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John Shutler
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After running crane fed chippers and roofmount tractors for the last 4-5 years with 3 different chippers and 3 different tractors i still find myself questioning my rates for this equipment.

what do people charge hourly for a crane fed chipper and tractor? obviously combinations of both affect pricing so currently i’m running a heizohack 8-400k behind a valtra t163 with 8m crane.

I also bill for 8hrs minimum per day to include travel unless the gear needs to go on a low loader in which case it’s 8hrs minimum plus low loader cost

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I wish I could get those rates, there's still people hedge trimming around here for £25 an hour. I go out with our heizohack 12inch (the model below) for £50 an hour plus vat and charge travelling on top at £35 but I don't have a crane on the same tractor and do very little contracting so I'm not really competitive.

 

Our valtra costs £25 an hour to run including diesel, depreciation, insurance etc, then I put £10 in for me, the chipper is the hardest bit to cost when you try and work out repairs etc.

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I say part of it is what are you chipping, clean sorted brash is easy on the machine but skill to feed, site clearance piled up crap runs the risk of damage and roundwood for biomass is hard work on the machine and sucks fuel like mad.
I bring in a 10 500 hiziohack on a boosted valtra t203 with 9m botex at £110 hr travel is £50 hr but that machine can put out 2m³ chip per min given enough to go at.

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I'd look to pay you £700 for an 9hr day on site with that size machine, 1/2 hr breaks at 10.00am and 1.00pm.

I'd give you £35hr Travel on top.

 

A 300hp Tractor pulling a large twin axle Heizohack with it's own Palfinger Crane would be around £1250 per day plus Travel here.

 

Obviously if you've enough material and want to go the other way around, the Chipper is provided in the service.

 

 

Eddie.

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Running a T213 with Kesla crane and a Heizo 14-800:

 

Doing mainly site clearance so material is bulky but not heavy work like roundwood for biomass

 

4 hr minimum charge up to 20 miles away

8 hr minimum thereafter

Approx £40 per hour travel

Approx £120 per hour operating

Low loader at cost plus 1 hour to load/unload

 

I also charge for a full set of blades if steel goes into machine, am flexible on this, a nail or piece of barbed wire is within reason, a telegraph pole with steel climbing pegs not so much (managed to back that out in time)

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6 minutes ago, Spruced said:

Running a T213 with Kesla crane and a Heizo 14-800:

 

Doing mainly site clearance so material is bulky but not heavy work like roundwood for biomass

 

4 hr minimum charge up to 20 miles away

8 hr minimum thereafter

Approx £40 per hour travel

Approx £120 per hour operating

Low loader at cost plus 1 hour to load/unload

 

I also charge for a full set of blades if steel goes into machine, am flexible on this, a nail or piece of barbed wire is within reason, a telegraph pole with steel climbing pegs not so much (managed to back that out in time)

i’ve been charging £80 an hour wether it’s travelling or chipping. minimum charge of 8hrs

i also charge for blades if metal goes through the chipper but also charge if other parts are damaged at the same time, todays client will get the bill for 5 blade holders at £185 each and a set of blades 

 

this was what went through today, no idea what it is 

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3 minutes ago, John Shutler said:

i’ve been charging £80 an hour wether it’s travelling or chipping. minimum charge of 8hrs

i also charge for blades if metal goes through the chipper but also charge if other parts are damaged at the same time, todays client will get the bill for 5 blade holders at £185 each and a set of blades 

 

this was what went through today, no idea what it is 

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Ouch, that was a substantial lump. Awful feeling when you hear the sound of metal on metal coming from your chipper. My big worry is if something big enough got in that it could damage main rotor or bearings. I shudder to think of that repair bill.

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