Ok, so I've never done any tree removal before, but I have a chainsaw and I know how to use it.
This large limb fell over the driveway of this house so I left one of my fliers. I'm thinking about 4 hours to remove..? I don't know how ppl generally charge for labor for this kind of thing. I try to do $1.5/minute on my other work. That would put this job at $360. Does that sounds decent to cut it up and haul it off?
I'm not sure what the dumping fee would be, I'd have to find that out. I also have no idea what the market price is for this kind of stuff in my area (memphis, TN). Any input would be appreciated.
Guess they get to charge more in the northern states .lol wish I could charge the extremely high prices and actually get the job. Try that here you will be hungry and homeless.
depends. If its our slow time. I'll cut and split wood on location. If its my busy season. We will cut to 10' length load on trailer with my tractor and take it to my wood yard. Cut split and stack it later.
They'd happily pay 150 to 200 if they couldn't do it themselves. And wanted their driveway back. I do some storm clean ups . Not my fav thing to do. I don't go looking for it. In my past experience most don't mind a reasonable price. Most the time their insurance company pays it anyway.
Thanks for that info fellas. It's 8:30pm now so I figure they probably got someone else or did it themselves. Oh well, if anything changes I'll try to update. Either way, at least now I know for future reference. Thanks again, y'all!
That's a 25'+ limb, roughly 26" around at the butt end. There is at least one full cord of split wood in that. Which is 128CF of firewood. That sells here for 400 bucks alone. Then 2men 3 hours of cutting and loading to bare lawn. Never mind the 10CY of trailer space you will need.
400dollar wood cost
6 man hours at 65/hr=390
790+ Equipment time, vehicle time, overhead, fuel=1000 before tax.
And people wonder why this industry cannot find employees or price anything properly.
I was guessing $75-85 per man hour for 4 hours, I wouldn't know how to price that job, and wouldn't quote on it, hard to tell from a little picture anyway.
26 inch? No way. And you said $1,000 removal. He was asking for advice on how much to charge obviously. And a full cord of quality seasoned hardwood is around $250 here since we haven't had a hurricane in a few years, lol.
Of course. And for his area, where nobody uses firewood, he must pay to get rid of the wood. how much does your dump charge for 10 cubic yards of wood?
Wait, you talking diameter or circumference? No matter, but usually trees are measured as a diameter and that sure as hell doesn't look like a 26 inch diameter limb to me.
Lol I'm not in the firewood business. There are guys here that send 53' trailers to Dallas wood is 250/300 a cord there. Pricing is allover the place. Depending where you are. Only wood I can really make money on is green red oak. A local BBQ place will pay a premium price for it.
Well I'm not gonna go poking around on someone's property without them there. I've got another quote to go give tomorrow before I have to go to my full time job, so I probably won't go solicit the homeowner either. Unless I have spare time when I pass by tomorrow. If that happens I'll try to let y'all know some dimensions so somebody doesn't get knifed up in here.
I would probably charge $350-$500 as that's about half a days work for me by my self if I'm just taking it to the dump. Price would vary depending on how close the nearest dump is and if they wanted it for firewood. If they wanted the wood cut for firewood I would be in the $500 range as that's more processing/labor.
If it takes you more than a half hour to cut that up you need a new chainsaw. I have an Echo 550p that works great. That amount of wood would heat my house for 3 days. Looks like a 2 hour job to cut, load, dump.
I need a bigger truck and trailer. It would only take me 30min to an hour to cut it up but then to load it and make multiple trips to the dump would add time quickly. I only have a Tacoma and 5x8 trailer so it would take me much longer than someone with a dump truck and dump trailer. That being said I'm also not going to claim I'm the fastest person at felling, bucking loading and unloading. I'm still new to it and I have a pretty healthy fear of my saw.
Exactly, i could cut that down in less than an hour no problem.
sorry but that's no 2 men 3 hours job (6 total). I myself could have that cut down cleaned up and hauled off in 2-3 hours. I would charge $200-$300 for it because I burn wood and would keep it.
Is this when we get to share some wood stash photos?
Handle the saw with confidence. Know and pay attention to how it operates and really even with teaching, you don't learn that until you've seen it all. I am very comfortable with my saw, i do not fear it, I own it!
I still use low kickback chain even though regular chain cuts quicker. If I cut more I would go with regular chain.
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