Definately not a qualified Arborist... hahahaha

[Mesterh]

and you aint gonna get a three man gang for a day for £450

 

Oh really!

 

Thats a good rate around here mate.

[Arborist]

Oh really!

 

Thats a good rate around here mate.

 

Well if I was going out at that id be selling the truck chipper and the rest of the gear and pack it in + if you north west and then im Berkshire / Surrey borders, the cost of living, houses etc are a lot higher down hear!

Edited December 4, 2009 by Arborist

[Mesterh]

Well if I could get £900 a day for 3 men I would be living in Barbados mate.

[Arborist]

I try and work out at 250 no vat per person so 2 man £500 and three man £750 per day sometimes I look at the job and think I cant charge as much and other times and look at a job which can be done but is wourth more than 750.

There's a larger AA approved firm near me that charges £300 inc vat per person per day and they go out as 3 man teams and each team needs to earn £900 and the team leader main climber only gets paid £80.

[Mesterh]

I try and work out at 250 no vat per person so 2 man £500 and three man £750 per day sometimes I look at the job and think I cant charge as much and other times and look at a job which can be done but is wourth more than 750.

There's a larger AA approved firm near me that charges £300 inc vat per person per day and they go out as 3 man teams and each team needs to earn £900 and the team leader main climber only gets paid £80.

 

Excellent stuff if you can get those prices:thumbup1:

 

Just wouldnt work here on a daily basis. None would pay me £500+ to spend a day in there garden no matter what the job. Ok well maybe no matter but you get the jist.

[Steve Bullman]

i felt sorry for that guy on that occassion.....he was no rogue. didnt have a clue about tree work, but he was no rogue...just an old fella trying to earn a living.

[Arborist]

Thing is the cost of all the machinery, insurance, risk and the hard graft etc that we put in, we should be able to charge a damn site more!

[Mesterh]

i felt sorry for that guy on that occassion.....he was no rogue. didnt have a clue about tree work, but he was no rogue...just an old fella trying to earn a living.

 

Cant agree on that though mate.

 

He was doing a job and charging a customer about a job he knew nothing about.

 

Not an excuse in my book that he was just old and trying to make some money.

[Arborist]

i felt sorry for that guy on that occassion.....he was no rogue. didnt have a clue about tree work, but he was no rogue...just an old fella trying to earn a living.

 

But what about the letter he served the woman comdemming the tree, that was out of order!

 

In the end didnt they all have a chat and the younger one said he would look in to getting more training?

[penfold]

i felt sorry for that guy on that occassion.....he was no rogue. didnt have a clue about tree work, but he was no rogue...just an old fella trying to earn a living.

 

stitch up springs to mind here, he did enventually fess that he didn't know what sort of tree it was and he did have a collins field guide in the cab of the van which if the truth be known not many people have that kicking around their wagon do they?

However the H&S of that mob was disgraceful.