What does it cost to be a tree surgeon?

[Stephen Blair]

it all depends what you are bringing to the party, and how much you want to earn.

[TreeSoloution]

The statement was you should be bringing in 600.00 a day for a 2 man team as a minimum. Do you think that is possible day in day out ? I sure as hell don't mate no matter what your bringing to the party.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

When I ran my own firm (liquidated june 2005) i was charging £250 a day, went to 350 a day and then I realised I had to get realistic if I was going to get ahead and run tings properly so i sat down and did a repsectable budget, new chipper every five years truck same, training ppe costs all told i worked out i needed 511 pound a day inclusive, and that was 5 year ago!

[jonathan hall]

These are too bigger generalisations i suppose...

we all work with totaly different set ups - some own yards, others use commercial tips or have farming mates, locality from client effects that figure greatly( i live 3 miles from 70% of my clients) and the differnce in kit set-ups from company to company, make this an impossibility to answer.

 

i supposes the kind of trees prevelent to your area effects this too

and what kinda contracts your doing...

 

what kinda work are you doing / going to do?

[Rupe]

I thouhgt we are talking percentage profits. It all depends on your overheads.

 

300 a day with free use of cottage garages and yard on daddy's farm is more profitable than 400 a day renting everything and paying a mortgage, and if yo drive an expensive hp truck or a cheapo all paid for one. Its all variable, the amount you earn per day/year is irelavant.

 

"Turnover is vanity profit is sanity"

[TreeSoloution]

511 a day to break even running a 2 man team ? Without taking into account your own personal bills ? What were you paying yourself in the re-worked figure ? 40k a year !

[jonathan hall]

it all depends what you are bringing to the party, and how much you want to earn.

 

oh man, when i set up i paid myself peanuts for two years...

[TreeSoloution]

I thouhgt we are talking percentage profits. It all depends on your overheads.

 

300 a day with free use of cottage garages and yard on daddy's farm is more profitable than 400 a day renting everything and paying a mortgage, and if yo drive an expensive hp truck or a cheapo all paid for one. Its all variable, the amount you earn per day/year is irelavant.

 

"Turnover is vanity profit is sanity"

 

Very, very, true.

[Mozza]

I thouhgt we are talking percentage profits. It all depends on your overheads.

 

300 a day with free use of cottage garages and yard on daddy's farm is more profitable than 400 a day renting everything and paying a mortgage, and if yo drive an expensive hp truck or a cheapo all paid for one. Its all variable, the amount you earn per day/year is irelavant.

 

"Turnover is vanity profit is sanity"

 

Very good post Rupe!

[Rupe]

I think I pay myself peanuts, but I have a nice house and gadgets and a car and can do whatever I want everyday. I'm far better off than people who are actually on minimum incomes.