How much to hire mr rotovator?

tight_jock

How much should I pay by the hour to have a guy rotovate my rather large garden ready to start again ?

Or maybe that should be how much would you pay?

navig8r

tight_jock wrote:

How much should I pay by the hour to have a guy rotovate my rather large garden ready to start again ?

Or maybe that should be how much would you pay?

One man + machine and fuel ,at least £15 + VAT..

look into hireing one at your local tool hire shop or a couple of you get together and hire by the week which is the cheapest method.

Dave

dawnydee73

I have hired one in the past, can't remember how much I paid but it was well worth it. It doesn't take that long once you get going. We had ours for the weekend but a day would of been long enougn

Tomthumb

Thank god for that - I so thought you wanted to hire Mr Motivator!!!!

emmaroids

i wanted to rent one for my large plot, i needed it for a few days and the cheapest i could get was 40 quid per day or 80 quid for a week, i nealry went for the 80 quid option when i saw one in my local papers classified adds for 75 quid and he delivered it :money:
now its in my shed and ive always got one lol
my point is try to buy a cheap one first, you never know the gems you can find in your local paper

KatrinaC_2

Please bear in mind that if you do rotovate through perennial weeds that it will chop up the roots into lots of little bits. If that happens you go from having one large dandelion or dock to having thousands...

Try getting up as much of the weeds by hand before you do, making sure that you get all of the scraps of roots out. Whilst the weather is damp they should come out quite easily. Although it is time consuming, it is easier to do a few now than hundreds later!

Kat

Lord_Gardener

KatrinaC wrote:

Please bear in mind that if you do rotovate through perennial weeds that it will chop up the roots into lots of little bits. If that happens you go from having one large dandelion or dock to having thousands...

Try getting up as much of the weeds by hand before you do, making sure that you get all of the scraps of roots out. Whilst the weather is damp they should come out quite easily. Although it is time consuming, it is easier to do a few now than hundreds later!

Kat

I agree, I've had to fix many rotovated plots/gardens in my time - lots of business for us pro's!!!

icklejulez

On the subject of this we are looking at buying a house where the garden has not been touced for years. It muct be over 120foot long and around 40 foot wide. It has trees growing sideways with roots therefore growing up through the soil. There is large concrete blocks all over the garden randomly thrown in. Anyone any ideas of how to tackle it or how much it may cost. My hubby is not very strong.

Sorry to hijack the thread, I had been wondering about rotivators myself and how much they may be.

Caroline2CV

Have you tried:

1. http://www.freecycle.org
2. Got any nearby allotments? They often have an 'onsite' trading hut and willing to share their knowledge/advice etc (Check with local authority website {see if you can get the postcode of the allotment and then use
   http://www.multimap.com/map/home.cgi?client=public&lang=&advanced=&db=GB
   
   (once you have the allotment postcode)
3. Birthday or Anniversary coming up soon - get friends & family to 'club together' re hire fee
4. Friends of the Earth - they encourage sharing of tools - localgroups@foe.co.uk

tight_jock

KatrinaC wrote:

Please bear in mind that if you do rotovate through perennial weeds that it will chop up the roots into lots of little bits. If that happens you go from having one large dandelion or dock to having thousands...

Try getting up as much of the weeds by hand before you do, making sure that you get all of the scraps of roots out. Whilst the weather is damp they should come out quite easily. Although it is time consuming, it is easier to do a few now than hundreds later!

Kat

Not a problem as I use comercial roundup on new growth after rotovating.

richyrich7

That's right tight jock spray first 14 days later rotorvate, then when what's left rears its head, blast it again.