batcher Posted October 28, 2007 Posted October 28, 2007 Or in other words let,s call in a contractor .When i got there the chap said it had not been done for three years and we are building a new riding school and the contractors will not take there lorrys up there Then i see why three quarters of a mile up and back this is the first sighting of the track not so bad then up a little bit these next 2 pics are at the same time just been called for dinner i will post more after Quote
batcher Posted October 28, 2007 Author Posted October 28, 2007 I,m sure there was a wing someware one good thing about modern trimmers a twist around very nicely this was the best bit (going on to next job) still i did let the light in six feet in places last one Quote
Gav836 Posted October 28, 2007 Posted October 28, 2007 Nice bit of work done there I have to say they are my favourite trimming jobs though, can really see where you have been afterwards, I get more satisfaction out of whacking back overgrown hedges like that than annual ones at times Quote
batcher Posted October 28, 2007 Author Posted October 28, 2007 Thanks yes i agree the little jobs are the best normally a cup of tea and biccy but the look on peoples faces when you start trimming there hedge is always a picture and seeing this year i have been trimming for about five weeks solid now apart from 2 days r bailing in between .On friday it took me 8 hrs to go around a 15 acre field with 2 sides only needing sideing up three years growth But i still have my nice little sunday afternoon job in the middle of swindon to do all little car park hedges Quote
Gav836 Posted October 28, 2007 Posted October 28, 2007 All the hedges apart from roadside and footpath ones were on a 3 year rotation where I used to work, used to knock the stuffing out of the trimmer so all our fields took a long while to get round, getting a decent finish on them was the challenge \ Quote
Jez Posted October 28, 2007 Posted October 28, 2007 Would be more fun with a Buzz Bar though!!! Quote
sparrow legs Posted October 29, 2007 Posted October 29, 2007 hate jobs like that, you end up loosing mirrors, lights and ariels looks like you made a good job ive been cutting hedges today that have to be 2meter minimum height, kinda hard when there only 1.5 meter to start with hate having to tickel them, i like to cut them back the the previous years growth. just put new flails in so making a great finnish Quote
NCC Posted October 29, 2007 Posted October 29, 2007 Thanks yes i agree the little jobs are the best normally a cup of tea and biccy but the look on peoples faces when you start trimming there hedge is always a picture and seeing this year i have been trimming for about five weeks solid now apart from 2 days r bailing in between .On friday it took me 8 hrs to go around a 15 acre field with 2 sides only needing sideing up three years growth But i still have my nice little sunday afternoon job in the middle of swindon to do all little car park hedges Nigh on exactly the same as me then Stevo, 6 weeks hedge bashin everyday except for 4 days mowing and baling the other week. There just like yours too if not worse, all opencast site work, first time the hedges have been cut in 6 years do to numerous change overs, you can imagine the state there in!! Our poor McConnel PA is struggling that much were seriously looking at buying something bigger asap were not even halfway through yet \ \ I'll try get some pics of the madness :D Quote
dwain Posted October 29, 2007 Posted October 29, 2007 hedge trimming was one job i hated only because of the tractor i would have to use a renualt 145.54 to change gear was like you neaded both hands Quote
NIGEL FORD Posted October 30, 2007 Posted October 30, 2007 Nigh on exactly the same as me then Stevo, 6 weeks hedge bashin everyday except for 4 days mowing and baling the other week. There just like yours too if not worse, all opencast site work, first time the hedges have been cut in 6 years do to numerous change overs, you can imagine the state there in!! Our poor McConnel PA is struggling that much were seriously looking at buying something bigger asap were not even halfway through yet \ \ I'll try get some pics of the madness :D I've asked Marky to post up my HYDROCUT Giraffe pics....30' reach. Quote
fendt-man-matty Posted October 30, 2007 Posted October 30, 2007 that looks like a good days work to me were you driving the case? Quote
nashmach Posted October 30, 2007 Posted October 30, 2007 Looks like rough stuff :D Any word of punctures on the lorry yet :D Quote
batcher Posted October 30, 2007 Author Posted October 30, 2007 It seems to be the norm nowdays for 3 year trimmings some new incentive i think The farm i'm on at the mo trims a third of the farm each year Yes the trimmer is having a hard time she's only 12 months old and i changed the flails around last week a few pics of todays jobby before the first cut second cut vertical final looks tatty because i brought the hedge up 16 inches during notice the electric fence still intact when i finished finished for today back to do the other side and a top run to tidy up tomorrow Quote
batcher Posted October 30, 2007 Author Posted October 30, 2007 what model of trimmer do you work stevo? Bomford falcon 5/5 on the back of a mxu 135 i would post some pics but photobucket playing around Quote
sparrow legs Posted October 30, 2007 Posted October 30, 2007 do you lift ya roller up for doing hedges? i find it helps no end to get a clean cut finish spearhead do a hyd controllled one, im tempted to get it retro fitted \ change from hedges for me 2morro after 4 months, im moving 360* diggers around with a jd 6820 and low loader, taking a 9 ton, dropping it off, then moving a 11 ton on weeding duties to the next job then back to the original sight to move a 7 ton back to the yard thats if i end up doing it, if not i will be driving a 19 ton volvo loading shovel then back to flailing on thursday Quote
Deere-est Posted October 30, 2007 Posted October 30, 2007 do you lift ya roller up for doing hedges? i find it helps no end to get a clean cut finish spearhead do a hyd controllled one, im tempted to get it retro fitted \ change from hedges for me 2morro after 4 months, im moving 360* diggers around with a jd 6820 and low loader, taking a 9 ton, dropping it off, then moving a 11 ton on weeding duties to the next job then back to the original sight to move a 7 ton back to the yard thats if i end up doing it, if not i will be driving a 19 ton volvo loading shovel then back to flailing on thursday If you do Mike you must get pics!! Quote
sparrow legs Posted October 31, 2007 Posted October 31, 2007 will get pics either way, should be a good challange as i will be going through local city and then narrow lanes if im on the lowloader Quote
Lord Ferguson Posted October 31, 2007 Posted October 31, 2007 Some pics from Mr Nigel Ford... he'll do the narrative I'm sure This posting Ford pics has got to stop Quote
nashmach Posted October 31, 2007 Posted October 31, 2007 Mark has seen sense - you are now posting Fords Quote
Kris Posted October 31, 2007 Posted October 31, 2007 do you lift ya roller up for doing hedges? i find it helps no end to get a clean cut finish spearhead do a hyd controllled one, im tempted to get it retro fitted \ change from hedges for me 2morro after 4 months, im moving 360* diggers around with a jd 6820 and low loader, taking a 9 ton, dropping it off, then moving a 11 ton on weeding duties to the next job then back to the original sight to move a 7 ton back to the yard thats if i end up doing it, if not i will be driving a 19 ton volvo loading shovel then back to flailing on thursday Were abouts have you been hedgecutting because ive seen a jd hedgecutting around thorn burstwick area alot recently. Quote
NIGEL FORD Posted October 31, 2007 Posted October 31, 2007 Some pics from Mr Nigel Ford... he'll do the narrative I'm sure This posting Ford pics has got to stop HYDROCUT Giraffe:30' reach seen here at Netherfield Hill Farm which we took over in the late 80's where the hedges were up to 120' wide including blown trees from the "hurricane" nothing had been done to the farm for 30+yrs other than a few cows roaming the ever decreasing grass that had been swamped by brambles and bracken from the "lines of trees" that were once hedges. This bit had actually been cut back by the electricity board a few years earlier but was the best place to catch the unit with the camera as I was mostly too busy pushing up all the felled timber with the FIAT-ALLIS. Shame I couldn't get it on full stretch taking off tree limbs. IT was Martin Ansell's set-up from near Dover, I managed to twist his arm to come the 40+ miles as it was a big job and we had the machine to keep the headlands cleared fast enough for further passes. He worked the saw up and down about 10' as he crept along, rather than at one level for several passes round the field. You will notice that the saw head is way out front for excellent vision. I've got brochures somewhere. Quote
sparrow legs Posted October 31, 2007 Posted October 31, 2007 looks a great rig saws will be used more and more with all the new rules etc, im tempted to buy a buz bar, expensive thoe :'( Quote
batcher Posted November 25, 2007 Author Posted November 25, 2007 Wow some bit of kit there I remember my dad useing a nuffield 360 and saw back in the early 70s he used to go out on contract to the farm next door removing the hedges to make the fields bigger (back in the day ) Quote
batcher Posted November 25, 2007 Author Posted November 25, 2007 Well on friday i found myself in a very unusal place at the end of a runway intresting not because every few mins a plane would go over my head going away glad to get the job done the amount of people who stopped to take pics was unreal i had to keep stopping they just stopped there cars in my way all the time Quote
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