NEED HELP WITH A BID, MID MISSOURI.

[Steve Voss]

Looking to put in a bid on this tree by tomorrow, just to drop it, no cutting up wood or hauling brush away involved.

I was thinking between 700 and 900 would be fair but I don't want to cheat myself or be overpriced

Seems like bids are hit or miss, bid 4 at the beginning of last month and only
Had one guy pay 550 for a tree smaller than what 3 others won't pay 600 for when theirs was even larger / same difficulty.

It's a forty minute from my location, will have just one ground guy.

would appreciate serious responses

 

[2treeornot2tree]

Looks like a $400 -$500 job to me unless there is some complications I cant see in the pic.

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[Steve Voss]

thanks for the response, is that what you would price it as climbing or using a bucket truck

 

[2treeornot2tree]

I would use a bucket but it wouldn't take much longer to climb. I dont know your market.

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[Steve Voss]

ha, yeah I don't know my market either, but thanks for the input.

 

[sgreanbeans]

Nice place, I would go to the high side. He will pay for the comfort of knowing his new deck will be safe

 

[Steve Voss]

so what would you bid it at grean beans..?

 

[Pelorus]

Do not go under $750 because with travel time included, that tree is pretty much gonna eat up your day. After you pay your helper, put gas in the truck, and look after the care & feeding of all the other gear, you are gonna be getting rich at a sedate pace. Price it too cheap, and once you hit a damn clothesline lag bolt, and your groundie nicks a rope, you will be very bitter. Very bitter indeed.

 

[stltreedr]

i use this
www.stltreecare.com/cost-calculator

try it out and see if it works for you

 

[HuskStihl]

As a customer I'd get a second estimate if you bid more than 650. I don't have a nice deck or expensive camper thingie however

 

[Steve Voss]

-thanks for the input pelorus, and yes that is very true

just last month right after I bought a new set of gear, ground guy cut my climbing line, I was like what the !@#$%

stltree -- I may consider the calc for a different tree, considering I'm 40 minutes away from this one, I'm not certain of the measurements

thanks for the advice tho

 

[joezilla11]

Just be confident when u talk to him and don't blabber too much since ur worried about selling it cuz people pick up on that.
Also if he's 40 minutes away then maybe he called u cuz he thought the local guys were priced to high and he may be shopping. But I don't know what it's like by u or the situation. Just thinking out loud.

 

[Steve Voss]

thanks for the input joe, and everyone else, helpful people on this site!

Having landed jobs on other trees of similar height and positioning, with less number of leads, less than half the width of canopy, and far less dense

I figured that asking 300/350 more to drop almost twice as much tree wouldn't be too crazy.

I also talked with a friend working with a bigger tree company in my area who said they would bid it around 9 as well .

I'll keep everyone updated.. I picked up a contour roam2 off ebay and am excited to get some footage

 

[sgreanbeans]

so what would you bid it at grean beans..?

9 to G. Lots of targets and liability. He will pay to have it done right and not rushed, not a huge tree by any means, but still big enough to jack up that new deck or pole building. I bid a tree that size yesterday, maple dead and at the punky stage of decay. I told them 3G's, although not that big, its at the stage where if ya bump it, whole leaders could let go, over a garage, lines and a fence, I would be taking on that liability. When bidding, there are many things to consider, like how much they value their own stuff. Some guys could care less about a ding in a fence, where as others would freak. Gotta read the client as much as the tree.

 

[NEKS Tree Svc]

I would bid that a $850 job easy, gotta make profit.