Splitting

[Bird]

I've been asked to split someone some firewood they have using my splitter ...what to charge ?

[Mick Dempsey]

Oh Gawd! Give us some details please, amount, splitter, length etc.

[Bird]

Unknown amount and with petrol 10ton jobby

[Mick Dempsey]

Do it on a daily rate (8hrs) at around £280 quid.

 

Then pay someone a hundred quid a day and pocket the rest.

[Bird]

As said unknown quantity but what if it's only few hours

[Mick Dempsey]

Then I dunno. Transport, petrol, wear and tear etc.

 

As much as you can. It's business.

[gooseflight]

as said unknown quantity but what if it's only few hours

 

(280/8)*3

[Ty Korrigan]

I now charge by the day, 2 men minimum, often 3.

Tractor has a grab bucket to move larger rounds that take 3 guys to move on the splitter.

I used to charge by the stere which is a variable cubic measurement depending on the length of the split log.

However, then clients would ask us to move the split wood, stack, clean up etc which ate into our splitting time turning it into a loss.

Your time, your machine and fuel etc.

Most clients seem happy when I give them an estimated number of stere per day depending on the type/size of wood.

Those knarly hedgerow oak pollards are a total b'strd to split compared to ash or a skinny pop.

Ty

[flatyre]

yeah you really need to know more before you can price these kind of jobs, its hard enough when joe public doesn't have a clue! I've been asked to split and stack wood for customers who thought they had a "few hours work", turned out to be three days splitting so far and the pile of rings doesn't look that much smaller, on the other side I've had customers ask me to "fell" and process trees that were six feet high and no thicker than my wrist, was almost embarrassed to charge them.

[Bird]

Thanks for all help so far ...I'm a person who always says I will do something as stupid who loves work