Bunchastuff quotes

[skotl]

Hi all

40 trees, all around 20ft above ground level (they are up a slope)

Bunchabracken'&'gorse spread over the slope.

To prune and/or cut down the trees, and to uproot the bracken and gorse.

Take the whole lot away and burn/imolate it.

4 guys for 7 days = £3,500. One guy has quoted £1,200...

Thoughts?

 

[WabbitPoo]

£3500 is 125 quid a day for each bloke (probably more for the boss and less for the boys) - not exactly a luxury wage, when you think about it.....

 

[skotl]

No - indeed.

It was more whether you thought it sound like 28 man-days of effort?

 

[WabbitPoo]

It was more whether you thought it sound like 28 man-days of effort?

Not sure what you mean by that. But yes, 3 and a half K sounds like a lot when you could buy a chainsaw and do it yourself!


Cue all the HSE comments on chainsaws.........

 

[r896neo]

Clearing large areas of bracken and gorse is difficult. The machinery needed to do it properly is pretty serious stuff and therefore had a premium attached. You have to factor these large overheads into a quote like this its not simply the time taken.

A team doing it with 10 grand of kit could possible do it in 3/4 days

Whereas a couple of guys doing it with a brushcutter might take 2 weeks.

This type of job is a good example of one where you just need to get quotes and take the best one as trying to work out someone elses costs is pointless.

 

[imamartian]

Want my take?

Learn how to use a chainsaw and get the right clothing... now....chop down the frickin trees, into kindle sized bundles... sell at car boots, end off your drive etc..

Buy about 150 bottles of beer = approx £100.... get 15 of your biggest/fittest mates around ... give them scythes, rakes, knives, etc... let 'em loose... buy £50 worth of fireworks and 10 lanterns,,,, burn all the green stuff... let off fireworks, release the lanterns for the kids, drink the beer, and get pizzas.....

cost = £300
revenue on cut timber £2000......

simples !!!

 

[skotl]

Cheers Mr Martian and others.

As it happens, we got two other quotes; one said "loads of weedkiller, and we'll pour petrol down it and set it on fire". Unsurprisingly, he wasn't top of our list.
The other quoted £1,200 to do all I listed earlier and to remove all of the waste. TBH, I wouldn't be surprised if the job ended up costing more but £1,200 heading for £2k seems better than starting at £3.5k.

Will keep you posted!