Chipper costing per hour.

[18 stoner]

I used to work with a guy who thought £30 per day was what it cost to run my chipper:scared1:

[Ty Korrigan]

You going to run that in France? How is parts availibilty and sourcing blades anvils/getting them sharpened etc?

 

When out in Germany a lot of the small outfits didn't have chippers, just trucks towing big trailers far more usefull if your work is divided up with works other than trees. They had well porganised yardds and would either burn the brash or have it biomass chipped every so often. All the cord was processed for firewood.

 

What i'm getting at is how usefull an investment would a 5-10k chipper be for you in your market? In the U.K a chipper is essential, my experience of Europe a chipper is less an essential item.

 

 

Chap, what you say is very valid.

Thank you for reminding me of this and re-enforcing a previous idea.

At the moment I am researching all future options.

In the past I brought arisings back to my land and burnt them come winter as there are fire restrictions in our area.

Also, locals here have a tradition of using most of a tree for fuel so less to remove from site.

Land use is less tightly regulated and it would be easy for me to persuade a local farmer to let me a shabby corner plot for waste storage.

I have several jobs already lined up and all arisings that cannot be used will be stacked for burning later.

Also, my own maths had come to a figure of around £15+ per hour for the TW125 chipper, reckon thats about right...?

Thank you all for your input.

[dangerous brian]

Go for a 150 ,should get a beut for 5 grand i charge 200 notes a day for opperator truck and chipper.

[Stephen Blair]

match a hire company, add on your time+delivery plus fuel.

[tommer9]

What he said....although i go slightly under a hire company then add on some for time and fuel......at least that is how its explained if a customer asks. 200 a day is the ball park for me.

[Lee Winger]

Don't know how anyone can cost per hour, what happens when your chipper sits around for 2 weeks or two days etc etc because the job you're involved in doesn't require a chipper..

 

A weekly daily rate is far better imo

[fricks]

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

[skyhuck]

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

 

Rubbish!!

 

The bearings are a weakness, but to say they go every week is just silly:thumbdown:

[gibbon]

£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.

[Simon Rotheram]

I'd rather my machines be out working and earning me tree work money rather than out on a operator hire. But if its sat in the yard its better to be out on hire than giving no return at all!

 

I found on the odd day we have done operator + chipper on a day rate we arrive to a pile of brash as big as a house and the chipper is in full use constantly for the day (which is fair enough as the hirer wants to get his monies worth) so its getting a hammering more so than maybe on an average tree job. Therefore I would charge at the higher rate as its adding xxx hours to the machine and possibly 3 days or more's worth of wear on it.