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"No expert but I suspect the petrol machines having the engine at the back are more balanced…"
This year's been a real struggle to find good landscaping and gardening staff to join our team up…
I have a number of machines available for sale. Eliet 401's and 451's and also a sisis autorake…
"interesting comment about your hands, I have the same issue with hand pain and my cordless Stihl,…"
GreenBest will return to GroundsFest in 2026, giving grounds professionals, landscapers and lawn…
Gardening & Landscaping Recruitment
This year's been a real struggle to find good landscaping and gardening staff to join our team up in Scotland, has anybody else been having issues this year? for some reason nobody wants to work. We now have a full diary and still lots of inquiries coming in with a huge waiting list which is frustrating as we would like the business to grow restricted by staffing.Has anybody got any recruitment tips ?
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Eliet Scarifiers and Groundsman aerator for sale
I have a number of machines available for sale. Eliet 401's and 451's and also a sisis autorake mark 5. The groundsman aerator is a 345hd all listed on eBay. Anyone want to make me an offer. I also have a nearly new all battery techneat 3m boom sprayerMartin LawnsOne
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Looking for budget hand tools?
These small seaside shops have absolute bargains on spades and buckets. You can also get sets of little flags for marking out perimeters.
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UK Green Industry!
Building Canopy – I’d genuinely value your feedbackSince the end of last year, I’ve been building Canopy after experiencing the same frustrations many of us face running businesses in the UK green industry.The vision has never been to create just another app.It’s to build one platform where businesses in the UK green industry can genuinely run their entire operation.Not one app for scheduling.Another for invoicing.Spreadsheets for KPIs.WhatsApp for team communication.A diary full of…
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SR2000 Spreader help & advice
I've recently purchased a used sr2000 spreader and now looking to replace some rusty parts and find a cover, does anyone know of a UK parts stockist?also, I tested it out using some grass seed and despite the holes opening and everything turning/spinning as it should nothing was actually being broadcast.... any idea of what could be the cause?
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Echo DHCAS 2600HD Review
As promised review of above- having being used to the likes of Stihl 92ce and Echo petrol hedge cutters was expecting to be underwelmed by this battery machine which was bought purely on the basis of weight. I was wrong. This machine is awesome and is the best I have used in over 40 years in the trade. So many of these battery cutters have the motor at the blade end which make them front end heavy. The Echo motor is at the battery end it is beautifully balanced. Cutting performance is equal to…
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Selling your business/Customer base
We are contemplating selling our business and or Customer base and just wondering if anyone has had experience in doing so, what can and can't I sell, how it can be done. And what sort of price we might be able to ask for it. We have over 150 regular gardening Customers with a large waiting list and a good local reputation.
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Echo DHCA 2600 HD
Now in retirement mode and as previously.posted been looking for a cordless long reach and was going to buy something at the budget end,but as they all have the motor at the blade end making them very unbalanced along with slow blade speeds and very limited cutting capacity etc decided to go for a pro model.The motor at the blade end is a deal breaker for me as even with the so called "balancing out" effect of the battery weight they all seem front end heavy.So arrived at the Echo dhca 2600…
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