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Just don't worry about it, if they can do it for £200 then let them get on with it. Life's too short to worry about such things, imagine if you lived in Nepal, then you would have things to worry about.

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Had a job this month, 5 large Leylandii with terrible access, everything chipped and away, allowed 3 days for 3 men - £1800.

 

Didn't get the job.

 

Came across 2 guys working out of a newly built chip box made of G clamps and ply on the back of a trailer pulled by a disco.

 

I watched with interest as they proceeded to take 14 days to complete the job and left a mess, I also hear they brought in 2 extra men towards the end.

 

Then found out they charged....£800

 

What a waste of a job.

 

Not prepared to compete with that.

 

Pete Hall

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Had similar in the village here recently Pete, although on a lesser scale.

Conny takedown (actually 2 trees grown as one), previously topped and very dense.

A bog standard day for 2 blokes, chipper and Tranny or similar.

 

These old Dids were on it for 4 days with a pickup and trailer, started with 3 blokes.

Funniest part was watching them deal with the dusty dead tops they had rammed back into the tree last time they did it.

Pulling lumps into the road, bust a fence and the clearup seemed to have missed about two bulk bags worth of rakings.

 

I've no idea what they charged, but the bloke who owned the trees is a bit of a cock so I hope it was about £3k, although it was probably more like £300.

 

Fair play to the size of their balls though, I doubt you'll find me 30' up a wooden ladder with a saw when I'm in my sixties.

 

 

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Difficult to know the exact reason for the price differences or the circumstances around the different quotes. So many variables.

 

Had one job where the customer had a small field to clear of brambles and saplings. One firm had been in and given up half way. I went to quote to finish the second half. 2 hours with the flail on the tractor plus minimal travel, so £120.

 

Was informed afterwards the other company had spent 70 hours with the strimmer at over £1000.

 

Both prices could be justified for the time and effort spent, but different equipment and work systems can make a massive amount of difference.

 

A like for like quote isn't necessarily just about the end result, but how a company is going to achieve it.

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