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    Re: Plenty of Work

    You would have to look up your state government's laws because they are the only ones that have authority. I do know that we have told our local council to get f***ed a few times and they don't do a...
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    Re: Catch/Mulch or Open End

    I know that this topic has been talked about here on many occasion but I rarely get the chance to Mulch or leave the mower chute open because most of the time it looks crap. If I had regular lawns to...
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    Re: Plenty of Work

    The other alternative is to not pay the fine. Local council in Australia is NOT a form of government and only does all of their business as an agent for the state government. The fine they send you...
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    Re: Afghanistan

    :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: Classic
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    Re: Afghanistan

    Hope that all you guys return home safely soon. There is less and less to be fighting over each day so I hope that your return will be not too distant.
    I would be honoured to help any returning...
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    Re: Contractors Machines

    Ive gone through 2 of them. Both seemed to just start starving of fuel after a while so the first one I took back and replaced because I thought it was easier than trying to figure out the problem...
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    Re: Tip fees

    I charge around $35 per cubic metre to shred almost anything except lawn clippings (not many lawns around at the moment any way) but I still don't think people take into account how much time it...
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    Re: Spraying Couch grass and other weeds.

    The problem with leaving alot of leaf area is that you use many times the amount of Glyphosate then if you remove the bulk of the grass. The soil will break the glyph down but it will take longer and...
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    Re: Suffering viburnums and wisteria

    Whatever the problem, add more organic matter in the way of compost or what ever is at your disposal and try to add some microbe cultures (compost tea) back to the soil so the plants can be weaned...
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    Re: At a Bit of a loss for Ambition

    Im not saying that all offsiders won't work efficiently for an hourly rate and it seems that you have been lucky in that regard Bluey, probably due to your personal skills with your offsiders.
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    Re: At a Bit of a loss for Ambition

    exactly, and we have all had some sort of offsider or helper with varying success but its just not worth it to them making hourly rate. Profit sharing is the only way to motivate most people to work...
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    Re: At a Bit of a loss for Ambition

    I think that its networking that your after Tree beard. Face to face networking down the pub with anyone from our industry. If you could talk to other contractors in your area, each of you could...
  13. Re: Whats your contingency plan for rising fuel $

    That may be the one thing that can hold off price increases in the short term. The American economy is on the verge of collapse along with their dollar. US demand would have to drop off holding the...
  14. Whats your contingency plan for rising fuel $

    I have recently become more concerned with how rising fuel prices will affect my business and other gardening and lawn mowing related businesses as we are so reliant on cheap fuel.

    All of the...
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    Re: Looking for pricing ideas.

    $100 an hour sounds reasonable for a $15000 investment on equipment that will earn money only in better seasons. If you don't think people in your area will pay that, then don't get into that market....
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    Re: garden bag service

    Canberra has dozens of garden bag service companies operating and Iv'e noticed that more and more of them are accepting other types of wastes to be put in the bags. I offer a garden bag service as a...
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    Re: warning to members and visitors

    Think I did. I've registered with a few free ones and 1 very local paid site but there's no way I'm forking over money for any directory sites because I just can't see the value.
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    Re: Type of grasses for Victoria

    While it was growing I was cutting at a higher setting but at the moment, lawns in Canberra are brown and crunchy so I cut them low to neaten them up.
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    Re: warning to members and visitors

    Wasn't too fussed by the phone call as I found it amusing while having a beer, but this guy was persistent until I got sick of him and ended the conversation. I've' listed in half a dozen FREE...
  20. Re: Dealing with frequent changes to your schedule

    They will just have to put up with it unless your prepared to work a bit longer to fit them in as soon as your in their area again. Have you explained how much it will put out your other clients if...
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    Try to reschedule them to the next time you are free and explain that by trying to fit them in tomorrow will cause other customers to have to be moved and you end up inconveniencing many people. Most...
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    Re: warning to members and visitors

    Thanks Ian :)
    I received a phone call this afternoon from some guy from dLook telling me that they are the second biggest internet business directory after the yellow pages and that I should be...
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    Re: Where is the big money in the game?

    Im happy to work for $75 an hour (although when you take quoting and invoicing and other paper work into account its more like $60). Iv'e got my sideline in green waste mulching but its no where near...
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    Re: Where is the big money in the game?

    Don't know what its like in Adelaide but Canberra is dry now with only lawn tidy ups to do now. Unless we get another month or two of regular rain I think our season is over and competition for...
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    Re: Where is the big money in the game?

    Thats really bad money if 3/4 is with a push mower. 1 acre is around 4000 sq meters or about 8 or 9 house blocks. Would you do a street of 9 houses for $120? Who ever quoted that price will not be...
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