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Small job market... $500-1000. A lot easier to be off by 20% and survive that job, than on a $50,000 job like a municipal contract, paying Prevailing Wage. Last PW job I bid with another small operator was for $17k, average was $10k, low bid was like $7k. If we got it, paying PW I didn't want...

When dead wooding/ storm damage/ canopy cleaning, the customer wants 6 limbs out that I/ they want removed for safety, etc. I ask what they want done with the 30% or so of additional limbs I'll most likely find when I'm up close, that are also meeting the same criteria as those already...

People sometimes try to ask how long something will take to do? I ask if it will be windy on the day we do it, or raining, or... I don't want people to say, well it took you less time, do I get a break? When I do get asked that, I ask if they would pay more if we went long, or pay to replace...

No thread about the Honda winch. A winch compared to a mini is like a wraptor compared to a bucket truck. Not a replacement, but does a great job, is portable, and relatively cheap. Brush should go right to a dump site, largely.

Every market is different. Learn your service area. Track all costs from the get-go, if you can afford the time and energy. You charge the customer more by having a legit, worker's comp covered crew. Buy a mini and grapple if it fits your market. No Comp. As was mentioned in another thread, a...