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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Stihl KB KM Bristle Brush Kombi Tool

Hi

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

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Scarifier options

 Following on from Tony's post last week about a new scarifer, I'm in the market for a better machine. I have an Einhell atm which has done me ok but it's had it's day.

I was looking at the Stihl as well but see the Stiga SVP 40 is about £60 less than

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Scarifier/Lawn rake recommendations?

G'day all, hope you are all keeping safe from the storm! I have a customer (mowing and hedges normally) that requires their lawn scarifying. It isnt something I want to do professionally (I've done my time at this) and she has been let down by her La

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Gauging price for selling second hand kit ?

Hi everyone, 

 

quick question, how does everyone gauge how much you sell second hand machines for? Look around at prices of similar items already up for sale? Work out a depreciation, how much the machine owes you? Just looking at getting peoples view

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Lifespan of batteries.

Hi everyone, 

 

I would love to know what your thoughts are on the lifespans on batteries, mainly Stihl, but any makes that have been used professionally. I have 3 AP300 batteries and have been running them for two years and they seem to be keeping goo

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Lawnflite Pro 553HRS-PROHS

I'm looking at getting one of these.  I've heard mostly good about them, but would welcome others' experiences.  In particular, how do you find the forward speed?  We've used a lot of hayters in the past, and most others seem painfully slow.  Forward

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Lawn mower recommendation

I've had a self propelled stihl rm 248 for less than a year and gone through 3 drive belts already...  I'm wondering if anyone can recommend a mower that doesn't freak out when it see

 

s a stick in the grass!  is, importantly, self propelled and not t

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etesia attila

Ime looking at purchasing either an etesia attila 98 or an AS motor sherpa 4wd, wondering if anyone has any experience with either and whats the common problems or their reliability, thanks in advance

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Electric battery mowers

Hi all,

 

I'm at the start of my gardening - have been using householders own mowers etc but I'm now thinking about upgrading to a van and mower - probably an IZY.

 

Self propelled for sure but what do the sages of landscape juice reckon about the batter

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Another Combi Query

I got the new HT-KM, which according to Stihl can run a 1/4 or 3/8 chain & Stihl say that it comes with a 3/8 fitted but mine came with a 1/4.

Does anyone know what I would have to change to use a 3/8 ?  I am guessing chain plus sprocket.

 

Thanks

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Stihl HSA86 cordless hedgetrimmers

Good day All. It's happened again! Hedgetrimmer has stuttered and stalled. 3 red lights on the battery. I've checked and it's fine for grease, battery was at room temperature, this bit of kit just does not like the cold. This happened last winter and

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Stihl sh86c carb adjustment tool

Hi everyone, my blower is badly out of tune and need a specific tool to adjust it. 

Could you tell me what I'm looking for and where to purchase.  Thanks.

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