"i despise the trigger set up, switches itself off after 5 seconds, i only use the top speed range setting (Level 3) but somehow keep shifting it to level 1, then have to toggle through Level 2, to 3 again. What a pain. If I was confident to rewire…"
"hi yes the hla135 is more powerful than the 65/66, and somewhat heavier. I use mine a lot. Mostly for tops of hedges. As I prefer non-long reach to trim the sides. On Yew today for example it cut further into the gnarly old growth than the 65/66…"
Hi all, just looking for some feedback on the Stihl HLA 135 hedge cutter. We have used the 65 & 66 for 5 years now and love them but looking for something a little bit better suited for a number of large conifer jobs we have to do over this coming…
"£160 a day gross is much too cheap I would say. We earn a good bit more than that even on maintenance days and tree work should pay more than regular maintenance in my opinion. Maybe try quoting higher in future and see if you still win the quotes."
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"To be fair Rob I feel you did well to complete in 1.5 days .
Making a guess at Ten hours which equates to £37 per hour for fairly specialised hard graft especially the clearing up which you probably misjudged and I have myself more often than I…"
"Rob, we do a fair bit of tree work but we do have a 6 inch chipper which would have speeded the job up and reduced waste removal considerably guess we would have put a day on it so £450 plus vat plus £150 plus vat for grinding. On the face of it…"
"The key os not to leave E10 in the tank/fuel system. I spend a lot of time on motorcycles when not gardening.... I had one I was selling last year. I had put E10 in it and left it 3 months, in the garage. Would it start? No.
I drained the fuel and…"
"Cut Leylandii branches lie nice and flat but those trees obviously produced a lot of bulky waste. The small size of vehicle used, added to the time taken. Compared to a tipper type truck with high sides. This experience will have helped with costing…"
"That puts you on about £160 a day before business costs are accounted for. Personally I do grounds maintenance excluding tree work and I aim for £200-£250/day in labour alone, if I was to remove waste it'd be cost + 1hr labour and hiring specific…"
"Basically, my 'tree guy' starts with stump grinding at £100. I don't know how small (or big) your van is, access to the job, your waste disposal costs incurred or how long it took you...
If it was around a half day- although I would have charged…"
I recently cut down and removed 5 cupressocypress trees that were between 10 and 14 foot high. I ground the roots down below the ground, and removed all waste. Three was approximately. 5 small van loads of waste. I charged. £375 including…
