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Mechanical wheelbarrow

Evening everybody,

Has anyone any good or bad reviews of mechanical wheelbarrows either on tracks or preferably on wheels, like golf green type that will less damage grass too much. I do a hell of a lot of mulching in the Autumn winter months, and whe

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Big Lawn / Little Lawn / Frustrated Customer

One of my most valued customers is becoming increasingly frustrated with my services .

The work involves cutting Three tiny newly laid lawns which are perfectly manageable with my little cordless mower and always leaves a perfect finish , These lawns

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Euphorbia Sap ! !

I'm wondering how others deal with euphorbia/ spurge. 
Despite being gloved up and wearing eye protection, I still ended up inadvertently getting the sap in my eyes and have spent the last 3 days practically blind and bedridden. The sap is so high in

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Looking for the widest push mower that collects

Hi all! I use a Toro turfmaster mower for some large grass cutting jobs however I have recently had some issues with it and wish to try an alternative. Does anyone know of a wide push mower that does cut + collect like the Toro - the turfmaster's cut

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Who is Arbour Landscape Solutions?

Quick question.....

As you probably know, I help several companies in the landscape industry to market their products and services. The other day I was posed with an interesting question about one of my clients - Richard Bickler aka Arbour Landscape S

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Italian style garden

I've been asked to design an Italian garden for a lady who hails from Calabria in the south of Italy.

The plot is not very big and athough it has a view of the sea you would ordinarily have to stand on a chair to see it over a 6' fence (cannot be redu

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Stihl Combi extensions

I am going to buy a replacement HT-KM pole pruner for my Combi.  I can buy it with the shaft or without & then swap the old shaft over.  But am I better using the old shaft & making another extension out of it ?  I have seen the screw collar for arou

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Premium petrol.

It seems I have possibly been misled about Premium petrol being replaced with E5, I was checking the Aesop’s website to see what is happening and read this:

”Although our pumps have E5 labels on them, our Synergy Supreme⁺99 is actually ethanol free (e

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Strong 4 wheeled trolley??

Hello All

Does anyone know of a strong preferably fold flat hand trailer, we have accumulated a lot if clients in a mobile home park, and more seem to be coming out of the woodwork. The roads are not wide enough for a van/car to be left outside in the

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Etesia pro 46

Anyone else's etesia leave a very poor finish????

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Which Chipper?

Help! Im a gardener and have no intention of become a tree surgeon, I can't climb for a start! I often get asked to remove a hedge or make a big reduction etc. I'm at the point where I need a bigger and quicker chipper, I currently have an Eliet chip

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Octagon shaped carb adjuster nut on new (2021) Stihl BG86

After a few days of use with a new BG86 blower, it is apparent the high carb adjuster screw just needs a little tweak to realise perfect running at full throttle.

Only i now see they have changed the head on the adjuster screw to an octagon shape, the

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VAT

I am just about to go over the vat threshold. I have two additional employees, My work is all business to consumer. I have a tough decision to make.  If I add VAT to my current lawn treatment costs then that is in effect a 20% increase to my customer

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Which is best ? Etesia 98x 4wd or Iseki 950f 4wd

Which on opinion is best brush cutter 4wd ? 

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Attaching trellis to concrete wall

Hi,

Does anybody have any ideas of trying to attach trellis to the top of this concrete panel wall. The panels and posts have rebar running through so getting a screw fixing would be quite difficult although might be possible in the posts, although th

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Who’s land

Hi guys and gals 

Just been to look at a job and the nice elderly gent wants snowberry lonicera and bramble border cut to ground level for minimal Maintenance  going forward 

my issue is the council have visited once recently in 20 years to trim it but

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Stihl Kombi rotary head

Does anybody on here us the rotary head for the stihl kombi?Mine keeps pulling out the 2 pin clips (not sure how to describe them) that spin on top of the drive shaft in the engine unit and I lose them on the lawn on somewhere. I know the pins are ch

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Cutting up perfectly good strimmers?

I was talking to an old friend of mine earlier. I got him his first job with another friend who I worked for at the time, grass cutting of course. This was back in 1986.

Anyway, he has worked on the Parks Dept. for the District Council since 1987. He

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What happens with artificial turf at end-of-life?

A #ThursdayThought ;

With focus on plastic’s recycling, what happens to all the artificial turf when it goes out of fashion or degrades ?

Will distributors offer a return-to-base recycling service ?

Should we ask before buying ?

We’ve had ethical sto

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Kawasaki V Twin engine spares help

Hi,

I have a 2004 Etesia Hydro 80 with a FH430V engine. One of the magnets within the flywheel has broken up and damaged the stator causing a short.

I'm struggling to find a replacement fly wheel and just wondered if anyone on here has an FH430V engine

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