leylandii trunks and stump removal

[Rik]

guys, any ideas on this would be gratefully recieved:

 

I may have to remove a row of 55 leylandiis (65') to groung and then dig the rootballs out for all of them.

 

have had a quick measure up of the trunks and a lot of them are about 5'6" in girth at the base and tapering up with the normal leylandii traits.

 

Now thats gonna be a hell of a lot of wood to get rid off and i was wondering if any of you guys had any thoughts on the best course of action for getting rid of them, ie, burning, paying for removal, biofuel plants etc etc?

 

also any thoughts on the stumps and root balls would be greatfully recieved..

 

cheers guys:001_smile:

[Lurcherman]

Get a stump grinder in there, if access permits.

 

Don't do digging, me!

[Rupe]

A stumpgrinder would be a good start!

[Rupe]

Beat me to it.

[Rik]

Yeah i did wonderabout just grinding them out, the owenr is likely to want to replace with a multiple native species hedge at some point, if leaving the roots systems in situ, i guess this should really affect the planting of anything new would it??

[Stephen Blair]

cut them flush and plant inbetween,conys have 3 butress roots, usually quite easy to plant inbetween depending on size, definately dont dig them out mate. you will need tons of soil to fill in the holes.

[Rik]

yeah i considered that til i took a good look at all of the trees and their actual spacing and realised that they now all have between about 6 and 8 inches max space between!

 

Think i gonna just have to put 2 prices in, one to remove all the stumps etc as asked, then another without when they realise how much its gonna cost! cheers for the info so far guys, all i need now is to figure what to do with the pissin trunks anyone sell it off cheap as firewood or anythin?

[garth mc garth]

where abouts it the job rik??

[Buzz]

Depending on access, stick them at roadside and get a whole tree chipper in, you may even get paid for the material.

[Rik]

The jobs in oxfordshire garth, the hedge is stuck between a house (20' away) and a farmers field , of which luckily i have arranged access!

 

and i hadnt thought about the whole tree chipper.. could be the way to go actually.. ill have to have a look see what i can figure with the access and prices!