Whats a realistic price to fell one tree

[Chopsdaly]

That's a good one 😆😆

[Hodge]

The thread is 5 years old, I'm not trying to put the guy down but he's on about doing the job for as little as possible and making money from the wood a year down the line, we all know how that story ends don't we. I'd like to know where he "borrowed signs from while stump grinding next to a school?? Taking big trees down over a house with an old guy helping you?? ( rescue ticket, insurance, Risk assessment, climbing ticket etc????) the post reeks of everything we have been trying to get away from in this industry!

[hamdogg]

The thread is 5 years old, I'm not trying to put the guy down but he's on about doing the job for as little as possible and making money from the wood a year down the line, we all know how that story ends don't we. I'd like to know where he "borrowed signs from while stump grinding next to a school?? Taking big trees down over a house with an old guy helping you?? ( rescue ticket, insurance, Risk assessment, climbing ticket etc????) the post reeks of everything we have been trying to get away from in this industry!

 

 

Well said!!!!!!!!!

[Rich Rule]

Just price it as low as you can and see the profit in the logs. a year from now when they are dry you make you profit, if the tree is massive it will also give you good memories to look back to, nothing can beat some good memories. I know from when i used to live in my home country Sweden i once felled a massive big very very big tree on a power line the full thing went up in flames so i phoned up the power company told them i had a problem. "without knowing team 2 had also felled a tree on the very same power line and they also had a problem, power company thought it was the same issue and shut the power, team 2 phones up and say problem sorted" meanwhile i stand there trying to get the tree away from the 20000 volts power line and they turn the power on, it's situations like that that will give you memories for life. so i would if i was you put the price very low, and get up in this beast and don't think to much of profits and other things, just see it as a good experience. Nothing can beat it. i look back so many times on works i done and it makes me very happy. Big jobs is the ones that makes yourself happy, just go for it price it low and do it lol ....

 

Sorry mate, but I strongly disagree.

 

Memories are good but they are even better when you have a fat wad in your back burner, plus a few memories.

[Ropechucka]

Sorry mate, but I strongly disagree.

 

 

 

Memories are good but they are even better when you have a fat wad in your back burner, plus a few memories.

 

 

I agree, we don't do this for the fun of it

[mendiplogs]

priced a 70-80ft tall 40ft wide tree massive huge great limbs overhanging fences sheds green house and garage also close to house.

 

All needs lowering and tree looks to weight aprox 20 ton i worked out 10-15 truck loads transit loads 1.2 ton.

 

And the trunk is about min 6ft across also have to grind the stump which is gonna be a turd of a job.

 

I worked out maybe 3 days at worst an extra half day at worst on top,

 

how much would you have priced.

 

what would you honestly price i thought at least three grand might be where i went wrong but so much could have gone wrong needed alot of work to prep the site and alot of the price was cost plus its an insurance job so all through the books etc.

 

never herd back so assume its been done

 

i thought 2 climbers 3 groundsmen and me

 

2 climbers for 2 days 3 groundsmen and me all 3 days

 

Alot of big heavy log which would be hard work for the guys to carry out.

 

HI TREES £20k just get a sea king to move it on mate thanks Jon 👍

[sloth]

I smell a troll...

[Gary Prentice]

I smell a troll...

 

Which one?

 

 

Reads like a trolling thread from page 1

[sloth]

The first poster on this thread in 4.5 years!

[michaelknapp]

there is a video on arbtalk at the moment with 2 men in a beech taking it down sometimes i think it is practical