How much do you charge as a subbie for the use of your own truck?

[Rich Rule]

I lived and worked in Lewisham/Greenwich area for years.  
 

No one in that area could get a truck for a day for a 100’er if theirs had issues or required additional capacity on a job.  
 

I would base your charges on a 100 plus fuel per day.  Plus vat if you are in that bracket.
 

 

[Mick Dempsey]

  On 04/08/2020 at 14:38, Brian Jones said:

Thanks for those thoughts, lots to ponder and a discussion to be had.

 

I'm based in SE London, near Dulwich. Brian.

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I worked in the Dulwich area 25 years ago, that would be a cheap price even then.

[AngrySquirrel]

£60 just about get a cup of "Trendy" Coffee if lucky!☕ Forget the Croissant well outta price range! lol

[Matthew Storrs]

Doesn’t this all depend on context, turning up to a job in a tranny and just have it sit there all day then one tip at the end of the day is quite different than multiple tips backing and forth.

[Marc Lewis]

Local hire company to us charge about £70 a day incl insurance. Of course this goes down for multiple days. So i think £60 plus fuel may not be that far off.

[doobin]

  On 07/08/2020 at 04:53, Marc Lewis said:

Local hire company to us charge about £70 a day incl insurance. Of course this goes down for multiple days. So i think £60 plus fuel may not be that far off.

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This. If a subby wanted £150 for his Transit I'd just tell him to go via the hire comapny on his way to work...

Edited August 7, 2020 by doobin

[eggsarascal]

London is a different place!, if I/you tried to pull £100+mileage in Suffolk for a Transit we'd be on a hiding to nothing. It'd be a good days money plus fuel.

 

Just tell them what you want with your truck and labour for the day, I don't see why it needs breaking down to tools, truck, labour.

[richy_B]

  On 07/08/2020 at 11:53, eggsarascal said:

London is a different place!, if I/you tried to pull £100+mileage in Suffolk for a Transit we'd be on a hiding to nothing. It'd be a good days money plus fuel.

 

Just tell them what you want with your truck and labour for the day, I don't see why it needs breaking down to tools, truck, labour.

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There are loads of tipper chippers running around London, I could tell you of 40 plus outfits within 10 miles of me. 

 

The competition drags the price right down.  A groundworker with a newish, good condition high sided tipper is about £200 a day. Good climbers are obviously going to be a lot more for the combo.