What does it cost to be a tree surgeon?

[Ty Korrigan]

Hi,

Here in France, I'm now allowed an automatic allowance of 50% for the business and 25% of the remaining 50% for me, the rest is social charges/tax.

The leaner I run my business the more directly for me!

I've try to aim at 60euros minimum per 2 man hour average/480euros+ per day.

I have other competitors who run at far less like 20/25euros per man hour but unless they are on a 5 day week with NO traveling then they are only making an existance NOT a living or a future.

Ty

[Hairyloon]

As a few have noted, % turnover is a red herring.

The real question is where is the line at the bottom?

If you have a set of tools and do nothing with them, how much is it going to cost you?

Insurance (at minimum employers liability, public liability, vehicle), road tax, rent...

Anything else all depends how much work you can do.

[Mark Cattell]

a commerical 3 man crew run at anything from £500 to £1100 a day but thats a 7.5 tonne rig with chipper and full kit running from a yard £10 000 000 insurance.. and managers and directors to feed..... and the work rate is high.... but pays quite well

[Ty Korrigan]

Hi,

Here in France,

I've try to aim at 60euros minimum per 2 man hour average/480euros+ per day.

Ty

 

Just to add...

The British here are very poor payers. Most are skint what with the exchange rate fall and pension value collapses.

We find that the French side to our business based near Rennes is far more profitable with our average hourly rate being around 90euros for 2 men and a small chipper.

We could even probally get more if we dared!

[Johny Walker]

whats 90,e in are money

[Treewarrior]

whats 90,e in are money

£81.00 mate

[Ty Korrigan]

Hello,

old thread this but I just had to share this one.

Client sends me images of a large 'xmas' tree dwarfing his holiday home.

At 3hrs drive away it is rather too far to visit to quote.

So, I give him a price of €1000 factoring our travel costs etc.

I get the green light and 3 of us drive down to the far West of Bretagne.

I climb it to install a rope, Seb fixes up the pulleys then our third man Auld Rab gets the 441 going. 4hours later, Its all gone. A friend living locally collected the 3m3 of wood.

Client feeds us, pays us cash and shakes our hand.

Happy days!

Ty