Skip Hire confusion?

jamtart6

Hi there,
You would have thought we would have been OK with skip hire as this is our 3rd one in as many months but here is the story in brief:

• skip 1 = 5 ton £80 quoted, £80 paid by cheque - no probs

• skip 2 = 12 ton £150 quoted, wanted £175 when they realised i was paying by cheque so went to the bank to get cash. £150 paid. Then a family member said "that looks like an 8 ton" - didn't question just got on with it

• skip 3= currently ringing around for another skip, wanted a 12 ton again. Getting quoted £172.50 with VAT or if paying by cheque or £150 cash again as per skip 2. Rang another firm who said "no one does 12 ton love, biggest they do is 8 ton and the cowboys say they are 12 ton and charge you extra" - is he just saying this as his company don't have 12 ton skips??

So now I'm totally confused (especially after what family member said). Can you get 12 ton skips?

We either risk getting (a) ripped off by paying for a 12 ton which is an 8 ton OR (b) getting the 8 ton skip and finding he was lying and the skip is now too small


Please help skip experts!!

kirstypea

Ask a friend to call the first firm & request a quote for one 8 ton & one 12 ton skip, and see what they say?

Kiran

Skips aren't normally rented by weight due to the fact that different materials have different densities, its normally done by size. 8 yard skips are quite standard and if its yards that you are working in you can get a 12 yard skip.

http://www.topskips.com/skip-hire-sizes.php

HTH

jamtart6

hmm all of the ones around here seem to be in tons. i do understand the density thing. Just rang the alleged cowboys for dimensions of 8 and 12 tonne and they don't have the dimensions???? just "the size of a small car"

rang the 8 tonne man who told us about the cowboys and he said the 8 tonne is approx 10ft L x 6ft W x 3.5ft H

Ho hum. ....

jamtart6

Just like to follow this up and say yes indeed skip 2 company had ripped us off! Beware people!

For future reference, an 8 tonne skip is 10ft L x 6ft W x 3.5H - I have one on my path and it is the same size as the "12 tonne" we paid for last time.

vaio

I’ve never seen them done by weight either, a six yard skip filled with cardboard boxes would weigh maybe a ton, fill it with water and it’s 6 tons, fill it with concrete and it’s 15 tons

Inactive

vaio wrote: »

I’ve never seen them done by weight either, a six yard skip filled with cardboard boxes would weigh maybe a ton, fill it with water and it’s 6 tons, fill it with concrete and it’s 15 tons

Fill it with lead, and watch the wagon sink in the ground..

cullin

Do not leave your name and telephone No. for them to get back to you ( for any price enquiry) as they then ring round and know who you have been calling, happened to me in the Dorset area concerning agriculture spares, quote went up 20% after I left my details. Use 141 AND RING THEM BACK.

System

all the skips in my area are advertised by the ton up to 10 ton.

Locknut

I think there biggest problem is ripping off the tax/vat man :eek:

Kiran

Inactive wrote: »

Fill it with lead, and watch the wagon sink in the ground..

The wagon may sink, but the driver ill be happy with the scrap value :beer: