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Dan never knew that he would be orchestrating a ten-man-band five years ago when he packed in his internet sales job in favour of a mower and a van. But since, he has progressively grown his business thanks to acute attention to detail and v
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"We've got a little inverter in the van, and our 4 batteries are charged on the go.
There is a certain discipline required....its embarrassing turning up with a load of expensive Stihl battery gear, but no charged battery 😁"
There is a certain discipline required....its embarrassing turning up with a load of expensive Stihl battery gear, but no charged battery 😁"
"i remember the bad old days of smoking loads of fags to get that 2 stroke taste out of one's mouth, been so long since i used a petrol hedge trimmer if i used one now would probably end up burning myself on the hot bits lol"
"I've come across Dr Elaine Ingham a few times. Her company provides training in compost tea and compost extraction. Soil food web is the company I think. Based in America.
I've not had any personal experience with teas, have been using no dig and mi…"
I've not had any personal experience with teas, have been using no dig and mi…"
"I do like the idea of once spending on the batteries, there are minimal ongoing costs and no fumes etc. It doesn't bother me as much with blowers, mowers and strimmers but hedge trimming is the worse. I have a HS45 and the exhaust seems to be perfec…"
"Pot sounds a safe way of handling it :)
Im all good thankyou - busy but good busy ! Its a marathon not a sprint this year more than ever LOL "
Im all good thankyou - busy but good busy ! Its a marathon not a sprint this year more than ever LOL "
"Glad your problem was resolved. I was offered a refund on mine and took it. The dealer tried another head on it and it still juddered too much - real shame as the vibes on full throttle were fine, just useless anything less than fuill throttle. Mayb…"
"Hey Dan,
Yeah I have found a few forums state side, where I think it was bred, and the consensus has been to run away from it just like the others. I might put it in a big pot, as it's a wonderful variety.. plus Iv bought it now😄...
Hows things wit…"
Yeah I have found a few forums state side, where I think it was bred, and the consensus has been to run away from it just like the others. I might put it in a big pot, as it's a wonderful variety.. plus Iv bought it now😄...
Hows things wit…"
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this seems to have spiralled off into a grass cutting fee thread!!
so just bought a Honda Izy 21 inch cut. Had new deck fitted, sonic cleaned carb, new spark plug, new pull cord and new blade. thanks for the advice everyone. I really appre…"
this seems to have spiralled off into a grass cutting fee thread!!
so just bought a Honda Izy 21 inch cut. Had new deck fitted, sonic cleaned carb, new spark plug, new pull cord and new blade. thanks for the advice everyone. I really appre…"
"Quid a minute fine on commercial or when they not home
but when they home and retired and want come out and gas
for ten mins then ya profit disappears....so not always viable "
but when they home and retired and want come out and gas
for ten mins then ya profit disappears....so not always viable "
"yes the depreciation to the life of the battery probably a marginally larger cost than the price of the electricity itself. But very little of either really. I find it very satisfying carrying a box of depleted batteries in from the van after a good…"
"Hi Kris and Graham,
I hadn’t considered that there may be a misconception as to what the ELH is for and that it wrongly might be thought of as only be for a pole hedge cutter. The ELH is absolutely for a normal [non pole] hedge cutter. This is prim…"
I hadn’t considered that there may be a misconception as to what the ELH is for and that it wrongly might be thought of as only be for a pole hedge cutter. The ELH is absolutely for a normal [non pole] hedge cutter. This is prim…"
"got a few 2 hour ones all very local, they take that long due to the lawn shape and lots of different bits/slopes rather than sheer size, all cut with my battery mowers so don't like them to get too out of control, was no quicker using petrol mower…"
"2x Stihl AP300 battery fully charged should be enough for a full day's hedge cutting.
By my calculation AP300 is 6Ah at 36v = 216 Wh - call it 250 Wh to allow for some losses.
1 unit of Electricity, 1kWh, on regular tariff is around 15p-20p, Off Pea…"
By my calculation AP300 is 6Ah at 36v = 216 Wh - call it 250 Wh to allow for some losses.
1 unit of Electricity, 1kWh, on regular tariff is around 15p-20p, Off Pea…"
"To be fair, I'd probably actively avoid a regular two hour grass cut. That would be really horrific if you were rained off for a couple of weeks on the trott. I'm blessed I only do 4400 miles a year, everything is very close to me"
Corded tools
Hi there, first post on here for me. Been lurking for a while always seeming to end up here when googling so had to sign up! I've recently set up my new gardening business maintaining small domestic gardens. I already have a mix of Stihl petrol…
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Reply by Adam Woods 22 minutes ago
Self propelled mower recommendations please
Evening Juicers!I need to get a self propelled mower as I have several clients with very large gardens. One takes 4 hours to do and she insists on diamond patterning too! Ive got around 350 -400 in terms of budget. Im 6ft 2inch high so I need…
Read more…Kubota or Iseki?
We're looking a for a new cut-and-collect ride-on mower which can cope with lawns of a few thousand m2 and in particular, will cope in the wet. I thought I'd settled on a Kubota G23-II with high-dump: but I've heard good reviews of the…
Read more…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…
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