Stuart Barnes

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Ferring gardening services

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Garden maintenance south east.

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Graham Taylor replied to PGM's discussion Stihl Battery Hedge Cutters for Sale

"good luck with the sale. I think you'd do best on Ebay though.............. I'm sure these are fine however I'd guess anyone here would be very wary about buying anything that had been used commercially..... I certainly would be. A years…"

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Honey Badger replied to Julian chambers's discussion Magnetic signage for vans

"I had magnetic signs in the past. I have been thinking about getting more though they do damage paint work.
There are alternatives. There's magnetic signs you can have cut into a more pleaseing shape, there is also stickers.
I normally advise by…"

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Stihl Battery Hedge Cutters for Sale

Hi all,Selling off a couple of our battery hedge cutters so thought we may as well pop them on here too. They are:HSA 94t 30" £175HSA 86 £125Or £250 for both.Both just been serviced.Also have one HLA 66 which the motor needs replacing and anyone…

Julian chambers replied to Julian chambers's discussion Magnetic signage for vans

"Hi folks

Thanks for all the replies. All excellent and positive advice. Definitely swung it for me; I'll be sending my advertising budget in a different direction.
Best advice Ive recieved trom the mighty LJN Collective.

Keep on keeping on. …"

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Adam Woods replied to Julian chambers's discussion Magnetic signage for vans

"snap... exactly what I did, and it worked for me too"

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John F replied to Julian chambers's discussion Magnetic signage for vans

"I don't think the signs ever got me any work but Instead I went to a gallery and bought some very nice good quality small art cards in packs with relevant images of plants and gardens .
I then selected suitable gardens near where I was working ,…"

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John F replied to Julian chambers's discussion Magnetic signage for vans

"Hi Julian
I had them initially but they attracted the wrong sort of attention .
My van was broken into on Three seperate occasions and the total cost of theft 9 k worth of equipment .
On one occasion someone I suspect kids coming out of the…"

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Adam Woods replied to Julian chambers's discussion Magnetic signage for vans

"I used them on the car and the van when I first started up, they looked tacky and cheap imo. As Peter says, there are negatives, though I never had the problem of them falling off or degrading - they were like a massive fridge magnet and rolled up…"

Julian chambers replied to Julian chambers's discussion Magnetic signage for vans

"Hi Peter

Thanks for that. Good info re. paintwork blistering.
Cheers"

Peter sellers replied to Julian chambers's discussion Magnetic signage for vans

"Julian. We used magnetics some years ago, eventually they blistered the paintwork and would blow off when travelling in high winds. And yes they advertise that your vehicle holds items worth stealing. Never had any leads from when we used them ,…"

Adam Pilgrim replied to Dougie's discussion New roller mower

"Throttle screws and move the governor spring across a hole.Takes less than five minutes. Can't say I have had any complaints about noise but then again I have customers I have worked for for years and never even met!"

Julian chambers posted a discussion

Magnetic signage for vans

Hi AllWhat are member's experiences of magnetic signage gor vans. I appreciate that the name and nature of the business will be free advertising but the flip side of this is advertising a cache of gardening tools available to plunder. Will this…

Tim Bucknall replied to Dougie's discussion New roller mower

"Thanks Adam, an interesting counter-argument! 2 questions- 1) is this just the throttle-stop screw, and 2) are they then very noisy? We do seem to have some very noise-averse customers!"

Tim Bucknall replied to Dougie's discussion New roller mower

"Thanks Peter, I did notice there was no forward speed on the specs!"

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Etesia UK Strengthens Team with Three Key Appointments

Etesia UK has announced three new appointments as the company continues to invest in its people, dealer network and customer support.Steven Massey has joined as Business Development Manager, Jim Maynard has taken on the role of Technical and After…