Just a gardener now, who was a carpet cleaner

[Jamie_tardi]

I think 250 per man is a push for 8 hours an example of what I would quote is £150 for each man for eight hours then add on a waste disposal fee, if someone quibbles how much said fee is tell them can dispose of the waste themselves.... Either way you win

[padman]

I think 250 per man is a push for 8 hours an example of what I would quote is £150 for each man for eight hours then add on a waste disposal fee, if someone quibbles how much said fee is tell them can dispose of the waste themselves.... Either way you win

 

 

I like that idea. The trips to the tip which I reckon in my 8x5 trailer with us jumping on top of the waste will be x3 and its a 20 mile round trip to a tip that allows me in.

 

This of course will be on top of the 8 hours we spent in the customers garden as they never like you buggering off, even if it is to get rid of there waste

 

So I think a price for the job and a price for shifting might be a idea.

 

Thanks again.

[Kev Stephenson]

If I could go gardening at £500/day for a 2 man team I'm selling my chipper!!

 

Be realistic, £100-150 max per man plus your costs if you are on day rate. I am quite sure you won't be paying your assistant the full £100-150 so you will be pocketing some of that to cover the running of your vehicle. At £150 a day I would expect you running around like loonies all day.

 

It sounds like you are looking to use a public (i.e. no trade waste) tip so no costs there, are you insured included employers.

 

Would you pay £500 for 2 blokes to trim your hedge and cut the grass?

[54gka]

no tip round my way would let me in with that size trailer mines 7x5 and thats a no no.Commercial site for me a lot easier and faster to tip.

[padman]

If I could go gardening at £500/day for a 2 man team I'm selling my chipper!!

 

Be realistic, £100-150 max per man plus your costs if you are on day rate. I am quite sure you won't be paying your assistant the full £100-150 so you will be pocketing some of that to cover the running of your vehicle. At £150 a day I would expect you running around like loonies all day.

 

It sounds like you are looking to use a public (i.e. no trade waste) tip so no costs there, are you insured included employers.

 

Would you pay £500 for 2 blokes to trim your hedge and cut the grass?

 

Ha ha its a awful lot more than hedge cutting. No grass cutting big borders to hand dig over as full of rocks which she wants shifting. I would pay my assistant a least a ton a day as with this job he would earn it. If you saw the job and the aggro I can see you would want mega bucks I am sure. Anyway I have gone in at £400 a day labour + extra for waste removal.

 

I am prety certain I will get the job now as no one else wants it so the son told me today.

[padman]

no tip round my way would let me in with that size trailer mines 7x5 and thats a no no.Commercial site for me a lot easier and faster to tip.

 

Not sure for how much longer mind you as my local tip will not even let me in with my van

 

I have to travel to use this tip. What are you paying for a full 7x 5 trailer to empty at these commercial sites out if interest.

Edited April 1, 2014 by padman

[daveatdave]

don't forget if you are carrying other than green waste (rocks old fence panels etc) you need a waste carriers license

[gensetsteve]

Not sure for how much longer mind you as my local tip will not even let me in with my van

 

I have to travel to use this tip. What are you paying for a full 7x 5 trailer to empty at these commercial sites out if interest.

 

I think our local charges £10 a tonne for top soil or clean rubble. Or £120 tonne for mixed waste min 1 tonne charge so the bigger the trailer the better.

[peatff]

Hire a big skip for the job and let the customer pay for it. You can get a 10 cubic yard for £200.