Newbie woodland manager.... needs crew!

[Stuart A-C]

And yes graft bloody hard i didn't know there was any other way:confused1:

 

He even made me climb in a blizzard!

[johnty]

He even made me climb in a blizzard!

 

Blizzard, it was only a light flurry, always trying to big yourself up, LOL:scared1:

I'm not stupid thats why i sent you up

[Stuart A-C]

hmmm!

[Stuart A-C]

you look tiny in that last photo:001_tt2:

[johnty]

Ok there was a bit of snow, those pics were taken with your old phone, not bad at all:001_cool:

[guyd]

Sorry - bit of a miscalc there - yes 800 quid to move 100 tons...

 

What I find difficult to grasp is the massivly varying amounts that 1 / 4 men can shift per day - some say 20 tons per man per day - others 10 tons for 4 men total! The description of the site was the same (good level countour following roads, clear undergrowth, 15 feet spacing needing thinning, 12 to 18" diameter conifer)

 

So - working on a worst case scenario - 20 tons for 4 blokes (all providing own gear, insurance, PPE, saws etc) @ 400 quid. 300 to move it to the field. (a bit more than half the 400/50 quote I had)

 

700 quid for 20 tons delivered. ish. Thats still 35 a ton - when euroforest will deliver soft for 30 per ton, or hard for 40 per ton - and I don't have to do any of the sorting out of lads.... Or chase up loader drivers, find that someones got stuck / chopped the wrong tree down etc etc etc.

 

You have a hard job - and I respect that - but I think I can see easier ways of making money.

 

In the mean time - Im in the market for delivered hardwood to TA24 area - gimme a shout if you have some spare

[Treeworld]

Why don't you employ them on a piece rate that you work into your figures, leaving you with a profit. If you get 4 guys @100 a day some will work hard, some won't as at the end of the day they all get £100. Offering a piece rate per ton i'm sure you'll get guys that want to cut and earn on site and more timber on the ground.

 

Just a thought.

[gibbon]

Nice sign writing. Are you going to do my Canter too?

[johnty]

Nice sign writing. Are you going to do my Canter too?

 

I dont under stand why the sign writing came off, he said is was perminant. Good job it was on his own car and not on my truck, it's ok i docked his wages LOL:001_tongue:

[gibbon]

I dont under stand why the sign writing came off, he said is was perminant. Good job it was on his own car and not on my truck, it's ok i docked his wages LOL:001_tongue:

 

I gotta keep paying him extra cos he doesn't get the job done by 4.30. Hows that work?