10 yards of mulch quote

[cks dad]

One of my good customers wants me to start taking care of his flower beds this year.It will take ten yards of hardwood mulch to do the job.What do i charge him to do this job.Im going to have one other person helping and i can get the mulch for 20.00 a yard.Any help with this will be appreciated.

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[jlouki01]

60-80/yd installed.

[cks dad]

Thank you jlouki01 that sounds like a fair price.

[abuckeye]

I charge $75 per yard installed.

[GreenN'Clean]

I charge 65-75 on most mulch jobs

[Duekster]

Get a price for it delivered. Charge a Hour labor per yard.
That is for nothing more than buying and spreading the mulch. You must consider the other issues.

Add your cost plus 20% plus the labor charges. Should be around 60 to 80. If it is a yard or less then the charge is higher because I have one of my guys go get it.

[Woody82986]

$650 for 10 yards bought, delivered and installed.

[Tn Lawn Man]

I charge $80 a yard installed plus any delivery fees tacked on by the mulch supplier.

[WJW Lawn]

Yea...700 here for 10 yards

[Gaturf]

$ 85 per yard here. but i cant get a yard of mulch for under $26.

[Lynden-Jeff]

$85 per yard installed + delivery. Does not include edging or bed prep however I would charge for edging seperatly because I won't do a mulch bed without it. I would also probably use a bobcat to spread it so it would take me and a helper 2 hours tops.

Cheers
Jeff

[sildoc]

I charge 50 per yard period over 10 yards. I can get it installed by a blow guy between 30 and 37 a yard. I make 13-20 a yard for making a phone call. Under 10 I charge 65 a yard plus delivery fee.

I sell more over 10 yards than any other.

[HOOLIE]

I charge from $100-$120 per yard...this for everything including edging, cleaning the beds, etc. Depends on the difficulty...most of my jobs involve working around a LOT of plants, lots of small beds...if it's a more wide open job you can really crank out the mulch much faster so I'll price it at a lower rate. One of those things where you will get better at estimating as you go.

[General Landscaping]

Yall don't want to come to FL:nono:

Trying to get $90 in labor to spread a pallet of mulch is pushing it.
Pallet is 5.8 yards, 52, 3ft. bags. About $160

So $160 + $90= $250

$250/5.7 yards= $43.10/yard

Delivery fee?:laugh: Customer's viewpoint "You're coming here, get some mulch on the way."


Trying to charge the prices you guys are talking about would result in a call to the police....... "911 What is your emergency" customer....."There's a landscape guy here that's been smoking crack"

[topsites]

Here in VA I would charge $450 for 10 cubic yards double shredded hardwood mulch, ty pls drive thru.

[cks dad]

thank you everyone for everybodys help prob will charge 70 per yard installed

[cks dad]

Should i rent a bobcat for this job or not.There is a steep hill in the back yard where they want the mulch.If so i have to add that in the charge also.

[Shades of Green LService]

Yall don't want to come to FL:nono:

Trying to get $90 in labor to spread a pallet of mulch is pushing it.
Pallet is 5.8 yards, 52, 3ft. bags. About $160

So $160 + $90= $250

$250/5.7 yards= $43.10/yard

Delivery fee?:laugh: Customer's viewpoint "You're coming here, get some mulch on the way."


Trying to charge the prices you guys are talking about would result in a call to the police....... "911 What is your emergency" customer....."There's a landscape guy here that's been smoking crack"

Well your just hurting your self. If you keep charging little for your services you will keep getting little .
-Jay

[RICHIE K]

We have a special to only our regular customers $77.95 per yard installed. We buy the mulch for $8.00 a yard trip shred blk

[ooo]

Yall don't want to come to FL:nono:

Trying to get $90 in labor to spread a pallet of mulch is pushing it.
Pallet is 5.8 yards, 52, 3ft. bags. About $160

So $160 + $90= $250

$250/5.7 yards= $43.10/yard

Delivery fee?:laugh: Customer's viewpoint "You're coming here, get some mulch on the way."


Trying to charge the prices you guys are talking about would result in a call to the police....... "911 What is your emergency" customer....."There's a landscape guy here that's been smoking crack"

In bags? Why do you get bags?

I get about $75 per yard here. This doesn't include edging or bed cleanup.

[supercuts]

Im At $80/yard , Purchased, Delivered, Installed.

[cks dad]

Do you use a bobcat to help with the job DARICEK.Or would you just wheelbarrel it.

[Bolo9092]

ok he mentioned he had somebody that was gonna help him so that would be whatever you wanna charge for the mulch spread plus labor cost for your helper

[BeautifulBlooms]

Wow this pricign seems very high, if you can get it great mayeb I will reevaluate what we charge. We can do between 1.5 - 2 yard of mulch per hour depending on each site of course. We get our mulch for $17 a yard delivered and we charge $48 per yard installed.For a standard 12 yard mulch install we would get $576
$204 is our price for the mulch, so that leaves $372, which would take 8 hours which is $46.5 an hour for the labor and what we shoot for on most maintenance (using minimal equipment is $45 per hour).

What is everyones typical hourly rate for labor for general landscaping and maintenance (assuming no big equipment charges).

We would charge $60 per hour estimated for lawn mowing ($45 for the person and $15 for all equipment), $45 for most manual labor.

[terrapro]

labor=minimum $45 to upwards of $70 depending on site difficulty.

mulch is minimum of $65per yard but i cant purchase any mulch for under $25

[Jusmowin]

I use to charge between 65 and 75 a yard installed!

[General Landscaping]

In bags? Why do you get bags?

I get about $75 per yard here. This doesn't include edging or bed cleanup.

Because loose mulch isn't much cheaper. Palletized bags are easier to handle. I put 2 pallets on a 6X10 landscape trailer (11.6 yards) with room left for wheelbarrows. On the job, 5 bags go in a wheelbarrow; 6 if it's a close, smooth run. That's well over 1/2 yard per trip.
Some of these people talk like a 10 yard mulch job is something...... It's good solid morning job for a solo guy.

[Woody82986]

Dang, I can install 2.5 yards of mulch per hour if I am really in a good mood that day. The slowest I have ever installed was 1.5 yards per hour.

[Uranus]

Yall don't want to come to FL:nono:

Trying to get $90 in labor to spread a pallet of mulch is pushing it.
Pallet is 5.8 yards, 52, 3ft. bags. About $160

So $160 + $90= $250

$250/5.7 yards= $43.10/yard

Delivery fee?:laugh: Customer's viewpoint "You're coming here, get some mulch on the way."


Trying to charge the prices you guys are talking about would result in a call to the police....... "911 What is your emergency" customer....."There's a landscape guy here that's been smoking crack"


So what your saying is there are not riches to be found in Treasure Coast, FL?

[Duekster]

Dang, I can install 2.5 yards of mulch per hour if I am really in a good mood that day. The slowest I have ever installed was 1.5 yards per hour.
Exactly but bid based on 1 hr per yard and you are covered for the old flat tire or bump in the road. :rolleyes:

[Carolina Cuts]

Delivery fee? Customer's viewpoint "You're coming here, get some mulch on the way."


Trying to charge the prices you guys are talking about would result in a call to the police....... "911 What is your emergency" customer....."There's a landscape guy here that's been smoking crack"

Duuuuuude.... that cracked me up!

I hear crap sometimes too... and I'm relatively cheap. ($55-$65yd) Have one particular community. $500,000 + homes with some of the most elaborate landscapes ever. More beds then lawn after construction of the house. Second year in their house... homeowners are surprised that their house needs 22+ yards of mulch JUST to refresh. "What do you mean $1500 for mulch???.... I'll have my husband move it."

[Duekster]

gezz, I would be happy for 1 hour per yard. I will clean up more often than not.

[Duekster]

Duuuuuude.... that cracked me up!

I hear crap sometimes too... and I'm relatively cheap. ($55-$65yd) Have one particular community. $500,000 + homes with some of the most elaborate landscapes ever. More beds then lawn after construction of the house. Second year in their house... homeowners are surprised that their house needs 22+ yards of mulch JUST to refresh. "What do you mean $1500 for mulch???.... I'll have my husband move it."

I have no problem telling folks there is a minimum order for materials and I have to pay my guys to go get the stuff. You tell them...... If the client is too dumb to know this then leave them.

:walking:

[cks dad]

Thank you for everyones advice.It has all been very helpful.Hope everyone has a good year.

[bigcountry01]

dont go rent a bobcat unless you have experience with one. By the time u get a hang out it, it wont be worth it. they run about $200 a day here. that will really eat into your profit. 2 guys and 2 wheelbarrows. should take u bout 4- 5 hours. Be sure to go over it with a landscape rake and smooth it out, make it look GOOD. be proud when you pull out of the driveway!

[Gaturf]

I have no problem telling folks there is a minimum order for materials and I have to pay my guys to go get the stuff. You tell them...... If the client is too dumb to know this then leave them.

:walking:

im with you, i hate putting in mulch and you really dont make that much money off it so im not going to skimp on my price. if they dont like the high cost of having mulch.....switch to pinestraw!

[sildoc]

homeowners are surprised that their house needs 22+ yards of mulch JUST to refresh. "What do you mean $1500 for mulch???.... I'll have my husband move it."

Yeah. Your husband is in shape but about to find out how out of shape he is. On these I find they call me a week later with 1/2-3/4 of the material left.

[Duekster]

I have not problem telling folks where I buy my materials. I get a wholesale price and I buy in bulk on a per job basis. Most folks are not going to go load there city pick up with mulch and off load it themselves. They can buy direct or get the same price from me.

If I go get it, I don't charge a delivery fee. I just add an hour to the estimate. I tell them the estimated Man Hours and the material cost. I tell them my estimate on Man Hours is a little high and they are welcome to pay for time and material.

Don't bullshit people. Tell them your labor rate. Tell them your guys work for a living and you pay taxes, workers comp and un-eployment. Don't spend a lot of time on it, but let them know you run a real business with real people with experiance. Never lost money yet and few people dispute my estimate on time, which is high so I make about 20 to 30 percent more.