Jammydogg

Not necessarily, it all depends on the pattern of work and taking an averaging approach to overheads (and the same applies with the OP).

 

 

 

Working with gross figures, imagine your standard day rate is £300 and you need to average £60k pa gross. If you are averaging 4days/wk you are averaging £1200/wk, assuming 48wks/yr active you will gross £57.6k which isn't enough.

 

 

 

However, your machine is standing idle for a day a week. If you can find more work at the same rate, or you can increase your rates without losing work, you can fill the gap. However there is an alternative approach.

 

 

 

If you can find flexible work through a different route (ie extended client base) at £180/day then you are decreasing the time the kit is standing idle. If this fills in half the time, you are now averaging £1290/wk, or £61.9k pa.

 

 

 

What you can't do is to drop the rate for the standard client base, or take on too much of it, but as a 'fill-in' it can work out fine.

 

 

 

Alec

That is a bang on statement. Very much appreciated sir 👍🏾

Thanks for the clarification, How much can one be hired for? £100 quid a day?

Nearest to me is approx £135

That figure is based on a solid days chipping with a 9" Bandit I.e a 4 man crew flat out producing stuff to chip or a huge pile to work through and taking a load away. Regardless of chipper size would you really want to do such a horrid job all day for less, when you could get £300 ish for a simple mornings work, why charge less...anyone who needs the service is probably between a rock and a hard place anyway

Jeez. No offence lad, I'm not looking to make a career out of it, nor would I do a horrid job for less money, and it's just me and the chipper chipping for some1 else as extra string to the bow. It will be mostly used for my own works,

A lot will depend on the size of chipper of course.

Indeed Mr D, we're talking a tw150 or a greenmech quadchip 160

I used to do it at £35 a hr for chipping + £1 a mile travelling there and back. Winter only. NO OLD stuff that had been in a pile for years either haha. Min 2hrs.

 

Did well and picked up lots of other work as well.

Brilliant idea pad man an hourly rate is the way forward i think, min 2hours like you say, 👍🏾👍🏾

Chip on price only, as you'll regret 8 hours solid chipping for £150, or even £250. Imo a whole day chipping no questions asked would need to be £500+VAT

Wow lad, no chance of getting work with that sort of figure man.

I'm using the £150-£250 as a rough figure, obviously a whole days solid chipping would need looking

Appreciate your info Mr Demps and Bo-Dogg, when you put it like that, £250 seems reasonable. Maybe £200 if it's not a big pile/not chipping all day

Bit cheap bud when a climber can get that with climbing kit and a topper.

 

Not that I'd be complaining.

 

I can think of a few that would probably use you.

Jus gettin the feelers out there init. £250 for you joe 😜

Afternoon team,

I'm on the brink of needing to buy a chipper, it's a big investment for me, so I'm thinking of utilising it to do man and chipper hire, I will charge £150 a day, which includes taking away 1load of chip....is that reasonable do I think? Just after some advice/feedback from you gents on here who also do the hire.

Many thanks

Jamie

Get rid of that 310 and you'll be halfway there!

Damn good saw that is.

150, 200t, 540, 310, 066

Trying to be a tree surgeon

Keep your eyes peeled chaps, white fiesta van with ladders on roof. Pinched my saw from my van on sat, got him on cctv but are from the travelling community, police aren't interested, im in rugby, van has links to Nuneaton and market harborough sites. Stay safe 👀

A lot of it going on atm, had my saw nicked out my van on sat, while it was on the mother in laws drive and I was working behind it. ******...caught red handed on the neighbours cctv, police aren't bothered and can't do anything. Hate the ***** c***s

the key is to work 17 hour days. Then you make loads more. People don't believe me when i say i get £170 a day cutting trees. But i do.

 

 

 

My chinese tractor and homebase chainsaw never cost much so i can undercut everyone and still make loads

😂😂😂😂😂

Wood, as we know if unbelievably valuable these days. We, as tree surgeons are lucky to be in such a lucrative business.

 

Most of us already have loads of equipment which means we have no overheads at all.

Because our work is easy the Insurance companies don't charge us, they PAY us.

Local garages give us fuel and the guys who work for us don't expect wages.

 

We mostly use banks which provide loans with negative interest. The money just comes from nowhere.

 

On this basis we are always happy to pay people to let us cut down their trees, and even get really rich in the process.

😂😂😂😂😂 legend

Never had a problem with the zig zag being gunked up...performs exactly as it should in all weathers.

Sorry to de-rail....can u pay with card at the arb show for stuff or is it all cash job? Many thanks

tree work ain't about looking cool mate.

 

Wait, that's exactly what it's about.

😂😂😂😂👍🏾

Zigzag is for nancy boys who can't tie a knot

Have your trousers got any higher recently?? #captain high pants 😜

Zigzag all the way....and hitch climber for second line if I need it...best of both worlds ha

Nice and steady at the minute tend to be a couple weeks ahead of my self most of the time...living the dream

It's a very natural look mate, you can obviously climb and have a very good eye for shape.

Saturday night virtual beer is on me.

It's in your fridge, top shelf,

Legend 🍻

Why not? You were.

Actually mate there's some skills there, very nice.

I would have reduced the sides more, but that's me thinking about next time....

😂

Thanks Mark

Pic doesn't do it much justice really, I wanted more off the sides but the chap paying didn't want it looking "too pruned" so did what I could 👍🏾

One from a couple weeks ago....acer reduction 😳

Don't be too harsh 😜

People get really excited about tree work and I've no idea why.

 

 

 

It's easy, basically anyone with 50% of a functioning brain can do 90% of the work and the cream, who are really good or smart rise to the top.

 

 

 

Same as every other industry. There are many analogies I could use but a London escort does not charge the same as a crack whore from the back streets. Yet, is the end result not the same?

Legend 😂😂😂

Finished the stem today.

 

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Topjob my man 👍🏾