Tips from a professional:HEDGE TRIMMING
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- čas přidán 11. 06. 2021
- This video is a tutorial for light hedge cutting and trimming with tips for amateurs as well as for professionals .We use the electric hedge trimmer from Stihl KMR 130 R that is great for private residential work.We hope you enjoyed our effort and hope you found value in the things we shared.If so, please Like and comment for a good showcase in youtube algorithm.Thank you!
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Best hedge trimming video in the archives of CZcams. I copied you EXACTLY and it's perfect
Thanks,that’s great to hear 🤗
Videos like this are why I love the internet.
Thankyou for sharing your tricks of the trade. You have saved me countless hours in trial & error!
Stringed Rake in the bush for the top level line. Excellent idea! I'll try it out next time.
I saw him at the Comedy Bin. Super cool to see him in character. His impressions are impeccable. Thanks “Ben.” Lol
Hallelujah - Your lines are PERFECTION! Wish you could teach a class for all beginners! Congratulations on a job well done~
Used to landscape..never had any luck with ropes...after a while the eyes became the rope😎
Nice to see how it's done! Thank you
Wonderful work! Hedge looks perfect after it's "hair cut"!
Cool thank you for the tips
Wonderful job. Many Thanks.
Best trimming
I always face the direction I am travelling when cutting the sides. Cutting a hedge is a bit like plastering a wall; if you are right-handed, start on the right, then travel left. If you are left-handed, it is the opposite.
Awesome finishing job. 👍
Thank you! 🙏🏻
Hi, looking at how well your trimmer cuts. I bought a new mains powered this week. And it is terrible, but it does feel sharp. It's rated to 14.5mm max, but that's dreaming. Even 5 mm is difficult.
The machine isn't jamming. Run it through bush, and bugger all gets cut. I also have a small hand-held battery, and it's brilliant.
Excellent vedio presentation.
This is awesome results.
Thanks for sharing this video.
Great video! Useful tips and tricks
Some great tips, I can tell you are a pro but you do a great job explaining
Thank you, lots of useful advice
Great video thank you, I really like the scaffolding,
Fantastisk udført arbejde 👌
Great work I have just purchased one of the the new stihl battery long reach hedgers and have been looking for help on getting the hedges cut the right way so thanks for your video
Thanks for the tips 👍
Like it ! I‘m really the same guy like you, getting me so well and down when I‘m using all my Stihl toys!
This was very useful. You still make it look easy but I got some nice tips from watching this. Thanks 👍🏻I'm now a new follower
Well done
Great job
Verry nice job man! It looks fantastic.
Great video!
Thanks very much for this video, it has helped me a lot!
i was looking for a video like this and you''re the only one i found , thanks
I like your work.
Some great tips. Hope they work for me 😂
beautiful work
Thank you for this video! Really interesting content and it's going to help me ensure i do it right!
Thank you so much my friend.
thank you, you deliver a technically comprehensive guidance and its good info for me as i venture to asist in trimming an overgrown ficus nitida privacy hedge.
Glad it was helpful! 👨🌾
Thank you!
Brilliant ❤
Excellent
Your expertise makes the work look easy. But, I know it's tedious🌳Especially like the sequences for trimming.👍
I use the lawn mower to gather, clean up and it mulches the residue that I put in the compost.
That is great,and if you trim often,you never need to even use a rake at all 👍
Viewers already know it all through many other CZcamsrs. It's more important to show how interesting you are than to explain, and I'm curious.
Nice job buddy...From Blacktown Australia
Thanks mate! Send some sunny weather Up to Denmark. 😃😃 I love Australia,never been visiting but because of the internet I visit virtually quite often! 😃😃 All the best!
Nice job
Thanks for the tips mate ,I like your aluminium platform ,jimmy Australia
I am in learning proces, but your vid helps me a lot ! Tanks
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brilliant 👏
Agree
thank you very much
Really great video - I learnt a lot - I've just bought a Stihl HS 82 RC-E hedge trimmer and will follow your video !
Many thanks.....all the way from London.
Hi Paul,
Great to hear that,I think the HS 82 is buletproof, i used to have 2 of them,as long as you use good non-ethanol petrol(I personally only use Aspen 2,highly recommend it),+change the sparks plug every 100 hours, you can own it for a very long time.
Take extra care at trimming the top,it is harder to achive a level top compared to the stang trimmer, still possible but more tricky.
Congradulation on the purchase,it´s a good one!
@@benjaminsagau Thank you for your detailed and helpful reply. If I find out I need a long reach trimmer I'll just buy one of those as well. I have a neighbour who I hate so I'm always buying the biggest, most powerful stuff that makes a lot of noise...!
I like the Made in Germany Stihl stuff - The made in China and USA not so great.
I sometimes use Motomix - the other trick is that here in the UK Mobil / Esso super unleaded is ethanol free. Add Stihl Ultra and it has worked out well. For winter storage time I add Motomix , run them to pump it through the carburettor and then store for a few months.
Once again thank you for a most helpful & detailed video.
@@paulwharton1850 that’s great to hear,made me laugh hearing about your neighbor, I wish I could do the same to some of my clients neighbors,but I am forced to mostly use electric when working for private clients 😃
Awesome tips. Great work brother thanks for the video and all the effort to make it and share your knowledge with us.
Thank you for the encouragement!
I enjoyed your sincere and clear explanations with visuals!
Agree 💯
I compliment you on a nice jog. One thing I like to do is turn my shears upside down and trim under the shrub to easily allow air to flow. Trimming under the shrubs makes it easier to rake out fall leaves and other debris that blow under the shrub. Also I do a slight angle cut on the top edge, and for some shrubs exposed to snow, I slightly round the top of shrubs. It seems to holdup to snow better. And for shrubs next to a home, I always like to get the shrub away from the home to keep it so insects can’t easily get into the home. Interestingly, for lots of shrubs, as God designed them, the terminal bud controls the lateral buds, so once the terminal is trimmed, it gives permission for the lateral to grow. And then it can be some shrubs called fire bushes especially can get a growth that needs to be hand thinned to allow the shrub to be trimmed, or the hedge trimmer will have a difficult time going below this growth. Hope this helps. JCM
Thank you for the kind words, I personally do not trim under the shrubs, it is because in the area we have 2 invasive species: Ground elder and horsetail., if they are covered with shade, it is hard for them to get sunlight,and the leaves stay better on the ground working as a cover for the sunlight too.So it keeps them on check very well. As for the top, I do cut it on a 45 degree angle, but only for some clients that like it better without a sharp edge.It is very rarely we get snow here,and when we do,it is not more than 3-5 cm(1-2 inches).This hedge, is able to hold a lot more snow without any problem.As for bugs, never a problem, since the walls are solid brick , no way there will any bugs have a chance get into it.And a more dense hedge is always sought after for better privacy.Hope this answers your concerns . 🙂
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@@benjaminsagauwhat is that shrub called I like it it’s dense but still a lot of green not brown hard wood growth.
@@Theno1ChatmanHave you ever seen a beech tree? That's the shrub.
great video... thank you .. my beech hedge is 18'-0' high and I have 300 feet of hedge,,, very helpful.. I was using a laser level
l to establish the top of the hedge
That’s a huge hedge! Glad you managed to make it nice 💪
Subbed, good video
I start at dusk by setting up a green laser to cut the top, and cutting in the dark is no problem. I like mine level so it follows the roof line of the house seen from the street.
Thank you -Great presentation. Can you recommend the battery tools. Thank you.
Thanks for encouragement,
If you think to use them for youreself home, they work good, especially if you have one line of tools that have the batteries, makita/Milwaukee/ Ryoby etc
If you do professional work, no, I do not recommend them.
A waste of money...
I am forced to use them, since many clients I have don’t like the noise the gas machine makes, but I lose money each time I use them, since I can do the job twice as fast in gas powered tools.
The battery technology is not at the place it needs to be for it to be better than the old alternative..
That’s the pure truth to it...
New subscriber
Thank you for the support! 🙏🏻🙂
Benjamin, good work but what about the other side of the hedge, the road or the neighbours side, if as you say the hedge is yours should you not cut that as well as your side. The other side of the hedge might not have your cutters to complete the task to your high standard. Will you help them out or is that someone else’s problem.
Nice tips ty im petrol guy for life i wont make the switch to electric, i noticed that you sweep downwards with the hedge trimmer i have always sweep upwards to get the drooping branches, also afterwards i also use the leaf blower to blow any remaining leafs under the hedgerow to mulch and feed it.
I love the petrol, my electric machines had a very tough time this year starting , because of the sticky blades making a lot of tar and locking them up.
Petrol-never an issue.
I cut in both strokes so I use both sides of the blade, efficiently wearing out the blades on both sides, and not lifting the machine twice as much on the same day.
The blowing under the hedge is a tough one, because I got called back few times to clean , because of the high winds we have in Denmark.
You clean, blow under, and 2-3 days after , all the yard is full of leaves again.
So I don’t do it ,unless I get permission from the client, or specifically asked to..
@@benjaminsagau sweet ty for the tips I'm in uk so maybe I'm dealing with different bushes but when i sweep down the branches just get deflected downwards so i have to sweep back up anyway, i basically sweep up take a step sweep up again and repeat, i will sharpen/replace my blades and try again see if that makes a difference.
Thank you -Great presentation. Even thought I have been trimming hedges, etc for over 77 years I learned a couple new tricks from it. Can you advise the model number of the battery pack and how long it runs before needing recharging?Thanks again
Technology steps forward! Equipment with a cable. 😂
@@darrendavidson8122 Makes the trimmer lighter and better balanced with the battery offboarded
@georgebarnes1373 : I use the top tier professional model from Stihl HSA 130 R,
I used to have a few Stihl HSA 86(a great machine for home use ), but they have a weak spot where the blades meet the body, and had all of them broke in the same spot. No problem yet for the one I work now with.
I use the Stihl AP 300 S battery packs, and the Stihl AL 500 FastCharger for battery charging.
The battery charges faster than the time I use to cut with the one on the machine,so it’s very dependable from that perspective.
On the downside, the battery on its prime , holds charge for 1 h for the way I cut,small pauses ,adjusting etc
And obviously, with the time battery will lose vitality, and the charging time will drop with time, until the battery dies completely.
So if I work on a place without a electrical outlet, I can’t use the electric trimmer.
@@benjaminsagau Thanks for the battery pack information response and keep up the great work as you help a lot of subscribers like me.
Great video, Benjamin! Can you please tell me about your scaffolding? Looks like a safe way to trim across the top of the hedge.
Hi Paul,
Glad you liked the video.Thank you for the encouragement 🙂
The scaffold is made in Denmark by a company called Jumbo.
It’s called “Lille Foldestillads Jumbo”(little foldable scaffold Jumbo).
It’s one of the most practical scaffold I own.I can get it trough doors very easy inside a house
I don’t know if you can get it outside Denmark but you can try.
I bought it with 1700 danish krones but now it’s around 3500-4000 since last year shenanigans in the markets 😔
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Very nice looking job, thank you for sharing. Do you use single use tool's, hedge trimmer, or the combination tool that can be used with attachments, or a combination of them? Thank you John
Hi John,
I use the combi Tools from Stihl as primary the KM 131 R is my favorite,that’s what I use 80% of the time with various attachments .
Also I use the KMA 130 R as the electric one ,and the attachments are interchangeable with the KM 131 R .
I used to work a lot with the Stihl 82 HC gas powered ,had 2 of them and Stihl HSA 86 but now I only use the combi systems and Stihl HSA 94 T, I found that this is the best combination that works for me.
I find them the most reliable and robust.
Many of other people I’ve worked with in the green branch here in Denmark complain about the connection on the combi systems,but I never had any problems,I take good care when I attach the implements(align them properly and set them all the way in,that is really important)
I Also lube the machine and the implements once every season,never had any issues.
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Fantastic job! I'm cutting someone's hedge tomorrow. What do you do about the possibility of snow bunching on the top? Some say leave a pointed tip instead of flat.
Depends on the hedge type, if it’s a hedge with flexible branches, than, I recommend you cut it as you said, if not, than flat is fine.
We don’t get a lot of snow in Denmark, so I cut everything flat anyway ..
What battery pack is that? I was looking for one with a traditional plug.
Great Tips! How long are the hedges, roughy 12m? How long does it take you to do this at a normal pace?
The hedge is 15 m long and 2,3 m high. I do it in around 1 Hour and 30 minutes if i dont need to film and re-film 🙂😀.
That is a slow pace still. The fastest I ever done a hedge 55 m long, and 1,80 high was 2 hours alone,top and sides and removed the clippings as well. “Easy money” 😛
did you say it looks better if the top line of the hedge is parallel to the ground or if it is level even if the ground is not?
95 percent of the times I cut parallel with the ground.It looks better and it is very fast.If you cut perfectly level,you might have a hedge on a slope where on one side it’s knee high and on the other side is 3 meter high (10 foot).There are also regulations what tells minimum and maximum hedge height,(there is a long list of laws how hedges need to be cut in Denmark,very funny I know,but it’s true) and most of the time if cut perfectly level, the height interfere with the law..
Only exception is on a perfectly flat land or if the hedge is around a house or under a advertisement or something.
The rest of the times is only parallel with the ground. Of course if the ground drops in a spot by 1 m or so, you just ignore that part and cut parallel with the most ground parallel.Hope it makes sense
nice work, choosing whether to follow the ground level or perfectly level is a hard choice that must follow your lot particularities and common sense.. personally I prefer to identify the lowest point and continue at level from there, I have a fairly flat lot, the white string helps maintain a straight line, happy trimming!
When do you usually start cutting liguster hedges?
@@markq23 Sorry Mark, just seems your comment now. I cut liguster for private clients twice a year , Start of May and beginning of Octomber.
For companies I usually do it only once a year in July when everyone is on holidays
( July is the holiday month in Denmark)
Parking spaces are all empty so it’s very easy.Also because it’s middle of the season,it stays relatively nicely cut all year round.
Hope it helps! 🙂💪
@@benjaminsagau thanks for the reply 😊👍
Whats the model numbers for the blower and telescopic trimmer?
I have the normal hedge trimmer with the batteries and Charger.
Thanks again 😊
I am complete novice and getting into hedging . Your video is excellent.
2 Questions
1. Can you explain again how to use line at top of hedge. What measurement do I take at both ends to get straight hedge at top?
2. Any idea roughly what hedging pays for say a 50 meter long beech hedge and 3 meter high..
Thanks.
Hi Francis,
Glad you found the video useful,
1.Take the smallest height you have and keep that parallel with the ground,it makes your job so much easier.You get a reference point on your body and keep the machine at the same height in reference to your body all the way on the length of the hedge.As opposed to perfectly level where you need to adjust the height of your machine every few cm...up or down.
2. If you never did hedge trimming before,try doing it on an hourly basis.You won’t get burned if you do so,and you get to learn the technique on your own terms.
If you know and did hedge trimming before,take into consolideration that working on a scaffold or a ladder will slow you down by 50% compared to the case where you don’t need a ladder/scaffold.Plus the extra precautions you need to take regarding safety.
I myself have an extension for my combi trimmer and I can reach all the way up to 3,5 m high from the ground,
And I have a little Gigant ladder (7steps,extendable to 14 )for the top with adjustable leg heights...
2 hours and 15 minutes alone,including removing the clippings, for once in a season cut(one year old).If the hedge was last time trimmed 2 years ago,that’s 5-6 hours.and of course double the price.
The price depends also on 3 other factors: I have 3 steps where the clients can choose:
1 Basis cut: I just cut and leave the leaves on the ground(cheapest) Usually diy kind of people or pensioners( some commercial clients too)..that are too intimidated of not destroying the hedge or are affraid of getting sued by neighbours if they do something wrong(that is more common than people realize).I use only gas powered( much much much faster)
2.Premium cut: I use extra caution and patience to make a really nice job and get the clippings away ( moderate price).Electric machines( very slow but very quiet)
3 All inclusive: Newly sharp blades on the trimmer(that takes time in my free time-but it gives a very nice and healthy look), removing the weeds from the bottom of the hedge with the roots, plowing under the hedge,trimming the edge of the grass,removing the clippings,blowing the clippings/vacuuming everything that did not get collected from the first 2 steps.(the most expensive)
I use ONLY electric machines for the all inclusive clients.
If you did read everything hope you did not get bored...
@@benjaminsagau Benjamin
I am very grateful for the time you took to answer my questions. If the land is gently sloping, and the existing hedge Is 5 ft, and the lowest point is 4 1/2 , do I just cut all the hedge to 4 /12 ft or as I would think to do, do I make the top of the hedge level using a line. So to the naked eye the top of the hedge would be dead level across the full length of the hedge?
Thanks again.
Francis
@@murtaghslawncare. Always glad to help..
Try doing it level at 4 1/2 with a line, as shown in the video,or if you have a green laser level you can try cutting in an cloudy day,or as I do on an early morning with the electric hedge trimmer.(the sun rays overshadows your laser beam)
The green laser is 4 time stronger than the red,and its best seen on green surfaces(with the green glasses).if you don’t have one,try lending one from a friend or a rental place. Just don’t drop it,under no circumstance.I did not show the laser method because I am sure 95 % of the people seeing my video won’t have/use one..
I recommand Dewalt DCE089D1G, had 2 of them one Got broken After i dropped it From the scaffold. I also had the Bosch GLL 3-80 G,But haven’t been so impressed with it as with the Dewalt.
Please let me know how it went for you.Courious how it will go..
@@benjaminsagau hi Benjamin, you are a great help and it inspire me to keep on going into this new field. I have only recently started a lawn care service here in Ireland and a customer asked me to trim their hedge. I’m a trier! I made a mistake however cutting the top but thankfully I was able the next day to bring the whole hedge down and with the help of a line I straightened it out. I was sick with worry for a day. But thank God it all worked out. Now you know why I’m paranoid about the top, but the laser could be a game changer for me. Thank you again.
Francis
Myself got the big petrol Stihl 130 and not bother with putting up a line as its easy to keep it straight without one
Watch at 2x speed 🔑💯
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Can you please tell me the name of the bushes In your yard? And if it’s 1 or 2 bushes in a single row?
I am not sure which one you mean,the one I cut was a beech hedge,15 years old,planted on one row.
The small bushes you can see when I explain about the top are called Thuja and are planted on one row.
Do you ever clean up the other side of the hedge?
No,That is the responsibility of my neighbor, he cuts it once a year 🙂
@@benjaminsagau Once a year? Wow, that would be a huge job unless that a slow growing hedge. I would never wait that long. Your side sure look nice when you're done with it.
@@jnicksnewstart when I bought the house it had not been trimmed on the top and my side for 10 years, it was around 7 meters high. I took around 4 trailers (3,5 tones) of branches and leaves.
Now it definitely looks better .
@@benjaminsagau Oh my gosh.😲 What a mess. I hope you had help with that.
What type of bushes are those?
Beech tree hedge
What about the bottom edge?
Why not use red string instead of green?
How do you stop leaves dropping over your neighbours side ????
The “Hedge Law” in Denmark states that as a property owner, you are responsible for half of the top part of the hedge.
If you do it that way, there is almost impossible to drop klippings on the neighbors yard.
But if you have a good relationship/want to be nice to your neighbor, you cut it all,
If you don’t have a good relationship with the neighbor , probably not the best thing to do, you can get sued (small claim court).
If you do him a favor and is a nice neighbor, he most likely bring you a gift of some sort( a wine bottle/ candy/ 6 pack beer/ beverages/ or cakes) regardless if he will have some gree garbage on his yard after doing HIS work .
So depending on your neighbor, the results may vary greatly.
Hope it answers your question.
what kind is this plant?>
Beech(Fagus)
What type of Hedge is that?
Beech
Rope? What a load of cobblers!
3:41 charge hourly 😂
Always use scissors as a pro. It will reduce damage to the hedge
This week I cut together with other 2 guys over 2000 sq m hedge, try do that with scissors 😀
Nice job chap but most videos are of hedges that are regularly trimmed, it's those that are not that take the work! You probably know the kinds of jobs I mean!!! Taking inches off is one thing, taking metres off is something else!!!
You can cut any kind of thickness using these principles, no matter is an inch or a foot, you get the same results. I cut this hedge around 3-4 times a year,so it is an easy job(you can imagine it gets a lot of fertilizer 😃😃)But a deep cut is only done in winter(when the sap is in the roots) and only one side a year! It is very important to keep that in mind. If any clients ask me to do it as they wish,I do it only with a written notice where they sign that they take responsibility if the hedge is dying.Don’t ask me how I found that out 😃😃 . Also at the top,some plants can’t be trimmed until the right height desired by client is achieved, eg. Thuja .Any small mistake can cost a lot if the trimming is done wrong.A full grown hedge is extremely expensive.And a settlement in court is maybe 2-3 days max if a client complains to the council.These are the only major things to remember if the cut needs to be done very deep.And if you cut the top,you need to cut it close to the base of the closest branch at the top,if you cut the whole length of the top of the hedge on the line, the extra stumps over the branch will rot,damaging the plant in the long term.. So yeah,hope it helped you my explanation 😀🌳
Your grass was long. Should of mowed it with a bag on to also capture hedge cuttings. Save time, noise.
Setting lines is no-good. As you never know the previous cut, epecially on None-deciduous plant/Hedges. Cut to eye cut small then smaller for symmetry.
Are you Jewish?
Hi Frederick,
It’s funny you think so,I wonder what made you think that? Is it my hair,or my body ? Hahaha,
Trust me,if I would be Jewish I would definitely be a banker or a jewler,not a construction worker/ Gardner.
My First name is Jewish tough, very popular tough, even on the 100$ bill. (Benjamin Franklin)
@@benjaminsagau it was your name. Not all Jews are bankers. The ones I know that are bankers are the International bankers. The Amalekite group.
@@YHWHoshuaYisrael that is true 😀,the reason I think that way is because on a trip I had in 2018 in Antwerp,Belgium ,on the Main Street there were full with Jewish businesses dealing with finances and jewelry and diamonds. 😀
Never mind - nature is not perfect!