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I've got the echo pole saw. It's adjustable length and you can get a 4ft extension. It's advertised as being able to have the hedge trimmer head fitted. I've used it on some tall hedges and wide ones, becomes a little hard to use when extended and with the 4ft extension but has saved me a few times.
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I might have mine for sale soon. It's become a real pain in the a**e to start. Going to drop it into the dealer and see what they say
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For the last two or three years I've been using invoices2go to do all my invoicing. It's now coming up to renewal time again and the pro plan has gone up to £100 for the year. Can anyone recommend another invoice app that works on the same basis and can take card payments like invoices2go does? cheers all
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We use it in our rideon mowers. They're always picking up punctures and got fed up with putting tubes in all the time. Haven't had any flats since we started using it.
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That the only thing I'm thinking. That for more than half as much HP again it will only produce get through another half a ton of waste. The dealer has said he's sold a lot of 130's to people in my situation and no body has even complained about its lack of ability. I did look at the 160, but the nearest dealer being bloody miles away put it out of the question for me.
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The 150 is a 37hp petrol Briggs and Stratton air cooled engine, can process 3.5 tons per hour. The 130 is a 23hp Honda engine that can process 3 tons per hour. Both under 750kg, and with exception to the engines they're pretty similar
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My local dealer is doing the 130 for £10995 + VAT and the 150 is £11950 + VAT. Thats my thinking, if I'm spending that much money I might as well spend another £1k + VAT to get the bigger machine. Only downside is the 130 is in stock and the 150 will be in towards the end of September.
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Before I sign the papers on a new 130, the greenmech dealer is doing the arb 150 with a 37hp B&S vanguard petrol engine for £1000 more. I'm just wondering if I spend the extra now and get the larger machine? It lists the throughput as 3.5 tons per hour, where as the 130 is listed at 3 tons per hour. cheers all
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Thanks for the replys. After a lot of trawling the internet last night I decided on the greenmech. Like mentioned above it's silly little things that swung the decision, no a braked chassis, engine exposed etc.... Also my local GM dealer in less than half an hour away, timberwolf dealer is more like 1 hour 30 mins away.
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After a few weeks of looking at chippers and nothing I fancy coming up for sale I'm now looking at buying new. Both the timberwolf and the greenmech work out about the same price and from what I can tell there is very little difference between them. Has anyone got any comments on either machine, good or bad? Ive been looking for a comparison between the two but not had much luck. I'm hoping someone of here can sway me one way or the other. Cheers All
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Looking into buying a sub 750kg road tow chipper and a camon c275 has come up for sale on eBay fairly local to me. There's not much in the way of reviews on them so does anyone have any reviews of them good or bad? cheers all
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I'll have a look for a second hand kubota. At the moment the nearest one is 125 miles away so a bit of driving may be involved.
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Currently look after quite a few houses that have large lawn. I'm after a new cut and collect ride on mower, got £3k to spend. Currently use and older husqvarna ride on. Considering the use it gets it's been good as gold. Looking at either a Husqvarna tc239t or a tc142t both retail around £2.5k. Didn't know if anyone has any experience of these or can recommend something similar? My local dealer that I've just purchased my new roller mower from is trying to talk me into a Murray MRD200 which he has said is just a rebranded snapper mower but I can find very little in the way of reviews for these. Only reason I'm looking at Huskys is my previous ones have been relatively hassle free. Probably do about 20 hours min a week. Cheers all
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I'm after a new roller mower as my faithful old hayter s**t it's self last year. After something something that I can get from one of my local dealers so support and parts are close to hand. Locally to me I've got Husqvarna, Lawnflight, Weibang, and Hugh page who sell stiga and Honda. I'm looking at the Weibang 56 pro, looks like a well put together machine but is heavy. Does anyone have any experience with these or anything else to recommend? Unfortunately one of my local dealer who did greenmech, John Deere etc... has closed down (can't remember their name, they were just outside hailsham on the a22) Cheers all
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Went and had a look at the Weibang pro today. Impressive mower, lots of nice features but sadly doesn't have a blade break. Really well built and has a Kawasaki engine. Only real down side I could see was it weighs 70kg. Does anyone have any experience of the John Deere mowers, I'm sure they're probably re branded from another make but I've got a dealer fairly near to me.
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Most of the people I cut grass for want stripes in the lawn. If I didn't stripe the lawn they would get someone who will stripe it. Yes it would probably be easier to use a 4 wheeled mower but it's what the customer wants.
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I'm after new roller mower. Went and got the bits priced up to get the hayter 56 I use back to full working order and price came in at £300. I'm thinking that I'll look into buying a new one rather than sink £300 into the old one. My various local dealers do Hayters, lawnflight (Honda), and Weibang. Other dealers a little further away stock most other makes. All seem to be around £1050ish. Has anyone got any opinions good or bad on the new mowers available. It's normally out 4-5 days a week all day so needs to be robust. Cheers all
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I'm looking at getting my 38 and 39 done at some point after Christmas. Does anyone know of or can recommend someone in or around mid Sussex. Based near haywards Heath. I know there is plumpton just wondering if there is anywhere else. Cheers all
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I'd used a 230 for years. Then replaced with a 231, wouldn't recommend buying one. Doesn't seem to be as good as the 230. Cost me just over £300, probably a lot of other saws on the marke for same sort of money
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I'm not saying not the stihl. That's the one I think I'll be buying. Just wondered if there were any other options with a clutch.
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I'm after a one man auger for a fencing job I have come up. Can anyone recommend one apart from the stihl one. Cheers
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Think they're the same. Sure production was 98-06. My father in law has a 98 one on 215,000 miles now. I've got a late reg 07, last of the classic shape on 55,000 miles. Think it's just the luck of the draw.
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I'm after a 10/12ft tripod ladder. Is there any difference between the Henchman and the Workware ones apart from £20? Cheers all
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I was in the same situation as you. Either loads of builders bags of rubbish or a couple of trips to the bonfire with a loaded truck. Had enough cash in the bank to put a deposit on a green mech cs100 and I'm paying the rest on finance. I've had it three months now and am really impressed with it. I never bothered demoing one just got one after reading all the good comments on here. It's exceeded all my expectations. You do need to be fairly good with your snedding, and keep the blades sharp. I wouldn't say it's making me a huge amount of money yet, it's covering it costs. It's more the time it saves you on every job.
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What does everyone use for general work gloves? I'm currently using the Orange latex builders gloves at £1 a pair, tend to last about a week. Just wonder if there is anything better.
