360,tree shear rates

[Johny Walker]

does anybody having any costing for these ,

 

cheers

[Gray git]

R G B forestry would be the 1 to talk to about that really.

 

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[LGP Eddie]

I think you're going to have to narrow it down a bit more than that as the variables out there with base excavator carriers plus shears is growing daily.

There will be a fair regional variation I'd expect also.

 

Your application will obviously decide what you're looking for, be it cut and hold or can you get away with cut and kill as I call them.

Are you looking to section down or simply whole tree shearing, with cut capacity requirements governing what you require.

 

Actual rates will vary tremendously as you have guys out there running specialist kit for this work and others just looking to add a few extra days work to their usual portfolio.

 

 

 

Eddie.

[Johny Walker]

I think you're going to have to narrow it down a bit more than that as the variables out there with base excavator carriers plus shears is growing daily.

There will be a fair regional variation I'd expect also.

 

Your application will obviously decide what you're looking for, be it cut and hold or can you get away with cut and kill as I call them.

Are you looking to section down or simply whole tree shearing, with cut capacity requirements governing what you require.

 

Actual rates will vary tremendously as you have guys out there running specialist kit for this work and others just looking to add a few extra days work to their usual portfolio.

 

 

 

 

Eddie.

 

 

 

prob up to 18",cut & stack for chipper

[roseyweb]

I got a price for a big 360 with mulcher

Was 850 a day, not the same but similar

[LGP Eddie]

I got a price for a big 360 with mulcher

Was 850 a day, not the same but similar

 

A little like the shear situation, people really need to know what they are hiring and is it like for like pricing?

 

A big 360 could be a description used for a standard 16 tonne machine running a fairly ordinary mulching head, or a 20 tonne plus machine running a top spec head, with tweaked hydraulics, power pack, guarding etc which can add up to a serious chunk of money.

 

 

In the shear example for up to 18" material stacked ready for the chipper, you could get away with a 13/16 tonne class running something like a large Tiger Shear and someone happy to do it for £450 per day, up to someone with deep pockets and a Westtech Woodcracker on a fully guarded setup with operator who does this work on a regular basis for something like £650/700 per day.

Both will get them on the floor, the second choice just does it more safely and efficiently, but as with everything some never get past the bottom line.

 

8 tonne standard machines, no guarding and run by the usual suspects who would be wearing the boilersuit and wellies to undercut your chainsaw work whilst they're at it, have rates for these with shear sub £300 per day now.

How much even a complete novice can do with a Shear for under £300 in a day compared to manual methods would be an eye opener.

 

As ever in the UK we take progress and manage to turn it into a race to the bottom against each other instead of offering good service and efficiency at a sustainable fair price.

 

 

 

Eddie.

[Stephen Blair]

Don't forget the haulage on top of the day rate!

[roseyweb]

My price was for a fastrac delivered forestry spec digger,

But I know what mean, I've seen top digging digger drivers make a right hash of brash and log stacking because it's a different discipline.