Guestimate for a job.

[arbclimber]

£4995 cash

 

£ 4994 cash:lol:

[felixthelogchopper]

£4990 cash plus a pack of Wagon Wheels

[njc110381]

£4995 cash

 

Ah yes, but I said I'd do it for £100. Will you do it for £99.99?

[Mesterh]

I'll take some pictures of them when I'm there next. I forgot to add that price was to drop them and stack it. He's had three quotes, all similar cost and none could chip it!

 

They are big trees. I get the feeling he may have asked the small time traders to look and a transit tipper and 6" tow behind would be there a week dealing with that lot! It needs a serious setup, maybe Mog or lorry and large trailer.

 

I wanna see a pic of that job!

 

5K to leave it all on site!

 

I would say it sounds like 3 people who dont want to do the job tbh.

[Hodge]

seems well over the top does that, 5k to leave on site!! bet it wouldnt be that if it was good old hardwood.

[njc110381]

I wasn't really sure what you guys charge but I thought it sounded a bit much! It probably would be a 20m drag from the base of the trees to the nearest place you could park, but I think three of the four could be felled towards the chipper because there's not much in the way.

 

I'll take some pictures next time I'm at the job and post them. If any of you are local and want to price it then I'll run it past my customer and pass on numbers.

 

He's got a quote from a telecom climber who says he'd top them by 1/3 for £1k, and leave the rubbish. I'm kind of steering him away from that though because I don't like it when amateurs take on something this big (and he's not too sure either!).

[Mozza]

Jesus, how big can they be??

 

1k to top them by a third and leave all the waste on site, He doesnt live a gold plated house does he??

[dannyT]

telecom climber

 

Stick to doing your own job

[Frankie Lawrence]

Are you sure it was 5k maybe you or him got wires crossed or something theres quotes that are over the top and then there is this:confused1:. Why not sub contract it to another local firm?

 

Where are you based?

[Simon Rotheram]

Are you sure it was 5k maybe you or him got wires crossed or something theres quotes that are over the top and then there is this:confused1:. Why not sub contract it to another local firm?

 

Where are you based?

 

Maybe it was the telcom climber that got his wires crossed - thats why ha's started doing tree work