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8 October 2013

Re: Hiring Rotary hoes and DingosLandscape & Garden Design

Oct 08, 2013 10:12 pm

Hey Klacka1 Rotary Hoe is the most important part of your turfing project, it aerates and improves drainage. Ripping really only rips in segments. We are landscape contractors and would never rely on ripping tines. Ripping tines where produced for dingos as they are gutless and cannot just dig into ...

Hey Klacka1 Rotary Hoe is the most important part of your turfing project, it aerates and improves drainage. Ripping rea...

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Mountainscaper

8 October 2013

Re: What's drilling holes in my lawn?Landscape & Garden Design

Oct 08, 2013 10:04 pm

Hey Jazz, just to cancel everything out and depending on where you live, if they have only just appeared this spring then it is very possible they are cicada hole, they feed of the roots of the trees and then come up, this season has been immense with alot about. Pretty amazing as they come out of t...

Hey Jazz, just to cancel everything out and depending on where you live, if they have only just appeared this spring the...

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Mountainscaper

8 October 2013

Re: Landscaper about to finish his paving work. Acceptable?Landscape & Garden Design

Oct 08, 2013 9:57 pm

Wow as a landscape contractor, this is an embarrassing piece of work. Even the Haunch is inadequate. Just to answer your question on material thicknesses etc. There are 2 standard paving installations - Rigid & Flexible. Rigid 100mm minimum reinforced concrete slab 50mm Maximum sand cement morta...

Wow as a landscape contractor, this is an embarrassing piece of work. Even the Haunch is inadequate. Just to answer your...

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Mountainscaper

8 October 2013

Re: Building a earth filled tyre retaing wall, any input welDIY, Home Maintenance & Repair

Oct 08, 2013 9:40 pm

Hi all, I'm going to be building a ~15x1M high retaining wall at the back of my yard to replace the previous failed chicken wire and stone mess that was there when we moved in, I'm going to be building it of car tyres, as aesthetics isn't an issue, but budget is! I've been reading into the earthshi...

My only advice is a landscape and retaining wall contractor is to seek an engineer to give you specifications on a tyre...

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