Going rate for a Hi Cap load?

[rovers90]

Hi every body. I have just set up a firewood business this year and made a couple of small deliveries. Have been asked to give a price for a pick up load. This is where it is difficult to compare - the guy buying it did not know if it was hard or soft wood he was buying (it was mixed)and had no idea what size pick up delivered it. I supply mixed hard/soft wood at 20% moisture content and can use my mates Land Rover hi cap pick up. We have measured the capacity of the load bed at 1.6 cubic metres so I was guessing a load should be approximately £130 including VAT and delivery. (its a pub I would be delivering to so I believe VAT would have to be at 17.5%?)

 

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. I have found this site to be a real gold mine of information and entertainment!

[chaffey]

You only charge VAT if your business is VAT registered .

[davetaz]

Our price is £100/cubic metre (all hard wood), free delivery up to 5 miles. If charging VAT I believe it is only 5% to the end user.

I reckon mixed loads should only be slightly cheaper - £90/cubic metre - as they still require the same amount of work to process etc

[davetaz]

Follow on from above, you only charge VAT if you are VAT registered yourself

[armchairarborist]

hi rovers90, the 110 hicap is more like 1.5cube for a level load if you count the wheelboxes and the fuel triangle:001_smile: but thats being really picky because i measured mine lastweek:thumbup:

[cosworth]

I have a 110 hi cap I measured it and its takes 3 builders bags when its full abit more than a level load and I sell i for £115 and its all hardwood if you can get £130 go for it

[dangerous brian]

3 builder bags in a landey,seems alot to me id struggle to get that much on my cabstar,im assuming you mean the meter cube dumpy bags,i sell a mixed level load for 95 quid,but im down in cornwall and moneys scarce at present.

[niftysteve]

3 builder bags in a landey,seems alot to me id struggle to get that much on my cabstar,im assuming you mean the meter cube dumpy bags,i sell a mixed level load for 95 quid,but im down in cornwall and moneys scarce at present.

 

i had a chap buy a cabstar load collected last week was more than happy to pay £100 and he loaded it himself:thumbup:

[rovers90]

You only charge VAT if your business is VAT registered .

 

I am VAT registered,that's why I mentioned it:001_smile: I volunteered for VAT registration to claim back the money I have outlayed on machinery and stock.

 

"hi rovers90, the 110 hicap is more like 1.5cube for a level load if you count the wheelboxes and the fuel triangle but thats being really picky because i measured mine lastweek"

 

Nothing wrong with being picky, I had forgot those bits! Glad to know I'm not the only one going round measuring pick up beds!!

 

As far as I understand the VAT rule, you charge 5% if you are supplying domestic customers but if its a commercial customer you have to charge 17.5%.

 

(Haven't figured out how to quote more than one reply in a post!)

[Quickthorn]

As far as I understand the VAT rule, you charge 5% if you are supplying domestic customers but if its a commercial customer you have to charge 17.5%.

 

 

No, it's 5% if the customer is going to use it as fuel, otherwise 17.5%. Doesn't matter whether the customer is domestic or commercial.