price per acre?

[MrHairy]

Flamethrower, or did they get banned too?

[woody3]

Graze with as many sheep as possible as soon as possible and then take them off before Xmas. They will not cut the ground up much unless it is very heavy ground and it becomes very wet. If it is free draining ground they could stay there till spring. There are usually farmers willing to pay a little per head per week and they will have all the electric fencing etc. It will make it much easier to see what it there and once the concrete if taken out you can reseed in April. Then mow. Simples

 

won't have access till jan. thanks anyway:thumbup1:

[woody3]

Flamethrower, or did they get banned too?

 

had a bonfire in the garden last November can still see it despite been reseeded:lol:

 

had a quote off the poles, they say it will take a week, pay when happy- inc. vat

 

sorted

[mowingjamie]

theres no way you could cut 12 acres with a brushcutter! u'd be there all year! never to mention rake 12 acres of grass up... compact tractor with turf tyres and flail on rear to start, then couple of passes with a large ride on collector(jdx748 or kubota g26) strimming inbertween each pass around posts edges. The grass will be very poor quality and look awfull, its something you could do with doing asap to allow the grass to have lots of time to recover. Good luck, u'll need it! Oh and its something i wouldnt even give a price on. Day rate only!

[bradshaw groundcare]

compact tractor with flail. one man walk in front looking for stuff which could break the flail 2 day job.

 

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/landscaping/76917-flail-mower-hire.html

[aspenarb]

That looks like a typical mulching job to me. All we would do with that is stick a mulcher over it, you soon hear where all the concrete etc is. I think old wheels and carpet are the biggest enemy. If its a bit of a feely touchy as it goes job it sounds like two or a three days for a mulcher and a couple of foot soldiers with brush cutters. If its just grassy vegetation without loads of rubbish hidden its probably only a day.

 

Bob

Edited September 13, 2014 by aspenarb

[mowandgo]

I would consider using a Honda UM616 a Hydro static mulching rough cut mower. It has large bicycle wheels to ride over bumps Rabit holes etc. It cuts long grass and brush with ease leaving very little mess. Its 3 wheel low deck design would allow you to bump most things like masonry or metal rubbish before hitting it with blade. The blades are design to bend before it destroys crank shaft too if you hit one by accident.

 

I guess going well you could do 3 acres a day so 4 Days. I would Charge £25 an hour for this and I guess around £50 for tractor & flail at 2 days. This is all a guess but iam pretty sure a walk behind mower works out about the same as a tractor for price/work load but tractor would be in and out much quicker!

 

A brush cutter/strimmer is always needed for areas you just cant reach so dont leave it a home lol.