Hourly rates

[jefflovstrom]

I dont break it down to man and machine. I combine it.

 

[isaclimber]

This may have been discussed earlier but what do some of you climbers/company owners charge out for a climber? On the ground, I charge out $40 per man, $120/hr for the chipper on top of that. But I'm feeling the $40 for climbing is off. It's something that takes more skill and is simply something some people won't do. Do you charge different prices if you climb the tree to trim/remove or are the rates the same all around, regardless of what you're doing?

Figure the jobs with your hourly rate, give it to your client as the job price. your client doesn't need to know what you charge per hour. If its T&M figure a price that covers every thing needed for the job. the going rate where i am is 60 to 65 a man hour. A 3 man crew with a bucket truck and chipper is 180 to 195 an hour.

 

[cam185]

My rate per hour

I just put an estimate on clearing a overgrown lot next to homeowners house. The things included in this estimate were 1 helper, myself, chipper, removing 2 12 inch pine trees, cutting out all the underbrush, and trimming the trees left. $1250.00 I based my numbers on (2) 8 hour days. :greenchainsaw:

 

[arbor pro]

I just put an estimate on clearing a overgrown lot next to homeowners house. The things included in this estimate were 1 helper, myself, chipper, removing 2 12 inch pine trees, cutting out all the underbrush, and trimming the trees left. $1250.00 I based my numbers on (2) 8 hour days. :greenchainsaw:

$1250 divided by 32 man hours (2 men x 8 hrs x 2 days) = $40/hr for labor plus equipment. I'm not sure how anyone could afford to work for $40/hr on labor alone not to mention the cost of equipment. $40/hr sounds like an awesome hourly rate if there were no overhead or equipment expenses taken into account. If that's the case, it's just a matter of time until a major expense or two come along and there's no money built up in reserves to get things back up and running.

 

[irish93stang]

150.00 an hour bucket truck and chipper from the time i leave til i get to your door.. climbing services a little extra if its out of the bucket.. all wood stays and stumps stay those are extra too

 

[Lawnmowerboy48]

So are you guys covering your fuel, oil, property rental, billing and mailing costs, equipment maintenance, electric and heat in the shop, taxes, liability, insurance workmens comp, in your hourly rates? Or do you just figure that you will be able to pay for those somehow from through your income?

 

[cam185]

Yep im renting a vermeer bc935 9 inch chipper, its 190 a day but in my bid i figured for 250 a day with fuel and going to pick up/return it. I started the cutting today bymyself and am almost half way done. things are going much faster than expected and i might not even need my helper all that much!!!

 

[Lawnmowerboy48]

Do you guys know how to come up with your hourly rates?

 

[jefflovstrom]

Duh?

 

[clearance]

The flaw in hourly rates is that all men are not equal.

True words.

 

[RVALUE]

Yep im renting a vermeer bc935 9 inch chipper, its 190 a day but in my bid i figured for 250 a day with fuel and going to pick up/return it. I started the cutting today bymyself and am almost half way done. things are going much faster than expected and i might not even need my helper all that much!!!

and i might not even need my helper all that much!!!



Plenty of helpers fit this requirement.....

 

[cory nicols]

Just curious, if you guys are figuring travel time into your hourly rates, or if it's actual time on the job site? Thanks