Chipper costing per hour.

[Buzz]

I never ever ever hired out my chipper as the material is always badly presented and full of rubbish lol

 

I did it once and never ever again........ruined a set of blades for a TP230 at 250.00 a set.

[Simon Rotheram]

I never ever ever hired out my chipper ...

 

I did it once ....

 

Which is it Matt

[leebayliss]

if you work out how much you've probaly spent hiring a chipper over a period of time, you might be shocked on how much you have spent, i would defenetly buy one it would save you money in the long run, just make sure it aint had to many hours use and make sure you service it often

[Ty Korrigan]

Thanks Lads for you replies.

If saying that your 10k chipper is treated like a baby and therefore good for 1000hours (£10) then add fuel per hour (£1.50), blade sharpening every 25/30 plus and allowance for unexpected issues then perhaps £25/30 per hour is reasonable to allow in your pricing.

I am pricing per HOUR of USE alone.

Down time is of no issue to me as if I had £10k and it was in the bank invested it would only 5 would be worth only 5% max after 5 years currently.

I would NEVER hire out my chipper without its operator as I have seen what hirers do to machines and it pains me to watch/take part in this abuse.

Sorry, I'm a bit correct at times.

[Lee Winger]

stay away from timber wolf ( bearing weekly part of a service )

 

 

Utter rubbish, I've had two TW's and would have another tomrrow!!

[18 stoner]

£200 is cheap for a man plus chipper. Brandons charge £120 plus vat plus £5 sharpening, fuel added to bill. I'd say £300 is nearer the mark, if its chipper + operater + disposal.

 

More like it mate, would just add like Matt Buzz says, never hire without operator:cool1:

[combined tree services]

stay away from timber wolf ( bearing weekly part of a service )

 

do you have anything factual to base your statement on ????

 

i have a tw190 and other than the usual stuff that is expaected on a chiper i have not had any trouble with it , it recently had its 500 hour service and all that was required was new bottom feed roler bushes which after 500 hrs of use is expectable !!! i am now selling it as i am changing the way that we work .

 

what is it that you use for a chiper ??

[Nick B]

If you have 10k to spend I would go for a six inch Machine

I have a five inch timber wolf which i find is a very good chipper

But with the extra horse power of the 6" machine it puts a lot less strain on everything

and this should make the machine last a lot longer

 

My 5" machine works out at about £25 per houre to run

[combined tree services]

If you have 10k to spend I would go for a six inch Machine

I have a five inch timber wolf which i find is a very good chipper

But with the extra horse power of the 6" machine it puts a lot less strain on everything

and this should make the machine last a lot longer

 

My 5" machine works out at about £25 per houre to run

 

nope he should buy my 7.5 inch chipper

[geoff]

stay away from timber wolf ( bearing weekly part of a service )

 

My tw 125 has managed 2 years regular use with no bearing problem yet,thats reasonable methinks!