mulch priceing

[cleancut]

I live in Tennesee. I was just wondering what the going rate is for delivering and installing hardwood mulch..Here it's sold by the average size bobcat scoop..It's nota full yard of mulch...Usually 2 scoops equal 1 yard of mulch.. thanks....Clean-Cut

[tpirobert]

Prices really vary here (NC). I can get tandem dump truck delivered for about $250 and 18cu.yd. of mulch or more. Stop by nursery and get for $20 cuyd put in your truck. HOWEVER....any jobs over 4 cu.yds. I will now use a local mulch blower service. They deliver and put the mulch out for 24 to $26 a cuyd.. All I have to do is drink coffee and write check, than bill my customer with my mark-up.

[double e]

I wish we had someone that has a blower service- I'd make a killing around here

I get my mulch at 21 per yard and mark it up to $28 of the back.Plus labor
If I give a bid to an already preped bed, I'll go $50 per yard-mulch and labor.
I seem to do pretty good with that- I can lay 3-4 yards per hour easily
This winter I'm thinking about building a mulch bin,
I will then make alot more on mark-up- buy for 12 yard sell for $28. thats 16 per yard mark-up
If I do a job with ten yards- I'll profit $160 from mark-up
in about 4hrs.- That'll pay for 2 labors for the whole day-
then you get all the profit from hourly wages

I live in a summer resort area- and demand is high for landscapers- the going rate might be different where you are

Any ?- sixpacbush@aol.com

[65hoss]

I'm in TN also. You can email me if you like about the details.

[landscaper3]

We buy bulk light blend premium, retails for $25.99 our cost is $18.00 and only install mulch we dont drop and go. What we end up doing is charging $50.00per yard installed 2 employees can spread 2 yards an hour no problem and bobcat 2 yards in 20minutes. Our cost is $18.00per yard max. $8.00 1/2 hour labor to employee and to company $24.00 profit per yard, most of our condominiums take 15 to 45 yards which translates to a nice profit. Most we spread with the bobcats was 60yards in 5hrs with 4 employees I think we profited around $1200.00 after expenses.

[cleancut]

Thanks for the replies..When you refer to a yard of mulch is it really a full yard or just a bobcat scoop??just wondering...Alot of people around here thinks a yard of mulch is just a regular size bobcat bucket, which in reality is only about 1/2 a yard...I've been charging $35-$40 per bobcat scoop because that's the way it's sold..A scoop of mulch here is $12. Me and another guy can install 4 scoops an hour..So my profit is a little over $100 hr..Does that sound about right...???Clean-Cut

[double e]

We get a yard- 2 scoops from bobcat bucket
One dealer gives me 3 scoops from a small Kobota tractor

If your getting $35 per scoop- I wouldn't ask to many questions- just keep doing it
I get $28 per yard- 2 scoops

[65hoss]

$50-$65 per yard installed. Price per yard is between $9.50 and $13.50 per yard.

If your charging only $35 your shooting yourself in the foot. $35 for install, minus $13 for the mulch and your at $22. Now say it takes you 1 hr to install the mulch and you had to take time to go get the mulch and after you finish you will take time to clean your truck or trailer up. And not to mention any hourly help you might have. Don't work for nothing. Your time is worth more than minimum wage.

[cleancut]

65hoss,I'm getting $35-$40 per scoop and 2 scoops is equal to 1 yard..So I'm getting $70-$80 a yard. We can do 2 yards an hour..I was just wondering if I was in the same ballpark as everyone else..Clean-Cut

[landscaper3]

We pay $18.00 a YARD for premium light blend and $19.00 a YARD For red ceder mulch (real red in color) We then charge customer $50.00 installed and this is a full yard of mulch. I belive our increase for 2001 will be $53.50 per yard. That $3.50 per yard adds up when we sometime spread over 200 yard a year.

[Hillbilly]

I buy mulch in bulk, a minimal of 5yds at $9.00 a yard. I then charge $50 per yard to apply. I used to do it for less until I fiqured out I was killing myself and not making a profit. I also live in East TN. so I may be able to give you some good locations to pick up mulch.

[cleancut]

Thanks for the reply Hillbilly...Clean-Cut

[65hoss]

GO VOLS!!!!

[OBRYANMAINT]

14.00 per yard and installed price is 35 per yard (t&m)

[kountryscape]

mulch wholesale i'm in iowa the price for really nice dark hardwood mulch is somewhere around $14.00 per yard delivered i get it from xylem in cordova,illinois . http://www.xylem.com i mark it up to 23.95 a yard put in your truck at the yard and home owners are happy campers.. that means i make 9.95 a yard the semi brings 70 yards at a time so my cost is 980.00 i make 696.50 not bad this company sell to the upper midwest chicago etc. see ya

[lawnboy82]

yeah... you guys are talkin about 50 - 60 per yard to apply... now i get red mulch for 28 dollars a yard or so. maybe 30? but when i do a mulch job you have to edge the beds and weed them... i usually get like 35$ per yard plus time we usually milk the jobs. but customers dont complain. should i be charging a flat rate or keep doin t&m? my guy costs me about 16 dollars an hour... on the books. then there is gas and all... so what do i do?

[cleancut]

I'm charging $35-$40 per scoop(ea. scoop is 1/2 yard) for the mulch, delivery, bed weeding, installation, and clean-up..So I'm getting about $70-$80 per yd. A two man crew can do about 2 yards per hour..After labor, supplies, and gas, I think it's a pretty good deal..I wouldn't charge by the hour..I would stick to a per yd. rate..Clean-Cut