Business Start up Advise please.

[Lumberjock]

Hi, any advise would be greatly appreciated. 

 

I’m looking to start up a new business. 
 

I currently work as a forester with Cs30/31 qualifications. 
 

I would like to get back into private arborist work more close to home. I used to be a Groundsman for a short time. I do not and have no intention of climbing as I am over 40. 
 

I had the idea of purchasing an Arb Truck and chipper and advertising as Van, man and chipper for hire to arborists who do not have these. Charge a daily rate for my services. 
 

Would this be a good idea? Any pro’s and con’s you can think of?

 

Thanks
 

 

[Craig Johnson]

not a great plan imho, if people who dont have a chipper, dont know how to cut, present and stack for one, they also have great expectations of how fast the tangled pile of garden rubbish and wet leaves etc, will be chipped and i think  it would be classed as waste transfer.

[Lumberjock]

5 minutes ago, Craig Johnson said:

not a great plan imho, if people who dont have a chipper, dont know how to cut, present and stack for one, they also have great expectations of how fast the tangled pile of garden rubbish and wet leaves etc, will be chipped and i think  it would be classed as waste transfer.

I take your point. Appreciated 

[Moose McAlpine]

2 hours ago, Lumberjock said:

I had the idea of purchasing an Arb Truck and chipper and advertising as Van, man and chipper for hire to arborists who do not have these. Charge a daily rate for my services. 

 

Sounds like the only people you'd appeal to is homeowners who'd feed the absolute shit of garden waste through your chipper, or contract climbers. And yet, contract climbers don't usually find their own work, they sub to companies who find the work.

[manco]

i second Craig Johnson, sounds like a good plan but its gonna suck ass in reality.

even assuming they drag and stack you a neat pile, and youre there for the day chipping as they bring it, your chipper is gonna suffer from the non stop chipping day after day.

better option is to find some local contract climbers and consider a partnership.

[Lumberjock]

20 minutes ago, manco said:

i second Craig Johnson, sounds like a good plan but its gonna suck ass in reality.

even assuming they drag and stack you a neat pile, and youre there for the day chipping as they bring it, your chipper is gonna suffer from the non stop chipping day after day.

better option is to find some local contract climbers and consider a partnership.

Hi thanks for the input. I think that is what I was thinking. Work with contract climbers who do not have the equipment for the full job. 

[Mark Bolam]

Or the insurance.

[carlos]

if you have a truck and chipper and can use a saw how about start doing private tree jobs your self and just hire in a climber for the jobs that need it, it could be a better plan in the long run.

[Lumberjock]

18 minutes ago, carlos said:

if you have a truck and chipper and can use a saw how about start doing private tree jobs your self and just hire in a climber for the jobs that need it, it could be a better plan in the long run.

I think that would be a better idea tbh. Thanks. 

[Mr. Squirrel]

1 hour ago, carlos said:

if you have a truck and chipper and can use a saw how about start doing private tree jobs your self and just hire in a climber for the jobs that need it, it could be a better plan in the long run.

To my mind, if you can’t climb and have no intention of climbing I’d just stop right there.