seem to stock Toro and I spoke with one this morning who said they've sold well and had no negative comebacks, so according to him, they're being used widely but I can't see any feedback/reviews on them online. Has anyone got experience of both machines?

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8 Replies · Reply by Tim Bucknall on Tuesday
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Mowers mowers mowers

Once more I  find myself here asking for mower advice.I  run  a small  garden business that has become smaller over the last 2 years due to injury.I still mow 2 large ish graveyards 1 church grounds and a few small gardens. I was advised to try weibang  on here a few years ago  for both a mulching and roller mower, but have had a very negative experience  with them.  All 3  mowers I have had have gone wrong  after 1 year and  needed fairly costly fixes,  a legacy pro 56 a virtue 53 SMP and the…

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13 Replies · Reply by Adam Pilgrim on Tuesday
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Job management software

I’ve been reading this forum for a while but this is my first post, so I’ll introduce myself properly.I’m Max, I run Mini Acres Garden Co covering North London and Hertfordshire — mix of maintenance rounds and hard landscaping projects. Been in the trade for years.Like a lot of people here, I’ve tried most of the job management software that’s available. Jobber, Tradify, ServiceM8, Powered Now. They all do the basics reasonably well, but I kept running into problems that none of them solved.The…

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