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  Neil Bishop March 15, 2010 at 8:08pm

  http://www.psmhire.co.uk/hero.asp?uid=f12681b0221ec9bf994eaf047ccec...
  
  I read the small print and its plus VAT so it works out £57.60ish
  
  Steve Kenyon The Garden Company said:

  £50 PER WEEK FOR THE SCARIFIER ! tell me were you are hiring it from please
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  Neil Bishop March 15, 2010 at 8:10pm

  http://www.turfshop.co.uk/display_details/action/details/code/7/cat...
  
  To be honest I didnt look too much into it just googled moss killer and up popped this one. Where about do you get your soluble Iron from? Does it work for weeds aswell or will it only target moss?
  
  Pro Gard said:

  I just qoute fixed price for job using my hourly rate plus iron sulphate and fuel (own machine).
  
  What moss killer are you using? cheapest to use ferrous sulphate (soluble iron).
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  Neil Bishop March 15, 2010 at 8:34pm

  I dont know them that well but hopefully this'll change over the coming months!
  
  colin said:

  good place for anyone in kent. my main local place is 89 quid a week, think its an 18" slitter the raker is 65 quid for a week. round here we only really have chissletts and hss
  
  do you use them regular enough to not have to put down deposit? i notice their deposit is 150 quid
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  Nick @ NM Garden Services Ltd March 15, 2010 at 8:38pm

  I pay £50 per week (including delivery and collection from yard) for Tracmaster scarifier. Seems to be very good value to me, no deposit needed and an excellent business to deal with if in Bucks/Berks/Herts. http://www.d-stoolhire.co.uk/
  
  In fact i could not recommend D and S tool Hire enough!
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  Neil Bishop March 15, 2010 at 8:42pm

  Thanks for the link. It says that this is a moss detterant, will it kill the moss that is already there? Good value too, might aswell go for the 25kg bag
  
  Pro Gard said:

  I get mine from ALS.
  
  4kg pack does 700m2
  
  I use roughly a tea cup full to 10 litres water in knapsack sprayer.
  
  http://www.amenity.co.uk/webstore/product_info.php?cPath=1087_1025&...
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  deon bramley March 15, 2010 at 11:06pm

  i just ordered a 25kg bag of FERROUS SULPHATE for £18.52 inc p&p from http://www.bshamenity.com
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  Busy Bee Garden Services Limited March 16, 2010 at 7:06am

  We tend to price it up on area in lumps of 100m squared but if someone has a large area they might not pay quite so much per 100m than someone with only a small area, depends what is in the price, if your taking the waste away and scarifying can produce a lot of waste then that has to be more than a job where you leave it. I find people realise it is a specialist operation and as such you can charge a bit more.
  
  dean bromley said:

  i just ordered a 25kg bag of FERROUS SULPHATE for £18.52 inc p&p from http://www.bshamenity.com
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    Neil Bishop > Busy Bee Garden Services Limited March 16, 2010 at 7:32am

    Cheers guys for all the info, after literally hours infront of this computer I think I've got a price in my head.
    
    For the scarifier I will charge £40 per day and break it up over the jobs for that day per hour.
    
    For moss killer, seed and feed I've worked it out at 75p per square metre.
    
    So as a ball park figure for 100m squared...
    
    0.75 x 100 = £75
    scarifier = £20
    3.5 hours labour = £55
    
    Total = £150
    
    does this sound about right what everyone else would charge or am I way off the mark??
    
    Tim Chislett said:

    We tend to price it up on area in lumps of 100m squared but if someone has a large area they might not pay quite so much per 100m than someone with only a small area, depends what is in the price, if your taking the waste away and scarifying can produce a lot of waste then that has to be more than a job where you leave it. I find people realise it is a specialist operation and as such you can charge a bit more.dean bromley said:

    i just ordered a 25kg bag of FERROUS SULPHATE for £18.52 inc p&p from http://www.bshamenity.com
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  Dan Frazer Gardening March 16, 2010 at 3:05pm

  I buy soluble ferrous sulphate at £40 for enough to cover 4500m2, so the raw element to do 100m2 costs about £1. Aitkens in Glasgow.
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  Graeme @ BGS March 16, 2010 at 4:58pm

  Firstly, double check your grass seed prices.
  unless doing deep scarification I would suggest top dressing the lawn afterwards - this will also act as a seed bed for the grass and also aid germination.
  
  What would you do if you can't get anymore scarification jobs?
  
  Personally and it is all down to what your location would support, charge out at:
  
  Moss treatment £50 to £75
  Scarification (hire charge plus labour) £100 - £125
  Top dressing and re-seeding £100 - £200 depending upon your cost to get the materials
  
  Also seriously consider feeding the lawn as part of the top dressing stage as this will help the lawn recover from the stress and also aid recovery etc.
  
  Have you included waste disposal charges? Nothing to suggest you have unless you are leaving green waste on site?
  
  Basically double your price. You have at least two visits, you need to pick up the hire equipment, topdressing, seeds etc - all time and money. You would probably want to offer a follow up visit a week or two after re-seeding to check on progress. It all adds up.