Field maintenance

[PinkvSantaboots]

I need to get my field topped and the hedges cut back in the inside so it's not on my electric fence, anyone know roughly what I should expect to pay for this?

Also need it sprayed for ragwort again no idea on how much this will be.

I'm going to ask the farmer next door if he wants to do it but have no idea of costs.

 

[cauda equina]

Whenever I get the local farmer to do anything it's £50, no matter what the job!

 

[Supercalifragilistic]

Our local farmer is always £80. That was the price for fields rolled and chain harrowed in the spring and then again for hedge cutting this autumn. Oh and also muck heap removal. Seems that £80 covers anything I don’t think we are all that far from you so might be a good guide.

 

[Goldenstar]

It all depends how much there is to do
I paid a contractor to top around nine acres in July that was £200.
Hedges for 25 acres of hedged paddocks and around a wood was £400 last year .

 

[Errin Paddywack]

I had most of our big field topped, would have been about 10 acres, cost me £150 which was fair enough considering how long it took. Last year he did the whole field (14 acres) and it was £200.

 

[TheMule]

My hedge cutter and field topper both charge an hourly rate

 

[PinkvSantaboots]

Whenever I get the local farmer to do anything it's £50, no matter what the job!

That sounds good

 

[PinkvSantaboots]

It all depends how much there is to do
I paid a contractor to top around nine acres in July that was £200.
Hedges for 25 acres of hedged paddocks and around a wood was £400 last year .

My field is tiny only just over 2 acres so hopefully it won't be that much.

 

[cauda equina]

That sounds good

It is, I've used a tree surgeon for hedging and grass cutting and he charges far more but the upside is you know when he's going to turn up - the farmer just arrives when he's got nothing else on!

 

[PinkvSantaboots]

He was our landlord and sold us the house so I know him quite well so hoping it won't be too expensive, he is clearing my muck heap soon anyway and said he would continue to do so for me, I will just ask him and see what he says his always been very reasonable.

 

[PinkvSantaboots]

It is, I've used a tree surgeon for hedging and grass cutting and he charges far more but the upside is you know when he's going to turn up - the farmer just arrives when he's got nothing else on!

Yeah I know sounds like our farmer as well, I do know someone who can clear the hedges so they were my back up.

 

[cauda equina]

Your farmer will probably be cheaper than anyone else

 

[PinkvSantaboots]

Your farmer will probably be cheaper than anyone else

Thats what thought as well but it's getting him to actually do it is the problem

 

[rextherobber]

Get a hedge cutter and a flail mower - field maintenance is addictive

 

[PinkvSantaboots]

Get a hedge cutter and a flail mower - field maintenance is addictive

I have a very small hand hedge cutter and have done the worse bits but it will take me forever to do the whole lot

I may invest in a sit on mower at some point but it's got a bit out of hand for that at the moment, so once it's under control I may be able to keep it down in between.

 

[rextherobber]

I have a very small hand hedge cutter and have done the worse bits but it will take me forever to do the whole lot

I may invest in a sit on mower at some point but it's got a bit out of hand for that at the moment, so once it's under control I may be able to keep it down in between.

It's so different from last year, isn't it? My fields were all brown and crunching when you walked over them, and feeding hay from June - never a dull moment!