Chipping and Stumpgrinding Rates

[Mark Wileman]

Evening,

 

Do any of you have experience of, or have sub contracted out chipping/grinding responsibilities to third parties?

 

I understand my audience here is mostly tree firms with chippers/grinders or the relevant tickets to hire and use them, I am just trying to think of small ways to wiggle into Arb in my area without starting up on my own. Majority of my work will come from freelance groundieing/climbing but I was thinking of offering a chipping/grinding service directly to clients or on a subby basis to gardeners/landscapers/builders as they wouldn't have the necessary insurance/qualifications to hire such machines.

 

Also my plan would be to do this without a tipper, instead using a pick-up and chip into the back; realistically is a pickup too small to be an effective chip moving vehicle?

 

Oh, and what rates have people had experience with? With a 6" chipper costing 100-120 a day to hire I'd have to be around the £200 mark to make it worthwhile.

 

Thanks!

[Will Heal]

Hire myself out with tipper and chipper for £250 a day to other firms.
With two of us it's £400.
Better than just climbing for someone for £150 a day and having the van and chipper sat in the yard.
Had to use my double cab to chip into for a couple weeks during the summer when my transit was off the road. Even ramming it full with high sides it takes a tiny tiny amount of chip. 5 times less? Not good for normal tree work

[Will Heal]

Hire myself out with tipper and chipper for £250 a day to other firms.
With two of us it's £400.
Better than just climbing for someone for £150 a day and having the van and chipper sat in the yard.
Had to use my double cab to chip into for a couple weeks during the summer when my transit was off the road. Even ramming it full with high sides it takes a tiny tiny amount of chip. 5 times less? Not good for normal tree work

[Mark Wileman]

Thanks Will. I wish double towing was legal, I have a 12ft trailer  I can only give it a go, throw it on the services list, after all it's isn't actually going to cost me anything as I'll be hiring once I get the contract 

I definitely won't be investing in a tipper in the short term, I won't get enough use for it to warrant paying for the insurance/tax and I can't use a tipper has my runaround like I can a pickup!