Anyone got any views on petrol scarifiers. The electric ones are just
too slow on large areas of grass but the ones you can hire are so heavy
that you can't ;lift them out of the car!!

So I am trying to look for a middle range of petrol scarifiers. Seem to
be about 450 pounds but given that hiring one costs about 45 pounds a
day and you have to get it back whether you have finished or not it
should pay for itself in the end.

Janet
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Janet Tweedy

Janet Tweedy wrote in
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Anyone got any views on petrol scarifiers. The electric ones are just
too slow on large areas of grass but the ones you can hire are so
heavy that you can't ;lift them out of the car!!

So I am trying to look for a middle range of petrol scarifiers. Seem
to be about 450 pounds but given that hiring one costs about 45 pounds
a day and you have to get it back whether you have finished or not it
should pay for itself in the end.

Janet

I am always banging on about quality tools and in my carpenters toolkit
are Makita power tools.
I work for a renowned local building firm and often have to hire a
landscape gardener to make the building site into a garden after major
building work.
The landscape gardening firm uses several Makita petrol devices to do the
work. Scarifier too, EVU400, just above your £450 if you shop around, might
be less. Don't buy second hand petrol machines, you don't know if they have
been tinkered with by a DIY enthusiast, rendering them useless.

Baz

In article , Baz
writes
The landscape gardening firm uses several Makita petrol devices to do the
work. Scarifier too, EVU400, just above your £450 if you shop around, might
be less


Thanks baz, do have a Stihl specialist nearby but not a makita one, I'll
look at them.
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Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

Janet Tweedy wrote in
:

In article , Baz
writes
The landscape gardening firm uses several Makita petrol devices to do
the work. Scarifier too, EVU400, just above your £450 if you shop
around, might be less


Thanks baz, do have a Stihl specialist nearby but not a makita one,
I'll look at them.

So , why ask?

In article , Baz
writes
Thanks baz, do have a Stihl specialist nearby but not a makita one,
I'll look at them.

So , why ask?

Because Baz i was asking for recommendations. i have been to the
Stihl dealer and the machines are very expensive and i was wondering not
only should I opt for the more expensive but whether i could get away
with a slightly smaller or cheaper model or brand. Which is why i
replied that i thanked you for the makita recommendation and would go
and search them out.
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Janet Tweedy

Janet Tweedy wrote in
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In article , Baz
writes
Thanks baz, do have a Stihl specialist nearby but not a makita one,
I'll look at them.

So , why ask?

Because Baz i was asking for recommendations. i have been to the
Stihl dealer and the machines are very expensive and i was wondering not
only should I opt for the more expensive but whether i could get away
with a slightly smaller or cheaper model or brand. Which is why i
replied that i thanked you for the makita recommendation and would go
and search them out.

God, that came out wrong.
My reply - So , why ask? was meant to be humerous 'cos Stihl are the dogs
testes, and the most expensive. You could not ever justify such a large
lump of money for a big grunt of a machine to be used 2 or 3 times a year!
In your lifetime you would probably never have the choke off of it.

Soz.
Baz

In article , Baz
writes
God, that came out wrong.
My reply - So , why ask? was meant to be humerous 'cos Stihl are the dogs
testes, and the most expensive. You could not ever justify such a large
lump of money for a big grunt of a machine to be used 2 or 3 times a year!
In your lifetime you would probably never have the choke off of it.



Ah but i do know at least four people that would want to borrow the
machine for their half acre or so lawns so maybe share a bit of the
cost.

The electric one takes so long that in hours of work time it might be
cheaper to go for a good fast machine than the piddly one I have at the
moment

Hiring one was expensive and I couldn't get it out of the back of the
car without help and I am not that weak! What's more hiring one means
you have to use it on the day which is not always suitable.

Round here the franchises for lawncare are charging 175 pounds to
scarify alone.
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Janet Tweedy

Janet Tweedy wrote in
:

In article , Baz
writes
God, that came out wrong.
My reply - So , why ask? was meant to be humerous 'cos Stihl are the
dogs testes, and the most expensive. You could not ever justify such a
large lump of money for a big grunt of a machine to be used 2 or 3
times a year! In your lifetime you would probably never have the choke
off of it.



Ah but i do know at least four people that would want to borrow the
machine for their half acre or so lawns so maybe share a bit of the
cost.

The electric one takes so long that in hours of work time it might be
cheaper to go for a good fast machine than the piddly one I have at
the moment

Hiring one was expensive and I couldn't get it out of the back of the
car without help and I am not that weak! What's more hiring one means
you have to use it on the day which is not always suitable.

Round here the franchises for lawncare are charging 175 pounds to
scarify alone.

A fool, and their money are easily parted!

Baz

In article , Baz
writes
A fool, and their money are easily parted!

Baz


Ah yes but Baz if you are elderly or have a busy work load or little
time or are not able to scarify the lawn yourself and have a huge lawn
as some people round here own, then paying the franchises is the only
way to get it done!

Like I say the heavy hired ones are almost impossible to manipulate and
have to be used within 24 hrs and the little electric ones are very very
time-consuming.
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Janet Tweedy