Winter daylight hrs

[Gray git]

With the nights drawing in and mornings getting later do you start to change how you price work so insted of thinking I get that done in a day with a good start and poss staying a little later you have to add onto the price to send an extra man or go back the next day.

Do you allowed for this in price by charging a little more, exept this is what its like in winter and just get on with it or get a bunch of head torches and clean up in the dark?

 

I will soon be starting a little before my groundsman to get landy loaded and chipper hitched up so when he arrives we can role asap and get to site almost for 1st light.

 

Just wanted to know how outhers managed with limited daylight.

 

John.

[Hodge]

Most jobs we do I aim to get done by 3pm, we get to site for 8.15 and bosh it, my climber grafts his nuts off and we on the ground don't mess about, if we have to work past that then so be it but if its gonna be a late one them I price for a day and a half, TBH tree work is hard graft and we don't hang around and there ain't mic we can't do in a day.

[Goaty]

A mate of mine works in a garden center, 6 days a week for busy 6 months of summer then 4 days over winter, same weekly wage. You could apply that principle to hours worked, fewer on short days and longer on longer daylight days, after all its outdoor work that really is better to see what you are doing in natural light.

[Gray git]

We do that anyway but wanted to know how this affects the way you price works.

As I dont have full time staff at the moment I have to make maximise use of them when I have them.

[Gnome]

For the past few years i've found this helpful in planning my hours throughout the year.

 

East Kilbride, United Kingdom - Sunrise, sunset, dawn and dusk times for the whole year - Gaisma

 

That's the most local one to me but you can set it for anywhere in the world.

 

I make a copy of the chart and stick it next to my calender. Gives me a rough idea of what can be realistically done in a day/week.

 

I gradually decrease my working day in the autumn. In mid winter I work 4 days as i've accrued enough holidays from playing out late in the summer months.

[Rich2484]

Doesn't matter what time it gets dark at any time of the year, there never seems to be enough hours in the day to do the work...

[RobArb]

Work in the dark:biggrin: (as long as safety measures are in place:thumbup:)

 

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[Gareth Dalzell]

Just popped in Belfast for a nosey. That's an interesting set of charts to plan work with. Thanks for that.

 

For the past few years i've found this helpful in planning my hours throughout the year.

 

East Kilbride, United Kingdom - Sunrise, sunset, dawn and dusk times for the whole year - Gaisma

 

That's the most local one to me but you can set it for anywhere in the world.

 

I make a copy of the chart and stick it next to my calender. Gives me a rough idea of what can be realistically done in a day/week.

 

I gradually decrease my working day in the autumn. In mid winter I work 4 days as i've accrued enough holidays from playing out late in the summer months.

[Dean O]

Surely if you price a job by a day you still price for set amount of time - for example we work from 8 till 4 (this just about always fits withn daylight hours).

if i think its going to take longer i price accordingly.

[Mark Bolam]

Ditto Dean and Hodge.

 

We aim to be off site by 4, although I appreciate winter hours don't allow as much flexibility.

 

DAMN THOSE CLOCKS GOING BACK!!!!

 

WHY??????!!!!!!!!!