hourly rate for stump grinding.

[Stumpy Grinder]

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

Could have subbed it to someone like me and made £130 for bugger all work and got your half day back!

Not many can work as cheap as I can though.

SG

[Richard 1234]

Could have subbed it to someone like me and made £130 for bugger all work and got your half day back!

 

Not many can work as cheap as I can though.

 

SG

 

 

Which begs the question why you do it so cheap?

 

 

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[HertsWood]

Used to work for a company in the 90's that charged £150 + VAT min call-out, which inc 2 diameter ft, then every additional ft was £12.50 + VAT, travel round trip @ £1 + VAT / mile.

[Luckyeleven]

Which begs the question why you do it so cheap?]

 

 

[Stumpy Grinder]

Which begs the question why you do it so cheap?

 

 

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Because I can and still turn a profit without ripping customers off! I haven't spent out on really expensive machines that owe me a fortune in return. As an electrical and mechanical engineer, I've been able to restore and maintain older machines and run them at low cost. I even resharpen teeth to get maximum use out of them.

It is also not my main income so I don't need to seize the maximum from every opportunity.

My ethos is an honest days work for an honest days pay. There are a lot of guys that use me now, many of them are on here.

I've quoted on jobs where customers have been quoted as much as 4 times as much for the same job! So am I too cheap, or are others taking the piss?

SG

[Richard 1234]

Because I can and still turn a profit without ripping customers off! I haven't spent out on really expensive machines that owe me a fortune in return. As an electrical and mechanical engineer, I've been able to restore and maintain older machines and run them at low cost. I even resharpen teeth to get maximum use out of them.

 

It is also not my main income so I don't need to seize the maximum from every opportunity.

 

My ethos is an honest days work for an honest days pay. There are a lot of guys that use me now, many of them are on here.

 

I've quoted on jobs where customers have been quoted as much as 4 times as much for the same job! So am I too cheap, or are others taking the piss?

 

SG

 

 

That all may be true but all you are doing is starting a race to the bottom. And making life more difficult for the people who do need to charge the higher figure.

 

 

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[inthewoods]

Because I can and still turn a profit without ripping customers off! I haven't spent out on really expensive machines that owe me a fortune in return. As an electrical and mechanical engineer, I've been able to restore and maintain older machines and run them at low cost. I even resharpen teeth to get maximum use out of them.

It is also not my main income so I don't need to seize the maximum from every opportunity.

My ethos is an honest days work for an honest days pay. There are a lot of guys that use me now, many of them are on here.

I've quoted on jobs where customers have been quoted as much as 4 times as much for the same job! So am I too cheap, or are others taking the piss?

SG

 

 

You're too cheap pal & just devaluing what everyone else does. I'm all for competition but when you go to cheap the arse will fall out of the market...

[Stumpy Grinder]

You're too cheap pal & just devaluing what everyone else does. I'm all for competition but when you go to cheap the arse will fall out of the market...

 

So, I can knock out 3-4 jobs such as you describe in a day and make up to £600 and that's too cheap?

[inthewoods]

So, I can knock out 3-4 jobs such as you describe in a day and make up to £600 and that's too cheap?

 

Yeah £11 a stump just seems too low?! Agree 450-600 a day is a good income & fair play if you're out doing that every day but with how many men /machines? Maybe with 3 or 4 jobs right next to each other you could but It's quite rural here & you'd have no chance. Just out of interest, how much for one 10" stump with easy access ?

[inthewoods]

That all may be true but all you are doing is starting a race to the bottom. And making life more difficult for the people who do need to charge the higher figure.

 

 

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Didn't see this post earlier but nail & head comes to mind, with a bit of banging