Most Expensive Tree Removal Job
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Climb high had a good question. What are you guys getting an hour, or don't you know? Or do you just say, well, that's a darn big tree, it's worth $12 grand?
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My question to those with huge jobs ($10,00 plus) is...what are you charging per man hour??
Most of my jobs are done with 2 guys (bigger ones 3). When there is just 2 of us, I figure $100 an hr (2 guys and eguipment).
I agree that price should go up if skill level for removing the tree is greater...but only to a point. The pine that we did was done pretty much in 2-3 days. I honestly dont think any other company in the immediate area had the experience or equipment to do the job correctly (and safely). But that didnt change my price. I estimated it according the amount of time I thought it ould take... looking for no more profit per hr then any other job.
Edit- At the end of the job I ended up making more of a profit...but that is mostly cause everything went extremely smooth.
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$100 seems pretty cheap, especially if you are skilled and get things done. You are in PA though.
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My question to those with huge jobs ($10,00 plus) is...what are you charging per man hour??
Most of my jobs are done with 2 guys (bigger ones 3). When there is just 2 of us, I figure $100 an hr (2 guys and eguipment).
I agree that price should go up if skill level for removing the tree is greater...but only to a point. The pine that we did was done pretty much in 2-3 days. I honestly dont think any other company in the immediate area had the experience or equipment to do the job correctly (and safely). But that didnt change my price. I estimated it according the amount of time I thought it ould take... looking for no more profit per hr then any other job.
Edit- At the end of the job I ended up making more of a profit...but that is mostly cause everything went extremely smooth.
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$100 seems pretty cheap, especially if you are skilled and get things done. You are in PA though.
climbhightree
Branched out member
- Location
- Lebanon, Pa USA
Would charge more if I could...but even with that price I loose bids. In pa and in mennonite amish country...everyone is a penny pincher. 100 pays the bills plus alittle, so it works.
KentuckySawyer
Participating member
- Location
- Louisville
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I like that idea of only doing a couple of jobs a month.
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I like that idea too.
I like that idea of only doing a couple of jobs a month.
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I like that idea too.
- Location
- Lexington, KY- USA
We try to get $90/man hour. Usually a four man crew on large removals. That comes to $2880 per day. The big pine I described earlier took four days. That comes to $11,520. Don't sell yourself short.
- Location
- Nashville, TN
somewhere between 70 and 125 a man hour is a great place to be. and then add on the equipment charges......
with the 72" red oak we had:65 man hours(2 days) plus, our dispacher spent lots of time on the permits and contacting the 18-20 homeowners that were going to be without power and driveways for 2 days. add on a 200ton crane for 2 days and dump fees and you need to charge more than we did.
we billed out at 50 a man hour and the sales guy lost his backside. it should have been 18000 insted of almost 15000
so before we started the job, i went over to do a consult for the sales guy and told him that he was way under(he had planned on it taking 3 days), and he said that they would not pay any more.... it was too late we had a signed contract....
sometimes you dont need to worry about scaring the customer.... making money is why we are in this business... make your reputation good enough that they will not question your price(it is possable)....
with the 72" red oak we had:65 man hours(2 days) plus, our dispacher spent lots of time on the permits and contacting the 18-20 homeowners that were going to be without power and driveways for 2 days. add on a 200ton crane for 2 days and dump fees and you need to charge more than we did.
we billed out at 50 a man hour and the sales guy lost his backside. it should have been 18000 insted of almost 15000
so before we started the job, i went over to do a consult for the sales guy and told him that he was way under(he had planned on it taking 3 days), and he said that they would not pay any more.... it was too late we had a signed contract....
sometimes you dont need to worry about scaring the customer.... making money is why we are in this business... make your reputation good enough that they will not question your price(it is possable)....
Hmmm. I'm $73.33 per man per hour. And I'm in a fairly high income area. And I believe we get things done faster than a lot of the companies in the area. Maybe I need to raise things again. I'm $220/hr for a three man crew with a 14" diam chipper and ASV skidloader with grapple.
I do tend to GET 8 out of 10 estimates I give.
I read in TCIA magazine, 3 or 4 out of 10 estimates is GOOD.
I do tend to GET 8 out of 10 estimates I give.
I read in TCIA magazine, 3 or 4 out of 10 estimates is GOOD.
- Location
- Gibsons BC
I'm not sure what sort of cost of living would justify charging 125$/man hour.
Mangoes
Participating member
- Location
- Greater Toronto Area
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Hmmm. I'm $73.33 per man per hour.
And I believe we get things done faster than a lot of the companies in the area.
I do tend to GET 8 out of 10 estimates I give.
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You want to get paid more for doing less, in any job. By the above comments you're simply doing more. If you and your crew are faster than your competition you shouldn't do more for the same $, you shaould profit more $.
This is however the pot calling the kettle black and I am willing to admit it is easy to be an armchair QB, in my own field I err on this topic a bit too.
Hmmm. I'm $73.33 per man per hour.
And I believe we get things done faster than a lot of the companies in the area.
I do tend to GET 8 out of 10 estimates I give.
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You want to get paid more for doing less, in any job. By the above comments you're simply doing more. If you and your crew are faster than your competition you shouldn't do more for the same $, you shaould profit more $.
This is however the pot calling the kettle black and I am willing to admit it is easy to be an armchair QB, in my own field I err on this topic a bit too.
It is all math where you are at. How much does an employee cost. In california it is roughly a $1 for $1 ratio. So a good employee gets $25 per hour and it cost the company $25 per hour. So for simplicity a 50k employee costs the company 100k per year. Now you have to make your margin off of the work. This means that you want to shoot for a 50% margin knowing that you will probably get 35%. This means that the best case sinero you should make around 160k - 200k per employee per year gross. That equals $125/man hour honest tax, insurance, legal, payroll paying work.
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