Hedge cutting

[Deepseaman]

New to this operation , but it has been thrown to me to look into. Firstly , do you need a creeper box , I’m bit concerned the tractor here may be too fast in first gear at pto speed .
secondly , I would prefer it be three point mounted as opposed to axle mounts as the tractor does other duties a lot too , and hedging will be a bit here and there at this stage.
Any other advise appreciated too.
thanks

 

[nick...]

You dont need a creeper box and first gear will be fine.if you have a 540/540e/1000 pto you can run in 1000 speed shut down to 540 rpm that will give you a big choice of gears.I run in 1000 at 540 pto speed and run my tractor in B1 or B 2 which is fine but got 4 gears in A range if needed.linkage mounted is fine and they are handy to drop on and off as needed.I allways start at top of hedge and work down to the bottom but others may be differant.take your time and you will be fine.
nick…

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Saw a lovely man in Wiltshire cutting hedges , stopped now and then and got out with his leaf blower to blow the thorns off the road , really took a pride in his job

 

[robs1]

Saw a lovely man in Wiltshire cutting hedges , stopped now and then and got out with his leaf blower to blow the thorns off the road , really took a pride in his job

Must have been a back road, my part of wilts you would get run over, always blow of any pavements I cut next too but doing roads would be impossible except before 7 on a saturday or 8 on a Sunday.

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Must have been a back road, my part of wilts you would get run over, always blow of any pavements I cut next too but doing roads would be impossible except before 7 on a saturday or 8 on a Sunday.

It was quite busy , he did have an extra man with the blower in bad spots

 

[Deepseaman]

You dont need a creeper box and first gear will be fine.if you have a 540/540e/1000 pto you can run in 1000 speed shut down to 540 rpm that will give you a big choice of gears.I run in 1000 at 540 pto speed and run my tractor in B1 or B 2 which is fine but got 4 gears in A range if needed.linkage mounted is fine and they are handy to drop on and off as needed.I allways start at top of hedge and work down to the bottom but others may be differant.take your time and you will be fine.
nick…

Thanks for the great advice , much appreciated

 

[Simon Chiles]

Must have been a back road, my part of wilts you would get run over, always blow of any pavements I cut next too but doing roads would be impossible except before 7 on a saturday or 8 on a Sunday.

If you cut the roadside hedges around here you never have to wait very long for a BMW to come along doing at least 80 which sorts out the clippings on the road without having to risk your life with a leaf blower.

 

[Lofty1984]

I’m lazy just skew the trimmer around drop it low and blow the clippings back into the verge

 

[robs1]

I’m lazy just skew the trimmer around drop it low and blow the clippings back into the verge

Have done that a lot in the past,

 

[Simon Chiles]

You dont need a creeper box and first gear will be fine.if you have a 540/540e/1000 pto you can run in 1000 speed shut down to 540 rpm that will give you a big choice of gears.I run in 1000 at 540 pto speed and run my tractor in B1 or B 2 which is fine but got 4 gears in A range if needed.linkage mounted is fine and they are handy to drop on and off as needed.I allways start at top of hedge and work down to the bottom but others may be differant.take your time and you will be fine.
nick…

@Deepseaman ^^ this is a good summary. The only things I would add are that having swapped from a linkage mounted to axle mounts I’d have the axle mounts as preference and I find it much easier to take on and off.

 

[Derrick Hughes]

I’m lazy just skew the trimmer around drop it low and blow the clippings back into the verge

As a cyclist I salute you

 

[steveR]

Saw a lovely man in Wiltshire cutting hedges , stopped now and then and got out with his leaf blower to blow the thorns off the road , really took a pride in his job

Why don't more hedge cutters have blowers on the back of them.....?

I used to have a lad here who cutting hedges had one, and it did a great job.

 

[milkloss]

Good advice from nick and I'm sure you'll get loads more.......
I usually take the shoulder off the top of the hedge at an angle, then you can see the growth inside the hedge to take the top. Lastly the sides to tidy the drops that's fallen off. The angled shoulder can give you a bit of leeway when doing the final pass.

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Why don't more hedge cutters have blowers on the back of them.....?

I used to have a lad here who cutting hedges had one, and it did a great job.

No idea ,
Going back to the 60ts you would get fined if you did not brush the road after cutting , and most villages had a council worker living there who would inspect the roads on his way home

 

[Skintagain]

Why don't more hedge cutters have blowers on the back of them.....?

I used to have a lad here who cutting hedges had one, and it did a great job.

I was just thinking exactly the same. Big leaf blower angled behind to blow it off the road as it was dropped

 

[goodevans]

2 things to add ,I have a blower on my McConnell which is about as useful as a chocolate teapot so wouldn't bother with that expense again unless they have been altered in the last 5 years and running a NH T7 in 1000 PTO to get 500rpm has twice knackered the add blue sensor as the exhaust is not getting hot enough ,hope that helps

 

[Lofty1984]

I do the side first I find you can take a bigger width of the first top pass without worrying your leaving stragglers that will be missed on the side pass plus you can get in tighter to the hedge on your next run always try to do the bottoming out last to mulch everything that drops, although if ground conditions aren’t great I’ll do the floor first so I can drive there without flattening it and then at least you in theory should only have one wheel on productive ground if you see what I mean

 

[onthehoof]

Looking to get another hedge cutter tractor and seen a couple of 3000 series MF but they have the wide pillar at back of cab and wondered if this would block view of head, anyone running with one of these?

 

[Deepseaman]

Good advice from nick and I'm sure you'll get loads more.......
I usually take the shoulder off the top of the hedge at an angle, then you can see the growth inside the hedge to take the top. Lastly the sides to tidy the drops that's fallen off. The angled shoulder can give you a bit of leeway when doing the final pass.

Thanks , good advice , appreciated

 

[Deepseaman]

I do the side first I find you can take a bigger width of the first top pass without worrying your leaving stragglers that will be missed on the side pass plus you can get in tighter to the hedge on your next run always try to do the bottoming out last to mulch everything that drops, although if ground conditions aren’t great I’ll do the floor first so I can drive there without flattening it and then at least you in theory should only have one wheel on productive ground if you see what I mean

Thanks , good advice too , appreciated