RyeThomas
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Alright gents my little enterprise continues to grow. I have an opportunity to pick up a used like new Woodmaxx Chipper WM-8H with the extra knives and belts for about $1000 less than new. So $2100 and the time and money in diesel to pick it up, 2 hrs each way.
I have two jobs right now that I need a chipper on.
Rental cost will be $700, I only have the machine a limited time, time and weather become a bit of a concern. I’m a one man operation and feeding the machine and trying to get done before my rental period is up may kill me, lol.
Good news is I can pass the rental cost onto the customer.
Or I can buy a Woodmaxx for $2K, charge the customer to help pay off the unit and best of all work at my lea-sure. Neither customer is in a big hurry, they are close so I could drive the tractor and chipper down to them (no truck or trailer time) and chip for a bit here and a bit there.
The other consideration is the rental unit would be a commercial 12” monster and eat everything much faster. The drawback is the timing and the fact I’d have to get it all done at a fast pace.
I feel I could buy the Woodmaxx, run it for these jobs and if I didn’t need it for a few months sell it for what I purchased her for.
I have been very lucky and the vast majority of my tree work has not included chipping. I have simply told the people I handle the big stuff and the limbs are left for you to take care of. Most are in rural areas and simply agree and start a burn pile.
What do you guys think?
I have two jobs right now that I need a chipper on.
Rental cost will be $700, I only have the machine a limited time, time and weather become a bit of a concern. I’m a one man operation and feeding the machine and trying to get done before my rental period is up may kill me, lol.
Good news is I can pass the rental cost onto the customer.
Or I can buy a Woodmaxx for $2K, charge the customer to help pay off the unit and best of all work at my lea-sure. Neither customer is in a big hurry, they are close so I could drive the tractor and chipper down to them (no truck or trailer time) and chip for a bit here and a bit there.
The other consideration is the rental unit would be a commercial 12” monster and eat everything much faster. The drawback is the timing and the fact I’d have to get it all done at a fast pace.
I feel I could buy the Woodmaxx, run it for these jobs and if I didn’t need it for a few months sell it for what I purchased her for.
I have been very lucky and the vast majority of my tree work has not included chipping. I have simply told the people I handle the big stuff and the limbs are left for you to take care of. Most are in rural areas and simply agree and start a burn pile.
What do you guys think?