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Hayter scarifier

A friend of mine is looking into buying a new hayter scarifier. And was asking if I'd used one before,  I haven't only eliets. So has any one got any experience of them or heard any reviews on them??

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components coming from china

saw this morning that JCB are cutting the working week in the factory because of a shortage of components coming from china 

this may have a effect on garden machinery as in shortage of spare parts or even to buy new as a lot of the brands use compone

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Which Hedge Trimmer

Hi Folks,

Im looking for advice on what hedge trimmer to buy, I`v had loads over the years and can cope with light trimming, but I`m getting more hedges that are overgrown with thicker branches and know my machine wont cope with the cutting.

Apart from

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Business networking groups

Interested to hear about any and all your experiences on this one.  Business networking groups is something that was mentioned by my accountant and I am aware it works well for some people.

• Anyone have experience of them now or in the past and what su

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standing orders/late payers

I have a few residential clients i wish to put on standing orders, Do you think this will be achievable>? and how to approach this. a Month behind etc?

I also want to raise their prices and change to a fixed rate visit rather than x amount of hours...

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Scarifier and aerator

for year’s we’ve always hired aerators and scarifiers but this year I’m thinking of investing. What do you think of 

camon LS42 scarifier

aerator Billy goat PL1800

Bannernan

Wellbang

I’d appreciate hearing what ones you rate the most. Or should I just car

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Matching mortar to Setts

Hi all

I'm need to point up some setts I've laid and the customer wants the pointing to be a similar colour, they are the standard granite colour (speckled grey). I've tried Smith Mix sand (50/50 sharp and kiln) with White Cement but that turns it a v

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Spades

Hi All 

Any heads up on spades my teams keep on breaking them and thought I would ask the community what everyone is using for general border work? Thanks

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Offering lawn care treatments

Hello all, 

Thanks in advance as always for taking the time to provide your thoughts. Hope you're all surviving this lovely weather. 

I'm about the enter my second season self employed. I do mainly weeding, mowing, pruning, general tidying, some planti

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Green roof weeds

Hi all,

I'm looking at an herbicide for our green roof that we have.

i could do with some advice on a "sedum friendly" treatment. 

 I have a mix of invaders including dock,budlia and clover to name a few.

If anyone has or had the same issues your help an

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ECHO PB 8010

Thought I would give our experiences of the recently introduced Echo PB 8010 backpack blower after 3 months hard commercial use. The Echo is superb. We have a Stihl BR 800 also - the Echo outperforms it on every level. - both used side by side on the

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Broken fence posts

After last weeks storm I have been inundated with calls for broken fence posts.

ive always dug out the old post which is time consuming especially when you use to start lifting part of a patio and using concrete breakers.

has anyone muse these repair s

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Pond clearout

I've been asked by a management company to quote for 2x pond clearouts on a housing estate. They do the grounds maintenance on the estate but want to tender the pond tidy ups out.

Its unusual work for me outside my usual remit, but work is dire at the

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Commercial contracts tenders

Hi everyone I want to branch a little bigger I have 1 commercial contract that contacted me through checka trade .... Iv emailed around 30 different companies ranging from caravan parks to schools etc ....... Any other tips to get going ..... Anyone

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Online / Partime Landscape Design and Hard Landscaping Courses - Any Recomendations? Glasgow Based

Hi guys any recomendations for the above courses? Im to busy to commit full time but happy with wkend or online, would prefer something which gives a recognised qualification.

 

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Who's doing what this week ?

Challenging weather for all last weekend and would guess for many it’s still a problem?

So, who's been doing what this week ....?

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Best machinery to remove bamboo 4'x3'

I've removed the growth of a border of bamboo and I'm now left with an area of ground thick with roots and as hard as concrete. I've had a couple of the lads on the team attack it with mattocks but to no avail. What do you suggest is the best tool/ma

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Green waste costs

I went to our green waste recycling site today and paid £25.00 for my 16' x 7' trailer to be emptied by their digger.

I stood there and watch and thought what bloody good value that was. What do you get charged?

Is it worth trying to make a recycling c

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Lawn care start up.

Hi all. This as probably been discussed many times before so I apologise. But I'm looking to branch out into lawn care as some of my customers are not happy with a certain franchise. I was looking to get some advise on how to price for the applicatio

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Hedge/shrub cutting pace

HI all,

 

New to this. 

 

Going solo after years in a grounds maintenance team. No big ambitions given my time of life; just looking to make a small modest income and deliver a great product. 

 

I've never actually priced work in hedge cutting before, but

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