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Don't forget wear and tear on the truck and saw. Chalk this up to tuition and move onward and upward!

Skilled or unskilled, there's no point in working for free. I have varying hourly rates depending on what I'm doing and what equipment I'm using. For my time, the hourly starts around $200/hr and can be several times that. If it's not worth $200/hr, it's not really worth my time, although...

Nice, I'm in Columbus, MS.

Excellent post! Where in Mississippi are you?

Adding to the above, the market will pay a certain amount for a certain job. Time/experience will give you a grasp of what that number is. The same time and experience will also tell you if the job is worth you doing or not. I understand people are in different positions, but just because...

Hauling debris in a pickup is a non starter. If I was working next door and had the room at the end of the job, I might pick it up for $250. It being cut up all small like isn't endearing to me... usually I quote $700+/load for local tree debris, although I don't haul much for third parties...

I'd venture to say it's a tough bet making profit hauling tree debris in a pickup bed, especially if you want to make minimum wage on top of that profit. If it was a short drive from my shop and I didn't have to rake, I would charge $500 to haul that debris... it would probably take 10-15...

5 loads, 45 minutes from the dump, assuming 15 minutes to load and 15 minutes to unload is 2 hours per load invested, 10-12 hours for the job.... for $250. Do you see a glaring problem with that (hint, not the optimistic loading/unloading times)?