Does anyone hire out things to collect chip and logs

[Charleton Chips]

I've been thinking about expanding my green waste recycling business and offering a hire services for tree surgeons when they doing big jobs. So they could hire either a grain trailer or a 40yd skip so they can chip into or put logs in to be taken away. So does anyone offer this service. 

[Steve Bullman]

Never come across it.  Could be a good idea though if the price is right.  I would imagine you will end up with masses of leylandii though

[AHPP]

I’ve always thought roll on roll off skips that you can easily walk or drive into would be great for tree jobs.

[Charleton Chips]

We accept any chip and logs so leylandii wouldn't make a difference to us we re process it all anyway. I was thinking more of the big roro skips for the site clearance jobs or a job with access for a lorry or a tractor and trailer 

[benedmonds]

Dropping off a big roro skip could be really useful on some jobs..

[Charleton Chips]

I'm just looking for ideas how I could expand my business but also help others and make money so that's y I was thinking about a collection service for chip and logs. About like a skip hire. But only doing Roro or grain trailer. 

[tree-fancier123]

If a big leylandi hedge is removed i can see the wood being acceptable for biomass chip, what about the foliage greenery conifer chip, how is that processed and moved on in quantity?

 

 

[Charleton Chips]

We screen all our chip and the chip we receive in the yard. Especially conifer so the woody chip goes for fuel and the leafy bit goes for a mulch type product. As we mix both before the screening process with dry chip we've had sitting for months. 

 

How much would you charge for the collection or does anyone do it now. 

[Gray git]

Charging for it will be a fine balance between it being worth it for yourself and for the contractor not to think they will deal with it the normal way because in most cases someone taking on bigger jobs is also going to have the resources to shift the arisings themselves although actual disposal can be the decider.
To some smaller businesses the decider might be being able to drop a Roro in there yard to fill over a few weeks of small jobs instead of going off to multiple tip sites then back to yard its a simple rtb and empty each night.

[tree-fancier123]

I enquired about a ro ro a few years back for a line of conifers, it was a skip firm with their own waste transfer site, if i only put wood and chip in hed do a bulk green waste at 10 a ton, plus 120 for haulage for each trip it needed emptying. I thought £ 10 a ton cheap even with the haulage, lower cost overall on a big clearance. The Biffa Amey commercial local one is 4.4p kilo Amey or about 55 a ton Biffa, green waste  only, also no stems over 8 inches. 

Edited January 14, 2018 by tree-fancier123