Am I always this lucky?

[J. Peterson Grading]

$1000 and you want to make a living doing this type of work?

This is more like a $2500.00+ job. Stop selling yourself short. It might be cool to run the equipment you rent, but you need to make something off it. Start charging by the hour when you own the stuff.

J.

[Junior M]

Originally Posted by J. Peterson Grading

$1000 and you want to make a living doing this type of work?

This is more like a $2500.00+ job. Stop selling yourself short. It might be cool to run the equipment you rent, but you need to make something off it. Start charging by the hour when you own the stuff.

J.

This is a charging by the hour job, all we can do is 12hours and it comes to $1,020 and I am charging just as much per hour for the loader as the company up the road.

It maybe cheap cause my guy on the ground should go for $500 for 8 hours, I know a guy that charges $1,000 for 2 guys falling, bucking and limbing trees for 8 hours, so I am cutting myself short in that aspect but I am charging my typical per hour rate for one guy and machine and my hour rate for the machine is the same as my competition as I said before, I've run my numbers on this job, from a rental aspect that is, not an owner..

[CAT powered]

Junior a new saw will eat up half the budget or more for that job.

STIHL MS361 would cost you 620$ if you put a 25" bar on it.

The 361 is a great saw though. I was going to go with a 361 instead of the 290, but I couldn't bring myself to spend 600 bucks on something that won't make me one red cent.

[Gravel Rat]

I don't know what Junior is worried about a chainsaw for he is scared to use one.

This is the sharpest thing Junior will use

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butter_knife

[Junior M]

Originally Posted by CAT powered

Junior a new saw will eat up half the budget or more for that job.

STIHL MS361 would cost you 620$ if you put a 25" bar on it.

The 361 is a great saw though. I was going to go with a 361 instead of the 290, but I couldn't bring myself to spend 600 bucks on something that won't make me one red cent.

I know it will, but if continue doing this kind of work I'll need one anyways, but I've got a little money in the account so that job wont be paying the whole $600..

I looked at a 361, but like you said, thats a huge freakin price tag! I am going to look at a 290, thats what we were using on the pond and it was a decent saw..

[Junior M]

Originally Posted by Gravel Rat

I don't know what Junior is worried about a chainsaw for he is scared to use one.

This is the sharpest thing Junior will use

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butter_knife

I hope your joking?

[Treemow]

You need one of these.

[AWJ Services]

1000 dollars?

Remind me to never move to where you live.


So what are you going to do, just work till you get to a 1000 dollars and then hold your hand out?

[AWJ Services]

You need one of these.

Is that your machine?

[Junior M]

Originally Posted by Treemow

You need one of these.

I know, but for the job, we cant do it that way..