How do you handle timber?

[Dean Lofthouse]

A very successful business man once told me that the customer should be paying for me to ring the wood up.

 

He couldn't understand why I was taking it back to my yard and ringing it up in "my" time.

[Stephen Blair]

its all the sawdust that drives me nuts steve, and hitting crap and nails isnt cool either. i did a knackered 30 foot ash pollard today with the hiab, 4 cuts job done. took us about 40 mins from start to finish. sweeeeeeeeet:001_cool:

[Stephen Blair]

A very successful business man once told me that the customer should be paying for me to ring the wood up.

 

He couldn't understand why I was taking it back to my yard and ringing it up in "my" time.

 

i charge all my jobs for man power, if i have the kit that makes it quicker then yippee doodaa:001_smile:then i sell the logs aswell after:001_cool:

[Steve Bullman]

A very successful business man once told me that the customer should be paying for me to ring the wood up.

 

He couldn't understand why I was taking it back to my yard and ringing it up in "my" time.

 

exactly my thinking

[Tom D]

Steve and Dean are right, there are many jobs where ringing it up is a good option, and its what we do most of the time. However I worked out that if I had a lifter of some sort I could have saved 20 days last year, thats about £10k. This is basicaly jobs where you spend a day dismantling and chipping and a day dealing with timber, these could easily be done in a day with a lifter, but you'd still charge the same. If I had any confidence in the economy i'd be buying a roofmount, but not much point having one if there's nothing to lift:sad:

[Stephen Blair]

i did that tree today from start to finish in about 40mins like i said and i charged 350plus vat, if i had to cut and chuck then handball it would of taken about 4-5 hrs and we would of been knackered by the time we finished and of done more damage

[Dean Lofthouse]

i charge all my jobs for man power, if i have the kit that makes it quicker then yippee doodaa:001_smile:then i sell the logs aswell after:001_cool:

 

Trouble is Stevie, customers want value for money and don't understand how much things cost.

 

If you turn up, take a tree down with daves crane in 6 cuts, done and dusted in 60 minutes the customer will be really arsed off paying say, £350 for what they see as an hours work.

 

Because thats all they see, they dont see equipment, overheads, rents, insurances, labourers.

 

One potential customer today asked me if I had one of those shredder thingies and would I be taking the tree away

[Stephen Blair]

i dont want those customers mate, i did todays job in about 2 hrs. 720plus vat, the lady called me tonight delighted with the job, i have to go round tomorrow to get more work and paid:001_cool: she asked before we started if we needed in for power:ohmy:she has went to work and come back job done:001_smile:

[Dean Lofthouse]

i dont want those customers mate, i did todays job in about 2 hrs. 720plus vat, the lady called me tonight delighted with the job, i have to go round tomorrow to get more work and paid:001_cool: she asked before we started if we needed in for power:ohmy:she has went to work and come back job done:001_smile:

 

Exactly, she wasn't in to see how quick you did it.

 

I tend to take a bit longer when the customers in and fly through the job when they're out

[Johny Walker]

Trouble is Stevie, customers want value for money and don't understand how much things cost.

 

If you turn up, take a tree down with daves crane in 6 cuts, done and dusted in 60 minutes the customer will be really arsed off paying say, £350 for what they see as an hours work.

 

Because thats all they see, they dont see equipment, overheads, rents, insurances, labourers.

 

One potential customer today asked me if I had one of those shredder thingies and would I be taking the tree away

 

did you inform her its CALLED CHIPPER my dear lady