How long/how much $ for these?
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SeanKroll
Treehouser
That is a job for an easily rented mini-x and hauling 2 heavy loads.
Nope.
Have you any idea what it would cost to ship a block of wood to Denmark.
Plus, my former partner, Richard, tried two times.
From South Africa and Brazil.
Got confiscated both times, due to not being fumigated.
Fiona just got lucky with her chunk.
Have you any idea what it would cost to ship a block of wood to Denmark.
Plus, my former partner, Richard, tried two times.
From South Africa and Brazil.
Got confiscated both times, due to not being fumigated.
Fiona just got lucky with her chunk.
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SeanKroll
Treehouser
I agree about it being hard to estimate times.
Market value is market value whether you bring $1M or $10k of equipment. Craning is almost always lower impact, so a different product.
davidwyby
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What size trees do you usually get? I’d come do some for fun. Always looking for opportunities to drop trees. Need to come up there between New year and Feb, drop a tree for a friend and drag it home for speed wood for my chainsaw GTG.
My brother ran a double ended splitter once. He said it would keep two guys busy and buried in wood. Needed convenyors.
Treeaddict
Treehouser
It’s a shame he wants to get rid of the Ficus trees. It’s gonna look funny without their border. Is there a health issue?
Kaveman
Treehouser
size depends on ranger district, Pinetop is 12 inch DBH, Springerville is 18 DBH. That's just for pines, Fir and Spruce. The Oak and aspen are out of leaf and illegal after Oct 14, size cap on Juniper and Cedar also vary.
If you're gonna be working in my area, hit me up, I'll come run the camera for you if nothing else! Git me outta the house!
Kaveman
Treehouser
Oh, forgot to mention, I've got a really good relationship with my local rangers, so I get to cut blowdowns that are out of the dead and down size cap. So, we may be able to get some bigger stuff. Also, ive got permits valid till new year...
Burnham
Woods walker
@Kaveman and @davidwyby You two might want to read this old post of mine from way back. It might give y'all some ideas about getting that far away firewood to the road...
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Kaveman
Treehouser
Frigging Dope! As the kids say.
Looks like a blast!
Looks like a blast!
SeanKroll
Treehouser
Is this job having a submitted bid, ATM?
for the 9 trees, im flopping them in the yard, cut off everything 12" and smaller to winch into the chipper and quartering the butt logs and chipping them as well, leave the stumps around 6" tall, $3200
$600 each for stumps if they want them ground
for the single mesquite, $3500, id go up in the bucket and limb it out and chop some 10ft logs off, chip the few limbs and go get the dump trailer and mini ex, come back and haul 2 loads to the dump
assuming you are using a flatbed for everything and a towable lift, need to account for the lift at about $5-600 a day, and disposing of non chipped brush which I can't comment on since IDK how you plan to dispose of it
with my typical 3-4 man crew we can do both jobs in one day and pocket right about $6000 after disposal and paying help assuming the jobs are somewhat close to eachother, otherwise id plan for 2 days
but you know your expenses and what you can do in a day
my rates are coming from my experience with my crew, equipment, and expenses, so best I can really say for your situation is "take your expenses, bill for that and add on whatever you want to pocket at the end"
$600 each for stumps if they want them ground
for the single mesquite, $3500, id go up in the bucket and limb it out and chop some 10ft logs off, chip the few limbs and go get the dump trailer and mini ex, come back and haul 2 loads to the dump
assuming you are using a flatbed for everything and a towable lift, need to account for the lift at about $5-600 a day, and disposing of non chipped brush which I can't comment on since IDK how you plan to dispose of it
with my typical 3-4 man crew we can do both jobs in one day and pocket right about $6000 after disposal and paying help assuming the jobs are somewhat close to eachother, otherwise id plan for 2 days
but you know your expenses and what you can do in a day
my rates are coming from my experience with my crew, equipment, and expenses, so best I can really say for your situation is "take your expenses, bill for that and add on whatever you want to pocket at the end"
Kaveman
Treehouser
For a friend, hell, you gotta estimate that in beers per hour...
I have an entire sliding scale of alcoholic payments for your humor and consideration.
If I'm just running a saw and making sure nothing but the tree dies, maybe a six pack and a twenty to cover my gas.
If I'm climbing and rigging that mesquite, I'm coming down to a Foo Foo frilly cocktail. I want fruity, possibly with an umbrella.
If you want me to come fall timber, some "real hairy-chested manly shit". It'll be steak and whiskey.
I have an entire sliding scale of alcoholic payments for your humor and consideration.
If I'm just running a saw and making sure nothing but the tree dies, maybe a six pack and a twenty to cover my gas.
If I'm climbing and rigging that mesquite, I'm coming down to a Foo Foo frilly cocktail. I want fruity, possibly with an umbrella.
If you want me to come fall timber, some "real hairy-chested manly shit". It'll be steak and whiskey.
Nutball
TreeHouser
$3200 is good on the 9 trees, but $600 per stump is way over in my opinion. $400ea max in my opinion, but I'd even entertain $150ea if that's all they would pay with no grindings haul off. I could still pocket $1000 at the end of the day with a rented grinder, depending on the quality of the machine.
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