Cutting high hedges

[Vespasian]

You need a good pair of tripod ladders, I have the Japanese ones..   bought em from Seddons a few years back.. they're one of those things you look at and fancy getting for a few years and think, balls to it I've managed up to now I'll manage again..  Then when you get em you wonder why you didn't buy em years earlier..  I also like to take a small pair of stepladders for the hedges that are just a little to high when I'm on foot..  

 

At a pinch I tie a single ladder onto the tripod ladders if I need an extra couple of ft of height..

 

For the odd job I use a scaffold tower which although is useful is a pain in the arse to move about..

 

I've done the ladder crossed with a plank and you can't get a good clean line..  and the customers ladders which never seemed to end well..  wobbling about, leading to spending more time shitting yourself than actually cutting the edge..

 

 

 

 

[Timbermcpherson]

We use a scopro ladder with a bamboo pole lashed to it horizontally to help stop it moving. Climb up, tie in with flip line and trim as far as you can reach, climb higher, rinse and repeat.

 

Edited October 4, 2018 by Timbermcpherson