day rate

[bill]

what scale do you think is right for the following. round by me i recon:

 

poor groundie - £50

good groundie - £60/70

 

new climber - £75/80

average climber - £100/120

v good climber - £130/150 (more for really hard jobs say upto £200)

 

is this similar to elsewhere in uk?

[Steve Bullman]

what are these figures for...self employed or employed?

i'd say the climber figures are about right for self employed. if you're talking employed then they are way too high, specially the new climber rates

[High Scale]

It is very dependent on area me thinks.

[jpbeaver]

my groudies are on £60 and £100 per day both self employed. both are great at the job. i wouldnt use a poor groundie (false economy). if i sub for someone as a climber its between £180 to £200 sometimes more depending on what im doing. im flexible on that though.

[Quickthorn]

Depends on area..where are you, bill?

 

Two years ago, I was paying £50 / day for non climbing chainsaw operator employees with less than 1 years experience, that was Notts. I was due to up it to £60/day for one, but he wanted £100/day, and left.

 

I do some work as a last resort for a bloke here in Lincs, as a self employed chainsaw hand (ground only); he'll only pay £8/hour. I think ground staff round here would struggle to get more than £50/day as employees.

[vduben]

i dont think any good climber should be payed anything less than 200quid, but the realitly is alot will never get it

[bob]

i am certainly one of the better climbers in my area and do work for other tree bods in the area when they have a tree they can not cope with and i am happy with £120 mainly because i really enjoy those hard dangerous jobs if i turned up with chipper ect would want more i do trees because i enjoy it not just money p.s i DO NOT DO CONIFERS given em all to pete mctree ha ha ha:vroam::vroam:

[vduben]

i am certainly one of the better climbers in my area and do work for other tree bods in the area when they have a tree they can not cope with and i am happy with £120 mainly because i really enjoy those hard dangerous jobs if i turned up with chipper ect would want more i do trees because i enjoy it not just money p.s i DO NOT DO CONIFERS given em all to pete mctree ha ha ha:vroam::vroam:

is that because hes a pikey???

 

only joking pete:awink:

[bob]

with a name like his it,s obvious isnt it

[vduben]

:clap:lol, unshaven and a skin head dont help either