clearing brush

[imdawrlus]

i have a customer that wants about two truck loads of light brush removed from their yard....its in a big pile....i have a place about a mile dont the road where i can get rid of it for free....

i calculate that the whole thing will take me about an hour....

whats a fair price to ask??

[imdawrlus]

100 bucks??

should i tell them its gonna cost me to get rid of it?? how much??

[nobagger]

I personally HATE brush after a job we did last year so I would absolutly make it worth my while. If they are an existing customer I would'nt lie to them just tell them the price. Is it 2 dumptruck's worth or just 2 pickup trucks worth? For 2 dumps worth I would think more like $150-$200 and if its 2 p/u's worth then your in the ballpark. Because they probably want it raked clean after all the debris is gone so that will take some time as well.

[imdawrlus]

it took about 2.5 hours and was 3 truckloads of crap....

it didnt cost me anything to get rid of the brush so i think i did pretty good

i know i could have gotten more for it tho.....

[grassyfras]

If it was only a mile down the road that doesnt sound too bad. No power tools used except your truck and really light driving not to bad.

[imdawrlus]

cant beat 40 bucks an hour doing hard labor....

oh wait, yes you can

i get 60 an hour to stand on my jungle wheels.....



when the grass aint growin, i aint be mowin

[topsites]

As for me, I will NEVER lower my price again so that I have to hunt around for some place to dispose of stuff for free. I take my stuff to Shoosmith Landfill and I am through with the nonsense. Even if I already know of (or have) a place where I can dump it for free, I still won't lower my price, that's just one dump fee I don't have to pay but the price doesn't come down.

Any kind of brush clearing that involves hauling means the stuff goes on my trailer - It costs 160 dollars per 6x12x2 (5 cubic yards) trailer load, minimum (it can cost as much as 200), and it's per load... Doesn't matter if it's a little or a lot, it's 160 dollars per trailer load, minimum (yes, even if it's only 2 trashbags). Ok, fine, I'll take your 2 trash bags and dispose of them with my household garbage which also goes to Shoosmith Landfill (about once or twice a year, I load up)... 35 dollar minimum to do it that way.

2.5 hours to clean, that sounds like about 1 full load, 175.
Keep in mind it costs 40 dollars / load to dump it, regardless of whether you have to pay this fee or not (I have to pay it, but it doesn't matter).

I really hope wherever you dumped it, that you know the property owner and you have permission to do so. It's a big fine for dumping on someone's land, and it's just as big of a fine if you're caught dumping on public property (i.e.: government owned).

The other option I have used before is to use my backpack sprayer with 4 gallons of round-up, this is considerably cheaper and does a great job killing off a bunch of brush, and no hauling. The drawback is the customer has to be willing to be patient as it takes 2-3 maybe 4 months before the dead stuff has decomposed. Cost-wise, 60 dollars per 4 gallons clears a considerable area of crap.

[imdawrlus]

I really hope wherever you dumped it, that you know the property owner and you have permission to do so. It's a big fine for dumping on someone's land, and it's just as big of a fine if you're caught dumping on public property (i.e.: government owned).


i know the property owners very well and they encourage people to dump leaves and light brush on their land....

this place was only about a mile from my customers house so i cant beat that....

it was 3 loads of brush heaped up real good in the bed of my half ton pickup

i wish i had asked for a little more money tho.....