Worth the change?

[Khriss]

Go fr it Tomo - but yr wage wont be the same as yr gettin now ! But maybe the enjoyment will gie you the fulfilment - Kingswood courses should be good K

[Macca]

Is that really a reality though- how many employed climbers are on £30k plus and more to the point how many tree businesses on here (or any where) are able to pay themselves £90k- very few I’d guess.

Just speaking from my personal experience if you work hard enough it’s achievable. Lead climbers round here are on 35k, in my first year with van and chipper I earned 90k with a good accountant you can keep most of that. I’m not saying it’s easy but if your prepared to work your ass off then why not.

[skyhuck]

6 minutes ago, Macca said:

 

Just speaking from my personal experience if you work hard enough it’s achievable. Lead climbers round here are on 35k, in my first year with van and chipper I earned 90k with a good accountant you can keep most of that. I’m not saying it’s easy but if your prepared to work your ass off then why not.

 

Was that your wage or turnover? before or after VAT?

[Macca]

Turnover but as a one man band occasionally using subbies.

And of course I never accepted cash for 70% of my work, because that would be immoral and upset the big established company owners.

My point is there is good money to be made if you have the drive. If you settle for picking up sticks and putting them into a chipper for someone else the good luck making 20k a year!

[Matthew Storrs]

11 minutes ago, Macca said:

 

Just speaking from my personal experience if you work hard enough it’s achievable. Lead climbers round here are on 35k, in my first year with van and chipper I earned 90k with a good accountant you can keep most of that. I’m not saying it’s easy but if your prepared to work your ass off then why not.

 

Fair play- but a rough calculation says you if you go out with a 2 man team, truck chipper and usual standard tree gear- you’d be needing to clear £700 a day, after paying your groundie a decent wage and covering buisness costs you could probably pay yourself £90k if you did £700 220 days a year,

 

Who can honestly say they do that on a one man band operation?

[skyhuck]

2 minutes ago, Matthew Storrs said:

Who can honestly say they do that on a one man band operation?

Saying its easy, doing on the other hand.......................

 

Making good money in this game used to be pretty easy, 10 or so years ago, but these days everyones a tree surgeon and chippers are cheap.

[Haironyourchest]

I would consider trying to go part time at the warehouse - or some other steady job - and part time at the trees, on a casual basis working for yourself. You might find you're glad of some guaranteed indoor work come next winter, and take the tree jobs as and when they come up. Could do a bit of garden maintenance as well.... I've always thought there was wisdom in spreading the eggs around.

Edited January 23, 2018 by Haironyourchest
bloody spelling

[the village idiot]

3 minutes ago, Haironyourchest said:

I've always thought there was wisdom in spreading the eggs around.

Are you mad!

 

We need to keep him right where we can see him. He can do much less harm that way.

[Haironyourchest]

11 minutes ago, the village idiot said:

Are you mad!

 

We need to keep him right where we can see him. He can do much less harm that way.

You know, one day, some other arb forum is gonna come along and try to poach our eggs...

[the village idiot]

4 minutes ago, Haironyourchest said:

You know, one day, some other arb forum is gonna come along and try to poach our eggs...

It's no yoke hairychest, someone fried a half dozen weeks ago.