SimpleSimon

Are you able to extract the wood to roadside yourself or do you need to hire kit and/or manpower for that too?

Hi all, I'm self employed and looking to find any extra work available in Worcestershire or surrounding counties. I have a 60cc saw and 45cc brushcutter (modern Husqvarna kit) and my own pickup with business cover. CS30, 31, and have my CS32 course booked in Feb. I can also competently drive tractors, loaders, etc. Some experience of fencing, etc. I'd welcome one offs, regular days, or just going on your backup list for as-and-when. Feel free to message for any further info.

There are a few independent local shops with smallholding/equestrian type customer base and local ads boards, which could be a good starting point. I'm also having a couple of magnetic signs made up for the pickup, and I do already have a few existing contacts and acquaintances. I'm working on a website and much as I hate Facebook I guess I'll make a page on there too!

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Thanks, I'm always interested so do message if you need an extra pair of hands for anything. Especially if you need a hand with any hedgelaying, I'm doing a one day intro course this month to get the basics but it would be great to get some practice in afterwards!

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I'll let you know, when I've done it! Everything I've done so far has been subcontracting on one level or another. I'm hoping to change that this year!

Must be very easy these days to offer an online credit/debit payment portal. Build the admin fees into your pricing so that it doesn't matter what method the customer uses. Big convenience points for the customers and also means you can win business from people who may not have instant funds available who would use a credit card.

I don't mean your first actual job, I mean for those who are sole traders or running a firm what was your first "job" that you did when you started up? Not counting subcontracting.

Still available the remainder of this week. Potentially more availability over the coming weeks as well please do get in touch.

Small firm I used to subby for, the boss was on the tools with us mostly, and if all the jobs he'd planned were done then it was home time and you were paid day rate. After all, he'd priced the jobs based on having to pay it anyway. Sometimes some logs to do or bits and bobs at the yard. The odd early finish made up for the odd late one and easy days made up for big ball ache days. Bigger firms I do bits for will find jobs to fill the day, which is fair enough, they have more to worry about and profit to make or lose. When I do agricultural stuff I always charge hourly, it means I take a hit if we get done quickly or it's a smaller job, but it also means I'm not doing 12+ hour days for peanuts. For me, day rate is the better option for arb becuase I know I'm getting that regardless. Otherwise I could end up back from a job at lunchtime and sent home on 4 hours pay. I'd rather do crap jobs in the yard than lose half a day's wages.

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It's very frustrating, around here there are a lot of jack of all trade type "companies" with transit tippers doing trees, landscapes, driveways, etc. etc. I don't consider the amount of fly tipping we see to be a coincidence!

Thanks, I've already emailed them so if they do allow you to take your own I'll be sorted ??

I have thought of the skip idea, cost was the main concern though as you say its easily costed onto jobs as long as its not extortionate to begin with. I don't have a yard at present but I "know people who know people" so could probably scrounge a bit of space to put a skip somewhere.

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I'm in Worcestershire. I've been in touch with a couple of local companies, no response as yet but hopefully they'll shed some light.

Thanks for the sensible answer(!) I wonder if £45/ton is typical or if there's much variation... No companies seem to want to give any pricing away without asking for an actual quote, which I don't want to get into (yet). My other thought was to have a large roro bin/skip at a yard and have it emptied as needed, but I imagine that would be costly.

I've been going down a bit of a rabbit hole looking into fencing as a possible extra business idea, you know how it goes when something sparks a bit of interest and you can't resist a bit of research... Anyway... I'm just curious, say you do a job removing old 6ft panels and replace the lot, plus posts. How do you dispose of 20 or 30 old knackered panels and posts?

Sorry, I've put it in the tags and neglected to mention in the actual text. I'm in Worcestershire.

Hi all, A bit of a long shot but I am available this Tuesday-Friday if anybody is in need of some extra hands on a job. I have CS30, 31, first aid. Various experience in arb. forestry and agriculture. I can also competently drive tractors, loaders, telehandlers and just about work a 360 digger, although I have no tickets for these. Have my own pickup insured for business, decent ground saw and also a 45cc brushcutter with mulching head. All manner of hand tools. Please let me know if you have anything I can help with. Simon

Having been used to a Forst ST6 as the only chipper I'd really used, I was disappointed by the performance of the first Timberwolf I used. I now regularly sub to firms using various models from both brands and the Forsts undoubtedly feed and chip better.

What sort of work do you use the digger for? Are we talking towable size? I have driven a 5 tonner a bit and seen what sort of thing they're capable of but I don't really know much about them, especially not smaller ones. Any large (expensive) kit like that will definitely need to wait a while anyway but it's good to have ideas.

This was more or less my thinking, lots of farms in my area and also a lot of" lifestyle" type smallholdings, etc with trees and scrub that need, or will eventually need attention. Brash burnt or diced up with the saw and left, logs I can either take away or else loads of people will have stoves and want it logged up. Minamal kit, and minimal messing about. Hopefully!

Pole saw sounds like a good additional shout, thanks. Are any of the "multitool" types with changeable heads any good, so I could have a pole saw, hedge cutter, etc. in one?