Advice on pricing a coni job

[eggsarascal]

Back then I believe the quote was around the 1800 mark considering we had no chipper or truck and all the waste was to go into a RORO bin.

 

However...

 

These days I would have said £1200.00 with two days for the main work and a few hours on day three to remove timber from site.

 

It's been a big learning curve BUT if you want to be in the arb game to cannot play at it, get a proper chipper and a reliable truck - both of which we now have.

 

5 shires - I think the crew who won it did so with a 900 quid quote and took three days - personally I wouldn't quote this even these days and I reckon they lost money on it!

 

 

How many lads would you put on that two and a half days job for £1200.00?

[kentjames]

How many lads would you put on that two and a half days job for £1200.00?

 

Eggs, just me climbing and one groundy, I usually would bosh down a tree and clear up chip up and do it again on the next one / section.

[White Noise]

You never said how much you actually quoted back in the day ? If its any comfort I have robbed myself on numerous occasions when pricing for conifers Edit that just read £ 1800 you robbing git lol .

Edited September 23, 2015 by White Noise

[kentjames]

£ 1800 you robbing git lol .

 

To clarify I would have said back then I was a clueless 'git' not a robbing one as I didn't gt the job

[White Noise]

To clarify I would have said back then I was a clueless 'git' not a robbing one as I didn't gt the job

 

Fair play My first big connie job I under priced horrendously . It was a big learning curve for me . At least you started off with a decent price Now nearly 20 yrs on from my first big connie job . I still remember that awful under priced job . So now I always stick a bit more on those pesky jobs we love to hate . Although conifers are bread and butter work

[rocket spikes]

Just done our first big conifer job. 20 40ft leylandii's that used to be a hedge. charged £1200. It took four days working from dawn till black dark. By the end I was ready to throw all my kit off the pier. It's a good job I know a farmer who let me tip it for free. Wish I'd quoted £2000 like I wanted to. Iwill never make that mistake again.http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/images/icons/icon8.gif

[WillTimberlake]

Any pics Rocket?

[Midge]

Are conifers not as easy to cut down as they look then?

Or is it more the cleaning up that's makes it hard?

[Billy]

Are conifers not as easy to cut down as they look then?

 

Or is it more the cleaning up that's makes it hard?

 

 

They produce large volumes of chip, which with typical levels of equipment can be hard to get rid of/process quickly.

[Gary Prentice]

Just done our first big conifer job. 20 40ft leylandii's that used to be a hedge. charged £1200. It took four days working from dawn till black dark. By the end I was ready to throw all my kit off the pier. It's a good job I know a farmer who let me tip it for free. Wish I'd quoted £2000 like I wanted to. Iwill never make that mistake again.http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/images/icons/icon8.gif

 

Everyone's done it at one time or another. It's a steep, and expensive, learning curve at times.