If you run a skip hire or waste management business, you know the sinking feeling all too well. You drop off a skip for a customer, having quoted your standard flat rate. A few days later, your driver goes to pick it up, and it is packed to the absolute brim with dense, heavy materials like wet soil, concrete, or rubble. By the time you pay the disposal fees at the tip, your profit margin for that entire job has completely vanished.
Our team is made up of experienced professionals who have actually worked in operational roles right within the waste management industry. We built our software because we know that guessing weights is a risky game, and it is a game that constantly eats into your bottom line.
The Trap of Flat-Rate Pricing
The traditional way of doing things in the skip hire sector often relies heavily on flat-rate estimates. While this approach seems simple and easy to sell upfront, it creates a massive financial blind spot for your business.
When a skip is overfilled or loaded with incredibly dense materials, the disposal costs at the weighbridge skyrocket. If your billing process does not reflect the actual, physical weight of the waste being hauled away, you are essentially subsidising the customer’s heavy disposal out of your own pocket. This “revenue leakage” is one of the highest hidden costs for operators today.
Taking Back Control with PurGo
We developed PurGo to stop this exact problem in its tracks. Instead of crossing your fingers and hoping a skip isn’t too heavy, PurGo gives you complete financial control through our Integrated Pay-by-Weight billing system.
So, how does it actually work out in the field?
PurGo features a seamless integration with Vehicle Weighing Solutions’ weighing systems and your local weighbridges. This creates a direct, automated link between the vehicle or weighbridge data and your back-office finance suite. When that heavy skip is weighed, the software automatically captures the exact weight and processes the invoice based on the actual load weight, rather than relying on a flat-rate estimate.
The real-world benefit for your business is immediate:
- You completely eliminate revenue loss on those heavy or overfilled skips.
- You recover lost profits through highly precise weight-based billing, ensuring that your disposal costs never exceed the hire price.
- You significantly reduce billing disputes with customers because every invoice is backed by accurate, indisputable data.
Proof from the Field
Disputes over heavy skips happen, but PurGo equips your drivers to handle them before they even reach the office. Using our Driver-Friendly Mobile App, drivers can manage their jobs, capture digital signatures, and uniquely record site photos digitally in real-time.
If a customer ever calls to question why their bill is higher due to excess weight, your customer service team has the photographic evidence of the overfilled skip and the exact digital weighbridge ticket ready to go. This completely removes the need for manual paperwork, allowing for same-day invoicing and instant digital Proof of Delivery.
Maximising Your Assets
Stopping revenue leakage is not just about measuring weight; it is also about knowing exactly where your equipment is at all times. How many times has a perfectly good skip sat idle on a construction site for weeks, not generating a single penny of new revenue?
PurGo solves this with Live Asset and Skip Tracking, providing real-time visibility of your skip locations and the exact “days on hire”. This prevents your equipment from sitting idle on sites, reduces the number of “lost” assets, and actively increases your weekly revenue per skip.
A Partnership for Your Growth
Transitioning your business to a precise, data-driven billing system might sound like a major leap, but you do not have to do it alone. We pride ourselves on how closely we work with our customers to understand their unique challenges. We operate our own in-house customer support centre right here in Liverpool, UK, ensuring our dedicated team is always available to help you get the most from your system.
From the initial setup to ongoing refresher training, we ensure your team is confident and ready. You work far too hard to let heavy skips eat away at your profits. By integrating exact weight data directly into your billing process, you take back control of your margins and ensure you get paid fairly for the hard work you do.