Pricing hedges

[Mick Stockbridge]

Oh how the inexperience shows on this thread.

[bob]

i do not charge to do hedges

 

I am a tree surgeon not a gardener

 

i cut tree

[Johny Walker]

Oh how the inexperience shows on this thread.

 

is that aimed @ any one in perticulre micky my boy :sneaky2:

[Mick Stockbridge]

is that aimed @ any one in perticulre micky my boy :sneaky2:

 

Oh but of course Woody me ol mucker. Its aimed at anyone that thinks their worth more than their true value.

[welwell]

So what would/do you do Mick?

[Treeworld]

A gardener friend of mine recently fell out of a conifer hedge he was trimming and bust his ankle! Was close to having it amputated so now he will pass on hedges, he was going at £5 a metre, obviously if it was a well overgrown one then he would add more. I am now taking on his hedges and will stay harnessed in.

[Mick Stockbridge]

Prima Dona's if you think you can get the same for trimming as you get for climbing. Like I said in my first post 'It aint as dangerous as climbing'.

[welwell]

A gardener friend of mine recently fell out of a conifer hedge he was trimming and bust his ankle! Was close to having it amputated so now he will pass on hedges, he was going at £5 a metre, obviously if it was a well overgrown one then he would add more. I am now taking on his hedges and will stay harnessed in.

 

Is that £5/metre for hedges that could be done from standing or does it include the hedges that you have to get into???

[Treeworld]

As all his contracts are for letting agents it is a fixed price and the majority are from standing or off a step up, the odd one you need to get into but to me whats the difference if you work correctly???

[Jonny69]

Prima Dona's if you think you can get the same for trimming as you get for climbing. Like I said in my first post 'It aint as dangerous as climbing'.

 

You make it sound as if we are mercenary assasins looking for extra danger money.

 

The way I do it topping conifers is significantly more dangerous (personal injury) than climbing 'proper' trees, however that is beside the point. You give a service and they pay what you ask, it is simple.

 

Accountants dont get danger money, well some do:sneaky2:! They are paid because of their expertise, it has nothing to do with a continued exposure to papercuts.

 

BTW I charge (and get) the same money for hedge cutting as I do treework.

 

Oh and could you define "true value" as you seem to have all the answers? As far as I am concerned your value is what someone is willing to pay.