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[nick channer]

all this day rate stuff seems ridiculous to me..... i look at job and give a price.. 2 jobs for £400 and one for say £350 are easily done by a climber and 2 groundsmen in day...

job today is £4200.... started today and be finished tomorrow inc the neighbous job if he wants it done which was another £350.. so £4550 2 days with a climber and 3 groundsmen...

you wont get rich stickin to a day rate.... i get asked for day rates all time. give them price.. take it or leave it...

[Matthew Storrs]

I don't think he was actually going to give a day rate but rather what we would expect from a day.

[nick channer]

I don't think he was actually going to give a day rate but rather what we would expect from a day.

same thing if your pricing your work according to those figures...

[Hodge]

all this day rate stuff seems ridiculous to me..... i look at job and give a price.. 2 jobs for £400 and one for say £350 are easily done by a climber and 2 groundsmen in day...

job today is £4200.... started today and be finished tomorrow inc the neighbous job if he wants it done which was another £350.. so £4550 2 days with a climber and 3 groundsmen...

you wont get rich stickin to a day rate.... i get asked for day rates all time. give them price.. take it or leave it...

 

What machinery would be on a 2 day job for £4200? Is it local, I would not be able to charge that sort of money up our way.

At least dick Turpin wore a mask :)

 

 

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[RPA]

all this day rate stuff seems ridiculous to me..... i look at job and give a price.. 2 jobs for £400 and one for say £350 are easily done by a climber and 2 groundsmen in day...

job today is £4200.... started today and be finished tomorrow inc the neighbous job if he wants it done which was another £350.. so £4550 2 days with a climber and 3 groundsmen...

you wont get rich stickin to a day rate.... i get asked for day rates all time. give them price.. take it or leave it...

 

Nice one if you can get it!

£500+/man! - dreamland round here.

 

I agree that price should be per job, but you still need a basic day rate to start form which should cover wages, overheads, etc, etc.

It is then knowing your job and the customer well enough to put a price on the job. Cash flow is massively important - much better to have regular work than sporadic injections of money.

[nick channer]

What machinery would be on a 2 day job for £4200? Is it local, I would not be able to charge that sort of money up our way.

At least dick Turpin wore a mask :)

 

 

Sent from my I pad coz I'm gullible for buying apple products!

unimog and 12 inch chipper.... fastrac with 30 yard bin.... if i didnt have those on job i'd a still priced the same but woulda been 3 days... 2 transits and 6 inch timberwolf with me running chip/logs back and forth.. and jobs 25 miles from yard..... they had prices of over 6 gand.... and i'd a had 2 groundsmen instead of 3... only had 3 to get all gear there...

[Al Cormack]

in Surrey maybe:thumbdown:

 

Kent isn't that far away...

 

If the OP works in London, then he can't be that far into Kent, so similar territory as Surrey.

[gibbon]

Depends how good you are. Can't expect to earn top money if your so new to it that you are still working out what to charge.

[Hodge]

unimog and 12 inch chipper.... fastrac with 30 yard bin.... if i didnt have those on job i'd a still priced the same but woulda been 3 days... 2 transits and 6 inch timberwolf with me running chip/logs back and forth.. and jobs 25 miles from yard..... they had prices of over 6 gand.... and i'd a had 2 groundsmen instead of 3... only had 3 to get all gear there...

 

For enough nick, when you put all that into the equation I can see where you are coming from. Fair play if you can get it too. Up here it might be around the 3k mark. Cheers.

 

 

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[Mike Hill]

you wont get rich stickin to a day rate.... i get asked for day rates all time. give them price.. take it or leave it...

 

Spot on that Man!