Hedge laying

[veners]

Started pricing for this winters work and have been asked to quote for some Midland style hedge laying which we would sub contract to a specialist, does anyone know the rough price per metre for the coming season

 

Cheers

[ledders666]

i believe around £18 per hour, according to the last farm contractors price guide. But that an hour not a meter. might help though

[Graham]

Depends whether it's a nice young hedge or a big old gnarly critter. I reckon anything from £10 to £20+ on the worst. Are you supplying the wrappers?

[veners]

not a very old hedge somone coppiced it 5 or 6 years ago and is thorn elder and a bit of hazel we would be supply any of the materials

[Arbgirl]

We charge £15 a metre unless it is a really easy one with easy access (or the landowner supplies lots of good cake)

[csservices]

Jeez I'm way to cheap again I usually charge between £5 and £8 a metre including stakes, binding would be extra and burning up is extra £1 a metre or a day at tractor rate whichever is more

[Quickthorn]

Depends where you are I think. I was putting out sample quotes for 5-20 yr old at £12/m, to include stakes, binders and chipping all brash and removing other waste; I still got undercut, and that was by a firm who subbed it out.

[csservices]

The best one used to be farmers trying to get you to do it for the same as they got on the Countryside Stewardship which was about £3-3.50 metre, most of those hedges were a minimum of 15ft high