Price Undercut at a new level

[David Riding]

This month I have put in a price for two seperate jobs and have found out the tree work has been completed for sweet FA and just for firewood!! Are times really that hard or just firewood in such demand. Each job was not far off a full days work for 2 people

[firewoodman]

its hard enough doing firewood on its own without doing a tree for free.

 

was,nt me mate

[volvo]

Some people are doing it for free,just for the wood.

[volvo]

Sorry should have read the post properly!!.

[David Riding]

its hard enough doing firewood on its own without doing a tree for free.

 

was,nt me mate

 

Exactly, close to home their is about 6 tonnes of beech and ash in nice sizes for processor / splitter but would require a good day with a loader to extract due to access. Even this would is a last resort for my firewood production. One of the jobs in question was on a steep slope and 3 foot diameter tree and would require a lot of winching!

[Topcat]

we are going in a bit cheaper,today we did a bad one but got £650 (3 men) plus all the ash wood, turned out a little easier then we thought. Another guy quoted £1200 which I think was taking the micheal.

[conkers]

This is a recuring topic. This industry is full of people doing the job for pennies.

You have to stick to your guns, know your price and not get sucked in to a spiral of cost reduction.

 

The problem is, if there is not enough work to go around, you may as well pack it in, or accept that you will be working for a loss untill work picks up.

We have one guy around here we cannot touch on price. He is one third of the price of the average day rate for a two man team.

[Gregsie]

This month I have put in a price for two seperate jobs and have found out the tree work has been completed for sweet FA and just for firewood!! Are times really that hard or just firewood in such demand. Each job was not far off a full days work for 2 people

 

Wonder what they are going to do in the summer when demand for firewood is lower ?

[David Riding]

This is a recuring topic. This industry is full of people doing the job for pennies.

You have to stick to your guns, know your price and not get sucked in to a spiral of cost reduction.

 

The problem is, if there is not enough work to go around, you may as well pack it in, or accept that you will be working for a loss untill work picks up.

We have one guy around here we cannot touch on price. He is one third of the price of the average day rate for a two man team.

 

I have not seen the this recurring topic before of people doing tree work just for firewood otherwise I would not have posted

Did not intend the thread to look like another one moaning about cheaper quotes hence its in the firewood forum.

I am not phased by the people completing this work for just firewood only, it just shocked me from a firewood prospective.

[Steve Bullman]

theres someone in our local paper actually advertising that they will come and cut down trees for wood....they are welcome to it!