Pay rates for climbers and groundsmen

[eggsarascal]

Interesting post. I'm a climber with around 3 years experience. I consider myself certainly competent, probably experienced. I'm on a wage not too dissimilar to that mentioned for a trainee climber. I rent a house with my girlfriend, manage to feed an ever growing cat, share a car, and I'm never too broke to afford a bottle of red. Would I like a bit more? Certainly. But I can get by on what I earn. I wouldn't consider myself poor by any means. I can afford to smoke 50g a week for Chrissake.

 

I'm based in the midlands by the way.

 

What Ya pay in rent, and what does your girlfriend do for a living?

[54gka]

Im a bit quiet at the moment any guys in the Southampton area want to pay me around that day rate to do some groundy work pm me.CS tickets own saws ppe tipper truck many years experience.

Kev

[Joe Newton]

What Ya pay in rent, and what does your girlfriend do for a living?

 

 

Lizzie work as an events coordinator for a small firm, and is on about £500pa more than I. We rent a 2 bedroom semi for £600 + bills.

 

I live relatively modestly, and sometimes it's a struggle, but I get by just fine.

[Joe Newton]

50g of what?! 😁

 

 

Currently I can only afford cutters choice. My meth lab will have to wait for a few pay rises...

[Ty Korrigan]

Example, I charge out a subbie at say 120 but charge him out at 200.

(this IS only an example, I'm not revealing just how greedy I REALLY am...)

He is a cost, I pay vat on him, feed the slacker, sharpen the chains he kills and transport his fat corpse to the site so I feel I should make a margin on him.

The margin advances the company (after paying tax on profit)

Make me sigh when I read guys on here trying to work out how little to charge instead of HOW MUCH!

Ty

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

Interesting post. I'm a climber with around 3 years experience. I consider myself certainly competent, probably experienced. I'm on a wage not too dissimilar to that mentioned for a trainee climber. I rent a house with my girlfriend, manage to feed an ever growing cat, share a car, and I'm never too broke to afford a bottle of red. Would I like a bit more? Certainly. But I can get by on what I earn. I wouldn't consider myself poor by any means. I can afford to smoke 50g a week for Chrissake.

 

I'm based in the midlands by the way.

 

 

Sent you a PM Joe

[Olliebradbury]

£600 for a 2 bed semi! Jesus you're lucky... I pay £750 per month for a room and there's 6 of us in the house!!!

[eggsarascal]

Lizzie work as an events coordinator for a small firm, and is on about £500pa more than I. We rent a 2 bedroom semi for £600 + bills.

 

I live relatively modestly, and sometimes it's a struggle, but I get by just fine.

 

I'm sure you do get by just fine. You come across as a smart young man.

[Jesse]

Id say , correction, i pay £150 a day thats if they are self employed, thats for a top groundy, or an ok climber , whats very important is a great understanding of wood, how it grows , tension wood, how it responds when cut, rigging, time management , safety, see where i am going ???

[Ty Korrigan]

£600 for a 2 bed semi! Jesus you're lucky... I pay £750 per month for a room and there's 6 of us in the house!!!

 

Come to France, we've a 55m2 new build first floor appartment for 292euros per month and the child and housing benefit come to 480euros so for now we live for free!

Plus there is a national shortage of tree climbers which means business is...good.

Ty