hourly rate for stump grinding.

[rick k]

£2 an inch?

That would make a 3ft stump cost £72

 

No

 

Or you can do all mine at that rate and I'll sell my grinder

 

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[inthewoods]

£2 an inch?

 

You want to double that if they're a lil old lady, or triple it if there's a range rover on the drive!

[Green wood]

Surely it's £100 minimum a stump, even if it's 30 minute's, the cost, time , handling and use of the grinder is prohibitive for the home owner, there not hiring one out and doing it theresen. By the time you've loaded, unloaded, set up boards, tidied up, taken away the spoil, accounted for teeth, belts fuel, it more than justifies the cost. If you've bought a decent machine and paid alot of money for it your selling yourself too short. I can't rember the last stump job I lost, but can numerous tree jobs I lose. I highly specialised expensive bit of kit can't go out on a hourly rate in my eye.

[inthewoods]

Surely it's £100 minimum a stump, even if it's 30 minute's, the cost, time , handling and use of the grinder is prohibitive for the home owner, there not hiring one out and doing it theresen. By the time you've loaded, unloaded, set up boards, tidied up, taken away the spoil, accounted for teeth, belts fuel, it more than justifies the cost. If you've bought a decent machine and paid alot of money for it your selling yourself too short. I can't rember the last stump job I lost, but can numerous tree jobs I lose. I highly specialised expensive bit of kit can't go out on a hourly rate in my eye.

 

I've got 14 to do on Tuesday 12 of them are under 12" the other 2 are 12-18" what would you charge? All easy acces

[Green wood]

Total up what I can do in one day adjust to what I want to make on that day price for job. Would I go out to do a stump for less than £100 no.

[hamdogg]

1/2 foot stump for £100?

[simonm]

will do, my local hire store only have the Rayco, another store has a Toro STX26, great machine, but £160 a day and two hours round trip to pick it up!

 

I was exactly the same when i started up, hiring the same grinder on a 2 hour round trip! machine was horrible to use, bought a new 1 on finance the paid it off in 6 months with the extra work i did with it. Plus its always there when i want it.

[Mark Bolam]

Surely it's £100 minimum a stump, even if it's 30 minute's, the cost, time , handling and use of the grinder is prohibitive for the home owner, there not hiring one out and doing it theresen. By the time you've loaded, unloaded, set up boards, tidied up, taken away the spoil, accounted for teeth, belts fuel, it more than justifies the cost. If you've bought a decent machine and paid alot of money for it your selling yourself too short. I can't rember the last stump job I lost, but can numerous tree jobs I lose. I highly specialised expensive bit of kit can't go out on a hourly rate in my eye.

 

 

That's exactly the way I see it.

 

 

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[Stumpy Grinder]

I've got 14 to do on Tuesday 12 of them are under 12" the other 2 are 12-18" what would you charge? All easy acces

 

I'd do them for about £150. Probably take about 1.5 hours.

You are a bit too far away though!

SG

[inthewoods]

I'd do them for about £150. Probably take about 1.5 hours.

You are a bit too far away though!

SG

 

£280 thought i priced it a bit low?! It'll take me more than 3 hours though :-)