Oak tree for sale/fell

[topchippyles]

8 hours ago, Scottish Cleaning Service said:

I would be looking at £2k fwiw

But your a cleaner with a pension and not a real tree cutter 🤣

Edited December 23, 2020 by topchippyles

[Mick Dempsey]

52 minutes ago, Rich Rule said:

Lot of Ivy.  Pain in the arse.

 

Whether you SRT over it or strip it in the way up.  It is still a pain to deal with and to clear from the floor.

 

750 is cheap for that tree.  IMO

 

Where are you located?

Triple extension ladder to the first branch, no wires, lowering straight into the chipper right underneath, get rid of the wood for free.

 

Sure 750 without vat is cheap, but for a two man gang in an competitive market it’s decent money.

[trigger_andy]

21 minutes ago, topchippyles said:

But your a cleaner with a pension and not a real tree cutter 🤣

Even after editing you still can't spell you're. 

[Rich Rule]

1 hour ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Triple extension ladder to the first branch, no wires, lowering straight into the chipper right underneath, get rid of the wood for free.

 

Sure 750 without vat is cheap, but for a two man gang in an competitive market it’s decent money.

True,  But I would want more than that.

[MattyF]

You are never going to be rich charging £750 to cut a tree down that size unless you can sell the wood. I would grind the stump away at that price. [emoji12]

Not really if it saves you half a day moving timber... Arb timber arisings are fine if they are for your own use and you have the time and patience to process ,dry store and deliver .. if your in the serious market of doing firewood you want stuff that is easy to stack on the log deck and get in a processor and won’t have the seasoning time of oak...that is the last thing you want in your log heaps!
Easy day for a team of three if it’s all left there and only the chips are removed.

[Alex1095]

9 hours ago, Tommy_B said:

Where is the tree? What part of the country? 

Midlands area

[Alex1095]

2 hours ago, Rich Rule said:

Lot of Ivy.  Pain in the arse.

 

Whether you SRT over it or strip it in the way up.  It is still a pain to deal with and to clear from the floor.

 

750 is cheap for that tree.  IMO

 

Where are you located?

The ivy's cut at the bottom and the rest is dead. I'm around the Midlands area

[Mick Dempsey]

33 minutes ago, Scottish Cleaning Service said:

You are never going to be rich charging £750 to cut a tree down that size unless you can sell the wood. I would grind the stump away at that price. 😜

260 working days in a year 

260x750 = 195000 turnover per year.

I don’t call that a bad figure for a two man team, especially if one is a brash dragger on a small wage.

Edited December 23, 2020 by Mick Dempsey

[Rich Rule]

14 minutes ago, Alex1095 said:

The ivy's cut at the bottom and the rest is dead. I'm around the Midlands area

Doesn’t mean you don’t have to deal with it.

 

Sometimes it’s like climbing a spiky hedgehog.  I prefer it live tbh.  It least it is flexible and the weight of the foliage helps you to peel it off the tree.

[Tommy_B]

Just out of interest, why do you say 750 is too high?