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advice on merging one man band gardening businesses

I was wondering if there were any thoughts on the dos and don't and basically ways of merging small landscape gardening businesses.

As basically a one man band I'm often in a position of having more work than I can handle.. I imagine a situation where

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Stihl self feed strimmer

Hi I've had a Stihl auto feed strimmer 

I always have problems feeding the line in. I cut a length of line  with s sharp knife . Line the arrows up correctly then push either end in to the spool till they stopp. I then rotate the hub but quite often i

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Snapper lt75

hu all

im after a small ride-on for home use only, noticed a snapper lt75 

seems just right size and 17.5 hp sounds quite powerful for

a small machine..does anyone have one or have used one...

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Fake Grass (Astro turf and the like)

I see at long last that there is a swelling of movement against fake grass being laid in private gardens.

Laying a sheet of green plastic grass over the ground kills off all insect life and makes the ground sterile, makes the area under the fake grass

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Hoggin problems ?

Hello m'y client has just had us construct some brick paver edge paths in one part of her garden .... she wants them filled with hoggin 

can anyone share experenced as to problems associated with it i heard it can be messy and puddly .... Thanks 

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Etesia Ride on Brushcutter AV88 drive belt / modifications ?

Hi Guys,  

               Just got hold of an Etesia Attila AV88, It seems however that the internal gearbox belt (Variator ?) may be on its last legs.

 

I have never seen such a beast of a belt before and from a very old post on this site it would seem

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multi purpose compost

earler this year when compost and other garden things were hard to come buy i manageg to get hold of some made by a firm called deco pak its the worst compost that i have used full of rubbish had to re pot plants as they were dieing off. i contacted

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Feedback on LTS Chippers

just browsing through eBay as you do and came across these chippers from LTS up in Blackburn. The prices are from £539 to £599 and apparently they can chip up to 3 inches of soft green  wood. This could tick a few boxes for me as it would be occasion

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Turf problems

Hi im having issues with new turf I have laid,tge ground had been prepared before hand and with top soil but after 10 days its not taking and looks quitd dead in parts and muddy,any suggestions please? 

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Non-refundable deposit

A client has cancelled a project and is unhappy that I am going to keep his initial 10% deposit. It is clearly stated in my t&c's that this is non-refundable. He feels that he has had no service from me but in actual fact there has been quite a bit o

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Employment & Insurance

I'm looking to take someone on full time, but they are A self employed Labour. Not a bona Fide sub contractor.

can they come in my employers liability insurance for injury's etc full time?

hope this makes sense

Charlie.

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Chainsaw McCulloch MAC838 Not Starting

I've got a McCulloch MAC 838 that is really struggling to start. Everytime I try to start it the spark plugs gets covered in oil. I'm sure my 40:1 mix is right though? Any help would be great, thanks guys 😁

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Hard landscaping and skid-steers how useful are they?

I'm ccurrently looking at purchasing a skidsteer to help in my yard and on job sites.  My question is how are useful are they with your jobs ?  And what size to buy?  Best makes or models?  

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Future grass issues!

Good morning all,

Brain picking time 

Due to Covid, the campus where I manage the grounds are due to erect marquee's on a lot of the lawned areas.

 

My question is; what can I do if anything to mitigate damage?

I wonder if anyone has encounted a similar p

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Replace a lawn

So the lawn was originally planted on a gravel bed. The client wants a beautiful green sward of turf.

My idea is to remove the top 6 inches of soil, put down a barrier, to stop the stones rising, refil with screened topsoil and add turf.

If we dont put

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Stihl 448 mower

    Sorry it's a long post!

Hi all going on from my what mulching mower thread, I'd thought I'd start a new one on what I have just bought. The sthil comes with an optional mulch kit that includes a multi purpose blade. At first I wanted a mower I cou

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Leaves on a Business Park

Hi all, a question for those of you who maintain business parks or office complexes and the like. How do you deal with leaves and that kind of thing when the areas often have large numbers of cars and other vehicles parked there pretty much all day.

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HOW TO CHARGE STIHL BATTERIES IN THE VAN

Hi guys

Looking to gradually include battery operated tools to our vans but when I had a test with Stihl products, the battery charges come with a three pin plug.  How do you charge the batteries during the work day while in the van?

Also, it appears t

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cordless power level indicator

I recently purchased a stihl HSA 26 Shrub Shear and put it on charge before first use .but it appeared to be fully charged so it switched itself off . 

I have used it twice for approx 30 minutes in total . it will run for 120 minutes before it needs r

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Contracts and pricing

Hi all. I’ve got a couple of queries that I’m hoping you can share your wisdom on.

I’m sure the answers to these are in the bog somewhere but I can’t subscribe this month as it’s been rather an expensive one for one reason or another. So I will join y

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