Mulching rates

[redprospector]

One way to get work and stuff up low ball clowns is to offer contract rates based on square area completed, ie price per square ft is xxx cents.If you now your machinery and business well, better than your hourly can be achieved. Low ballers don't have the brains to work that one out.:laughing:

I agree. I usually have to price my jobs by the acre. The customer knows what it's going to cost, and you know what you're going to get. Now it's up to you to get more efficient so that your profits can go up. The "low ballers" are left scratching their heads trying to figure out how you can do that.
It does take a little more effort, you need to walk the entire property before giving a bid. But if you play your cards right, it will pay off in the end.

Andy

 

[brin]

I don't see how you fellas can mulch for $100 an hour and make anything much...Our local appliance repairman charges $100 an hour plus his service call and folks pay him that...and he has no equipment to maintain....just sayin'

 

[cat 297c]

I don't see how you fellas can mulch for $100 an hour and make anything much...Our local appliance repairman charges $100 an hour plus his service call and folks pay him that...and he has no equipment to maintain....just sayin'

Wished everyone thought like u

 

[yellowdogsvc]

One way to get work and stuff up low ball clowns is to offer contract rates based on square area completed, ie price per square ft is xxx cents.If you now your machinery and business well, better than your hourly can be achieved. Low ballers don't have the brains to work that one out.:laughing:

I find that hard when it's not flat and there are a lot of large save trees to avoid or work around. Another problem with clearing by the area is rocks, ditches, and cliffs that necessitate going around. On flat land where I can blow and go, I can personally guess well but it changes in tight quarters with fences, rocks, and all the trees to avoid.

 

[Draagyn]

How much would one estimate for 6.5 miles of trails and fence lines cleared to a tractors width? All big obstacles would be removed prior so your machine can go steady pace whole time. Ground has very little grade and not a single rock. Thanks!

 

[cat 297c]

How much would one estimate for 6.5 miles of trails and fence lines cleared to a tractors width? All big obstacles would be removed prior so your machine can go steady pace whole time. Ground has very little grade and not a single rock. Thanks!

Need more info tree Diameter, thick vegetation?

 

[Draagyn]

Cat297- Nothing larger than 1" diameter. Medium to thick vegetation.
Sort of looking for rough quote, not just a rate.
Would it be worth infesting in rotary mower or mulcher or getting it contracted out.

Thanks

 

[fishfactor]

At 6 feet wide you have about 4.75 acres. A typical skid steer size mulcher can do roughly 1 acre per 8 hour day in up to 5" material, if there are no obstacles (rocks, ditches, steep terrain, lots of big trees in the way, etc). If everything is 1" and less it can do more. If everything is really that small, a rotary cutter on a skid steer would probably be your best bet, but many of them won't cut the stems flush with the ground like a mulcher, so be sure to qualify stem height if that is important for the end use of your project.

 

[Draagyn]

Thanks fish factor! Exactly the info I was looking for!

 

[Eric H]

We have guys running for $75.00 an hour.... That's right, not a miss print... How they survive is beyond me.