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Originally Posted by perdurabo  I guess landowners are significantly richer up there in TN. My land only cost me $3k/acre. I can't imagine paying 1/5 of the entire value of my property to just clear some brush off. I am not the sort of person who is wealthy enough to be able drop $12k in cash for a weeks work by a contractor to do anything whatsoever. If I could easily drop $12k for clearing without batting an eye, I could probably afford to buy my own used dozer for only a little more and do it all myself.
Guess I can't afford to be a landowner in TN  |
I work for landowners all over the south from Arizona to Florida and everywhere in between. You did not ask how many acres I can clear in a day, progress greatly affects the per unit price. On my current job in New Mexico I thinned and cleared 26 acres in two 10 hour days and in some cases in the large hardwoods I have only gotten 2 acres is a full day. I very rarely set up in one spot and clear for a week straight unless it is a commercial clearing job. If I am working for an individual I usually get there at first light and work all day then I am on the trailer and at a diferent spot the next day. Many local land owners just have me out for my three hour minimum and I get to two or three jobs a day. Your economic status is of no concern to me, I always work hard to provide as good a value as possible for every customer. Like I said earlier, I have
NEVER had a customer stop me early and ask me to leave due to lack of value.