Rates for Self Employed Handcutters

[Wood wasp]

£100 a day. It was better paid 20 years ago.

 

 

How can a cutter run vehicle, saws, fuel, spares, insurances, holidays, pension etc etc for £100 a day?

[gdh]

We get cutters in occasionally when we can't do the work ourselves. We're paying one £130 a day at the moment which is top end for around here but it's only a a few weeks and we know him.

 

For regular work (but still self employed) the people I know vary from 80-120 and some higher if they're doing power lines, footpaths etc.

[TheHungrySquirrel]

Mr Squirrel,

 

Have you tried approaching your local National Trust estate or Woodland Trust site manager?

If you want to get into big soft wood you will have to buy the timber standing and all the associated risk and management. But although both these have "ticketed" employees they don't do wind blown and normally call in assistance. It's not the best soft wood it's good experience with little outlay. Just an idea.

Cheers,

James.

 

 

Thanks for that James it's got some good ideas in, will look into them in the week.

 

I'm guessing a lot of the softwood hand cutting is up north

[MattyBuist]

How can a cutter run vehicle, saws, fuel, spares, insurances, holidays, pension etc etc for £100 a day?

 

 

Aye when you take all that away you are left with not much £££ to take home.

 

 

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[Stephen Blair]

How can a cutter run vehicle, saws, fuel, spares, insurances, holidays, pension etc etc for £100 a day?

 

 

By not having a vehicle on finance, not having a £200 helmet and £250 boots and working 7 days a week and forgetting about social media.

Insurance is a grand a year, less than £20 a week.

Pension! Waste of time at the low end.

Car, £200 from buy sell swap.

People need to stop expecting everything then cry about not having it.

I would make more profit on £700 a week with just a saw and a Nisan micra than I do with loads of kit, big house and finance up to my nuts.

[Timber Man]

By not having a vehicle on finance, not having a £200 helmet and £250 boots and working 7 days a week and forgetting about social media.

Insurance is a grand a year, less than £20 a week.

Pension! Waste of time at the low end.

Car, £200 from buy sell swap.

People need to stop expecting everything then cry about not having it.

I would make more profit on £700 a week with just a saw and a Nisan micra than I do with loads of kit, big house and finance up to my nuts.

 

I didn't think the OP was complaining about anything, I read it as an enquiry.

[luftwaffe]

By not having a vehicle on finance, not having a £200 helmet and £250 boots and working 7 days a week and forgetting about social media.

Insurance is a grand a year, less than £20 a week.

Pension! Waste of time at the low end.

Car, £200 from buy sell swap.

People need to stop expecting everything then cry about not having it.

I would make more profit on £700 a week with just a saw and a Nisan micra than I do with loads of kit, big house and finance up to my nuts.

 

Stephen. its totally unrealistic to suggest than anyone should or will want to work 7 days a week, especially a tough game as forestry, not to mention lone working,.. if you haven't made your money pushing a saw by 4.30 on a Friday there is something wrong with the figures you are working for.

[Stephen Blair]

I didn't think the OP was complaining about anything, I read it as an enquiry.

 

 

It wasn't directed at him.

[Stephen Blair]

Stephen. its totally unrealistic to suggest than anyone should or will want to work 7 days a week, especially a tough game as forestry, not to mention lone working,.. if you haven't made your money pushing a saw by 4.30 on a Friday there is something wrong with the figures you are working for.

 

 

I never mentioned lone working.

I built my business on working 7 days a week as many hours as I could fit in the day, it worked for me.

It's my expectation of others.

I wasn't handed anything without working for it, I'm working now.

Need to go.

[Timber Man]

It wasn't directed at him.

 

Well whoever it was directed at what qualifies you to suggest a cutter that has all his own gear etc and has been cutting for two years is only worth £1OO per day ?