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Rolling a croquet lawn

Morning all, 

This is perhaps one for the ex greenkeepers. This time last year I installed a croquet lawn for a regular client, it is on heavy clay so we installed land drainage. The lawn is healthy, but a bit more lumpy and bumpy than I would like. W

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Becoming VAT registered - invoices

Hi everyone, first time posting here so hopefully in the right place and not been asked before. We are looking at becoming VAT registered due to our income and we want to continue to grow. My question is, when we are VAT registered, do we really need

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Rotovator

We are currently renovating an area of half an acre which has been used as a dumping ground for many years and is to be made into a lawn. We're going to have to make a seedbed out of a compacted, rubble strewn area, we're looking at buying a rotovato

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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

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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

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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

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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 .....

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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

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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

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Spring Matters - Wild Birds

Courtesy of Waverley Police's Rural Newsletter:

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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?  

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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