the 'todays job' thread

[Rob Dempsey]

On 17/05/2025 at 21:09, tree-fancier123 said:

I'm an amateur compared to you guys - one man band effort, but 2 things

1 looking at before and after, its not being pruned so much as trimmed (without being there I doubt a chainsaw went near it) (Edit -ok a bit for the top I can see maybe 2 inch stems cut)

2 the cost, ok the hire would have been a bit, but surely max 2 men for 2 days and perhaps 2 ton of cuttings, or chip to dump

I spend 3 to four days on my own hedge cutting in the biggest gardens I do for a yearly - I'd be surprised if I couldn't have done that in four days, including clearing away.

It's not exciting work, more of a slog, but that hedge only had a yearly trim by the look of it, cant see why felling needed considering. 

If you gave me a ro ro bin to rake up into , a platform and £950.35 I'd do it every year as a subby

 

On 17/05/2025 at 21:19, tree-fancier123 said:

interested to hear how many man days it took and if the sides were mainly hedge cutter - if not propietary info!

Took 3 days to trim the full site in the first round, we eventually agreed to reduce it all so round two took 4 days to reduce, hard to get an idea of scale but the top came down by about 6-7 ft, toppy and pole saw from the basket mostly. 

 

he cleared up all the mess as has lads and tractor trailer. only way we could make it economically viable. 

 

this video gives a better idea of the top. 

 

On 17/05/2025 at 23:38, AHPP said:

 

Mick’s nephew turning up on day nine, finding it still there.

 

[kram]

Started a job I may regret. Quoted it as two days labour to manually smash out the roots and replant with a nice row of privet.

 

 

Before pic

 

As I dont have a tipper, the waste will stay a few days until I have all the roots and waste out so it can be taken in one load. Thats the reason I have cut it into a smallish rash pile.

[tree-fancier123]

25 minutes ago, Rob Dempsey said:

 

Took 3 days to trim the full site in the first round, we eventually agreed to reduce it all so round two took 4 days to reduce, hard to get an idea of scale but the top came down by about 6-7 ft, toppy and pole saw from the basket mostly. 

 

he cleared up all the mess as has lads and tractor trailer. only way we could make it economically viable. 

 

this video gives a better idea of the top. 

IMG_5891.mov 13.89 MB · 1 download  

 

thanks for the reply - bigger than anything I've tackled in terms of sheer length

It looks geometric and neat, they must be pleased with it.

It did occur to me a decent size tractor and flail could trim most of the sides, not as nice a finish

 

 

[Rich Rule]

1 hour ago, Rob Dempsey said:

 

Took 3 days to trim the full site in the first round, we eventually agreed to reduce it all so round two took 4 days to reduce, hard to get an idea of scale but the top came down by about 6-7 ft, toppy and pole saw from the basket mostly. 

 

he cleared up all the mess as has lads and tractor trailer. only way we could make it economically viable. 

 

this video gives a better idea of the top. 

 

Well done, looks great, but **************** that.

 

When I used to do a lot of hedges in the UK we measured them…. 1 man for a day in a conny hedge is known as 1 misery.

 

So all in all, how many misery’s did it take?

[Mark Bolam]

1 hour ago, Rob Dempsey said:

 

Took 3 days to trim the full site in the first round, we eventually agreed to reduce it all so round two took 4 days to reduce, hard to get an idea of scale but the top came down by about 6-7 ft, toppy and pole saw from the basket mostly. 

 

he cleared up all the mess as has lads and tractor trailer. only way we could make it economically viable. 

 

this video gives a better idea of the top. 

 

 

Fair play Rob.

 

I’m still having nightmares about it and I wasn’t even there!

[Mark Bolam]

Is that the Stihl battery pole saw, or petrol?

[Rob Dempsey]

44 minutes ago, tree-fancier123 said:

thanks for the reply - bigger than anything I've tackled in terms of sheer length

It looks geometric and neat, they must be pleased with it.

It did occur to me a decent size tractor and flail could trim most of the sides, not as nice a finish

 

 

Thankyou, a tractor and flail got as high as he could reach on the first pic mick posted, I was surprised how good he make it look being conny but only les than half way up in any case. 

[Rob Dempsey]

7 minutes ago, Mark Bolam said:

Is that the Stihl battery pole saw, or petrol?

Battery saw, a recent addition which so far is awesome. ideal not to have to start it up everytime you have to use it. 

[Rob Dempsey]

26 minutes ago, Rich Rule said:

Well done, looks great, but **************** that.

 

When I used to do a lot of hedges in the UK we measured them…. 1 man for a day in a conny hedge is known as 1 misery.

 

So all in all, how many misery’s did it take?

A total of 7 misery's including trimming, made survivable by stihl comms so I could listen to my audiobook 😂

[Mark Bolam]

41 minutes ago, Rob Dempsey said:

Battery saw, a recent addition which so far is awesome. ideal not to have to start it up everytime you have to use it. 

Thanks.

They do look good.

 

Must have been a Godsend on that job.