New climber. Climbing leaning oak?
- Thread starter Rdsjake
- Start date
Thank you. I doubt I would ever want to do it for a living. If you guys working hourly are getting anything less than 30-40 bucks an hour yall are underpaid, this is not some 22 an hour job. I can see why these two trees were going to cost 2000+ to be removed from the couple bids I got. I've spent less in equipment so far to do it myself.
Yeah I have no idea what the going rate for a climber is but it's probably not enough.
Reach
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Atglen, PA
Rates all vary, around here an average company climber is probably $18-25, a rockstar might see $30 or so. Contractors mostly bill $400-500 per day.
Marshy
Member
- Location
- North East
I feel the same way. Maybe I'm a little bias because my tree business is part-time so it doesn't hurt if I don't work a week or two but I value my time and lets face it, it is a high risk occupation.
If I were to do this myself for a living I'm billing 100+an hour while I'm in the saddle. My liability, my equipment etc. I could easily seeing billing over 1k a day. If I were to work for someone I wouldn't take less than 30 if my ass is up in a tree. I come from a house painting industry and those guys are clearing a thousand bucks a day, and good laborers that can handle a paint sprayer are making 20-25. And that's with a lot less risk. This is in California though. Things typically are a little more expensive.
