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Battery hedge trimmer expected life span

Hello,

Bought a battery (18v) no name hedge trimmer about 5 years ago (3/4 inch tooth spacing. Used it on bramble, some really thick ones for many hours. And lots of managing thin wild overgrowth around fences ... (cuttingvthin branches). Used it in

Started by Da

8 Replies · Reply by Peter Davis Sep 6

Bulb suppliers

Large bulb planting job, trawled the net but many of the suppliers have poor Trustpilot reviews, those that come up ok their prices are excessive. Appreciate you get what you pay for but looking for some middle ground or do we go down the B&Q or gard

Started by Peter sellers

9 Replies · Reply by Sam Bainbridge Sep 6

AS 84 mulchmeister - anyone used/got one?

As title please guys, anyone got one or used one? Debating buying one, used to have a hayter condor which I sold at the beginning of the year, but been asked to do a few jobs recently, which require very overgrown areas to be cut back, usual, meter p

Started by Andrew holt

1 Reply · Reply by Sam Bainbridge Sep 6

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Bird poo

A commercial site I look after has had a kestrel move in up high near the entrance to the building.

The owners are happy for the bird to be there but the issue is bird poo on the block paving by the entrance. They know all the time it is there it is

Started by James

10 Replies · Reply by James Aug 31

What mower to get

Hi i am looking for recommendations on these two mower i have narrowed it down to weibang virtue 50 svp and the weibang virtue 46 svp i have a lot of small/ medium gardens and a few large gardens that i cut thanks

Started by Dougie

11 Replies · Reply by PGM Aug 27

190m of hedge trimming

Hello all,

pricing up 190 meters of hedge cutting. About 8 ft, not been touched since last year. I'm thinking £875 + £100 for waste.
Do you think I'm right ?

Probably 16 dumpy bags of waste. We get charged £40 a ton but we don't have a big enough tra

Started by Jason Taylor

6 Replies · Reply by Peter sellers Aug 24

Depth of soil for turfing

Hi all I've been asked to lay turf but the client has sub base all over the area to be turfed so if I put down turram and soil then turf at what depth would be best to get the best results

Started by Kerry Parfitt

4 Replies · Reply by Adam Woods Aug 19

Liquid Iron Application

Hi all, looking to spray all our lawns with a liquid iron treatment fairly soon. For most lawns it'll be primarily to green them up and give them a little protection over the winter rather than to blacken all the moss off. This year i'd like us to tr

Started by PGM in Turfcare

12 Replies · Reply by Peter sellers Aug 19

Review of Makita 40v XGT garden tool range

Hi All. I recently had the opportunity to spend the afternoon with Chris from Makita, testing out lots of machines from Makita's XGT 40v outdoor tool range. After being well impressed with the tools I have decided to do a review of a selection of my

Started by Raymond the Terrible

6 Replies · Reply by John F Aug 16

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A first for me....

A first for me... gardening with engine hoist, rotten wooden planters being replaced with galvanised bespoke ones - all went to plan, 2 done, 4 more to do when the blacksmth delivers enough bolts to assemble the planters... which he delivered as fla

Started by Adam Woods in Groundscare and Plants

7 Replies · Reply by Honey Badger Aug 14

Auger or bulb planter

Got a job I hate this Autumn, planting bulbs.

They are going in soil not turf, we have a bulb planter but find it difficult to use so considering a hand earth auger. Do have a petrol posthole borer but the augers are too large for bulbs. Any thoughts

Started by Peter sellers

4 Replies · Reply by Peter sellers Aug 12

18ins lawnmower

Hi looking to replace my etesia with something else since there not makeing the pro 46 anymore what woukd you recommended that's similar to the pro46

Started by Dougie

1 Reply · Reply by PGM Aug 9

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Quoting yearly and billing monthly for domestic clients?

Hey all, just completing my 3rd year as a gardener and have benefited from lots of great advice here in the forums so i've finally paid for premium to get full benefits of the forum!

I’ve just dropped 3 days private estate work a week year round due

Started by Andrew B in Business

15 Replies · Reply by Sam Bainbridge Aug 9

Honda HRD 536 QX

Anyone used/got one? Appreciate your thoughts on forward speed/ wet collection/ reliabilty and whether user friendly IE easy to mow around trèes etc. Thanks.

Started by Peter sellers

7 Replies · Reply by Sam Bainbridge Aug 5

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Telescopic step ladders

Looking at Telescopic step ladders specifically for hedge trimming and pruning at height .

Main reason my henchman is far too long to fit on top of my new smaller vehicle and the telescopic step ladders actually work out cheaper than fitting roof bars

Started by John F

17 Replies · Reply by John F Aug 1

Mower blade style.

I have an HRH536 and wrecked the blade on it. Just wondering what people think of the mower blades with the air flow holes (?) on the back of the cutting edge?

Gimmicky or worthwhile? Before I get one.

Started by Douglas Spencer in Groundscare and Machinery

5 Replies · Reply by Mjc Jul 18

Honda Izy 46push or Weibang virtue 46push

Hello 👋 I am looking to buy a new mower for my small business where I currently mow small/medium lawns among other things.

I've whittled it down to two contenders with the size, budget and weight in mind for me.

so please if anyone has working knowledg

Started by Caroline Benge

27 Replies · Reply by Caroline Benge Jul 16

Hedge trimming costs

Hello all,

we've got a hedge trimming job to price up. 72 meters, 35 meters are about 8 foot. The rest is about 5. Cherry laurel and beech.
We're going to go £360 + £40 for waste disposal. Is this about the going rate?

The customer said it took two men

Started by Jason Taylor

19 Replies · Reply by James Jul 15

Large building site plot maintainence.

Been asked to maintain several plots for a national builder. The plots are landscaped and ready for sale I just have to keep them looking ok, mowing weeding etc. Do people charge a premium for this, I assume the house builder wants it as cheap as pos

Started by Paul Hebditch

9 Replies · Reply by Peter sellers Jul 15

grass cutting

how is the grass cutting going i dont do many now, bu the ones i do have onley been cut once in 6 weeks, even my own has gon 4 weeks and that was just to cut the seed heads off at a high setting also do people still have the lawns fed in the drought

Started by David Benson in Groundscare

6 Replies · Reply by Neil Ruddick Jul 14

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