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Tipper van or trailer dilemma

Hi All

Like so many of you I am planning to grow my business. We currently offer landscaping and maintenance, VAT registered and I employee two guys.

I have got a swb Vauxhall vivaro van, ifor Williams P6 trailer with cage sides and recently swapped my

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Sharpening your own hedge cutters..

Evening chaps,

Just a quick question to see if anyone sharpens their own hedge cutters? 

If so, is it easy enough to do? I'm currently paying £75 inc a service to have them done. The standard of the work is excellent though.

Thank you,

Craig.

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Which mower?

I'm nòt looking especially for specific brands and models, but really just the features that you'd want on a mower (i.e. Mulch plug etc)And if you could only have one mower, would it be a roller or wheeled? Or best to have a good roller model and a c

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Register as a waste carrier?

Hello Everyone, 

Can i first thank you all for your advice and help. :)

I have a new question, i live in the northwest and already about 3 of my new clients don't have Green Bin's, either they are a business or only have a small green bin and need me t

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Which moss killer?

I'm looking for a moss killer which can be mixed with glyphosate and applied to surfaces.Looking at MMC PRO on Pitchcare but it doesent seem to go far, one litre for 5sqm?Am I missing something or is there another product which is better value?Thanks

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Which would you choose? Practical walkways or creative pathways?

From formal garden paths with straight lines and right angles to formal pathways that allow meandering lines, what would you go for to achieve both useful space and the one that is aesthetically pleasing. 

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gov announcement

with the recent  announcement as from 2040 you will not be able to buy a petrol or diesel car and it might apply to vans by then and the industry moving towards battery powered tools  do you think this will have any effect on there use i.e. the charg

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Are you buying counterfeit pesticides ?

There is a report circulating that suggests that 25% of purchased pesticides are counterfeit.

It's unclear whether this is globally, nationally, across all industries etc but it got me thinking as to how you can recognise counterfeit pesticides if yo

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Etesia LKCGM Petrol tank

I have broken the tank on my new etesia LKCGM mulching mower and no one seems able to supply a replacement. Does anybody know where I might get hold of one, its a big tank that wraps around the kawasaki engine

Thanks

Alex

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Weather to music

Absolutely stunning - big screen and decent sound needed : https://youtu.be/oagszCmJLpU What an amazing world we live in. Not often something like this leaves me wide mouthed :)

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Cobra RM48SPS Lawnmower Rear Roller Subaru Powered

Does anyone else have this machine?

I'm finding it to be slow, heavy, the handle bars are too long, it's poor in the wet and doesn't leave the best of finishes.

Is it my machine that is a bad un' or does anyone else who owns one, feel similar?

Thank you

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software for landscaping

can any one help i want to be able to show clients i work for photographs of a area i want to improve before and somehow superimpose what i think the finished job will look like afterwards. can this be done. what it is i have a grassed area with larg

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Difference between making a living and making a profit?

Hi everyone, I was having a discussion with a new start up yesterday and it got me thinking, is there a difference between making a living and making a profit in business? I've always believed that the two are separate, depending on how you work out

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Tall Hedge to tidy up - Best Machine

Hello everyone, 

Work is coming in very quick, which is good :)

I have a job to cut back a tall hedge which has got out of control, and also have a bi weekly contract to maintaine a nurery which also has a large (tall) hedge.

Money is quite limited at t

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Etesia Pro 46 with roller, just a bit of fun.

Was messing around with my Etesia 46 Pro over the weekend and attached a roller, it was only a bit of fun but i thought the stripes it produced were not bad haha.

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15 types of difficult client

A bit of fun but I bet we can all relate to this:)

http://www.boredpanda.com/types-of-clients-guide-ciplex/

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Pesticide for brambles

Hi there. Customer has had an area scraped and covered in topsoil ahead of seeding a new lawn. Some of the brambles are coming back through already and there is the usual germination of weed seeds. I'm guessing the regular mowing will help deal with

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(Self) Workers are entitled to the minimum wage ?

An interesting discussion emanating from the FSB Newsletter as to whether self-employed workers are entitled to a minimum wage:

FSB:-  "I found the linked article interesting. But before commenting, I'll start with a brief statement of the law as it

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Fitting inverter/lesiure battery to van

Hello,

I've just bought a new van, 64 plate Citroen Dispatch :)

Got it yesterday!

So, i'm getting a rear camera fitted weds and next up is signage and a way of charging my batteries for my cordless gear.

It'd be good if I could also plug in a few other e

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Not been paid

Not a big deal as only small amount ....  but curious if there are any strategies to extract the last due payment from a customer. Fortunately its a small amount (£30) but unfortunately its a clients second home and they are rarely in residence and a

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