How much a day should I charge for the hire of my firewood processor ?

[cessna]

As above , hire of processor ,local estate come and collect with their tractor and a member of their staff operate  it .     

[Justme]

Will you train the operator?

Do you have all risk hire insurance?

Who is responsible if it gets damaged?

 

What processor?

A posch 650 will cost more than a rock machine.

[gdh]

Depends what the processor is although I would be hesitant to hire one out unless it was to someone with experience. It only takes one log sideways in the splitting chamber to do a lot of damage.

[pleasant]

added to comment #1

 

Purchase price of chipper/write down period/what net profit margin do you want to clear/value after three years?

 

cost to draw up hire contract and relevant documentation

 

cost when returned to clean, inspect and maintain ready for re-hire.

[Dillinger86]

I have a woodland mills fp160. I charge £300 with myself operating.

[doobin]

I’d want £500 a day for me and a jappa 355+ on the back of a compact tractor. 

that woodland mills looks a similar spec- not seen them before. Don’t sell yourself short- £300 is micro digger rate. 

Edited January 5, 2023 by doobin

[Steven P]

On 04/01/2023 at 22:58, Justme said:

Will you train the operator?

 

Offer to do training at a basic rate - not much profit to cover your time, costs, use of machine (wear and tear etc), on a quiet day when not much else happening - but will save you ££ in the future in repairs?

 

Might ned a little more info on how much you use the machine, id this a little side line on days you arn't using it (it being paid for on other jobs) or do you want this to make a worthwhile subsidy to it's costs, or just as a favour to the local estate (off the back of a favour you might get bigger paid jobs)

Edited January 6, 2023 by Steven P

[doobin]

1 hour ago, Steven P said:

 

Offer to do training at a basic rate - not much profit to cover your time, costs, use of machine (wear and tear etc), on a quiet day when not much else happening - but will save you ££ in the future in repairs?

 

Might ned a little more info on how much you use the machine, id this a little side line on days you arn't using it (it being paid for on other jobs) or do you want this to make a worthwhile subsidy to it's costs, or just as a favour to the local estate (off the back of a favour you might get bigger paid jobs)

You'd have to frame it as 'first day is operated hire only whilst your bloke gets to grips with the machine'.