help withpricing digging in forestry tracks/rides

[Tommy 7840]

Can anyone help with any information regarding pricing to dig forestry tracks and dig stone out of an old quarry and grade over the road per metre? Is there a standard rate i cant seem to find anything at all to help.The road needs to be 4 metres wide and the stone needs to be 150mm deep with geotextile laid underneath.If anyone could help would be much appreciated.

[log on tommy]

where are you based? I've got a mate based near Cardiff who specialises in that sort of thing and could give a good idea.

[Charlieh]

If you speak to your local FC woodland officer, as part of the woodfuel woodland improvement grant seminars they were running last year there were giving out a CD with a spreadsheet on it. It was set up to help calculate rough costings for different road and ride specifications. I don't have mine else I would send you a copy but it may be worth a call to your local FC office

[Tommy 7840]

okay thanks i will give my local fc office a call and see what they say.We are doing the job for a farmer but he needs a price all of our digger work so far has been hourly.

[roseyweb]

The Fc used to issue standard costings for things like that as part of ewgs

Might be worth looking through old help things online

[Burytreeman]

Hi Tommy, how do you know what stone will come out of the quarry? are you planning to crush it? regards Tony

[Craig.]

Just had a look on the last ewgs costing and the version I had, august 2011, stated roading cost codes had been removed?

Nearest I could see was timber stacking area,

 

N/A

Timber stacking areas

Use the small car park (A22) operation and cost for similar specification work

Square metre

£ 20.00

 

A22

Small car park

Small car park (up to about 10 cars) A22 Excavate to 300mm depth and fill to 150mm with clean hardcore. Surface with minimum 150mm of new hardcore (Type 1) with topping of fines to bind surface. Each parking bay requires 5m x 3m, plus turning space (1.5 x car length). Can also be used to create stacking areas where a similar specification is required.

Square metre

£ 20.00

 

Giving £80 a metre on your 4m road?

 

Maybe try and get hold of an older issue for an idea, or possibly a newer version might contain road costing again.

Not much help sorry:blushing:

[Tommy 7840]

Thankyou everyone any help is good.I have done some research but couldnt find much.The farmer did say he overheard in the region of £30 to £40 a metre including stone.!!!! Im at crossroads......

[djbobbins]

Cynical, but if a farmer is claiming £40 a metre then £80 is probably about right...

[Tommy 7840]

I know what you mean i know what they are like as well that is a problem....