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LCV values continue to climb at auctions

Industry News:

Average used LCV values rose by £187 during July to reach £10,120, the highest recorded average monthly value on record at BCA.

Underlining the demand seen for light commercial vehicles, values have risen by £2,422 in the past year, eq

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Recommended online design course

I'm looking at moving into design. I have done a bit of design training when I did my hort level 3, but looking to further my knowledge and move the business in that direction.

I don't have the time and am too far away from any in person training, so

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Dog mess

Hi everyone. Hope you are all well and as busy as you want/need to be!

I've recently taken a new garden on for 4 hours a week (yes charging hourly but that's a debate for another day please!) which I really like and it's convenient for home etc.......

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Fertliser

Hello all

 

Im new here.  What is the best fertiliser liquid spray to use in spring I understand a high P in spring and a low P rest of the year.

 

im starting a small business and also wondered how much to charge for a 100 metre squared lawn to aerate a

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Apprentice

Thinking of apprentice for my business...

I wouldn't know where to start , but has anyone in here tried it? Not even sure if there's criteria  we match?

I do general soft gardening work, mainly lawn mowing, hedge cutting, weeding, pruning..

Thankyou for

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Etesia 46 plastic insert

Can anyone help ? My etesia pro 46 plastic black inserts for the grass box keep falling out, do they need to be in ? 

Steve 

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Aspen fuel replacement, is it really that good?

I'm switching over to Battery machines for next season but until then I'm thinking of switching to Aspen for all my 2-stroke machines, my question is will I see a change straight away with regards to fumes etc from my machines? Getting really sick an

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Ride On Mowers

Hello all! 

Looking to invest in a ride on mower and wondered if anyone had experience in using and buying one? 

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What do you think? 

Many thanks, 

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Mower deck protection

Has anyone found a product that will protect the underside of mower deck and more importantly last when bombarded with grit, sticks etc from the blades revolving at high speed?

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Travel radius

Hi everyone.

Thought it would be interesting to get some opinions on your working travel distance. For maintenance I will travel up to 15 miles from base but for one off jobs such as pruning (I do a lot of Wisteria and fruit tree work) I travel up to

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Large Property Quotation

Hi all. Just wondering how people quote for properties that you'd need to be at for 1/2 day to a full day per week. How much do people take into consideration the lack of driving between jobs, the guaranteed income and that kind of thing?

Obviously we

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Changes to towing license etc!

https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/changes-to-hgv-and-bus-driving-tests-and-allowing-car-drivers-to-tow-a-trailer-without-an-extra-test/changes-to-hgv-and-bus-driving-tests-and-allowing-car-drivers-to-tow-a-trailer-without-an-extra-test

Anyon

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Ride on charges

Hi all, I've been asked to quote for a large job for the council. 
we're required to use a ride on mower for a lot of it. Does £10.50 per 100metres sound about right?

Also there are some no mow areas. I'm thinking strimming and hedge cutting. How much

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Grass problem

Hi 

Can anyone tell me the issue with this lawn?

Some patches the grass has turned into threads of hair that are really tough

Any info would be much appreciated 

Thanks 

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Stihl RMA448 vc

So I eventually managed to get my hands on the RMA 448 vc

First impressions are mixed, it takes a bit of getting used to along with using a Weibang legacy 48pro bbc.

Being so quiet to use, you hear every little thing hitting the blades, which you don't

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E10 Fuel swap over coming

Has anyone heard about this re suitablility in mowers  or with 2-stroke for strimmers / blowers. Some articles say OK, others say no, use super unleaded.

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Waterproof/Gore Tex knee pads

Hi All, Hope everyone is well.

After some feedback/recommendations..

When I started out some years back I started off with a kneeler for weeding etc, but binned it. So I went with knee pads. Now I know that a lot of people don't get on with them, but h

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Lawn issues after laying turf

This lawn was laid with new turf a few months ago and at first looked great. Now it has increasing dead patches and weird red bits that look like dust. Any ideas much appreciated.

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Growing veg

Hi. I am looking at a new customer and the job doesn't look too bad, 6 hours a week in the summer. Most of the beds are bark or pebbles eo not much weeding, good size lawn. Quite a lot of hedging but can get in some help with that. There are some rai

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Inundated with work.

Does anyone else find themselves overloaded with work atm? Sure its great to be in demand but honestly I can barely keep up atm, what with being on site doing a bit of graft, visiting potential clients, doing the quote calculations and garden designs

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