This section is concerned with the removal of trees, tree stumps, bushes, scrub, undergrowth and hedges. A tree or tree stump is defined in SMM7 as having a trunk of at least 600 mm girth at 1 m above ground level or at the top of the stump. The assumption can only be made that anything smaller is a bush.
Guidelines for estimating for the removal of trees and stumps might include the following:
- Trees: Time for squad to fell; hire of chain saws; fuel and oil; sharpening; axes, wedges, pince bars and mauls; protective clothing; time to cut up and burn the slash; disposal of the main limbs and trunks to a tip or to a firewood merchant.
- Stumps: Time to excavate around larger stumps by hand, or by machine if numbers or size warrant; men excavating or hire of machine and operative; disposal of stumps to tip (firewood merchants seldom want to know about stumps).
Bushes, scrub and undergrowth can be removed by hand using chain saws or scrub saws and burning the residue. Machines can also be used to 'bulldoze' the scrub off the ground into piles for burning. Once again the choice depends on the size' of the site to be cleared and the density of the growth. Burning may not be allowed in smokeless zones or because of fire hazards nearby and disposal to a tip may be the only solution.
Example 5.1
Felling a tree, girth at 1 m above ground level say 2 m, burn slash, and remove trunk and main limbs off site. Nr
The only way to price the item is first of all to look at the quantity involved, and from this and the item description, to then assess the likely squad size and what is required by way of plant. An isolated tree or group of up to, say, five trees can be dealt with as follows:
Felling 5 trees, cutting up, burning, loading onto lorry:
3 laborers for 2 days of 8 hours at £6.50 £312.00
Hire of chain saw, nr 2, for 2 days at £8.00 £32.00
Lorry with MOL and driver for 2 days at £45.00 £90.00
* Charges at tip: 3 loads at £12.00 £36.00
£470.00
* This charge does not include Landfill Tax — see notes on this tax in the section on Disposal.
Profit and on-coast 20% £94.00
£564.00
Rate per tree £112.80
A lorry with mechanical off-load ( MOL) has a hydraulic crane mounted on the body. the crane can be fitted with a variety of devices for lifting different kinds of loads, e.g. pallets,
round logs, slings for beams, and hooks.
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