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IVECOKID

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  1. All set for the silly season of me running around like a headless chicken again ,all washed off,oil changed ,blades nipped up and 2cables changed . [ATTACH]176631[/ATTACH] Ste
  2. SUNDAY 10.25am having my fry up with the family and my phone has not stopped with Tex messages from customers regarding tree work and when I am due too start cutting lawns . Cant complain but I still think weather is going too go pear shaped . Ste
  3. "Snakes with Tits ,the bigger they are the more venomous they are " S.I.BIBBY
  4. Great for hedge cutting too [ATTACH]176593[/ATTACH] Ste
  5. My Stihl Ms160 working great but I miss a exhaust too warm my poor fingers up ! Str
  6. This big old Chestnut seems to be struggling so the owner has been told so I have upload a few pics . The two big limbs left and right have these cracks which seem to be quite deep . Its has been reduced about ten years ago so would losing the two limbs be too much or they ok . [ATTACH]176450[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]176451[/ATTACH] Ste
  7. Anything is worth a try ,you never know you might pickup 3 or 4 quick £10 lawns to cut in the street/close or turf job ! I picked up 7 little postage stamp gardens in one close and all done in a hour ,keep price keen if its just a strim and cut and people will grab your. Services. Ste
  8. Has with all climbing gear the leaflet that comes with it stresses how imperative it is too store your equipment in a dry and away from direct sunlight when not in use and too dry equipment off/out if used in wet conditions. I know its not always possible but it all helps in prolonging the life . Ste
  9. IVECOKID

    Ploughing

    It will plough much better when them boards shine up with use ,keep them greased up over storage too . Ploughing in early spring is always tacky too . Good job though Ste
  10. MASH and Everybody loves Raymond On the Buses my favourite. Ste
  11. That Stihl ms160 cordless of mine would stall cutting a loaf of crusty bread but cuts beautifully through wood when used correctly and that tiny chain kept sharp . Also there is no overrun of chain has it has a electric brake has soon has you take finger of trigger . Cordless saws are a lot less aggressive and no were near the same torque has a equivalent petrol saw . Today cut trousers are well above coping with cordless saw .
  12. The problem with the black shrink wrap is it holds moisture in which accelerate corrosion. Ste
  13. Aint that a Repeat show , memory serves me well tells very little of why he fell out except hitting concrete floor hard . Ste EDIT .............take all that back ,different fella .
  14. Cracking saws they are and having no problems with any of mine , i heard a bloke say the same about Stihl Saws in the local Stihl dealer and he said he has had nothing but problems and going back to BQ specials ...................... i asked him what problems and his reply was . "they are hard to start and the pull cord keep snapping " Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm . I asked him does he know the starting procedure of Stihl saws/stimmers etc ,his face went red and left . Ste
  15. Good job well done lads and safe practice . Ste
  16. My 4mix HL95 has been amazing for the 6years I have owned it and still with same plug in ,used daily too . Will or hope to buy another one . Ste
  17. Yep exactly my bug bear. ....... Suggest to customer to mow every week during May -July to avoid stressing lawn and there answer can't afford it but pay silly money for 5mins of Lawn treatment . Ste
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  19. Well I dread too think what this lawn looks like after the scarifying has the bottom end of the garden was riddled with surface roots and has cable/sky cable very shallow barely covered in the lawn . Ste
  20. I have a large petrol scarifier but I refuse to do the job when frozen because I am the one who has to pickup the pieces later on when there are great big bald patches that that I have to sort out We all have bills and mouths to feed but in my job we have to learn to keep hold of some money for the lean times ahead . Ste
  21. Creosote .......love the stuff,spent my childhood painting and SPRAYING the stuff on Piggeries' sheds ! SPRAYING.... Explains my permanent Rosie red cheeks at 46years old ..BURNT by neat creosote ! Ste
  22. Well I was gobsmacked this morning 8 o'clock when I drove past one of my Garden jobs too see a Lawn treatment company Scarifying the garden which was frozen solid. Are these companies that desperate! Ste
  23. Possibly the best thing since sliced bread in the Arb world for roots & stump's Ste
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    Skyland

    Ste

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