Chipper and operator?

[Hodge]

Another thing to think about is when your quiet, you prob price a lot cheaper, I know I do! We all have bills to pay!! I hate them quiet weeks when the phone won't ring lol

 

 

Then when the same customer rings and you are busy and quote your normal rate they want to know why you've put your price up, been there done that mate, it's a road to nowhere.

[Hodge]

As reading the posts in this thread i cant help but notice that you tree surgeons are under the illusion that a van and chipper and saws etc are expensive machinery.

whilst it may be true compared to say a window cleaner or maybe a bricklayer its peanuts compared to setting up a haulage contractor, forestry contractor, or a agricultureal contractor, etc,where running costs a maybe 10 times higher than running a small tree surgery business,

 

i am not knocking tree surgeons in any way, just letting you know to be greatfull for small mercy's.

 

 

Bit of a pointless post, that like saying that I run an airline and my jet planes cost 10,000 time more to run than your woodchipper. You choose your business and run it the point of this thread was someone wanting to know how much to charge for a van and chipper not that it costs more to run a totally different business. My reply is not meant to offend by the way.

[eggsarascal]

Bit of a pointless post, that like saying that I run an airline and my jet planes cost 10,000 time more to run than your woodchipper. You choose your business and run it the point of this thread was someone wanting to know how much to charge for a van and chipper not that it costs more to run a totally different business. My reply is not meant to offend by the way.

 

I'll keep me head down then.

[Hodge]

I'll keep me head down then.

 

 

Come on Eggs, explain.

[eggsarascal]

Come on Eggs, explain.

 

I tried to make a comparison on the last page, but it seems like I broke the rules:001_tongue:

 

What I was trying to get over was, running a van and basic tools needs to be as close to £200/day as possible. Trying to run a van/tipper and any sort of machine for less is a mugs game.

 

Now, get on ya bike.

[bumble B]

Bit of a pointless post, that like saying that I run an airline and my jet planes cost 10,000 time more to run than your woodchipper. You choose your business and run it the point of this thread was someone wanting to know how much to charge for a van and chipper not that it costs more to run a totally different business. My reply is not meant to offend by the way.

 

You can run any business you like so long as you apply the formula of;

 

Work out what you want your annual salary to be.

Add together ALL your outgoings.

Factor in your down time and holiday.

Divide the lot by days worked.

Don't forget whatever % profit you want your business to grow by.

Don't worry about what others charge.

 

In no particular order.

[hamdogg]

I do think a lot of the people on this forum have long and well established businesses, but for those who are trying to get established and get work and pay the same bills as those who have plenty of work, it's hard and will prob work for less to try get ahead! If that makes sense!?

[Hodge]

I tried to make a comparison on the last page, but it seems like I broke the rules:001_tongue:

 

 

 

What I was trying to get over was, running a van and basic tools needs to be as close to £200/day as possible. Trying to run a van/tipper and any sort of machine for less is a mugs game.

 

 

 

Now, get on ya bike.

 

 

I agreed with you. My point to the other bloke was that you can't run a business for peanuts and survive long term. Of course a tree surgery out fit is gonna need less to run than a haulage contractor, well depending on the size of the business of course.

Most of us posting on this thread are reading from the same page, don't be cheap. I'm not gonna say what I charge but I have to take a certain amount per day to run, I then take as much as I can on top without ripping folk off. I'm happy in the end and that's what matters.

[Hodge]

I do think a lot of the people on this forum have long and well established businesses, but for those who are trying to get established and get work and pay the same bills as those who have plenty of work, it's hard and will prob work for less to try get ahead! If that makes sense!?

 

 

Ham, you can charge what you like but you must cover your costs or it ain't worth doing. I don't mean to be patronising but get a bit of paper and write down your monthly costs and work out your minimum daily cost and see where you are. It works, if I have had a good week and am in profit and I can go and cut a conny down and chip it and get 2 hundred quid then I will but I ain't doing a 2 hundred quid job for 100 because they expect that sort of price for ever. I have had it happen to me in the past. I know it's worrying if the phone don't ring for a bit but you just gotta get savy at stockpiling work or diversifying into fencing/landscaping/logs etc.

[hamdogg]

Ham, you can charge what you like but you must cover your costs or it ain't worth doing. I don't mean to be patronising but get a bit of paper and write down your monthly costs and work out your minimum daily cost and see where you are. It works, if I have had a good week and am in profit and I can go and cut a conny down and chip it and get 2 hundred quid then I will but I ain't doing a 2 hundred quid job for 100 because they expect that sort of price for ever. I have had it happen to me in the past. I know it's worrying if the phone don't ring for a bit but you just gotta get savy at stockpiling work or diversifying into fencing/landscaping/logs etc.

 

 

Yeah the diversifying is my next plan!! 😐 now to come up with one!!