300,000sqft Of Turf

[I MOW ALONE]

HELLO EVERYONE IM NEW TO THE SITE AND I HAVE BEEN READING FOR THE LAST FEW DAYS AND HAVE GAINED A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION BUT I STILL WOULD LIKE TO SEE HOW YOU GUYS MIGHT BID THIS ITS A CHURCH WITH 300,000SQFT OF TURF 270,000 OF THIS IS MAINLY FLATLAND STRAIGHT CUTTING AND THE OTHER 30,000 IS ISLANDS WITH QUITE ABIT OF TREES AND SHRUBS TO WHIP AROUND AND CYCLONE FENCE AROUND THE WHOLE PROPERTY ANY INPUT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED THANKS IN ADVANCE

[peteloare]

Would this be the !st United Meth. Church in Troy?

[HOMER]

UH OH:eek:

Busted maybe?

[David Haggerty]

Originally posted by peteloare
Would this be the !st United Meth. Church in Troy?

Don't let this post scare you. You've done what several of us on here are paranoid of. Giving away vital company information to a competitor, and you did it on your very first post!

But look at peteloare's profile. He's spraying and snow plowing. Maybe he wants to work in partnership with you or something. Anyway it's never as bad as you imagine.

Just turn off your cap lock, and come on back. Lots of good stuff on here.

Getting back to the bid. I'd look at it for around $245/cut. Sounds cheap and it is. But I'm kind of a HVLP (high volume low price) :D kind of cutter. But I have a lot of conditions to be met to mow cheaply, and some places won't tolerate some of my tactics.

Dave

[65hoss]

6.89 acres of grass

$330 to $370 based on trimming.

[HOMER]

That could be knocked out pretty fast with the right equipment (my Choppers:D ) so I wouldn't bid it real high. The fact that it's a Church would mean that they will probably want it every week and that would add up to a pretty good check at the end of the month. Do a good job and there might be some business waiting inside those doors for you also.

Don't hurt yourself but don't hurt them either, the Lord will Bless you for being fair and just.:angel:

[tlcservices]

450.00 per cut

[rodfather]

I would go with $425.

[Cashmonysonny]

375 a cut

[tlcservices]

thanks for sharing and did you get it for that? 55.00 an acre isnt bad.

[proline32]

Based on my rates for large areas, this would be $450.00 at 1.50 per thousand sq ft. If you have a 60" deck ztr you could do this in three hours at 80% efficiency and charge 375.00 and still make great pay..... But this IS based on the right equipt and your knowhow of being efficient. It would take you around 4.5 hours if you used a 36" deck.

[I MOW ALONE]

thanks alot everyone but i think i might have blown it i submitted a bid for $500 but theres quite a bit of trimming to do also and im working with a 48inch exmarkwb with a chair and a 36 inch snapper wb with a stand on sulky well at least i wasn,t that far off but probably too high oh well we all learn by trial and error so thanks again and talk to you guys later

[David Haggerty]

On the "school bid" thread, schools are being contracted out at a tenth of what you're all suggesting here.:rolleyes:

Dave

[LAWNGODFATHER]

$19.95



























Per every half acre. Plus $225.09 for trim and blow.