HELP HELP replanting problem !!!

[Mikelawn]

hello, i need some advice. i have to quote on a massive contract and worth alot of money but there is one thing im not to sure about. the customer wants all hedge row ( which consists of hawthorne and saplings e.g ash, oak ) keeping BUT wants us to dig it all up using tree spades ect and replant it in another location. then after the work is completed on the site that we have took them from, we then have to dig them back up and put them in the orginal place. sounds mad but this is what they want. the time scale from moving them from original place - temporary - back to original place would be about a year. can any one advise me about this as its a strange one and would be greatful for any help.

 

my thoughts are that the hedge row roots are all interlinked so would have to do it in sections which would mean cutting some main roots but would shock them even more. i personally think its more hassel than its worth and there is a hugh chance it all not surviving. i have said this to them and told them that it would be cheaper and far easier to just replant but thats not a option to them. :-s any advive people would be brilliant on if would survive or way to go around it ?

[PDGS]

if thats what they want then go for that you have told them that this is the more exspensive option and there is a chance they will not all survive so your not doing anything wrong. if your digging them up now they will be dorment so this is the best time and the ground is still warm prepare the ground well with lots of OM and move with as much rootball that is possable and keep them well watered in that year then do it again when they go back again do this at this time of year not in the middle of summer.

 

hope this helps Paul

[Le Sanglier]

run a mile.........then keep running.

[Mikelawn]

if thats what they want then go for that you have told them that this is the more exspensive option and there is a chance they will not all survive so your not doing anything wrong. if your digging them up now they will be dorment so this is the best time and the ground is still warm prepare the ground well with lots of OM and move with as much rootball that is possable and keep them well watered in that year then do it again when they go back again do this at this time of year not in the middle of summer.

 

hope this helps Paul

 

thanks paul

[Mikelawn]

run a mile.........then keep running.

 

haha that was exactly my thought when they was telling me, but the other part of the contract is alot more lush

[Grandad]

run a mile.........then keep running.

 

Something about this job is suss, I would be wary if I were you. Make sure you get everything down in writing including your reservations about the likely success of the transplanting and recommendations as to timing as Paul has suggested. In my experience people who are as particular as these clients seem to be, can turn nasty at the drop of a hat, hence the need for full written specifications and recommendations. Don't leave anything down to trust in this case and... be very careful.

[Goaty]

Crazy if its a mature hedge you are going to tear and snap roots really badly, unless you dig a trench either side and drag a u shaped blade through, you don't mention hedge size or how long its been planted. I work on a commercial nursery nr Hull they use a U blade to undercut rows of trees mounted on a tractor 3 point linkage. Probably good up to 4 year established hedge, they also have a cable/winched plough that you drag along featured bottom right in this link and also the 3rd left they have.

P B Services - Lifting Machines

[J R Williams]

In my experience moving trees that have never been transplanted before will more than likely not take!

If they have come from a nursery that have been transplanted a few times then your onto a winner! You need to tell them by the time they have spent the money on the kit, your time and then that again when they want them moved again they could of bought some new trees that will more than likely take and probably come with a garentee.

Hope that makes sense?

[Mikelawn]

Something about this job is suss, I would be wary if I were you. Make sure you get everything down in writing including your reservations about the likely success of the transplanting and recommendations as to timing as Paul has suggested. In my experience people who are as particular as these clients seem to be, can turn nasty at the drop of a hat, hence the need for full written specifications and recommendations. Don't leave anything down to trust in this case and... be very careful.

 

the company is fine we have had some of our biggest contracts to date off them. the hedge is established maybe up to 15 yr +

[Goaty]

I would seriously from a cost and mortality point of view suggest replant with new at this age, You have put it to a conference of national (maybe international) professional opinion. You are going to do alot of mess alot of work and expense for a poorer result. The feeding roots at 15years of age are going to be well away from hedgeline.

Or grub it right back to ground let the hedge regenerate itself. If possible.