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Cobra mx534sph

Hi, hope you are all enjoying the weather. My Toro 22" is playing up so I went into my dealer today, he has a cobra mx534 21" with honda 170 engine at a good price. Has anyone any experience of these? I haven't had a cobra before. He can't get a new

Started by Mjc

3 Replies · Reply by Lawn Legends Mar 25, 2022

thankyou for landscape juice network

hello i am a member of LJN.i started my business(garden maintenance) about 3yrs ago and things are going nicely.i just want say thankyou to LJN and all the members for all the really useful info and help.

jed

Started by jed fishwick

1 Reply · Reply by Landscape Juice Mar 25, 2022

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How are we feeling about Red Diesel being removed from use in garden and grounds maintenance wef 1/4/2022

Having attended an HMRC presentation on the changes looming I was a little surprised at the far reachign effects this change in legislation will have on our industry but also on many others that I hadn't realised would be using rebated fuel. One the

Started by Richard Stone in Marketing

7 Replies · Reply by Andrew Betteridge Mar 24, 2022

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Spring budget statement

Some positive news ;

fuel duty cut - 5ppl
employment allowance - £5k
NIC threshold raised

https://twitter.com/rishisunak/status/1506618335454191622?s=21

plus more .....

Started by Gary RK @ Landscape Juice Network in Business

3 Replies · Reply by Peter sellers Mar 24, 2022

Anyone use a Camon TC07 turf stripper?

We've got a Groundsman turf cutter which has done sterling service for about 15 years but has gone expensively wrong. Quote for a new one is about £4k, quote for repair is about £1700 which is similar to the price of a new Camon. I've got a feeling

Started by Tim Bucknall

2 Replies · Reply by Tim Bucknall Mar 22, 2022

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Autonomous Ride-ons ‘have arrived’

Catching up on some industry reading I was amazed to see a level of autonomy arriving to ride-ons by using on-board GPS systems to run true straight line cuts and execute zero turn returns.

This tech has been around in the Agri world for years and on

Started by Gary RK in Machinery

13 Replies · Reply by Richard Stone Mar 21, 2022

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Spring Matters - Wild Birds

Courtesy of Waverley Police's Rural Newsletter:

Started by Gary RK @ Landscape Juice Network in Social Media

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Cordless mower

I am looking into buying a cordless mower and i am stuck bewteen the stihl and ego what machine would you recommend?

Started by Dougie

28 Replies · Reply by Billybop Mar 19, 2022

Slitter or scarifier?

I'm in the market for a scarifier and have read with interest the recent posts.

Many of the machines for sale - and for hire locally - have what I am calling a slitter blade, knife type thing that will dig into the surface. Good for drainage but I'm t

Started by Rigsby

3 Replies · Reply by Tommy Mar 18, 2022

Equipment stolen

I had my crewcab with rear shutter type doors broken into last night. While i was having my tea. They took a mitox sp hand held blower, stihl km94 with hl145 trimmer, edger, chainsaw and strimmer attachments. My dash cam was taken as well. Lucky I d

Started by Mark Fisher in Machinery

12 Replies · Reply by Ricky Watkins Mar 18, 2022

Trugs that last for more than five minutes

Any of you out there got a good brand of rubber trugs you use? My old trug which I have had for about 10 years broke a handle and, like so many things over the past decade, the quality of trugs now seems abysmal. I have bought several trugs from diff

Started by Daniel Speed in Machinery

8 Replies · Reply by Adam Woods Mar 15, 2022

Can't remove old turf

I've been doing a job today for a long term client today, I am re turfing the front and back lawn removing old turf and re leveling areas. I had hired a turf cutter for today and did the back lawn which went well I'll rotavate and level tomorrow . Bu

Started by Andrew . Perkins

13 Replies · Reply by Vic 575 Mar 14, 2022

How much would you charge…

to tackle this tangle of brambles? I was asked to quote, using the photo for guidance and with rough measurements of 10'x20' and 10' high max.

I have to say, I think the site looks bigger than 20' x 10' and the client needs it done by next Tuesday, I

Started by Sean Clarke

52 Replies · Reply by GARETH Mar 14, 2022

Training courses for lawn care

I have been looking at training courses (online) for lawn care. I came across a lawn mowing and turf care training course through Warwickshire College which gives you an ACS Certificate.

Im not sure what weight an ACS certificate holds from a profess

Started by David Seabridge in Turfcare

7 Replies · Reply by Lawn Legends Mar 13, 2022

Stihl FS360 clutch housing

Hi,

My FS360 has developed a crack in the clutch housing where it clamps to the shaft meaning the shaft is now loose. Has anyone replaced this part before and is it an easy job/possible without any special tools.

This is the part thats broken. Thanks

Started by James Boardman

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Tool insurance

I've been Doing this amazing job for 15 years and got all my insurances but never bothered with tool insurance. I'm buying a new £12k John deere x590 and I've got most Stihl kit in the kombi range and 8 or so battery tools and £1k of batteries.
My qu

Started by Luke brooks

6 Replies · Reply by Anthony Toop Mar 13, 2022

Price increase

Evening all , raring to get back at it now and I'm going to increase my charges across the board

I'm wondering if it's best to increase by a set percentage and how everyone else goes about it ? Email?? Fuel and equipment costs are rising so I feel we

Started by Stephen r Brook-Smith

105 Replies · Reply by John F Mar 13, 2022

Battery Mower thoughts?

Evening all

Anybody running a Self propelled cordless mower? & would have any thoughts on what they are like.

With fuel rising daily ( it will never drop back) & battery tech getting better & better i'm ready to make the leap

I'm very tempted to get on

Started by Ricky Watkins in Machinery

9 Replies · Reply by Billybop Mar 12, 2022

Stihl GTA 26 Oil ?

I have just joined the GTA owners club & I love it :)

The supplied oil is a "multi oil" rather than a chain oil. It looks quite thin. What are people using for chain lubrication ? Is a normal "sticky" chain oil seen as too thick ? Obviously the ch

Started by Peter Davis in Machinery

5 Replies · Reply by Neil Darby Mar 12, 2022

Petrol chainsaws

hello all. People may have noticed that retailers have reduced their range of nasty smelly noisey petrol chainsaws. \Some have completely stop selling petrol. I may be a conspiracy theory nut ,but does it sound too far fetched to imagine that there i

Started by Graham Garden in Machinery

8 Replies · Reply by Paul Doyle Mar 11, 2022

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