Price this up please.

[eggsarascal]

To me it looks around £500 for 4 guys 2 controlling traffic 1 on the chipper 1hr and 1/2 work. Price would be based on half day for four. I would contact the elec. company but you can see its insulated they will possibly send someone out just incase but it's unlikely as nothing is over the cable.

 

I'll ask again! How would you control the traffic ?

 

That looks like a national speed limit road. 60 mph?

 

We've all done it! whatever trade we're in........ A lad that I used to work with did it and got himself killed.

[Joe Newton]

Hahaha!

You know it makes sense Jaime!

 

The incident with the bus full of orphans was ages ago.

 

It's called wisdom Newton.

You might get some when you grow a few pubes.

 

 

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Currently pulling them out my teeth...

 

Don't tell your dad.

[sloth]

Currently pulling them out my teeth...

 

Don't tell your dad.

 

Oooo!

[skyhuck]

Picture might be deceiving, but it really only looks about a 50ft tree, and about an hours climbing regardless of telephone cable? Also looks to be a drive way right there to drag stuff to. I don't think your initial estimate is far out assuming you don't need to get in professional TM, and that of course depends on how busy that road is.

 

[Mark Bolam]

Currently pulling them out my teeth...

 

Don't tell your dad.

 

My dad has a Brazilian.

Nice try.

 

 

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[born2trot]

I was about to say,They must be cutting it down with a silky if its gonna take a day..

[Joe Newton]

My dad has a Brazilian.

Nice try.

 

 

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Hahahaha!

 

Well played.

[Woodcrafter]

Signs cones stop and go. Assuming there's enough room and a clear view for on coming traffic plenty of hi vis.

If there wasn't adequate safe distances then it would have to be factored in and traffic lights may be necessary. A well managed job will avoid unnecessary accidents.

Sorry to hear about your friend.

[Gary Prentice]

Ex BT guy drops the line for £50.

Crash the leaning stem across the road.

Clear the stem off the road quickly before the Feds rock up, while the ex-BT guy reinstates the line.

Throw the stem logs on to the top in the verge, creating a valuable pile of Eco-habitat.

Go home.

 

Some people complicate things too much.

 

 

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Ex BT guy, there's only a couple of live wires involved Mark (or so I'm told), you must have money to burn:001_tt2:

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

Several questions you need to ask yourself really.

 

1. Do you or anybody working for you have the correct traffic management qualifications to design/set up traffic management?

 

If not then you need to outsource this requirement for this job or get the tickets.

 

2. Have you checked the road traffic at various peak times of the day, enabling you to have a better understanding of the traffic management requirements?

 

For all we know there could be a blind bend behind the position you took the picture. The road resembles some roads around me that in a picture look harmless, but through local knowledge I know that they are a rat run and cars and large vans go very fast along them with out a worry in the world. To be confronted by a tree crew taking down a tree like this could possibly result in a crash or your crew getting injured.

 

3. Time wise, have you considered the time involved in contacting elec company and arranging cut offs etc? This may mean that the tree is in full leaf and consequently arising branch removal will be heavier. The manner in which you wish to do the job may change as you may not be able to hand held larger pieces as easily and you may have conflicts with phone wire and elec cable beyond what the job looks likely to have now.

 

4. Have you contacted the owner of the driveway nearby to see if you can utilise the drive, or maybe you can not block that drive at all. Your traffic management and the length of your workzone may be altered by this finding. This may affect your traffic management requirements.

 

If you deploy your own signage, you would be prudent to make sure that it is compliant with road traffic management guidelines, a few cones and a tree cutting sign will not protect you in court should anything go wrong.

 

5 Also worth considering, the labourers, will they need some induction to the site etc? Few ground rules of their duties and what not to do and when to do it. I could think of nothing worse on a site like that than having to worry about the labourers not having appropriate consideration or recognition of the site and wandering around aimlessly possibly resulting in climber causing himself or them injury through having to do a last second alteration to his work to avoid them, or a passing car having to take aversive action. All of this is taking time out of your allotted work time with elec cut off or peak traffic times for instance. Planning the job in situations like this is essential.

 

Really are so many elements to treework that asking for a price based on one picture and a little discussion can very quickly result in you being out of pocket or in court.

 

I recommend you assess the job with your professional knowledge and experience, price it accordingly, and go with it. only you know your business model and your expenses to break even and make profit. Yours are most likely to be different to ours, as is everybody else.

 

Good luck and enjoy

 

Good post that, well considered and thorough!