Tree-surgeons who do hedges as well.

[Mark Bolam]

As said, if you're busy enough with trees, turn hedge work down.

 

We never have been, and it helps having annual customers.

 

I reduce the rate slightly, but not much.

 

Todays offering, mainly done with MS200T and sweat to go with the rain.

[Ty Korrigan]

We never turn down hedges as they often bring trees with them and work is work after all.

We've got a Henchman platform and may buy another even though they really are poorly made for the money, still a very usefull and above all safe tool for working off.

Our prices for hedges are always by quote, never by the hour and are as much as we think we can get.

This week we had a horrible laurel to fell to chest height from 4m.

Full of brambles, barbed wire and starling mess.

Chipped and tipped on site, looks like a real mess of naked stems but come May-June next year it will be all green again.

There is a move away from conifer hedges here on the housing estates and so we get a fair few hedge removals complete with stumps which again is a good earner.

Cripes, if I was just a 'climber', I'd probally work once a week!

So much 'terrestial' work around!

Ty

[SKStrees]

Conny reduction from a couple of weeks ago, if the tree work is quiet at least the bills are still paid. Good set of steps essential bit of kit.

 

 

[Treemoose]

That is very straight mate

Conifer hedges ARE tress just planted close together don't forget

[SKStrees]

Cheers treemoose and also very true:biggrin:

[andrew t]

i like hedges with this 5 days work done in 2 and yes i know you cant use it all the time shame:thumbdown:

WOW now thats a bit of kit:thumbup1:

[adowning7]

could open a tin of worms but why is burning up a 'no no' by some on here? i cart tonnes of hedge clippings off to burn each year as many jobs don't justify a chipper as we can tip with an Ifor with greedy boards and push up with a wheeled digger. Pikeyish but effective!

[Stephen Blair]

Can't beat a nice big bonfire:)

[david wood]

A few years ago now where i work this was the tidy up after a lil winter storm. one night of wind and a long tidy up for me. using a kubota b2400 and 1.5 ton trailer i took in 75 loads to fire site. filled yard to brim. guys burnt lot in a day somehow. what isnt clear from photo is how big yard is, couple hundred tons top soil, dung heaps and so on all in there. was reversing in off road in the last 20 loads

Edited October 20, 2012 by david wood
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[born2trot]

Here are the Golden rules .

 

1. Overprice it . ( I use to get so frustrated and angry with leylandii hedges until a moment of clarity from Mark Bolum who said it stemmed from underpricing them and he was absolutely right )

 

2. Blame the previous tree surgeon for poor workmanship by saying he has stuffed old arisings down the middle of the hedge ( good to have already some prepped in your hand to chuck out as you tell the client )

 

3. Get them to PHYSICALLY POINT to a spot on the hedge they want it reduced to . ' just do it to the same as the one at the back ' or something similar wont do ( its amazing how hard it is to get them to do this )

 

Hope that helps