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    Sticky: Re: Lawnmowing Tips & tricks.................

    and it doesnt mean that once the catcher is full you have to go EMPTY IT OUT right away - like a mulch plug in itself !!!

    quite often on dry sparse lawns, with a long back yard, i work near the...
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    Re: Offset gutters

    i read it like this:

    "sting" says people on here will want a piece of the action"

    simmo says he's unsure about that because . . . .


    but i might be misreading too, lol

    strange this forum...
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    Re: Hedge Trimming Questions

    asked and answered on a previous page mate, posts 176-180

    if its a locked gate i wouldnt go there without permission, i would knock and if no one was home, tough luck - i would tell the customer...
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    Re: Hedge Trimming Questions

    while i am doing the quote i ask the CUSTOMER this question - obv. you charge more to hedge the other side too,

    i write my quotes out to reflect the conversation:

    eg. light trim of front...
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    Re: Offset gutters

    joanne, twas ajd's tome on "sting"s reading of simmo - go figure !!
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    Sticky: Re: Lawnmowing Tips & tricks.................

    dont you mean imoww the lawn ?
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    Re: your vehicle

    guys

    for diesel (and presuming petrol injection engines too) should at least try one bottle of chemtech diesel power - my patrol was getting gutless, and the last fill (2 tanks to 3/4 full) i did...
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    simmo clear your inbox

    :)


    f-f-f-fourteen
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    Re: Offset gutters

    sorry, cant remember what the thread was about? lol


    if youre asking whats the best ladder for doing the job of gutter cleaning?

    as (by WHS, not per happy) you may not work at all from a...
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    Re: your vehicle

    geez, courty, i cringe when i see a photo like that - MAN, be careful !!

    "crikey" as old steve used to say.
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    Re: Offset gutters

    simmo, im thinking we should be HONOURED by red's nickname !!!

    to be thought of as two of the most successful mowing franchisors around, wow !!


    bet they didnt get to be where they are by...
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    Re: Offset gutters

    dang i always get here too late, i wanted to be jim, lol


    oh well,

    vip it is then, lol


    :D
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    Re: Offset gutters

    i reckon its cute how some kids invent imaginary "friends" then tell stories about what they and the friend have been doing or talking about.

    BELIEVING such stories . . . . Weeeellllllll . . . .
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    Re: Minimum Price

    thats 2 front yards mate !!

    and i HAVE posted pics of completed jobs before early on, but i just dont make a habit of taking photos of completed lawns, nor am i interested in posting them up here...
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    Re: Minimum Price

    joanne is right - appears she is able TO READ as well as to use logic.

    good job joanne !!


    but maybe again some are just plain jealous about pricing compared to work standards they impose upon...
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    Re: Minimum Price

    yep i have a lot like that atm, too, when i pull up i think, hey, someones mown this already !!!

    then you look closer and you can see a couple leaves on the ground and a couple of long stalks of...
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    Re: Minimum Price

    :shifty

    ian and bb1, got any pictures?

    :smileydevil


    (joking, lol)
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    ah, ian just wants to say youve tried giving it a blow . . .


    lol, ian you old stirrer !!!
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    Re: Work Pics! Show off ya good/bad!

    yeah, its great that i took my camera along the other day and took a few shots

    now ive posted actual photos of lawns ive done, i can regard myself as a true lawnie, and make statements on the...
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    Re: Minimum Price

    i always say its 45 minimum for a first mow, 35 min for regular mows, and up to $450 if they want the "range for average places"

    but then i laugh and say, but i can give you an accurate price if i...
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    Re: Minimum Price

    yeah i see what youre saying simmo, a lot of places these days are built right up to one boundary, with a gravel path on the opposite side of the house, so some have backyards the size of a garden...
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    Re: Minimum Price

    yeah yardie, weve had this discussion before, and it gets some riled up.

    but i'll give her another spin, lol, im not afraid

    maybe if you didnt use the wheel edger, maybe you use a honda in 2nd...
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    Re: Hedge Trimming Questions

    "honest officer, i wasnt trying to break IN with my stepladder, just trying to pick up those branches"

    "pull the other one son its got bells on it!!!"


    yeah, sticky beak neighbours reporting...
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    Re: Hedge Trimming Questions

    if i can, i go get them, (if its not gated)

    if its a gated yard, i go knock and ask, if no ones home i shrug and tell the person im working for, its then their problem.

    cheers
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    Re: Minimum Price

    yeah, i agree mowing isnt rocket science - how many guys here could mow their own place well before they became a contractor - i know i could

    its about caring what sort of job you do - after a...
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