The Hedge Cutting Thread

jack_c

Member
Have my first hedgecutter arriving tomorrow, have a little bit of road side hedges to do but not all that much.
Would I need to get a couple of signs?
One road is narrow with hidden corners but could have another person watching the road for the time required as it's a quiet road and the other I could do at a quiet time with little traffic.
If getting signs is a men at work sign with hedgecutting in progress adequate?
 

TheTallGuy

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Location
Cambridgeshire
Have my first hedgecutter arriving tomorrow, have a little bit of road side hedges to do but not all that much.
Would I need to get a couple of signs?
One road is narrow with hidden corners but could have another person watching the road for the time required as it's a quiet road and the other I could do at a quiet time with little traffic.
If getting signs is a men at work sign with hedgecutting in progress adequate?
For what it costs get some signs - that way when some knob piles round the corner and crashes his car you have an extra bit of defence...
 

icanshootwell

Member
Location
Ross-on-wye
im running a 1594 and a late 80s bomford, and i wouldnt even start it up for less than £30/hr. I can drive someone elses machine at £14/hr, and i reckon my machine on its own is still worth the remaining £16/hr without a driver

tractor runs at 1200rpm, uses 5-7 gallons in a 10 hour shift, consumables are blades, windows, hydraulic pipes and punctures

you only need one big breakage and you have worked the whole day for f all.
Thats why people run modern kit, how many breakdowns do you want in a small window for cutting hedges. If you turned up here with 80s kit wanting top money per hr, i would get the chap with the new trimmer that covers more ground on the same money and dont break down, your kit is fine for doing your own, but not going contracting with.
 

jack_c

Member
For what it costs get some signs - that way when some knob piles round the corner and crashes his car you have an extra bit of defence...

That's the view I was taking, better looking at them than looking for them.
What's an appropriate sign to display?
Was looking at screwfix and a road sign with a place for writing is £39.99 inc. VAT where else would you go to get one?
 

James

Member
Location
Comber, Down
That's the view I was taking, better looking at them than looking for them.
What's an appropriate sign to display?
Was looking at screwfix and a road sign with a place for writing is £39.99 inc. VAT where else would you go to get one?

You'll be looking for them when some stroker fires them over the hedge and the first you know they're not there is when you finish and go to collect them :mad:
 
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getting round the rape ground
 

raiderz

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Location
County Durham
That's the view I was taking, better looking at them than looking for them.
What's an appropriate sign to display?
Was looking at screwfix and a road sign with a place for writing is £39.99 inc. VAT where else would you go to get one?
These are what you need. http://www.landmarktrading.com/quazar-road-sign.html
The 750mm signs are good enough for 60mph roads.
I just have "Grass cutting" supplementary plates on all of mine.
They fold up small and can be stowed away quite easily on a tractor, the solid ones are a bit harder to transport.
I've had 2 pinched in 26 years of using them.
 

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