doobin
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I just charge usual day rate. Glyphosate isn't expensive and it's a nice little extra that the customer is happy to pay for on top of grass cutting. It really makes a difference when there are no weeds growing around the place, even on the busy farms we strim. On existing grasscutting jobs I make more than enough on the extra labour to do the spraying, so I can avoid looking like a skinflint by charging extra for chemical. If it's a horsey place that will mess you around and they only want spraying done, charge more! Also be aware that horses are thick and will spook easily at the sight of a big yellow backpack. If it's equestrian I'd tell them that all horses need to be boxed whilst you spray. I'd recommend a decent sprayer such as Cooper Peglar or Berthoud if you don't already have one.
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I read Peat's quote, and thought what about Wednesday? Then I scrolled down and see you do it! I shall do the same.
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Three times what he will want to pay you. Good find, Adam.
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Good luck with that.... all you'll get back is a list of 'authorised service centres'! I feel your frustration- knowing you should be able to fix it but it won't play ball. Honest advice? If you need a saw, skip the McCulloch and buy a small Stihl or Husky.
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Just use near boiling water to free it up.
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Doesn't work in chestnut coppice. About the only thing that's cheap and does work is making a slide out of dozens of half plastic barrels (with the tops and bottoms cut out). Tie them together with string so you end up with what looks like a cross section of a builder's skip chute. Even then there's still no money in it. Buy a mower instead.
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You must have deep pockets to run a TS800 and MS660 on Aspen! To be fair if the TS800 has had barely any use the unwillingness to start could well be it's just not run in yet.
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Chestnut lasts for ages. There's no money in what you're trying to do however. Been there, got the T-shirt. Gardening pays much better.
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Exactly. I know I keep banging on about this, but the FS-70 engines have been perfect for me and will drop straight on to any combi tool, polesaw or hedgecutter. £260, job done.
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I had the same boat and a 40HP Mariner barely made it move in the sea, plus it drank petrol like you wouldn't believe. In a strong current you struggle to make headway, then it runs out of fuel and whilst you scramble for the cans it drifts back twice as far as you've come
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You either love em or you hate em! 3x FS460, no engine problems over three years- love these strimmers to bits 4 x FS70, no problems over a year 3 x MS181, no problems over a year 6x BG/SH86, no problems over a year To be fair I only tend to keep stuff for a year except the big strimmers. I sell locally though and to the best of my knowledge everything is still running with no problems. I had nothing but trouble with the 4-mix, had 2 x 130 Kombis, 2 x 130 backpacks. Awful machines.
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FS 410 is 2-mix, that's why yours are reliable. FS-400s were good, but they were normal 2-stroke. 4-mix is rubbish.
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Surely not
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This. My old boss many years ago trashed a contract truck, had to pay the hire charges and then buy it off them for far more than it's value. Personally I'd never have a contract hire vehicle.
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Just stick it in the shed and replace the petrol if it's been more than a month since it was filled when you next come to use it.
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Documents 2 Go is good. I used Pages a bit, but never really got on with Numbers. Simply because I have the excel code in my head, and Numbers is slightly different.
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That's what I'd do. You'd want a tap either side of the ram so you can lock the fluid in both halves if you plan to put load upon it.
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Of course it will, unless you have a leaky connection somewhere.
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Wish I got a few years out of a pair of boots! 8 months is good for me.
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If the uppers are that good, might it be worth having them professionally re-soled with brand new soles?
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They both look about ready to fold up. I would have towed the quad to site in a decent 750kg trailer and used that to shift the timber.§
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I save all mine for my own use in the yard burner as it burns so hot.
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If it makes life simpler, LED lights usually work on 12 or 24v, it doesn't matter.
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If the OP hadn't been such a patronising, holier than thou militant animal rights warrior, I wouldn't have bothered... Anyone who ends an opinion with the word 'fullstop' is 9 times out of ten a pig ignorant bastard who can't be reasoned with. Animal rights types are especially prone to this in my experience.
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Just had an awesome steak for lunch.
