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  1. TreeSoloution
    I thought the Lantra course was held in quite high regard ?
  2. TreeSoloution
    It's usually chipped on site into walking floor lorries, rubbish chip goes straight to the big power stations and no there isn't much money in it. The decent woodchip produced usually from dried roundwood goes to smaller high spec boilers and is worth much much more. Logwood nearly always produces rubbish chip due to it being chipped down the grain etc, even screened biomass chippers produce slivers with log wood although it can be screened. The profit is made with immense volumes mate. Ton many people at it mate, fighting over not much material. It'll all come crashing down in the next few years I reckon.
  3. TreeSoloution
    I'd push to get paid for it if I were you guys, even if it's a pound a ton. Don't give away logwood anymore but be realistic. Clean woodchip you should be getting 6.00 a ton minimum for it. I organise this alot for my clients nationwide. Vikki, do you have a contract direct with Slough or are you going through Charles Dunn / Steve Owen at Shredco ?
  4. TreeSoloution
    That sounds like AHS Tom. Vikki I think the good days are gone now and most of the large stocks of wastewood have been chipped now by the likes of Homegrown Timber and AHS. Most tree surgeons are keeping it for firewood now, even the ugly stuff !
  5. TreeSoloution
    Those little Kubotas are worth there weight in gold.
  6. TreeSoloution
    Yep had that to last night !
  7. TreeSoloution
    It would be most excellent behind a Unimog, I had an ex-forces draw bar trailer behind a U1600. Mine had air brakes though so you would need an air over hydraulic conversion.
  8. TreeSoloution
    :thumbup:
  9. TreeSoloution
    Very, very, true.
  10. TreeSoloution
    511 a day to break even running a 2 man team ? Without taking into account your own personal bills ? What were you paying yourself in the re-worked figure ? 40k a year !
  11. TreeSoloution
    The statement was you should be bringing in 600.00 a day for a 2 man team as a minimum. Do you think that is possible day in day out ? I sure as hell don't mate no matter what your bringing to the party.
  12. TreeSoloution
    It obviously pays well in that bubble
  13. TreeSoloution
    I'd say as a educated guess, 150-200 per man per day is the industry average. Sometimes you get more but i'd say that's a good basis for most peoples pricing. When contracting 380.00 per day + VAT is the absolute minimum I'll go out for. Truck chipper 1 climber 1 groundie.
  14. TreeSoloution
    Er right, good luck with that mate !
  15. TreeSoloution
    I would have done exactly as you did. It's an awful shame that communication is now based on what will fit on a mobile phone screen.
  16. TreeSoloution
    IBC containers !! WTF ! How on earth can that be economic. Can you afford to pay the clients for the material operating like that ??
  17. TreeSoloution
    I need to earn 65.00 a day to break even which is great with everything cut to the bone. When I was contracting full time the best profit I ever had was 33% of gross annual turnover.
  18. TreeSoloution
    Useful to have but very heavy and ties up the powerhead permanently. If you have one you need to work it regularly to justify the cost of the powerhead OR have an old saw to stick on it. IMO your better off with a small lightweight tirfor.
  19. TreeSoloution
    I still pay nearly all bills by cheque as well, the clients however pay me in a variety of ways including paypal which works very well indeed.
  20. TreeSoloution
    Hi there, as part of my consultancy work I organize biomass projects nationwide. I can facilitate the removal of any woody material form almost any site nationwide and in most cases can organize some payment for you depending on volumes.
  21. TreeSoloution
    It comes down to the individual, that is a very sweeping statement. Someone like this lad here has the wrong attitude from the get go. Not all young lads are like that. (Or girls !!)
  22. TreeSoloution
    That looks very smart. Can they do it any colour ?
  23. TreeSoloution
    Depends on your turnover / staff / climbing staff etc don't forget. Does sound like your paying to much though.
  24. TreeSoloution
    What Shrek said !! We all started there... I was on 60.00 a week in 1994. Companies do a favour to colleges offering places. Quite often they are not obliged to pay you anything.
  25. TreeSoloution
    I'm still waiting for my phone to start ringing ! It's been a lean January in out business.

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