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    Re: Totally electric commercial contractor

    [QUOTE=steveo;148716]My HSA86 and HLA65 are still going strong. The AP180 battery has never let me down yet. I'm still surprised by how quickly it recharges and i only have the cheapest slowest...
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    Re: Totally electric commercial contractor

    I am about to buy the Stihl Hedgy. I note though that the American battery is lighter than what is available here. Seems Australia is the dumping ground for old stock. They have an ap200 battery...
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    Re: Totally electric commercial contractor

    http://www.echocordless.com/products/lawn-mower/

    Have you guys seen this?
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    Re: B&s 850 v rover 910 v kaw 180

    Not a fan of the Briggs 850 any more. Bought two rovers at the same time, one with briggs, one with Rover. Briggs started blowing smoke on start up after 3.5 years, and died at 4 years. Rover still...
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    Re: Cowboys,

    If you concentrate on fixing this part of your business, cowboys won't affect you at all.
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    Re: Unbreakable Digging Fork

    No, but on the website it states you receive a guarantee against bending or snapping. Thought they were NZ, but they are made in Mittagong. They have stalls at the major garden shows, so you could...
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    Re: Unbreakable Digging Fork

    http://digadoo.com.au/products/forks/tools/product4.htm


    Would like to try one of these NZ ones from diggadoo. They have a hardwood handle version too.
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    Re: Unbreakable Digging Fork

    The stainless forks I have tried have all had bendy tynes. My best fork is one handed down from my Great Grandfather via my father. Strongest tynes ever. Another good that stays in my vegie patch is...
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    Re: Stihl trimmer bogs down

    If my stihl stuff bogs down, the first thing I check is the exaust filter (spark arrestor)
  10. Thread: Stihl fs130

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    Re: Stihl fs130

    Great machine. Easy to start. You will be happy with it for sure. I have used mine on grass as tall as me. Powerful unit. Not sure where this hard to start myth comes from. Had mine for 3 years.
  11. Re: Decisions: only mowing, or take on all work? Landscaping, waste removal etc.

    I use a tray back ute set out like a big workbench for most of my work. I hate towing the trailer around other than when it is really needed, like big cleanups or tree jobs. I still do them at the...
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    Re: Time for ABBOTT to go

    Agreed. Low Aussie dollar usually means more jobs.
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    Re: Who is growing what?

    I have slowly transformed my whole back yard area to growing food this year. Just purchased 10 apple trees to plant out into a cordon espalier, and have collected various unusual stuff to grow like...
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    Re: Housing affordability

    Definitely not anti Jeff Cranbourne. He did send the state forward into the future in many other things he did, like all the major events he got us, and all the Billions of debt that he got us out of...
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    Re: Housing affordability

    Whatever quizmaster, he sold everything else didn't he. Go waste time looking up all the facts if thats what floats ya boat. While you are at it, see that he closed 350 state schools and sacked 7000...
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    Re: Housing affordability

    Vicious circle I know. Mining boom goes through and starts paying obscene wages, so everybody goes mining. Jeff Kennet gets rid of all the Tech schools in Victoria leaving no kids that want to be...
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    Re: Housing affordability

    Lending standards played a small part. The real culprit is greed. Our economy and population have grown enormously over the last 20 years. In 1977 I remember my father working a desk job for $40 a...
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    Re: Mornington Peninsula. Should I?

    My advice is to go for it. To worry about competition is laughable IMO. Every business has it. Most of the operators in the area dont even market properly. Good operators do what all the rest fail...
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    Re: Rover 910 motor OK or problems

    My main mower runs the 910. No issues after 3 years. I run pushies so have no repair issues. Bullet proof. I recently replaced my smoky 850 with a 910 on my 5 year old Rover deck. Good as new.
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    Re: Hot composting

    All my veg gardens are made of decomposed soft fall mulch from my kids play ground area. I then mulch all beds (most of my yard) with grass clippings and I let the worms work it into the soil. The...
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    Re: Ouch! What is this bush.

    Looks like a Prickly Moses to me (Arcacia Ulicifolia). Common here in VIC. When I was in a rental house that kept being broken into via sideway, I planted 2 or these in front of the fence an never...
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    Re: leaflet longevity

    You will get the most bang for buck from marketing for grass when its growing fast. The best marketing is done on a regular basis, backed up by a proper budget per lawn. Consistent monthly marketing...
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    Re: thing that make me laugh

    Saw a Jim driving a Hummer today. Might have to trade in my old rodeo for a Bentley this Spring. Don't want him getting ahead of himself
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    Re: Lowballers

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    Re: Hi from Lower Blue Mountains

    Most people call lawnies because their lawns are so feral, they cant be bothered doing it themselves, or they are overwelmed migrants etc. Its very rare that someone just calls you up to start...
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