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I'd price in a 3rd man if I was you. The picture in my mind is a large defective Ash being rigged down and a pile of crap building up on the deck waiting for you.

Large cavity etc? Not inspiring me a great deal. Sounds a load of hassle being that far away start smaller work out your daily costs, tipping, what income you want, what profit you want.

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if you want the work and need to be competitive then really think the job out- ie could you get it doen in a day with 3 of you (will work out cheaper than 2 for 2 days) likewise if you think you will get it all down in a day, do you need another person helping you next day if your just moving timber if you finish at 12 on the second day with 2 of you unless you have another job to go onto you still have to pay the groundie the full day.

It all well and good saying just put 2 days 2 men on, but you may not get the job if someone else is quoting and thinking along the same lines as above.

Just a thought.

Also if your not needing a chipper (presumably you hire one otherwise?) £500 per day for 2 blokes no chipper would be considered quite a lot down here. perhaps you can reduce the price a bit by not having the chipper- surely you can still make a good profit at £350-£400 per day if you don't have massive outgoings.

It can be easy to be greedy and not get the job.

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Price it high and add in that if they want to shift the wood themselves then you can knock off a hundred quid ;) . Don't get caught out pricing it for a day and then working in the dark or having to go back the next day for free.

 

Wise words :thumbup1:. I,m sure most of us on here have been caught out like this at one point in our working lives . 75 mile round trip n all :thumbdown:

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