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    Gearbox issues

    Hay fellas just a quick question. The 3 speed gearbox on the honda HRU216 Lawn mower when they need to be replacesd do you contractors replace it with a new one or do you get it rebuilt . There is a...
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    Re: Things that make me grumpy

    Why oh why does everything have to breakdown in the same month. Let's start with repairs to two blowers, one new gearbox in a Honda 216, one busted gear head on a Honda brushy and a busted piston on...
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    Building site prep for new turf.

    Hi Guys, we have had a request from a real estate agent to quote on laying nature strip turf on three newly constructed homes that are in a row. Front and back lawns are already turfed and we did the...
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    Re: Things that make me grumpy

    Bloody thieves are at it again. Another contractors trailer got nicked today from Quakers hill loaded with gear. A jims one got nicked a few weeks back from a neighbouring suburb. Thank god we don't...
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    Real Estate Residential Work

    Hi guys, Mark was contacted by a local real estate agent to mow two brand new properties on corner blocks. One took 2-1/2 hrs and the other 5 hrs. What would the going rate be for residential real...
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    Debt collection

    Hi everyone, we have a customer that agreed on a quoted price to do a garden cleanup and we were given the go ahead. The job was completed and the customer was really happy with finished result. Now...
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    Re: Things that make me grumpy

    SOO TICKED OFF. UTE GOT WRITTEN OFF TODAY in a nasty accident (not at fault). Two cracked brush cutter casings and bent wheel on honda 216 from the force of the impact. Touch wood Mark was able to...
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    seized engine on stihl multitude.

    Hi guys, we have a stihl km 85 multi- tool with a seized piston head. Is it worth while getting the engine rebuilt or would we just get a new engine put on. $300 vs $700. Apparently the new models...
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    busted crank shaft and piston shaft.

    Hi Guy's last Monday I was paddock bashing a client vacant block of land which we do 3 times a year. I was using my 216 m2 mower I was mowing the flat area of grass when a puff of blue smoke blew...
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    Re: Things that make me grumpy

    Hi guys and girls need your thoughts. I've had a client since 2009 doing the lawn till 2014, in 2011 they said the price of the lawn they can't afford anymore so the told me they are going to get...
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    Re: Things that make me grumpy

    Need some good karma sent our way. Last week our poor old ute needed new front suspension to get it through rego, then on Friday evening something snapped in the gear box and Mark had to bunny hop it...
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    Re: air compressors

    Seriously frustrated now. Bought a 18v implies impact wrench and the stupid nut that holds the blade carrier on won't undo. Sprayed heaps of wd40 on to. Why does the stupid nut get soo stuck all the...
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    Best hand held hedger

    Okay gents, we are in the market for a second hedger. We currently have a shiboura. What do you all use.
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    Similar business names

    Okay, so there are now three grasshoppers in Sydney.
    Grasshopper lawnmowing
    Grasshopper mowing services( that's us)
    Grasshopper's mowing services
    My point is, we already get phone calls from the...
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    Re: Things that make HAPPY ''''''

    Okay, who wants good laugh at this one. Mark goes to a local shopping centre this afternoon in his work gear(has our logo and phone no. on back of high vis polo). Some guy pulls him up to ask if he...
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    Re: Things that make me grumpy

    1.What's with some Honda parts. we have had three of those little horseshoe shaped clips that hold the front left hand wheel stable on the front axle break in two weeks. I know they are only a few...
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    air compressors

    Good morning everyone, we are in search of a good air compressor. Anyone have a good brand they can recommend. Would certainly make it easier to undo the bolts on the Honda blade carrier. Hope you...
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    Blade disk carrier pins snapping

    Every time Mark changes the blades on the honda 196 and the older model 216 the pins break on the blade carrier when we undo the bolts and then having to replace the blade carrier as well as the...
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    Sorry to here you won't be there greenie. Mark wanted to ask you a gearbox question. He is probably the only crazy one with a full schedule tomorrow after a night out. Kathryn
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    Definitely going, is it still wenty leagues.
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    Re: Need assistance with quote

    Top and both sides. we have an 8 foot step ladder, hand hedger and pole hedger with extension pole, pole saw and hand lopers.

    kathryn
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    Need assistance with quote

    Good evening ladies and gents, mark has been asked to quote on a hedge 24 metres long by 3 metres high by 1 metre deep. It is light weight( similar to Murray). The ground is dead flat. He normally...
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    Re: Things that make me grumpy

    Has anyone been so pissed off after being ripped off by a new customer( I won't say what nationality they are) that you left the grass clippings on the driveway after four hours work for $80 when...
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    Re: Things that make me grumpy

    Ute starts overheating yesterday,busted thermostat, off the road till 11am. By that stage it's too hot to work so all work put off till tomorrow. On top of that the Honda 435 brushcutter motor...
  25. Re: Has anyone had a customer send the invoice to their solicitor.

    Hopefully Mark has learned a lesson regarding up front pricing. In this case he did give a rough estimate of time but it took an extra hour and charged accordingly. Considering our hourly rate is...
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