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like i said folks a very detailed trim.cleanup is involved about 45 min rt to dump site also trees are vey dense.Not trying to get a exact pric just kinda tryin to get a general idea of about wt you folks would charge .Know its hard to realy gues just give it your best shot but be realistic.

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$102,399
 
no bid hasent been awarded yet ,thy have to dicuss the bids over the weekend.has to go in front of a board or something.As far as giving a discount because it is a large job how is that feesable?If a tree takes 8 hours to trim with one man doesn't it still take 8 hours to do it even if there is a 100 of them?
 
Who said discount? Thats the nature of large contracts. Yes it still takes the same amount of time per tree whether you do one or 100, but if you have 100 (at the same location), you can pool resources more readily.
Like I said, no one is gonna get rich at any price. Most will be lucky to break even.

What tree takes 8 hours to prune? And if the specs are so clear and precise requiring strict adherance, why wouldnt they award to the lowest "qualified" bidder?
 
How much would you charge to paint 527 houses?

Needs to be a top notch kind of paint job. All houses are in the same city. Some houses have shutters on the windows.
 
OK toppy maybey I did not give specifics on every single tree just tryin to get a general idea what everybody would charge off the top of there head no big deal.
 
and why do a big job like that if your not goin to make a profit why tie yor self up on one big job if all your goin to do is pay your expenses.
 
this is one of the biggist problems that our industry has to deal with,people doin a hole lot of work for a little bit of money.Like treework is not as dangerous or doesn't require any skill.People think you should work for chump change.
 
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LOL!

Chumps SHOULD work for chump change.
 
Hey man, Im just being realistic. Ive been involved in large contracts, I know the language. I agree make a profit. But you wont see much profit on contract work plain and simple.
Im just playing devil's advocate, and its obvious this is your first time. No big deal. If you want contract work then keep pursuing it, but I guarantee you, the lowest qualified bidder will win every time. You wont win any contracts until you figure out how to compete with the low bidder, and sadly that means working cheap. Have at it buddy!
 
Duh it didn't.Not saying I wanted to do a lot of contract work just don't understand how people can work for nothing.I guess if you dont feel confident about yourself then you cant feel conpident about your work enough to want to get paid a fair price for it.
 
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Duh it didn't.Not saying I wanted to do a lot of contract work just don't understand how people can work for nothing.I guess if you dont feel confident about yourself then you cant feel conpident about your work enough to want to get paid a fair price for it.

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Big companies just trying to keep their guys busy.. A friend of mine does lots of big work for the State of CA. Guess what? He is not getting rich.. and, he has WAY more headaches than I do. His guys are working though.

Choose your poison I guess...
 
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What tree takes 8 hours to prune?

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Is this a joke? You are kidding, right?

Come my way, I have a few trees that take a 3 man crew 2 days to prune. And no, we are not milking it.
 
I have a bid opening to go to in about an hour. 2500 street trees. I estimated it at around 200K, I am sure (based on the list of companies who took out the bid book) that some of them will have bids close to a million dollars. They will be pissed that someone who has been doing this kind of work for a while will win the bid for around 200k.

IMHO big projects are for those with alot of manpower and lots of trucks.
 
The company I'm with now has a few city contracts. They won with their initial bids but were challenged by another contractor which forced even lower pricing. By his own admission, the owner is not making money. He recognizes that it will pay bills and keep guys busy for the typically slow season. What it does for them is ensure they have the guys to do the profitable work when our season starts. That is their business model. Much alike to retailers who really only make a profit around Christmas time. The rest of the year is preparation for that.

It takes a specific type of company model to do this. Most small co's though are not set up for this and need to make a profit on everything.

What about the companies that only work during the busy seasons and then shut down for the winter? Just another approach.
 
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