processor hire?

[delabodge]

hi guys,,with firewood processors flying out the door and second hand ones like rocking horse s...t,,,,why are`nt there more available for hire,,surely if there as fast as made out how many are sat there for months doing nothing?

whos hiring them?

[Chris Sheppard]

To get the best out of a processor if you're not familiar with a particular machine can often take a few tonnes of timber, and also an inexperienced operator runs more of a risk of damaging it. IME, due to the potential of it coming back damaged, most people tend to be reluctant to send them out without an operator, but the people lookign to hire it in tend to not want to pay the hire inc an operator as per day it looks a fairly high figure - catch 22.

[delabodge]

get the drift chriss but surely a nominal fee for tuition,,or pitfalls shown,,along with deposit,,are an option,,just think,,its massive outlay for something you may only need for a week or two?

[Chris Sheppard]

Yep, see where you're coming from, but to be honest, for what a couple of weeks worth of hire are, I'd have said it wouldn't be that much different to the depreciation on a new machine over the course of a year - as you've already said - second hand machines are very rare (or complete dogs usually) and even 10 year old machines are making nearly hafl of what a basic new one would cost.

 

I'd say there's definitely a market out there for hire but it's finding someone prepared to do it that's the problem unfortunately.

 

I used to go out with mine (when I had one) and as there was always someone feeding wood to me it was working a lot harder than it would be if I'd been using it on my own wood.

[delabodge]

ok I put it out there,,,,if nobodys using there processor,,,,,hire it out,,especially if its not in direct competition to yourself,,,think kindlett does it,,there must be more,,,

[Busy Daddy]

I hire mine out to the local estate but it ends up that we both need at the same time

[Busy Daddy]

Hey Chris what you up to nowadays couldnt get hold of you at work

[Chris Sheppard]

Hey Chris what you up to nowadays couldnt get hold of you at work

 

Back felling again in one way or another - figured if I didn't get back to it again now I never would. Not the greatest timing with the weather but seem to have fell straight back into it

 

Did you manage to get hold of the office? What was my direct line doesn't exist anymore.

[renewablejohn]

ok I put it out there,,,,if nobodys using there processor,,,,,hire it out,,especially if its not in direct competition to yourself,,,think kindlett does it,,there must be more,,,

 

I hire my machine out but only with operator as it is so easy to ruin a blade if you dont know what your doing. Cost of replacing a blade would be more than the hire is worth.

[delabodge]

I hire my machine out but only with operator as it is so easy to ruin a blade if you dont know what your doing. Cost of replacing a blade would be more than the hire is worth.

 

so whats going rate of bloke with processor,,and whats the return,,roughly,,given fairly straight timber,,,? 1cm3 every 15mins?