struggling for work

[essential]

Hi all,

Been reading this site and all the threads for months now , so thought it was time I registered .

Any way , I started on my own this time last year.saved hard and bought truck and chipper so no debts thankfully.I knew getting work was going to be hard,at first not to bad, few days for myself the rest subing.but work just hasn't picked up since then, tried everything I can think of. ( local ads, website, adwords, checkatrade, leaflets) I know it takes time and word of mouth is everything, so I was wondering if anyone had any ideas that might help.

 

Cheers all.

[grumpydavesmith]

Post in the employment section on here! You truck n chipper and ur price for a day!! It's also worth contacting companies sometimes they need extra truck n chipper for a day!!

 

 

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[samarb]

It may be worth a write up on here; name, location, experience, tickets etc. It's a bad time to start up in the trade so maybe sub contracting may be a way to keep afloat.

[essential]

I know its bad timing to start up , but been in the industry nearly 20 years always employed, so I thought if I don't do it now i never will.and i cant climb forever.

[hiluxstihl]

do anything from sowing a hedge to cutting firewood to the bread and butter arb stuff, if your a grafter you will succeed

[arbmark]

I know its bad timing to start up , but been in the industry nearly 20 years always employed, so I thought if I don't do it now i never will.and i cant climb forever.

 

....know that feeling. whereabouts are you? I need a guy, with a decent sized tipper this saturday in devon.....

[samarb]

30k and ill turn up in a shines new one lol. It may be worth stating where you are you may find you'll get a lot of offers from here, hope you do well unless your from my area. Check silky's thread for all the inspiration you need.

[essential]

Cheers,

I, m in surrey and yes I read silky's thread, and spent a whole rainy weekend doing it !!

[arbogrunt]

the thing is mate...work is tight and things are rough all round at the moment...theres not much point in spending more on advertising..the works not about in the first place. Just bite the bullet and go on survival mode...and hope that the sun will come out this year!

[arniecardigan]

Dont just stick to trees when times are tough do what ever it takes!!

Try ratedpeople.com it's free for a couple of months and they actually start you off with £50 in your account, I've been selective and still had some good work from it!

Don't know about your area but we have local facebook pages called "free, for sale and wanted" then the local town name so for me "free, for sale and wanted Stroud" they are happy to support local business and I advertise on there ofr free, had some nice all be it small jobs from there!

Good luck