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Dennis ES-860 is the King of King’s

Roger Neale, Head of Grounds and Gardens at King’s Hall School in Somerset, has claimed that his new Dennis ES-860 battery-powered mower has been “unbelievable.”

Roger was a greenkeeper for 22 years before landing the position of Head of Grounds and G

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Josh Thompson replied to Rob's discussion Accurate costing for tree work
"That puts you on about £160 a day before business costs are accounted for. Personally I do grounds maintenance excluding tree work and I aim for £200-£250/day in labour alone, if I was to remove waste it'd be cost + 1hr labour and hiring specific…"
1 hour ago
Rob replied to Rob's discussion Accurate costing for tree work
"It took me about 1.5 days and waste cost about £130Access is good though"
8 hours ago
Adam Pilgrim replied to Rob's discussion Accurate costing for tree work
"Basically, my 'tree guy' starts with stump grinding at £100. I don't know how small (or big) your van is, access to the job, your waste disposal costs incurred or how long it took you...
If it was around a half day- although I would have charged…"
9 hours ago
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I recently cut down and removed 5 cupressocypress trees  that were between 10 and 14 foot high.  I ground the roots down below the ground, and removed all waste.   Three was approximately. 5   small van loads of waste. I charged. £375 including…
15 hours ago
MB posted a discussion
Just looking to get some hygiene kits for my 3M Optime III ear defenders and found a company called Best4Headsets.co.uk with free shipping at £50.00 and great prices.One team member Dale Benett e mailed me that there is a sister site…
15 hours ago
Peter sellers replied to Peter sellers's discussion Winter gloves
"Thanks, yes have seen that site and those gloves. We prefer a knitted wrist so go for the 292. However been trialling some Pfanner stretch flex polar at £6 which tick all the spec apart from conductive cold but seem more waterproof than the 292 and…"
19 hours ago
Ian Harvey replied to Peter sellers's discussion Winter gloves
"Check out safety gloves.co.uk. They have a range of EN511 1,1,1 rate gloves including the below, and also even cheaper Ejendals.
https://www.safetygloves.co.uk/ejendals-tegera-297-insulated-waterp..."
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Graham Taylor replied to Tim Bucknall's discussion E10 petrol
"I always use E10 with no problems in Stihl equipment and mowers.   Worth remembering E5 still contains 5% ethanol     Why did your carbs need replacing?   Dealers are very quick to just fit a new carb rather than stripping he carb down, cleaning it…"
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Peter sellers replied to Peter sellers's discussion Winter gloves
"Yes same spec as the Skytec which do not comply with all EN 511. Just have a level 2 rating for contact cold and 0 for convective cold and water permeability. Thanks amyway."
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Dave Colton replied to Peter sellers's discussion Winter gloves
"I use these and they are very good in our opinion."
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John F replied to Tim Bucknall's discussion E10 petrol
"Not noticed any starting issues or poor running performance to date with E10 .
Two stroke mix of choice is the Stihl red one shot at the pump for accuracy , One shot to five litres of E10  
My machine repair mechanic recommended adding fuel…"
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Ian Harvey replied to Tim Bucknall's discussion E10 petrol
"The Briggs engine in my mower seems to run very poorly on some E10, but fine on a different petrol can fill up. I suspect that either the quality of some E10 at petrol stations is iffy, or maybe it degrades worse over time. I also had an older…"
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Accurate costing for tree work

I recently cut down and removed 5 cupressocypress trees  that were between 10 and 14 foot high.  I ground the roots down below the ground, and removed all waste.   Three was approximately. 5   small van loads of waste. I charged. £375 including…

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3 Replies · Reply by Josh Thompson 1 hour ago
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Ear Defenders Deals

Just looking to get some hygiene kits for my 3M Optime III ear defenders and found a company called Best4Headsets.co.uk with free shipping at £50.00 and great prices.One team member Dale Benett e mailed me that there is a sister site…

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Winter gloves

We generally buy Ejendals Tegera 292 gloves for Winter but at £20 plus £4 delivery wonder if there are gloves of equal performance at less cost?The specification we need as a minimum is compliance to EN 511 at level 1 for conductive cold , contact…

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5 Replies · Reply by Peter sellers 19 hours ago
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E10 petrol

We've had several machines fail recently (stihl hedgetrimmers and blowers) where the carburettor needs replacing- and on older machines, this can tip the balance from 'worth repairing' to 'not worth repairing'.  I suspect this is down to E10 petrol.…

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4 Replies · Reply by Honey Badger 17 hours ago
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