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  Claire Brown July 15, 2010 at 2:27pm

  ok, my machinery isn't mechanised, but if I could have a wish list of any equipment, it would be a self sharpening pair of felco secateurs, - like the no 4's but for left handers!
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  Busy Bee Garden Services Limited July 15, 2010 at 5:31pm

  Hmmm I have been thinking of a tipper truck to make handling waste easier and maybe a hollow tiner!
  
  Claire Brown said:

  ok, my machinery isn't mechanised, but if I could have a wish list of any equipment, it would be a self sharpening pair of felco secateurs, - like the no 4's but for left handers!
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  Dan Frazer Gardening July 15, 2010 at 5:39pm

  I would be keen on a tipper but the extra grand for a decent second hand one over what I've just bought made it unfeasible. Maybe next year! I only spend 5 minutes dragging clippings off it anyway, and not very often, so it's not a big deal. I usually use dumpy bags for most of my waste and they roll over to empty really easily even when heavy.
  
  I'm expanding into bigger commercial sites and will be getting a ride-on machine to save time. Other than that I feel I am okay with the usual brushcutters, sprayers, backpack blower etc.
  
  Maybe one of those pedestrian road sweepers would make a difference and save time clearing up car parks, but then again when do you ever have clear access to gulleys without parked cars?
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  Nick @ NM Garden Services Ltd July 15, 2010 at 5:44pm

  I think that a hand help blower is an amazing piece of time saving equipment. Although it cannot completely replace rakes and brushes it is undoubtedly useful.
  
  However, too many people give blowers a bad name by using them to blow leaves out onto main roads when the debris is just pushed back when a car passses!
  
  -Nick
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  N. F. Trees & Gardens July 15, 2010 at 7:11pm

  I'm up to eyeballs in hedge-cutting right now, so when I'm back off hols I'm investing in a long-reach hedge-trimmer.
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  Geoff Norfolk July 15, 2010 at 7:42pm

  Yes..... I must stop doing that lol!!
  I've always fancied one of those decent chippers...... Eliet Major seems to get quite a few good reviews......... at the moment, I just slice everything up with a chainsaw in the trailer.... amazing how it all goes down.... and then dispose of it in garden waste wheelie bins on my usual rounds.
  Also fancy a 40" bladed Stihl hedgecutter....... I've got an attachment that goes on the strimmer but its a bit cumbersome.
  
  NMGS said:

  I think that a hand help blower is an amazing piece of time saving equipment. Although it cannot completely replace rakes and brushes it is undoubtedly useful.
  
  However, too many people give blowers a bad name by using them to blow leaves out onto main roads when the debris is just pushed back when a car passses!
  
  -Nick
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  Mark July 15, 2010 at 8:10pm

  I know you ask for one bit of kit but I will be looking for a half mtr extension for my long arm hedge cutter,and a decent long lopper (4mtr ish), I have a Fiskars one which is ok but TBH not really up for the job, and when my current pole saw expires get a better one.
  
  Being able to reach for a tool to save getting the ladders out of even being able to reach when on the Henchman is priceless.
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  Paul @ Ashgate Garden Care July 15, 2010 at 8:27pm

  When I was in France last year visiting the in laws the local council had a truck with a built in vacuum built into the back to of what was basically a tree surgeons chip truck. They were hedge cutting and hoovering the bits straight into the back of the truck with a long hose.
  
  It looked a really cool bit of kit (my wife thought I was a bit sad looking paying so much attention to a council truck) and would come in very handy.
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  Busy Bee Garden Services Limited July 16, 2010 at 7:04am

  We used a Eliet Major yesterday, took 15mins to reduce a three metre conifer into 4 wheelbarrows which were then put on the clients compost heap, great bit of kit!
  
  Geoff Norfolk said:

  Yes..... I must stop doing that lol!!
  I've always fancied one of those decent chippers...... Eliet Major seems to get quite a few good reviews......... at the moment, I just slice everything up with a chainsaw in the trailer.... amazing how it all goes down.... and then dispose of it in garden waste wheelie bins on my usual rounds.
  Also fancy a 40" bladed Stihl hedgecutter....... I've got an attachment that goes on the strimmer but its a bit cumbersome.
  
  NMGS said:

  I think that a hand help blower is an amazing piece of time saving equipment. Although it cannot completely replace rakes and brushes it is undoubtedly useful.
  
  However, too many people give blowers a bad name by using them to blow leaves out onto main roads when the debris is just pushed back when a car passses!
  
  -Nick
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  David Bloomer July 16, 2010 at 7:28am

  top of my shopping list is a blower
  
  but the one i most want (just cant justify yet) is a large rotovator.
  
  and on the i can dream list is a mini digger...