This is not an advert for the company on the video.
Being profitable in landscaping isn't all about hard graft. Lugging stone or soil about in a wheelbarrow all day is hard graft but it doesn't have to be that way.
For the amateur landscaper working at home, getting physical is a form of exercise so as well as a the satisfaction of building a garden there is also the added bonus of keeping fit from the exertion.
For a professional who has to hit targets and make money it's often a false economy to use cheap labour rather than buying or hiring in a dedicated machine.
In my time I've mixed up tonnes of concrete by hand in mixers which can only mix a single barrow load at a time. For a small job that's fine. A compact machine allows you to mix in tight spaces; which is often the case working in residential gardens.
On occasions though there is the need to get a job done quickly but probably more importantly to preserve your energy reserves for later in a project.
Advances in technology are making it so much easier for smalls businesses to get their hands on kit once only available to small civil engineering businesses.
The heavy-duty but compact portable mixer above is one example of how small construction plant development has evolved to help in small works environments.
How has machinery made you working life easier?
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