removing 65 ft of hedge....

[stolt]

had a landscape gardener quoted me £150.00 for removal and disposal of 65ft of hedge (about 7ft tall 2ft wide) quite twiggy although this year its burst into pink flowers. The guy never arrived yesterday and now not picking his phone up, wanted to get it removed for me to plant new hedges (which i have already bought and were delivered last week. Been looking around for some other people to do it but at this late notice its prices of around £1000-1500.

Was thinking maybe i should do it myself, hire one of these http://www.hss.com/g/47205/Mini-Skid-Steer-Loader....

and possibly a shredder or perhaps just get a 6yard skip and dump the lot of it?

the bushes are close to next doors block paving and pulling them up with the digger concerns me as i might end up pulling his paving up if the roots have gone under there.






Think its doable? i think the digger although not cheap will make light work off them, especially if i cut them down then use the digger to take them up.

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[pikeyboy]

friend of a friend hired local grab hire lorry to rip out a load of hedging and take away. approx 150 quid plus drat done in double quick time....

[anonymous-user]

OT is that Escallonia? Mine didn't make the winter

[stolt]

boy said:

friend of a friend hired local grab hire lorry to rip out a load of hedging and take away. approx 150 quid plus drat done in double quick time....

yeah thats something that i would like to do, i dont think the lorry would get to the side of the garden, my concern is the neighbours block paving more than anything else.

[stolt]

Dave_ST220 said:

OT is that Escallonia? Mine didn't make the winter

to be honest I dont know what it is, (off I go to google images with the name you have suggested), its a bit straggy so in winter donest give us much privacy and we are on the corner so as cars go pass they can see right in, i was going to replace it with laurel to match the other side.

[Flintstone]

£150 to remove all that? I think your pik............erm, landscape gardener realised what he'd let himself in for and chickened out. Just as well really, you know it was only going to end up in a lay-by.

I don't envy you the job. I've done similar on a smaller scale and I hated every minute of it.

[stolt]

Flintstone said:

£150 to remove all that? I think your pik............erm, landscape gardener realised what he'd let himself in for and chickened out. Just as well really, you know it was only going to end up in a lay-by.

I don't envy you the job. I've done similar on a smaller scale and I hated every minute of it.

yeah i did have some concerns that i would come back and thy have been tippe don next doors driveway or something like that.

oh well i guess its going to have to be me doing it, dont think a 6yrd skip is going to be enough. lol

[Little Butch]

Strip back until you can get to the trunks.
Cut off at the main trunk on each individual bush leaving enough in case you have to lever them out.
Dig around the roots and pull out.
Either burn, or shred then into a skip.

Don't wear a t shirt though.. Made that mistake and my arms ended up ruined!

[stolt]

Little Butch said:

Strip back until you can get to the trunks.
Cut off at the main trunk on each individual bush leaving enough in case you have to lever them out.
Dig around the roots and pull out.
Either burn, or shred then into a skip.

Don't wear a t shirt though.. Made that mistake and my arms ended up ruined!

yeah that was my train of thought also, i think it looks worse than it is in some palces the hedges are very thin (probably 1ft thick) others there alittle more bushy, cant have bornfires round here, upset the neighbours when we first moved in and they called the fire service who quickly sent 5 firemen to my house with lights flashing etc, much to my embarressment!!

[Little Butch]

Haha I'm not sure how much It costs to rent a shredder? Would probably be worth doing though otherwise you'll pay a fortune In skips.. So the cost pretty much pays for Itself

[RedLeicester]

What are you, a man or an amoeba?! £50 chainsaw, or a £10 bow saw. Cut off just below the growth, hack out with mattock. The work of an afternoon.

[stolt]

RedLeicester said:

What are you, a man or an amoeba?! £50 chainsaw, or a £10 bow saw. Cut off just below the growth, hack out with mattock. The work of an afternoon.

I'm a man that works in a office.....
i'm getting one of these babies deliveres tomorrow with one of these..http://www.mark1hire.co.uk/product.php/197/shredder_petrol


and one of these from the trunkshttp://www.mark1hire.co.uk/product.php/207/pruning_saw_electric_240v

thinking that a skip will cost £160+

anyone know if those shredders are anygood. I remember my dad have a electric one for the garden and it did nothign but get stuck, this thing is obviosuly a bit more heavy duty

[stolt]

anyone used one of these, is this the alternative to digging out a stump.

http://www.mark1hire.co.uk/product.php/210/stump_g...

[RedLeicester]

stolt said:

I'm a man that works in a office.....

All sunday afternoon?!

Ah well, shredder will make short work of that little lot.

[stolt]

RedLeicester said:

All sunday afternoon?!

Ah well, shredder will make short work of that little lot.

sundays are for watching the grand prix!! although having got sky switched back on i suppose i could sky+ it.

plan of action to high the saw, shredder and then dig roots up by hand.

wont bother witht he skip as I cna use the chippings around the back garden, roots it will take me several weeks by use of the little green wheelie bin ive been provided!!

[stolt]

sorry one other question why i think of it i was goign to buy a ton of tosoil/soil conditioner for the new hedges, do you think a ton is excessive for a 65ft run, maybe half ton would be better, only £20.00 difference in the prices.

[netherfield]

65ft will swallow a tonne easily.

[stolt]

netherfield said:

65ft will swallow a tonne easily.

right ok will get a ton to start off with, they are only down the road so said he will deliver another lot with no delivery costs so thats alright.

just waiting for the hire company to advise if they have a shredder for thsi weekend.

[central]

Hope you're not thinking of removing it during the nesting season? (March-August)

[anonymous-user]

Watch your services when your pulling stuff out,
try not to drag, cable, water, gas etc