Tree-surgeons who do hedges as well.

[Stephen Blair]

Watch, those leaves are slippy!

[woody paul]

On a job today cutting hedges bug house with park land around it owner has had big contractor in taking trees and scrub out but rang me about hedge cutting. I know they do every thing trees and landscaping how knows May get à lot more work get just because I cut the hedges???

[Hill-Billy]

All good advice/insight guys. Just for interest, my instructor said: "IMO, don't work from an unsecured ladder/platform only use it for tree access. I think I'll wait until demand increases for hedge work - more inquiries - before I shell out for even more kit:001_smile:....

[Andy Collins]

Ok, keep within your comfort zone, climb up the middle of the hedge, strop in, and do it. A long reach trimmer will reach the sides without you leaving the ground if you need a ladder for the sides, hire a Henchman or similar, or fix the ladder so it can't move, board across the top of the ladder stops it sinking through the hedge, but this is probably frowned upon these days. You could also hire a platform (small scaffold type) just depends on the job.

[Mick Stockbridge]

Ladder with a plank tied to it.

 

Good idea. I got Plippy with me tomorrow, I'll lash him to the ladder and see if it works.

[Andy Collins]

Mick no!!!! It'll turn the ladder into a see-saw!!!

[Rich Rule]

Just climb it...

 

or tie the top section of an aframe ladder horizontal across the top to stop it falling through the middle.

 

Your instructor? I presume you are at college then? They will tell you a lot of thing not to do but in reality you have to get on with it and earn some coin.

 

Welcome to the real world. This ain't college anymore.

[SAM66S]

Ladder with a plank tied to it if its formal, if not, climb through as stated before.

 

Ive cut many a hedge from an extention ladder with plank tied to the top

[Breton monkey]

I do loads of hedges as they can be bread and butter, I charge the same if not more than tree work as the clippings don't go through chipper coz of stones etc. I have ladders, and a platform ladder that can have up to 10ft platform, long hdge cutters with extension. Once you get the kit it's a good earner.

 

We do hedges too and we chip nearly all the waste, sometimes, especialy with big laurel reductions we chip it back into the hedgeline, nice and tidy and no rubbish off-site..... but to save the chipper blades, get yourself a few tarps, lay these along the ground at the side of the hedge and drop all clippings onto it.... then you can jsut drag/carry the tarp to the chipper and scoop the clippings into it... no stone, no raking and (especialy with conifer) no mess.

[Mick Stockbridge]

I've always been under the impression that you should never chip back into the hedge so I've never done it. Don't you have to cart it away and leave it for a while before using it as mulch?

 

Back to the OP, never turn any hedge work away, it's miserable, boring and back breaking work but it's still work.