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People need to be more realistic about what they expect to earn. We are skilled - yes, but there is only so much money in treework. The tree can stay in the garden for another year, but a boiler or roof need fixing asap

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Dependant on area,your quality of work,experience and on who your working for,I would say £80-120 on the ground £115-175 climbing.

 

Steve

 

unrealistic, its this sort of thing that gives college leavers the impression that they should be earning big bucks

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The most you can earn cutting down a tree solely depends on how much the owner of the tree is prepared to pay for the job. You may subby to a firm who pay £180 a day, but they may loose loads of work to another firm who only pays £80 a day... It is the customer who ultimately dictates wages.

 

 

The correct answer to your question is as much as you can without loosing work, try putting your rates up by a fiver a day, you get 25 extra a week and it won't seem too bad to your employers.

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The most you can earn cutting down a tree solely depends on how much the owner of the tree is prepared to pay for the job. You may subby to a firm who pay £180 a day, but they may loose loads of work to another firm who only pays £80 a day... It is the customer who ultimately dictates wages.

 

 

The correct answer to your question is as much as you can without loosing work, try putting your rates up by a fiver a day, you get 25 extra a week and it won't seem too bad to your employers.

 

^This is good!

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hi guys thanks for your replies, im based in rutland/leicstershire, i have a full climbing kit with spikes but use the companies saws. i am fairly confident that my climbing is at a good standard and i have done some large take downs to small reductions and usually get the jobs completed within the time on the job sheets. i get sent out as 'the climber' with a groundie, so the people i work for must be confident in my work and ability to run the job. the compines i work for are either aa approved or registered with isa, often working in the public eye for example burgley estate, local authorities and large houses. i also work out of platforms under qualified supervision as i dont hold the ticket yet. my licence is just the normal baby licence but i do drive and tow the 150. i mean i say i have 2 years experience but iv been working in the industry for 5 years now as i worked all the hours i could whilst at collage for 3 years aswell. at present im charging £80 a day and i just feel maybe im worth a little more which would enable me to invest in some more training and kit ??? or am i being greedy ???

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Your rates are too high at the top end for someone with only a couple of years experience don't you think? This is tree work not working for a law firm

 

He isn't working for an LA you know :001_tt2:

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The most you can earn cutting down a tree solely depends on how much the owner of the tree is prepared to pay for the job. You may subby to a firm who pay £180 a day, but they may loose loads of work to another firm who only pays £80 a day... It is the customer who ultimately dictates wages.

 

 

The correct answer to your question is as much as you can without loosing work, try putting your rates up by a fiver a day, you get 25 extra a week and it won't seem too bad to your employers.

 

Good post, good advice :thumbup:

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what determines a climbers wage in a county is the amount of other climbers looking for work, if you say i want £100 and someone else comes in at £80 you loose the job ?.

 

For an average days work i think £80 is not bad when i was sub contracting i would work for what ever was offered.

 

The idea of being good means you get more work done work a longer day which covers the higher wage if your getting easy work and short days £80 is the difference.

 

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