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hedge cutting prices

  • 23-08-2011 10:05pm
    #1
    johnboy6930
    Registered Users Posts: 100 ✭✭


    just bought a new hedge cutter and was wondering what price do ye charge per hour for hedge cutting?


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  • #2
    hedgecutting eddie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 164 ✭✭hedgecutting eddie


    johnboy6930 wrote: »
    just bought a new hedge cutter and was wondering what price do ye charge per hour for hedge cutting?


    40inc vat


  • #3
    sea12
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,244 ✭✭✭sea12


    yea my lad charges me 35-40hr.


  • #4
    reilig
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,401 ✭✭✭reilig


    Bought a hedgecutter in 2004 for €3000. A fresh enough Bomford B457. Its compact enough - you could easily operate it on a Mf165. It has enough reach to cut all my hedges off the road. Used to get a contractor in every year for 15 to 20 hours and do hedges on rotation. Able to do every hedge every year now and able to trim the grass verges with it during the summer.

    It has more than paid for itself at this stage and the only parts that I had to put into it are 1 or 2 flails every year.

    Worth considering if you have the time and a tractor to operate it.


  • #5
    pajero12
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    reilig wrote: »
    Worth considering if you have the time and a tractor to operate it.
    And the money :P


  • #6
    reilig
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,401 ✭✭✭reilig


    pajero12 wrote: »
    And the money :P

    Long term investment. ;)


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  • #7
    blue5000
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,705 Mod ✭✭✭✭blue5000


    75e /hr for saw work

    If the seat's wet, sit on yer hat, a cool head is better than a wet ar5e.



  • #8
    pajero12
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    blue5000 wrote: »
    75e /hr for saw work
    :eek::eek:


  • #9
    sea12
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,244 ✭✭✭sea12


    Thats crazy money.


  • #10
    reilig
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,401 ✭✭✭reilig


    blue5000 wrote: »
    75e /hr for saw work

    That's the going rate for saw work around here too.

    Bought a saw head for my Bomford for EUR500. Its not the cost of the machine to buy or the cost of the tractor that runs it which makes it so expensive - Its because its dangerous work in comparison to the flail head. Lots of pieces fly and glass can shatter in the blink of an eye. Insurance for a contractor with the saw head is massive too!!

    It can be expensive to have the saw head sharpened too!!


  • #11
    Tora Bora
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,258 ✭✭✭Tora Bora


    blue5000 wrote: »
    75e /hr for saw work

    McGuire and Patterson, would work out cheaper, I'd say.:cool:


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  • #12
    Bizzum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,034 ✭✭✭Bizzum


    Tora Bora wrote: »
    McGuire and Patterson, would work out cheaper, I'd say.:cool:

    Maybe a little indisciminate, those boys!

    Husquvarna might be a better man.


  • #13
    Western Pomise
    Registered Users Posts: 1,656 ✭✭✭Western Pomise


    lad in our area charges 500 a day for sawhead,he gen works about a 7 hr day when you count he isnt always actually cutting which is expensive....longterm mcguire and patterson prob give far better result but diff rules in diff counties for letting them loose.


  • #14
    Nobbies
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 351 ✭✭Nobbies


    blue5000 wrote: »
    75e /hr for saw work
    GOODLORD!i thought the lad our way was dear at €45 ahour plus vat for sawing with adigger or tractor.but maybe thats competition for you or lack of it in blues area.


  • #15
    blue5000
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,705 Mod ✭✭✭✭blue5000


    Yeah expensive alright, only get some of the hedges done every 20 yrs. There is usually enough good ash off a 10 acre field to keep the fire goin for the winter.

    If the seat's wet, sit on yer hat, a cool head is better than a wet ar5e.



  • #16
    JohnBoy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,342 ✭✭✭JohnBoy


    €75/hr is strong, but the a good man on a saw will do a hell of a lot of work in an hour.

    That said we paid €60/hr for a saw man, plus his buddy on a silage loader clearing after him.

    Lord knows how those boys were making any money.


  • #17
    polod
    Closed Accounts Posts: 367 ✭✭polod


    reilig wrote: »
    and able to trim the grass verges with it during the summer.

    .

    Is it legal to do that ? thought that is the council's job ? :eek:


  • #18
    reilig
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,401 ✭✭✭reilig


    polod wrote: »
    Is it legal to do that ? thought that is the council's job ? :eek:

    Council my ar$e :rolleyes:

    In leitrim if you let your verge overgrow and it leans out on to the road or blocks the site of traffic (such as on a turn), you will receive a lovely :mad: letter from the County Council demanding that you take action.

    My OH is from Galway. The council trims the verges and the hedges along their land every year. :(


  • #19
    bbam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,410 ✭✭✭bbam


    Have you done the sums on the costs per hour to run the show. Ive seen lads round here jump in, Undercut all round and then disappear in a few years owing a fortune because payments can't be met.
    I'd say cost it out well before deciding on a rate. Nothing worse than being a busy fool.


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