Which stump grinder next!?

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I sort of get what you are saying but if he's £70 a day on fuel for grinder then it depends how much he's charging for the day. Also as long as your vat reg then there's 20% back to start with. A £250 stump for me would only have a fuel cost of about £10 for example. I know when I did a job for £900 my fuel cost and lad helping wage was £160 I think so that great for 5hrs work.

Yeah , I had £700 plus vat on the stump.
So let’s say with teeth it cost £100 on the grinder ( vat to come back later )
1 tipper trailer load of grindings removed but that was clean enough to go into the chip heading off to biomass
So roughly £600 plus vat left for a 2 man day. That’s ok as far as I’m concerned.

But yes if it was less juicy on fuel it would be good …. But I expect there is only £30 difference in the day compared to the current prices on red and a little lower consumption

What’s of note also is that Petrol engined units are cheaper to purchase and have lower costs in maintenance through their lifespan

Depending on where you work as well you may require the latest diesels with lower emissions etc.