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    tail gate spring broke, 4 months old, ebay store is away on holidays....so had to buy one $155
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    where did you get it from, would it be hard to fit one if your trailer hasn't had one on it before. I'm getting sick of lifting mine, starting to hurt my back and shoulder

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    they're on ebay, "horse float tailgate springs"....they need to match the weight of your gate, and a decent trailer builder would be able to mount it
    **if it's possible for your trailer, don't buy one without prior advice!!**




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    Quote Originally Posted by jal2007 View Post
    $400 of which was the turf alone.

    if for 22sqm, that would make sense
    Yeah that's not bad for the price of the Sir Walter Turf, But $800 to lay it, that's a bit excessive, It took my offsider and myself a little over an hour to remove the old turf, prep the ground and lay the new turf.

    She is going to try and take him to small claims as he has been paid for work that has not been completed as well. But unfortunately it will be her word against his, as there was no written quotes or invoices done for the work he had and hadn't done.
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    This has been ranted about before here within the "Grumpy" thread and especially by me. So dementia must be kicking in as I'm gonna repeat myself again here.
    But we deserve our own time, I don't advertise and don't promote that I'm a 24/7 day business.

    But calls by Real Estate owners at 5.00pm Sat evening (I don't work for R/E agents and knock back their offers), older customers (more than one) repeatedly calling 7.00 - 9.00pm Sat nights and numerous texts or calls across Sunday arvo and just now at 7.10 pm.
    I don't answer calls or respond to texts during these times and respond Monday morning unless its in my best interest to repond.
    But it gets to me at times like now that a general call/message needs to be delivered at these times during what I deem to my own time.

    Ok, at least the phone calls come in I guess.
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    Quote Originally Posted by RSM-Gazza View Post
    This has been ranted about before here within the "Grumpy" thread and especially by me. So dementia must be kicking in as I'm gonna repeat myself again here.
    But we deserve our own time, I don't advertise and don't promote that I'm a 24/7 day business.

    But calls by Real Estate owners at 5.00pm Sat evening (I don't work for R/E agents and knock back their offers), older customers (more than one) repeatedly calling 7.00 - 9.00pm Sat nights and numerous texts or calls across Sunday arvo and just now at 7.10 pm.
    I don't answer calls or respond to texts during these times and respond Monday morning unless its in my best interest to repond.
    But it gets to me at times like now that a general call/message needs to be delivered at these times during what I deem to my own time.

    Ok, at least the phone calls come in I guess.

    Im with you, I hate calls after 5pm. I usually mute my phone after that time or put it on vibrate only.
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    At least you get plenty of calls to knock back, better than zero enquiry at all eh?

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    Quote Originally Posted by djkgrounds View Post
    Im with you, I hate calls after 5pm. I usually mute my phone after that time or put it on vibrate only.
    me too

    you can always call back first thing monday ie around 6am !!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by BSD View Post
    At least you get plenty of calls to knock back, better than zero enquiry at all eh?
    Its quite a unique area I service having 92,000 people in a confined capture area upon say within a google search.. Or your parked work vehicle whilst working within various high profile streets exposing your business to various potential customers.
    But I will not employ a helper ever and work to suit my needs, but outside of winter I knock back on average 5 jobs a day. Some days it might be 4 then the next it might be 6 or even 7 and the weekend just as many again. They can often be quite huge jobs to say no too, ie Multi site or large commercial premises ie large retirement villages or industrial properties and the never ending residential. I have enough good Commercial jobs in my mix.
    I do show up number one in the local google search.

    Happy to have the calls of course especially across winter, although there quite limited in winter but the times some calls come is so questionable.

    Anyhow best log off, I've two big hedge to get done today. Wish I had the NLALM's Battery gear today as these are very long hedges that were only done 6 weeks ago for one of my biggest customers. Then later into week more multi length hedges on another of their properties. Yep NLALM, I'm still reading your BATTERY posts.
    Cheers Garry

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    Over 100mm of rain forecast this Friday across into Saturday. Some can expect 200mm or more in my area, with my area forecast for the biggest part of the East Au rain dump, WTf
    Gona enjoy those many Cold Beers over Christmas when we take the Jayco out for a week. It's embarrassing the amount of calls being knocked with the way this season is infolding with rain intervals and heat/humidity.

    Was sent a photo of a half acre high quality home this morning on a hill side that have irrigation going twice a day even when it rains that I service fortnightly. Her rear multi levels showed grass at a height that's gona be very hard to mow tomorrow and will need parts mowed by the 560 with side plug removed and Sthil V8 570 blower used to blend it. No ride-on excess due to hill slope levels and excess gate widths. What a season, the Greek Rain Gods are in Party Mode.
    Cheers Garry

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    Quote Originally Posted by South East Mowing View Post
    Get a message on phone for a nature strip next to 2 clients my brother does.
    We get back to him a couple days later leaving a text saying $10 when we do the others. Leave bin out etc etc .
    Get a voice message back from Pete the plumber saying he though $5 would be the right price and he will either do it or try to find the other guy??
    Not in Wheelershill in a street starting with AL by any chance ?
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    Quote Originally Posted by ian View Post
    Not in Wheelershill in a street starting with AL by any chance ?
    Nailed it in one!!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by South East Mowing View Post
    Nailed it in one!!!!
    you can probably expect to hear from him again soon
    Anything Ian says may or may not be garbage, it may also be his own opinion or it may not be his opinion at all, it may just be something he felt like stating anyone following his advice does so at their own risk and may be doing something Ian would actually advise against.
    And if you don't like what Ian has to say use the ignore function if you don't know how ask i will gladly tell you

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    loaded the ute up with banana trees yesterday, now the tray is coated in sap that my 4000psi water blaster won't touch




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    Quote Originally Posted by Redeye View Post
    loaded the ute up with banana trees yesterday, now the tray is coated in sap that my 4000psi water blaster won't touch
    paint ya mower deck with that shyt

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