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Retaining wall prices specifically sleeper retaining walls

Hi there

I am pricing quite a lot of retaining wall jobs and as they are quite a big part of landscaping i am trying to tune my meterage prices.

 

Can anyone help me with their meterage rates for the construction of sleeper timber retaining walls?  I

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slow self drive

Hi all,

I have an AL-KO 470 premium with a B and S 650 engine, I bought this about 4 years ago because I needed a side discharhe and mulcher for 2 jobs I do, it has never been the fastest especially compared to my Vikings but seems to be getting slowe

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Stihl KM 94 - Air Filter Screws Stuck

I'd been using my Stihl KM 94 for work and I realised I hadn't cleaned the air filter in a long time. I went to undo the two screws (Is-M5x17) holding the air filter in place and they were really stiff. When I finally got them to move they just spun

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Viking GS 756

Hi All

Bought a Viking GS 756 in May, on really dry grass it will cut all Day but on slightly damp short grass it seems to struggle, will not fill a bag, lowest we have it will be on a number 2

Has anybody else find the same problem?

 Cheers 

Michael

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Grass not growing much.......but we still have to make a living!

I have a street near me with 6 regular lawn mowing customers in it.

5 have been cut each fortnight but one has turned my workers away the last two times, stating that the lawn does not need doing.

The grass is not really growing much, as we have not ha

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Bosch Shredder?

I have an echobearcat shredder and to be honest, i'm not very impressed with it. It is always getting clogged up. The other day, I used an old Bosch Shredder and wasimpressed with it. I have just taken a job on which is clearing approxiamately 30 met

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Breaking glass with strimmer

Evening All

After all these years without a mishap, I managed to strim a stone through a window 2 weeks ago then followed it up with another today. I don't think I'm doing anything differently but I obviously need to do some kind of risk assessment in

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Tree id

Can anyone I'd this tree? 

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Diseased apple tree??

Hi,

One of my clients has a problem with branches dying back on her apple tree. I wondered if anybody with experience in this area could take a look at the pics below and see if they can pinpoint the problem. I’m wondering in particular if this looks

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Lawn Care Business - for sale

Hello, just passing this on for expressions of interest on behalf of a very good customer of ours.

Lawn maintenance company run by a professional couple in central Wiltshire. Looking to take early retirement and are selling a database & possibly equip

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Stihl Viking 655 RS / Weibang 48 Pro

Good morning all,

 

I'm in the market for a new mower, I've got it down to Stihl Viking 655 RS and Wiebang 48 Pro BBC.

 

Weibang, due to all the good reviews I've read and 3 year warranty. Stihl Viking due to wet collection that I've read about.

Both arou

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Faulty brand new Stiga mower

I wondered if anyone could guide me as to my comsumer rights.

On monday I took delivery of a brand new Stiga 740pwx. After only four hours use problems developed. Firstly, the hydraulic oil expanded right up to the filler cap and started to leak throu

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Glow worms and slugs and snails

I heard once that there are not many glow worms in the UK anymore because people use so many slug pellets and glow worms eat slugs.  Does anyone ever see them and does anyone know how to encourage them? I saw one the other night in a pile of wood, in

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Books

morning all hope everyone’s doing well on this wet Wednesday...can anyone recommend some good books on lawn care preferably with a good bit of technical detail about scarifying, fertilisers an the like. 

 

Cheers 

chris. 

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Does anyone use a Pellenc (Etesia) Rasion battery mower?

I'm still trying to find a user of these mowers to find out the pros and cons in real life mowing. I've had a demo, but want to know what users think. A big investment, so I need to think around all potential issues.

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Loading Ramps for Vans

Hi all

Anybody use this type of loading ramp for a rear roller mower? Just wanted to make sure they are OK and don’t damage the roller.

 Thanks in advance

Chris

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Good value strimmer

afternoon everyone, looking for advice recommendations on a decent replacement petrol strimmer. 

Been through some mitox previously but as I’ve read on here they’ve proven not to be reliable or dependable over a period of time.

Theres always the usual

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Fertiliser help required urgently

I am currently seeking help with a situation that has arisen for me.  I have been asked to fertilize a lawn, I used a weed and feed.  I have now been told it has sent the path and patio ORANGE.

ANd he has asked me to wash it off. the only the thing I

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Stihl BG 86 leaf blower problem

Last year my Stihl bg86 leaf blower started playing up. Sometimes the engine would not turn over as if jammed. I would fiddle turning the engine backwards and it would then work, although it wasn’t running all that well. Then the final straw was, I t

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Cleaning Natural stone paving

Hi all,

has anyone got any cleaning recommendations/products that work best to clean natural stone slabs?

There’s been times where I’ve done a job and sand/cement get on the slabs and become a nightmare to clean off

 

Cheers in advance

Dan

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