Pollard 14 Lime trees

[Paul Tomo]

Hi all,

 

I’ve been asked to give a price to pollard 14 lime trees and clear all the brash, I can chip all that’s cut and also remove all cuttings. I’ve not priced anything like this before so I could with a few ideas on pricing, we have two workers possibly three one truck and a chipper.

 

any ideas would be most grateful.

 

Thanks..paul

[mtt.tr]

What are your expenses, how long will it take you to do. 

 

No one can give a price as we all have different needs financially

[Paul Tomo]

1 hour ago, mtt.tr said:

What are your expenses, how long will it take you to do. 

 

No one can give a price as we all have different needs financially

I guess it should take 4 days maybe 5 to finish, paying one climber and One groundsman, truck and chipper plus gear usage. My thoughts are about £1,500 to £1,800 

[breffni]

14 minutes ago, Paul Tomo said:

I guess it should take 4 days maybe 5 to finish, paying one climber and One groundsman, truck and chipper plus gear usage. My thoughts are about £1,500 to £1,800 

Are you mad? 1800 for 4/5 days with 2 men plus kit? That's a fierce low price  

[Mick Dempsey]

Thoughts.

 

Pollarding limes is easy-peasy on the climber, he will outpace the grounds man who won’t keep up, even though it’s easy chipping.

 

Solution: Two (or even three) groundsmen.

 

How far is the tip site? That’ll be the biggest bottleneck.

Edited August 23, 2020 by Mick Dempsey

[Paul Tomo]

12 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Thoughts.

 

Pollarding limes is easy-peasy on the climber, he will outpace the grounds man who won’t keep up, even though it’s easy chipping.

 

Solution: Two (or even three) groundsmen.

 

How far is the tip site? That’ll be the biggest bottleneck.

The tip site Mike is about one hour round trip 

[allseasons]

£800 a day one climber 2 groundies

[Mick Dempsey]

Then that’ll be the fly in the ointment.

Find somewhere closer to tip, so everyone is working efficiently all the time.

[Paul Tomo]

One side will drop on the path the other side into the garden, making thinks slower

[Mick Dempsey]

What you could do is get the climber to work one side of the trees all the way down the line say, road side first, then move the chipper/truck into the garden and do that side.