How much do you guys typically charge for one man and a chipper?
I have not been satisfied with the 6" Vermeers I rented in the past and haven't yet been able to afford a decent chipper. I can get one for 150 a day, which I think is a pretty good price, but they are such a pain in the neck to operate and seem to make the job last even longer than if we just loaded branches and stomped them down in the truck. The plus side is though, that the volume of debris is highly reduced and I can get rid of chips for free on craigslist (as opposed to $51 per ton for green waste around here.
I know an older guy with an ancient chuck n' duck and a 14' stakebed truck (which he unloads with a pitchfork!). He does not have a license or insurance but has been operating his own company longer than I have been alive.
How much do you guys typically charge for one man just chipping branches for the day? I have got a $1500 pine to take down- I will bring my main groundie with me and might hire that other guy just to chip all day. He unloads all of his chips on his property and perhaps I could give him all the wood since he sells firewood as well.
Not using a chipper for this job is out of the question. It's a 65-70' pine and would probably take me 3 trips to the dump with my 12' truck ($153 minimum) plus lost time and diesel.
Subcontracting chipping would make it a lot easier for me because I would only have to bring one groundie instead of paying another one (after w/c insurance and payroll taxes, at least $200 each), would not have to rent a chipper ($150), the job would go faster (his old wayne chips surprisingly well!), and I wouldn't have the hassle of having to return later on to get rid of all the big wood. So I would save 350 minimum right off the bat.
How much should I pay someone like this for the day? Is it even legal in CA though to subcontract someone who doesn't have a license?
I have not been satisfied with the 6" Vermeers I rented in the past and haven't yet been able to afford a decent chipper. I can get one for 150 a day, which I think is a pretty good price, but they are such a pain in the neck to operate and seem to make the job last even longer than if we just loaded branches and stomped them down in the truck. The plus side is though, that the volume of debris is highly reduced and I can get rid of chips for free on craigslist (as opposed to $51 per ton for green waste around here.
I know an older guy with an ancient chuck n' duck and a 14' stakebed truck (which he unloads with a pitchfork!). He does not have a license or insurance but has been operating his own company longer than I have been alive.
How much do you guys typically charge for one man just chipping branches for the day? I have got a $1500 pine to take down- I will bring my main groundie with me and might hire that other guy just to chip all day. He unloads all of his chips on his property and perhaps I could give him all the wood since he sells firewood as well.
Not using a chipper for this job is out of the question. It's a 65-70' pine and would probably take me 3 trips to the dump with my 12' truck ($153 minimum) plus lost time and diesel.
Subcontracting chipping would make it a lot easier for me because I would only have to bring one groundie instead of paying another one (after w/c insurance and payroll taxes, at least $200 each), would not have to rent a chipper ($150), the job would go faster (his old wayne chips surprisingly well!), and I wouldn't have the hassle of having to return later on to get rid of all the big wood. So I would save 350 minimum right off the bat.
How much should I pay someone like this for the day? Is it even legal in CA though to subcontract someone who doesn't have a license?
