Five Things to Think about When Choosing Garden Machinery

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Five Things to Think about When Choosing Garden
Machinery
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• The English Garden you know that its
  renowned across the world? Yep, if theres one
  thing that English are considered good at, its
  gardening. However, in order to create these
  wonderful spaces, we need to the right type of
  equipment. Yes, theres that old saying, Its a
  poor workman that blames his tools, but to be
  frank, its true I mean, you couldnt peel a
  potato with a noodle. No, we need to correct
  tools to carry out a job to its full potential.
• Below, we will look at the various
  considerations you should be making when choosing
  gardening machinery. We hope that we will teach
  you how to choose your equipment better, so that
  you too can benefit from an English Country
  Garden.

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• What is the build quality like of a particular
  brand?
• The first thing to look for when buying garden
  machinery is the build quality. Gardening is
  heavy-duty work and the tools must correspond to
  this. If you buy low-quality tools they will
  quickly become damaged and stop working. To make
  your job as easy as possible, buy high quality
  tools.
• Do you have storage to keep the item out of the
  wind and rain?
• If youre buying large items, or expensive items,
  then you will need a place to secure them.
  Keeping them out of the rain will prevent
  corrosion and rust, which are inevitable,
  regardless of quality. If you do not have a place
  to store larger items, then you might consider
  hiring the equipment on an ad hoc basis.

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• It might sound expensive, but its not as
  expensive as having to replace the item every
  year or so because youve damaged it by leaving
  it outside. You can also help to reduce costs by
  hiring from a local company. For instance, if you
  live in Newton Abbot, it will be cheaper for you
  to look for garden machinery hire Newton Abbot
  Devon than from further afield. This is because
  the delivery fees for large items are incredibly
  high.
• What type of ground do you have in your
  garden?
• Ground conditions vary according to regions. Some
  places, such as Cornwall, tend to have soft,
  peaty, ground. Other places, such as Hampshire,
  have harder, chalk-filled, grounds. There are
  hundreds of different ground conditions, but
  generally, you can divide them between hard and
  soft ground.

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• When choosing new machinery, make sure that it is
  suitable for the terrain. For instance, with
  machines that have tracks or wheels, wheels are
  for use on hard ground, while tracks are for use
  on soft ground.
• If you have any, where are your pipes and
  cables?
• If youre going to be digging around in the
  garden, make sure you know where all the sewage,
  water, and communication cables are. You need to
  ensure that your machinery does not hit them. For
  instance, you might have to choose a smaller
  digger with a lower capacity, if you know that
  you have cables 2m under the garden.

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• How often will you need to use the equipment?
• Finally, ask yourself how often you will need to
  use the equipment. If its only once a year, then
  you might want to consider hiring the item
  instead, as we suggested above with garden
  machinery hire Newton Abbot. Hiring it might well
  work out much cheaper in the long run.