what would you pay?

[chazzer]

I know this has been asked many times but how much a day for someone with there own saw ,PPE, and fuel? I have been asked to clear fell about 3-4 acres of sweet chestnut. I have done some work for the people before on a price and everyone was happy. Although today the owner of the woods rang me up and said if i was interested in some day work at weekends so of course i said yes he asked me how longer day i would work so 7-5 and he came back with £25 a day! is this the going rate now? what would you expect to get?

 

Charlie

[AlvinD]

£25 an hour more like

[Shane]

I suspect you will get a volatile response to that. If anyone bothers.

I would have assumed the £25 was closer to an hourly rate than daily.

How much per day were you charging before?

 

My answer to his 'suggested rate' would be 2 words.

[Pooch0151]

25 hour more like mate

[Goaty]

People extract the urine. A biomass buyer offered me £10 an hr to fell and stack. Thats tractor and saw.

 

I never replied. If you are working 7-5. 10 hrs at £2.50 an hr thats not going to cover costs.

 

I would want £150 a day if it was a short distance away for 8 hours. We are not riding enduro bikes around the woods for fun.

 

Its time people factored in our health, endurance and crippled retirement to come.

 

Otherwise you may as well be a postie, more money, less wear and tear and no overheads or assets.

 

To buy just the saw would take 22 days of work then 4-5 for ppe trousers etc........

 

Result is Reply with a proper days rate and one way or other the matter will sort.

[Chris Sheppard]

Anyone expecting to get £25/hour for a man on a saw out in the woods is dreaming

[Goaty]

This guy is putting the Berk in Berkshire!

[skyhuck]

£25 a day is not even legal.

[Shane]

Anyone expecting to get £25/hour for a man on a saw out in the woods is dreaming

 

Agreed but its closer to what I would want than £25 for a day.

[chazzer]

that's what i thought! although i forgot to say that i am only 16 and currently no tickets but i don't want this thread to revolve around having no tickets insurance and so on i have been on a course although unofficial with a instructor and covered cs 30 31 and 32 and also my father has worked in the woods most of his life so i can handle a saw