Man with chipper and tipper

[Matthew Storrs]

I honestly think every job has hidden problems that one might not consider on the face of it.

 

I like your suggestions Richy and know where your headed but if there was an easy way to make a return on something everyone would be cottoning on? I wish I was a little more enterprising sometimes- some people seem to make money out of nothing but I'm not one of them!

 

In response to the OP- I'm sure if your in the right circle you will get work with the setup you describe but just be aware to expect every day will be a flogging. I.e. People will want their money's worth and the only way you can deliver that with that sort of work is to beast yourself and chipper- I may be wrong but used to offer myself with a tracked chipper and gave up in the end - too much sweat for little reward.

 

good luck what ever you decide.

[flatyre]

Have you any landscaping skills? Instead of spending the full £15000 on a good fresh tipper and chipper, get something a bit older but reliable, that way you'll have some change for a stump grinder and log splitter, for 15k it won't be new, and probably not very pretty, but if you thrifty you'll be able to buy some good old reliable gear, get it tidied up and you'll have a few more cards up your sleeve.

I work with a local firm in a similar capacity, and get a fair amount of follow on work, processing the timber for the customer, stump grinding, and tree work is quite often part of a larger garden overhaul. "Now the tree's gone, know any good landscapers?" Kerching!

[Gary Prentice]

7 hours ago, eggsarascal said:

I also do some water pipe work. Do you thrust bore?

I wish I'd known that, I needed information about installing services below a tree root zone last year