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You're thinking the wrong way imo.

 

If you're getting a verticle chipper, or even a bigger tracked, the whole point of them is being able to take the machine to the tree, and sell in leaving chip on site - The customer saves £xxx in disposal fees and has awesome chip they can use on their garden, spread out, loose in the rough etc. You don't need to mess around dragging stuff out, carting it away etc

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You're thinking the wrong way imo.

 

If you're getting a verticle chipper, or even a bigger tracked, the whole point of them is being able to take the machine to the tree, and sell in leaving chip on site - The customer saves £xxx in disposal fees and has awesome chip they can use on their garden, spread out, loose in the rough etc. You don't need to mess around dragging stuff out, carting it away etc

 

Well surely if I used it in the conventional way I'd kill two birds with one stone by having the ability to chip and leave or chip and take away without the costs of a tipper/big chipper!

 

What is the going rate for disposal fees, most tree work I see around here just leave chip in place, then again I don't drive past peoples back gardens that often!

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Good point, best start hitting the deadlifts.

 

By vertical chippers I take it that 'wee' chippers is meant. My Jo Beau M300 weighs 145kg and I get it on/off my pickup myself with no problems; ramps @£140! A trailer for the chipper would be even easier of course.

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Thats the plan, i'm talking occasional weekend work and looking to invest in equipment whilst still earning with my current job.

 

Get out there and drag some brash for another company, it's the best way to learn.

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Thats the plan, i'm talking occasional weekend work and looking to invest in equipment whilst still earning with my current job.

 

Don't overlook the potential tax advantages that can be derived from the description you give above.

 

(Don't act upon my advice - be sure to either research properly for yourself or seek the guidance of a tax / accountancy professional.)

 

If you are in full time employment AND registered self employed AND your self employment passes both the test of commerciality AND trading, you can offset the expenses of self employment against the taxable income from PAYE.

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Aye it's not about dragging brash!! in my first year all I did was ground and just climbed in my spare time and that pretty much set me for my career, watching those 3 full time climbers and occasional subby I learnt more of how to do and not how to do tree work than at any other point in my career.

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