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Honda bad news

Folks

This was a bit of a surprise this morning. Looks like Honda to stop making mowers on emission grounds:-

https://www.reddit.com/r/egopowerplus/comments/ycbkyp/honda_to_exit_the_lawn_mower_market/

https://www.greenindustrypros.com/mowing-maintenanc

Started by BCH Gardens in Machinery

4 Replies · Reply by David Benson Nov 2, 2022

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Equipment you would like to rent, but can't find

What items of equipment have you tried to rent but either had difficulty finding them or maybe not managed to find them at all?

Here are a few examples:

Power Rake (for soil preparation)

Power Scythe

Powered Hayrake

Powered Soil Sieve

Fence Post Driver

Started by Paul Errington in Groundscare, Landscaping, and Machinery

16 Replies · Reply by David Benson Oct 5, 2022

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Battery Handling Tips

Battery Handling Tips from our friends over at Stihl....

Also like their battery carry crates and multi battery charger .....worth a check out...

Started by Gary RK in Machinery

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Which Stihl Brushcutter Blade ?

Once in a while I need to cut wild clumpy grass with meter high nettles & bindweed. It's often wet. What's the best Stihl blade for this ? I don't think the shedding blade would work as it has downturned ends that might catch on stones etc. I was

Started by Peter Davis in Machinery

11 Replies · Reply by Honey Badger Jul 31, 2022

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Pond pump query

My Oase 6000 pump has stopped working. It has given many years of service, so I don't blame it!

Whilst investigating the problem, I discovered that my multimeter was reading approx 280v. It was showing 249v on other items fed from the same source. Is

Started by Paul Errington in Machinery

6 Replies · Reply by Paul Errington Jul 29, 2022

Husqvarna Brush cutters

Thinking about changing my Brush cutter currently have a Stihl FS360 but thinking about a Husqvarna 545 RX.

Anyone with any experience of the Husqvarna?

Thanks in a advance.

Started by Ben Carter in Machinery

6 Replies · Reply by Ben Carter Jul 7, 2022

Stihl Battery & HEAT

Hi all, I hope we are all busy & enjoying the hot weather. Unfortunately it seems to be too hot for my AP300's. They are refusing to charge atm, i guess due to over heating. I have 3 batteries & now two are completely dead, leaving just one to trim s

Started by Neil Darby in Machinery

9 Replies · Reply by Luke brooks Jun 24, 2022

Lawnflite 553HRS Rear Roller Stuck on shaft

Hi All.

I need to change the clucth in the gearbox, but im having a issue removing the smaller roller of the shaft. I have managed to separate it by about a inch using a bit of timber and a hammer, but it wont move anymore than that. Has anyone else h

Started by Gary Hope in Machinery

1 Reply · Reply by Sean Clarke May 10, 2022

Best professional mower

Hi guys. I did ask this before a few years ago, but wondered if there were any updates now its 2022.

I have had a few mowers in my time, a cobra, a hayter 41 and now a midrange weibang. All have up and downsides, but the weibang I think is better s

Started by Rob in Machinery

1 Reply · Reply by Busy Bee Garden Services Limited Apr 30, 2022

Mower fuel charge !!!

Hello All,

I am new to LJ and have been a Sole Trader since August offering a general garden service and bigger site clearing/one off jobbs etc.

So far its going well and I am building up a good client base and some commercial clients.

As its erly days

Started by William Green in Accountancy, Business, and Groundscare

18 Replies · Reply by Tim Haywood Jul 3, 2022

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Selling Vans

Has anyone had experience of selling their van to one of the various vehicle buying websites ?

If so did you get a fair deal compared to selling it privately and which company did you use ?

I have replaced the van already so no need to part exchange

Started by John F in Machinery

15 Replies · Reply by John F Apr 5, 2022

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Stihl RM655RS Blade change.

Having owned this mower a while I decided to have a little play around with blades etc, I think this mower is an awesome machine but it wasn't picking up in the wet nearly as well as my old Viking 655VR.

So long story short, I decided to take the the

Started by Harry@VWGS in Machinery

3 Replies · Reply by Harry@VWGS Mar 31, 2022

Rolling a croquet lawn

Morning all,

This is perhaps one for the ex greenkeepers. This time last year I installed a croquet lawn for a regular client, it is on heavy clay so we installed land drainage. The lawn is healthy, but a bit more lumpy and bumpy than I would like. W

Started by Glen Stillman in Groundscare, Machinery, and Turfcare

3 Replies · Reply by Glen Stillman Mar 26, 2022

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Autonomous Ride-ons ‘have arrived’

Catching up on some industry reading I was amazed to see a level of autonomy arriving to ride-ons by using on-board GPS systems to run true straight line cuts and execute zero turn returns.

This tech has been around in the Agri world for years and on

Started by Gary RK in Machinery

13 Replies · Reply by Richard Stone Mar 21, 2022

Stihl GTA 26 Oil ?

I have just joined the GTA owners club & I love it :)

The supplied oil is a "multi oil" rather than a chain oil. It looks quite thin. What are people using for chain lubrication ? Is a normal "sticky" chain oil seen as too thick ? Obviously the ch

Started by Peter Davis in Machinery

5 Replies · Reply by Neil Darby Mar 12, 2022

Battery Mower thoughts?

Evening all

Anybody running a Self propelled cordless mower? & would have any thoughts on what they are like.

With fuel rising daily ( it will never drop back) & battery tech getting better & better i'm ready to make the leap

I'm very tempted to get on

Started by Ricky Watkins in Machinery

9 Replies · Reply by Billybop Mar 12, 2022

Petrol chainsaws

hello all. People may have noticed that retailers have reduced their range of nasty smelly noisey petrol chainsaws. \Some have completely stop selling petrol. I may be a conspiracy theory nut ,but does it sound too far fetched to imagine that there i

Started by Graham Garden in Machinery

8 Replies · Reply by Paul Doyle Mar 11, 2022

Stihl KB KM Bristle Brush Kombi Tool

Anybody got one of these? Looking at buying one just asking if people have either got one or used one & want they think/thought of it.

Cheers

Started by Ricky Watkins in Machinery

4 Replies · Reply by Tim Bucknall Mar 4, 2022

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