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Following on from our first press release, Crawley news contacted us as they were interested in Aye's 'story' - where he came from, how we met and our success as a gardening business.

You can read the full story here: Ayegardening in the Crawley News

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Stephen Kennard updated their profile
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Graham Taylor replied to Rob's discussion Accurate costing for tree work
"If you're happy with what you made on the job, then I reckon the price is fine.  There will always people that say you should have charged more......... maybe you could have........... but no point in worrying about it as presumably you went away…"
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Darren Walters replied to Darren Walters's discussion Experienced pair of hands available in West/North Norfolk
"Another bump for w/c Monday 14/10/24"
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Mitchell Tassie, Paul Williams, The Garden Doctors Uk Ltd and 1 more joined Landscape Juice Network
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Saturday
Sam Bainbridge replied to Rob's discussion Accurate costing for tree work
"5 loads £250
Plus however many hours at hourly rate
Plus hire rate for stump grinder
Yes you are definitely to cheap I'd want atleast £850"
Saturday
PGM replied to PGM's discussion HLA 135 Hedge Cutter
"Thanks Billy, appreciate the feedback.
And has anyone else used them that would like to share thier feelings on them too? Always useful to hear from a number of users if possible."
Saturday
Honey Badger replied to Tim Bucknall's discussion E10 petrol
"Sooted spark: just pop it out and clean off with a wire brush, be careful you dont cross thread it when you put it back in. A regular maintenance task for 2stroke."
Saturday
Honey Badger replied to Tim Bucknall's discussion E10 petrol
"I only use e5 in my regular machines, then aspinol in occasional use machines and for storage. The stihl green 2 stroke oil has stabilisers in it, also run cleaner than the red.
E10 is junk, I put it in my Mrs car once the performance was terrible. "
Saturday
John Keighley replied to Tim Bucknall's discussion E10 petrol
"I have noticed when you open your fuel can to refuel, (when the can's been in the back of a warm van) you don't now get so much of the inrush of pressure. I presume this means the new fuel isn't so volatile as the old, does this lead to performance…"
Saturday
Andrew . Perkins replied to Tim Bucknall's discussion E10 petrol
"Some of the old machines doesn't like the E10 fuel ,we use E5 for all 2 stroke machines now - lawnmowers E10 but will change over to E5 now due to the mowing season coming to a end don't want any E10 sitting in the machine for to long , I run the…"
Saturday
Andrew replied to Rob's discussion Accurate costing for tree work
"When felling/clearing up windblown trees I usually put a premium on my hourly rate (or a good price).An extra £10 an hour is completely reasonable imo.
Leaving aside the obvious element of danger and personal risk, there's also a high cost involved…"
Saturday
Dave F replied to Rob's discussion Accurate costing for tree work
"And that is exactly why I avoid tree work and leave it to the tree surgeons.
There's enough ground level work out there for us garden maintenance guys......I stay in my lane!"
Saturday
Johnathan Harpham replied to Rob's discussion Accurate costing for tree work
""Tree Guy" here. 
You're way too cheap and working on a site, on your own with a chainsaw is a big no-no. If something goes wrong you won't be insured and if you're really in a mess who's coming to save you??
Just to cover costs for a day for a…"
Saturday
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Saturday
Johan Arijs replied to Tim Bucknall's discussion E10 petrol
"My mechanic's advice is to use E5 with fuel stabiliser, a bit more expensive but less issues and spare/rebuild costs in the long run. Had loads of issues in the past but after following his advice no fuel related issues at all. I also drain the fuel…"
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HLA 135 Hedge Cutter

Hi all, just looking for some feedback on the Stihl HLA 135 hedge cutter. We have used the 65 & 66 for 5 years now and love them but looking for something a little bit better suited for a number of large conifer jobs we have to do over this coming…

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4 Replies · Reply by PGM on Saturday
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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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15 Replies · Reply by Graham Taylor 11 hours 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 on Thursday
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