Subbing out cleanup

[tc262]

What is a wraptor mini? Are you missing a zero? Thanks.

A wraptor is a powered ascender. Another option to consider vs buying a bucket truck.

 

[CaPowell]

A wraptor is a powered ascender. Another option to consider vs buying a bucket truck.

Okay. I wondered if he was talking about that wraptor, but the rest of his post seemed to be completely focused on mini skids.

 

[hseII]

Okay. I wondered if he was talking about that wraptor, but the rest of his post seemed to be completely focused on mini skids.

He’s saying a Mini Skid & a Wraptor has been a better business choice for him than a Bucket Truck with more maintenance issues.

 

[Nickvandervelde]

That's a tough call and is probably a better move... get the bucket first, then get the loader... I personally would never do tree work without both.... So plan on getting them bang - bang... you got to decide where you want to go with your business.... and it only makes sense to have a third man sooner than later... Certainly possible to find a good sub for clean up... if you're worried about book keeping, have the client write the check to the sub directly... Of course that isn't a perfect system... your sub is bound to have break downs, or other issues that hurt reliable completion... And of course find someone with a log loader to take all the big wood.. before I got my loader I would even have my guy pick up smaller logs if I could line the work up and keep travel time down.... In the end the best thing you can do is sell work... Nothing solves problems like sales!!!!

I know this is a an older thread but wanted to chime in with a followup question. I was thinking about trying to sub out my cleanup to my old boss who is now semi-retired. He has a loader truck with a prentice grapple capable of picking up big wood. I was thinking of negotiating a per load charge. We would have all the brush and logs staged ready for pickup. What do you guys think a fair price per load would be? Small - Medium sized trees can be cleaned up with one load. Larger trees/jobs would be 2-4 loads. Most of our jobs are within 10 miles of his wood lot.

 

[Fivepoints]

This would be very location dependant. Here we have a guy with a grapple truck that charges $350 a load. His is triaxle with a 42 yard bed. We have a single axle grapple but still use him on occasion when we have a lot of material to move.

 

[Merle Nelson]

Sounds like it could work out well for a person wanting to slow down in life to be running the grapple truck. Also could be good for you if he is conditioned to be responsible. Nice.

 

[XTREEC]

Timely thread. I just got a large dump box truck with a Prentice grapple loader. Figured I'd use it for my jobs and sub out to a couple small tree guys I already know. Thinking about approaching some other small companies to pick up the mess. It should make short work of picking up a lot of brush in one load.

 

[Nickvandervelde]

Timely thread. I just got a large dump box truck with a Prentice grapple loader. Figured I'd use it for my jobs and sub out to a couple small tree guys I already know. Thinking about approaching some other small companies to pick up the mess. It should make short work of picking up a lot of brush in one load.

XTREEC, any idea how much you will be looking to charge per load for cleanup?

 

[XTREEC]

I haven't figured that out just yet. It will probably depend on the volume and distance.