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The resident on a 5 acre, forested parcel asked about a day rate for some pruning and removals. I would either climb/ fell or run the machine. How much extra added to the day rate, over staffing/ gear/ overhead? If told him a day-rate with $120 extra for the chipper. Thoughts on that number?

There are so many trees to go around. Maybe its best to keep it to myself. Dunno. Stacked red alder mill logs, and some fir firewood logs at the stuck-in-the-backcut house. We'll see what that adds up to minus loading and hauling costs. Alder is the best paying peeler logs and sawlog around...

That's may be correct in FL, but not here. Any employees require WC.

Reg, I'm thinking of a few people who I know, who would be potential resources to help with other jobs of mine. Its employee-free. Low risk. Much easier to do if injured, as well as a lot less physically demanding (not getting younger). I'm hoping to get a small mill, sometime. Seems like a...

Unless its a really big, dozen tree, type job, or a super long, uphill drag medium job, I can't imagine needing a loader for more than a few hours. Unless its a pre-agreed end time for job 1, scheduling a second job in a day would be hard. You make good points about consumables. A huge...

Hard to compare to a foreign market, but what would you pay per hour for a sub with your machine, if you didn't have any iron (so quite possibly no experience operating equipment, if rented)?

Again, thanks for all the input. A bucket compared to a BMG seems like a pistol to a bazooka. I had to do a new manuever to pull the 38' cedar mill log around a glacial erratic boulder. I couldn't quite get up the hill, so I did resort to manually chaining this to pull it 6' until I could...

$125/ hour, 3 hour minimum, portal to portal, seems reasonable. I will have to schedule out time for it, which complicated my job and crew. I'm figuring, with solo- machine subcontract work, I can bid my tree jobs higher, and sell less at a better margin. Less physical demand and risk than...

Thanks for all the input. Mick, you have seen the difference between a loader bucket and grapple. Enormous, IME Waiting on delivery at an uncertain time from the rental company costs money. Picking up and returning with company truck and trailer takes time and resources, including a competent...

Is it transported to you, with a specialty-built-exactly-for-treework attachment, and an expert operator? General Contractor is relieved of risk of damage to the machine, as well. Kind of an apples to oranges comparison.

What do you think is a good hourly subcontractor rate and minimum for me with my mini and bmg to help local arborists who are without iron? I'd say that I'm pretty solid on the machine, and pretty efficient at doing what's needing to be done. Good at directly feeding my chuck and duck, which I...