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Strimmer head

Has anyone tried a different head from the Stihl Autocut C 4-2 which comes with the FSA 85 cordless strimmer? I seem to need a new one every few months and wonder if there is a more robust head which will fit this machine.

Many thanks

Jim

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Started by Jim Gibbon in Machinery
9 Replies · Reply by Jim Gibbon May 16, 2020
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Husqvarna 226hs75

Hi everyone,

I broke a tooth off my beloved husqvarna 226hs75 yesterday. One missing tooth off the top blade makes it almost useless.

would anyone out there have one spare or even a whole machine they not using that I could buy.

many thanks in advance.

a

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Started by Andrew jones
3 Replies · Reply by PGM May 16, 2020
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Price increases 2020.

Afternoon all.

I wondered if  anyone had managed to put their prices up this season? I ask as I normally put them up in May, the idea being that I'm already underway with the mowing visits and generally the customers are realistic and simply accept th

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Started by Tony @SM in Business
8 Replies · Reply by Colin Hunt May 14, 2020
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Screening material

Does anyone know where I can get this composite material? It's a plastic of some sort which a client has asked me for to use as horizontal strips instead of trellis. I have seen this done in cedar before but can't find this material. 
can anyone help

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Started by Tom Cann
3 Replies · Reply by Stephen Budgett May 13, 2020
Views: 232

Plant identity

Evening all,

Could anyone help identifying the plant in the photo. A friend has had a delivery of top soil containing a mass of this curiosity.  Is it young Japanese knotweed. I'm not sure myself.

 

Best 

 

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Started by Paul Doyle
20 Replies · Reply by Tom Cann May 13, 2020
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Grass cutting pricing

Good evening,

I am looking to get some help on how to price some very large areas of grass that I may get the opportunity to price for in the future. 

Its on 3 large sites owned by the same company and there is approximately 14 acres of grass to cut be

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Started by Neil James Shearer
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Estate mulching mower?

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Site Grillo Climber 10 has broken down again - getting pretty fed up with what was supposed to be a bomb proof machine. Just a bolt sheared off but steering out of action. What are the alternatives? Some steep banks, some rough ground but also some l

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Started by Gareth in Machinery
5 Replies · Reply by Gareth May 10, 2020
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Biodegradeable trim line

In these 'green' times, how many of you have considered how many tiny shards of waste plastic we are putting into the environment using strimmers. I trade as a wildlife-friendly gardener and used long-handled shears exclusively for the first 15 years

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Started by Jeff in Info
1 Reply · Reply by Jim Gibbon May 8, 2020
Views: 177

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