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  1. Richard 1234
    An update I've found out from a separate source it's totally genuine so I'm glad I was not hasty in telling him to sod off!! He's going to come this Saturday if possible just to get out for a bit to keep his mind off things as his sister really is very poorly. He may turn out to be a good one after all👍👍
  2. Richard 1234
    Thanks both of you. I have to give him another go I think as it could be true and I could lose a good worker as you say. True about making that stuff up though if it is lies what a ****!!
  3. Richard 1234
    Not even tried with the districts too wide an area for me as jobs could be miles away and not worth the travel time. I've only git school hours to work in as I do the school run morning and evening. I imagine it's more difficult for the district councils and as you say maybe jobs for the boys or backhanders
  4. Richard 1234
    Re. Council grass cutting don't run before you can walk!! I've got 2 big parishes I cut grass for and if your not careful it can turn into a money pit! It's cost me £15K to get setup for it and that's with a 6 year old mower. And a 16 year old backup. It's not as simple as buy a mower and go cut. But go for it start with residential to give you a regular base of customers. Go and see the local parish councils clerks and make yourself known. As you can pick up all sorts of other stuff from them. When they trust you they may ask you to tender for the grass. As said be polite and reliable and also not too expensive to start with and you will be fine.
  5. Richard 1234
    I do quite well out of local parishes. No backhanders here!!
  6. Richard 1234
    I had someone not turn up for their first days work today. Phones me at 5 saying his sister has a collapsed lung so the hospital has put her in an induced coma! Then some reason I forget about no charge on phone as I was trying to decide if he was taking the piss or not! What can you say in a situation like that? It could be true but it sounds bonkers to me. Any thoughts
  7. Richard 1234
    See if harrythecat off here has got any
  8. Richard 1234
    That's just dangerous
  9. Richard 1234
    Which year navara did you have? My experience has been the opposite to you. Off road crap the rest I like. But I'm not as tall as you !
  10. Richard 1234
    More reliable than a land rover which is better in most other areas maybe? I have one for my gardening and it's rubbish off road they tyres would need to be changed to make it any good.
  11. Richard 1234
    I don't know how they sleep at all! I've just borrowed £10K for my business and I've not even spent it yet but it's got me concerned! I've never bought stuff for work on credit before for work so it's all new to me!!
  12. Richard 1234
    Etesia, kubota and iseki all do them in the top end of the market as do John Deere. Spend as much as you can to get a reliable one. I don't do much cut and collect on a large scale as its a pita. I cut around 40 acres a week though. Most with big cylinder mowers.
  13. Richard 1234
    I can understand that there is little profit in it. From talking to the dealer that's sells for that price, I'm not sure why they don't sell at RRP as he told me Stihl are pushing it and every machine they sell 2 or 4 stroke goes out with it in the tank. I still buy it for the hedge cutters as I don't use them much and it's worth it for no fumes in my face! But for the strimmers £20 plus z day is too much!
  14. Richard 1234
    I think cost is a barrier to changing pipes that seem OK. My mower for example has 11 pipes that you can see from the outside and a few more under the bonnet. At £40 to £60 plus VAT each it becomes a big bill to change them just in case. Non of them are going to hurt you when under the high pressure from actually working though as the body of the machine is in the way if you are sat on the machine.
  15. Richard 1234
    That look good my mower has hard plastic covers on the pipes that you can only take off by removing one end of the pipe off the machine which means they only get checked once in a blue moon if I'm honest(well every 300 hours) as that's the recommended hydro oil interval on my machine. The mower is ten years plus old so it needs repiping I suppose.
  16. Richard 1234
    Probably OK with ratchet straps going front to back and side to side. I'd want at least 6.
  17. Richard 1234
    I did the back door (load bed) on my last one but did not bother with my new one as I'm always busy now luckily. A friend of mine has had the back door and both front doors done and it looks good.
  18. Richard 1234
    A hose on my mower went and that was not seen due to the fact that it had tough plastic covers on it. That was not dangerous as such as you would have had to be standing right in front of the cutters but it did dump a load of oil as I could not see it from drivers seat and only noticed a couple of minutes later when the oil dropped in the hydro tank viewing window.
  19. Richard 1234
    I can't I use 20-25 litres if 2 stroke mix a week in grass cutting season £110 for aspen or about £38 for petrol mix which would you choose?
  20. Richard 1234
    £21.79 for 5L at the nearest place!!👎👎👎
  21. Richard 1234
    Not if they have different displacement I presume
  22. Richard 1234
    Thanks
  23. Richard 1234

    Speeding !

    Richard 1234 replied to Stubby's topic in The Lounge

    It may take longer as the car is not his I'm guessing. So it will take longer to move through the system. I got one on my first leased truck and it took about 6 weeks as it went to the lease company first Were you actually taking blood somewhere?
  24. Richard 1234

    Speeding !

    Richard 1234 replied to Stubby's topic in The Lounge

    Don't panic until (if) it comes if he's on the bridge he may not have got you. I was doing 85 on the A1 m and saw one on a bridge at Christmas and nothing came of it
  25. Richard 1234
    Where was that ? best price I can find is about £40 for 5l of the green.

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