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miker

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  1. miker

    Fencing price?

    i would charge no more than £320 for this job,materials and labour
  2. i always carry a handheld in the van,great for the smaller jobs and after strimming etc
  3. Great stuff mate,thinking about a 6000lbs job for myself,were insurance people kind ?
  4. just found this thread, great work,how did you get on with it,looking in to sorting one for myself
  5. trio amigos, bunnybasher , treegeek and myself were going to be there, but myself has to start a job, so just the the dynamic duo, gutted,hope you all have a good day
  6. noted , thanks mate,never thought of it being a modification, will make some enquireries
  7. has anyone fitted a winch to the front of a transit? nothing major,just a smallish one for maybe straining wire/pulling out posts/self recovery etc, would need to go on 08 plate,new shape....just a thought:thumbup1:
  8. have used the 600, but im not keen on the 4 mix set up,prefer the whine of a 2 stroke,lol,toss up between br 430 and husky 570, £££,s may swing it towards the stihl !
  9. anyone use one of these,any good? any problems ? cheers
  10. miker

    Best Saw advise

    would eat the echo for breakfast !
  11. miker

    Best Saw advise

    stihl,husky,jonsered,dolmar,echo are all quality saws,personally id forget any thing else
  12. ive used a stihl 118 great bit of kit, forget the cheaper karcher ones , good for a couple of hours a month but no more
  13. thanks gary, joined today !
  14. me being mr old school, 254,272 and 2101 all xp of course !!
  15. hi mate, golf pistons are good too,put one in my 281,seems to be ok,as already said see if u can save the pot
  16. stihl 025
  17. was putting some new larch boarding up the other day, had one of these pestering me,scary looking thing,
  18. yep, 254,262 and 266 all great saws, i love all the 2 series,242 was a whizzer:thumbup:
  19. husky 262 xp, fantastico !
  20. lovely old saw, ive got some big dogs to go on mine
  21. miker

    Best Loppers?

    corona by pass for me, very light
  22. sinse found out that the quote is £250,and i know for a fact that he isnt selling the clippings, the same guy did the same job 2 years ago for £700 wtf,someones playing silly buggers i think,hes welcome to it for £250
  23. newish plastic pipe has a trace wire(or should have) attached so cat scanner should detect it
  24. thanks lads, will be intestingto see the outcome of the their hedge cutting skills, got to be spot on with yew,no margin for error eh.
  25. last year i got a new hedge to cut,got the job for £520. 1.8 m high x 200m x 2 sides, hedge width 1.2m, so 600m of cutting all arisings left on bonfire heap for gardner to burn. me and my mate did the job in about a day and a half,all raked up,nice tidy job. customer over the moon, this year he told me he has accepted a quote for £300,surely they must be working for nothing! this is in no way a sour grapes comment,i think my pricing was spot on,any thoughts lads and lasses

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