Alaskan milling cost per hour

[Woodworks]

Why is it acceptable for solicitors, accountants, doctors etc to get £500+ a day but not us.

 

£500 a day for a solicitor! In my dreams, thought they were £150-£200 an hour

[devon TWiG]

£250 an hour last year .... and no it is not "acceptable " it is f'in blackmail !!!!!

[Stephen Blair]

You charge what the market allows!

If it's for a mates granny and you are feeling bad, charge less.

It's not a race to the bottom guys.

£40 per hr minimum for anyone using a saw self employed doing their own work.

[Rough Hewn]

I'd also recommend several saws and mills. Each pre set for different thickness cuts. Saves so much time.

Not to mention a high quality bench grinder for all the long chains,breaker,spinner,etc

[emoji106]

 

 

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[Rob D]

Not knocking it Rob if you get that much for so little financial investment. Interested as I have considered buying a mobile bandmill to add to the services we offer but if I could get that for so little money and storage space I might look into it. Doubt I would get much that down here but even £200-£250 a day would make it worthwhile to me. How much juice does an 880 get through on a hard day?

 

Think you use Aspen so can see that adds to your costs but can also understand why as so close to the exhaust when working. The other things you mention are the same with processing ie a hard slog and lots of prep the night before. Like learning new skills and already done a bit of milling at home just for fun without problems.

 

 

You don't need to work about how much fuel the 880 uses or the extra cost of Aspen - cause you should be making more than enough not to make these costs factor.

 

You're not selling the sausage you're selling the sizzle'

 

 

Folk out there will spend £20k on a saw mill and £200 on a website and charge £220 a day....

 

...when their competitor spent £15k on a sawmill £3k on a website and the other £2k advertising/social media/t-shirts etc and charge £350 a day.... and have more work.

 

£320-00 a day.

 

 

 

 

 

[Rough Hewn]

Thats pretty strong money for just 2k of kit Rob

 

 

Last time I looked, my setup costs about 8k for saws, mills and misc.

Then the 5k vehicle and 1.5k trailer

And my mates 5k of saws and mills.

Probably getting a new chipper and old 4x4 in spring another 7-8k.

Oh and the yard and workshop.

Training costs, tickets, ppe,

Insurance blah blah blah...

Hmmm

Yup.

Price just went up to £420 a day.

Thanks guys [emoji106]

 

 

 

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