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Figure out how many hours it takes from the time you will arrive till you'll leave and multiply by your hourly rate. If something is risky, add on a bit for liability.

I spent very little time here last year as well B, even now there's not many threads I check

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Hmm, good food for thought, thanks for the input Nathan

I occasionally just give a day rate if the bid is too complex to write out or the client isn't sure what they want (or they talk too much). Many of my repeat clients don't even want a bid so we bill hourly.

How? I just figure this many hours for this many guys times this rate. My comp doesn't care if I'm trimming fruit trees and hedges or rigging out 150' fir trees, I still pay the same rates so I HAVE to pass that on. We also have a minimum bid to show up with the crew, sometimes it's a 20 minute...

They burn just fine when decked right, amazing heat, green logs 3-4 feet diameter gone by morning

I charge the same money for each man working, including when I'm on the job. It doesn't change if I'm using the chipper or not, the bucket or not etc. I still need that equipment paid for at the end of the month. And yes, profit, if there's no profit, it's just a job, not really a business

If you pay $10 and charge $20 you're losing money. Payroll taxes, comp, travel time, maintenance, will come to more than that. Even then your truck and chipper will never get replaced/upgraded