Subcontracting chipper rates (to help with finance payments)

[Mark Bolam]

They aren't making any money though.

[Billy]

...trouble is though a lot of the competition aren't concerned or appear to think turnover and profit are as one.

 

 

WM Tree Services

 

http://www.bestkenttreesurgeons.co.uk

[AlexB]

I can hire a 6" tracked chipper for £125 a day. £20 extra for a trailer or they can deliver/collect. So, take what you want from that. That's near Retford. East mids.

[Mark Bolam]

...trouble is though a lot of the competition aren't concerned or appear to think turnover and profit are as one.

 

 

WM Tree Services

 

http://www.bestkenttreesurgeons.co.uk

 

That's the sad truth mate.

[D A Tree Surgeons]

i wouldnt want to hire out my chipper

i think it will just get a hammering:thumbup:

[kentjames]

James for that kind of dollar you'd get me climbing or grounding, Transit and TW125.

 

I've often thought along the same lines Mark How do you find your TW125? Does it cope well enough with what you put through it? I dont do massive removals and still think the tw125 would suit me best.

 

J&S LANDSCAPING + We Do Men And Wood Chipper For Day Hire | eBay - it gives you an idea.

 

A quick search on here will pick up a recent thread about a guy offering himself with a chipper for £200 per day.

 

Plenty of other Fleabay ads for £180.

 

HTH.

 

Steve.

 

Mate i go out with a a530t jensen for £225-£250 per day depending on milage but i have nptc 30,31,38,39 with all my own tackle and i don't mind climbing for that either. £350 per day is Mog+10-12" chipper region. There are guy's that go out for £180 a day with tranny and 6" timberwolfs on this forum!!

 

The two above, thanks for that, confirms that A the hire shop is a rip off (i knew that) and B that a good starting point would be £180 per day for me and the chipper, thanks

 

yr rate depends on how good you are ,you may class yr sen as a good climber others may differ ,contract climbing is a diffrant ball game ,folk paying top doller for a climber ,want top results ,think before letting yr sen in for this wen selling yr self ,that all imo

 

Johny - thats a good point, I consider myself a mid range climber at the moment and I am very concious of my abilities and current work rate. Thanks for raising a valid point.

[kentjames]

They aren't making any money though.

 

...trouble is though a lot of the competition aren't concerned or appear to think turnover and profit are as one.

 

That's the sad truth mate.

 

Wise words, and we are all in work to make money, hence my careful considered approach to chipper purchasing, its got to make money, margins are tight enough as it is these days.

[kentjames]

I can hire a 6" tracked chipper for £125 a day. £20 extra for a trailer or they can deliver/collect. So, take what you want from that. That's near Retford. East mids.

 

Alas its north (ok its midlands but) verses south divide again i think, a similar machine down here would probably be double that money.

 

Im in that position where hiring one in wouldn't be profitable on the job and yet finance for one may be too much long term to fork out for, catch 22, although I think I'm talking myself round to the idea being a good one.

 

i wouldnt want to hire out my chipper

i think it will just get a hammering

 

I wouldn't hire it out without me operating it, I agree it would probably come back at best very blunt and at worse broken Its a risk some take but not one I would take with a shiny new machine

[farmer rod]

James

 

Coppard Plant Hire at Crowborough have chippers, check their website, you could have a chipper for a week nearly for 350

[kentjames]

Rod, thanks for that, but I don't usually need one for a week and Crowborough is a fair drive from my place - again another overhead to consider both in fuel and time.

 

Unless the hire place is on your doorstep I don't think the hire route can work, inflating the costs of hiring reduces the profit and increasing the quotation to compensate only puts you behind others and looses work?

 

As already stated by others, to do tree work you need to have chipper and truck, and I do agree with this, incurring costs of hiring only puts you behind someone else :???:

 

This has been useful stuff so far though and thanks to all, please keep it coming