What to Charge ????

[treemandan]

I have about 7 hours in working on a fenceline. The jobs consisted of removing the split rails of many posts and dropping leaners with an 026, chipping up to 10 inches ( blown in the woods),cutting trunks to 4 foot long, and rollong down to do the next with no clean up. I could have the wood if I wanted, there is maybe a 2 cords of trunk left. So you have one man + tool truck + chipper for 7 hours.
Pick:
A. 525.00
B. 700.00
C. MORE

 

[TreeAce]

A....I guess. I know that in the area where I m at 525 would be about it for what u r describing . In fact 525 seems abit much...but sometimes I bid alittle to low . But I also stay pretty busy and I make a decent living and can keep 2/3 guys pretty busy. But the 525 u said is for just u workn so I think it pretty darn good for 7 hours with a chipper n saws.

 

[TrillPhil]

Well it doesn't sound like your feet left the ground. You have no gas expense other than chipping and getting there and home. No dump fee's. No real back breaking.

I'd go with a or b, the town I live someone would have done it for 250 and hauled the branches with a pick-up. Broke ass son's a #####es..

 

[deevo]

I have about 7 hours in working on a fenceline. The jobs consisted of removing the split rails of many posts and dropping leaners with an 026, chipping up to 10 inches ( blown in the woods),cutting trunks to 4 foot long, and rollong down to do the next with no clean up. I could have the wood if I wanted, there is maybe a 2 cords of trunk left. So you have one man + tool truck + chipper for 7 hours.
Pick:
A. 525.00
B. 700.00
C. MORE

I'd go with B!

 

[tree md]

No way I would run my chipper for 7 hours for $525. 7 hours is a full day to me. I'm going to be billing at least $700. $875 would be more like it.

 

[sgreanbeans]

I would be above 800 for that

 

[treeslayer]

A if I wanted more work.



C if I wanted to get paid right, $15o hr minimum for that setup

 

[Blakesmaster]

I'd go with C. Once you're set up and moving along 1 guy could really process through some material in those circumstances. It probably looked a helluva lot different when you were done than when you started. Though it's easy stuff compared to what we normally do the HO's perceived value would be higher because so much got done. This is assuming you didn't take too many smoke breaks though. lol

 

[treemandan]

A if I wanted more work.



C if I wanted to get paid right, $15o hr minimum for that setup

Yeah,ya'all know what it is.

 

[treemandan]

No way I would run my chipper for 7 hours for $525. 7 hours is a full day to me. I'm going to be billing at least $700. $875 would be more like it.

I didn't check but it couldn't have been more than an hour run time on the chipper.

 

[treemandan]

another option is D: do this job and others like it for the client for rights to store logs and firewood up in the barn area. I think they have a silo that could hold 20 cords or more. Looks like a decent place for that but in business sense the firewood pile is speculation.

 

[tree MDS]

$700 sounds about right..

Firewood dan? really?

 

[treemandan]

I'm just guessing here but if it's a one man show I would think the chipper would only be running two or three hours max. I'd be worried about junk metal in those trunks though.

I don't chip that and I only cut into 4 foot sections. A little wear and tear with the dead elm I pulled back into the woods with the truck and pulley. It actually was hassle. Needed both 44's:bang: (ones stuck). The wide tops had been peeled over towards the fence with the trunk leaning that way to. Got the saw stuck making the backcut under the backpull tension. The tree was on a hill , rocks and vines covered. I gave it another little yank to get the saw then pulled it over but it the vines pulled and held it up so I had to go back in and work the trunk ( that's when I stuck the saw) then go back and pull and retie few time before I was able to pull the whole thing back over the fence and lay it down. Didn't have to chip that mess but you gotta know how to handle them vines into the chipper if you have to.

 

[BCbound]

700.00 sounds good. Factoring in your drive time to and from site. If you blow through the job give the HO 100.00 back and you look great and still make 600.00.

 

[arbor pro]

7 hrs labor would equate to about $450 plus whatever large equipment fees you'd have. If using a 12" chipper, I'd probably get around $75/hr of actual use, if an 18" chipper, then $100/hr. sounds like $525 is reasonable if no skidsteer or any other large equipment was used.

 

[treemandan]

Yeah, Mds, firewood, it more like a fetish thing , not good sense though even with the single bit splitter and a conveyor I could blow through tons of poplar. Probably gonna end up smoking the profits even before I sell a single cord.
I do not know if I should buy bigger equipment but I know I don't want to. I could sell a few cords a year while building a large stock pile. I figured i would have to toss rat bait in there.
Maybe I shouldn't. I still haven't called the lady to tell here what the answer is. I told her I was putting the whole thing out for general consnsus and would get back to her.
I think I could sell some wood. COD! or hold out for more money thought I haven't tried that yet.
I ran out of seasoned wood allready and I need what I have. For some reason sometimes when you start a wood pile you don't want it to stop.

 

[treemandan]

I am shoreing up the road here.

 

[treemandan]

I sold 8 cords out of that hole last month pretty easy. Right now still in infancy but if I put 3 hours into harvesting and delivery each cord its 60 per hour to cover the expense of the operation. I think with a conveyor it would be more enjoyable.

 

[tree MDS]

Other than the odd cord here and there, and the 11 cord we burn, I gave up on making money on firewood.

I just started the Darkman on his yearly firewood project. He's only got a few cord done so far.. sorta slacking actually. I'm gonna break out the salted whip when he shows up tomorrow though!

Nice pics by the way..

 

[blakeaferd]

525 is what i calculated