Chipper Financials - does always hiring one and passing on the cost reduce jobs won?

[Mozza]

If it were mine, Id keep it mate, Things might seem abit slow now but in a couple months, Things will pick up and you may really need it, As you've said, It can earn you alot of money having a tracked machine

[skyhuck]

I can hire the following at the following rates:

 

1) Tunnissen 190 - £80 a day but always blunt, no fuel and covered in crap. Lack of chipping performance from this repeat offender meant I go elsewhere.

2) Timberwolf 150 - £90 a day if returned at end of or £110 for 24hr period but miles away so logistics are costly.

3) Jensen 530 roadtow - £140 + vat per day but always immaculate, newly sharp and the least hassle and nearby.

 

Hence I end up putting my a530T in the trailer. Then I have to track it off, greedy board the trailer to chip into and then dump the chip before returning for the machine - a pita. But in another instance that machine earnt £12000 in one week simply because it could go where no-one else could...

 

But for those everyday small jobs a jobeau m400/m500 would be so handy i reckon - this is swb's wee chipper all over again!

 

Sounds like its already paid for itself, I don't get the problem???