Hedge laying cost per metre (South Of England style)

[spandit]

Got a 90m hedge that needs laying in East Sussex. I'd like to tackle it myself but fear it's beyond me. Had one quote so far but wouldn't mind another one

[Tree monkey 1682]

Why do u think its beyond you when the are volunteers doing it ? 

[spandit]

12 minutes ago, Tree monkey 1682 said:

Why do u think its beyond you when the are volunteers doing it ? 

Plenty of volunteers run the London Marathon each year - doesn't make it easy 😁

They're fairly thick stems and it's a long length. I've only laid a little hedge before with much thinner stems

[AHPP]

Following with interest. I put over 30m of young easy going this morning and was planning to stake and bind so it’s vaguely South of England. Had a go with a bit of stuff I cut from a hazel stool. Probably three or four feet between stakes. It looks shit (so shit I’m going to pull it out tomorrow before too many people see it). Spoke to a mate who lays it. No wonder it looks shit. Done properly it uses three stakes and one binder per meter!

 

Anyway. Won’t be cheap. Off the top of my head, pulled out of my arse, back of a fag packet, frankly guessing, £40 a meter?

 

Tell us your quote when a couple more of us have had a guess.

 

[AHPP]

18 minutes ago, Tree monkey 1682 said:

Why do u think its beyond you when the are volunteers doing it ? 

Volunteers can do open heart surgery. Doesn’t mean they’re going to do a good job.

[Tree monkey 1682]

I used to do it for fun , with a fiskars billihook, axe and bahco 10" bowsaw  way before I was allowed to use a chainsaw , I cant remember metre rates now  alot of it depends on where you are in the UK i guess.

Whats the max diameter of stems u think is in the hedge 

[Tree monkey 1682]

12 minutes ago, AHPP said:

Volunteers can do open heart surgery. Doesn’t mean they’re going to do a good job.

True how ever the were some that were very good at it , like foresters and tree surgeons ,