Have the customer hire a professional that has the knowledge of which herbicide to use and has the equipment to do the job.

A half acre is not a lot of turf. It can be done in less than a half hour.

It's obvious you don't have a license the way you explained the whole situation and know nothing about spraying so your better off walking away from it.

 

Should not take long with proper equipment and some experience. I don't do lawns but I think you are going to hear somewhere in the neighborhood of of $125 per application for a first class job for half an acre. If you are thinking of doing it with a hand held or backpack sprayer it probably will take forever and not come out well. I'm guessing there are many guys here who could do it in 15 minutes.

 

I agree on all points. Think we were typing at the same time.

 

Yes, that might take some time if you are not set up to spray larger lawns. For me $500 for a 1/2 acre would be a good profit margin even if we had to spray the whole thing twice with a basic product. I would try to set the customer up on a recurring long term program though. We don't even offer 1 or 2 time treatment options. Good luck though!

 

As some of the other guys have mentioned you must be licensed to treat yards for weeds/pests. Not being licensed can run you a fine of up to $2000 as long as the regulations haven't changed. Visit this site and contact someone and tell them what you want to do and they will get you on the right track:
http://www.ncagr.gov/SPCAP/pesticides/index.htm

 

Oh shucks, a license ..oooppps. Been doing it for 6 years on the side without one. Having to get a license for every little thing is only a way for someone or people other than you to get paid. I'm not falling for it, never have. Licenses for some things, yeah I get it, and if you're not gonna be at just any random place. Besides I guarantee everyone has done what they're not supposed to do before they had a license. Now the ones that finally have a license can stick out their chest and act better. Lmao

 

Do you guys suggest that I hire an experienced company to do the work for me? And how much do you think THEY would charge for applying herbicide to a half acre? I would like to make a profit off this...

 

The more people you include the less you'll make. Look out for yourself before including others looking to take from you. I doubt your customer will want to pay you, and every other person you include to make sure yall profit. Keep it small and take it all, it's done me very well over the years, keeping everyone's hand out of my pocket.

 

Do you guys suggest that I hire an experienced company to do the work for me? And how much do you think THEY would charge for applying herbicide to a half acre? I would like to make a profit off this...

If you are going to charge the customer then you also need a license, in most states anyway.

Have the customer hire a professional.

 

Material cost for half an acre quinclorac with MSO is around 30 triplet maybe another 7 to 10 in materials. Low side I bet you can get it done for 100 high side 150. Assuming there isn't sedge all over.
If it's a train wreck I would try to sell them on a fertility program. Sub it out and make money on each app. Without helping the grass the weeds will be back
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its ok to admit youre not qualified for certain jobs and advise them to hire a professional pesticide applicator

 

I'm in a fairly competitive town for weed control, so it could change some according to locale, but I charget somewhere around .0065 cents per square foot.

So: 22000 X .0065 = $143.00

Of course, as others have said, it all depends on the scope of weeds in the lawn, and how much chemicals you have to use.
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I'm in your area and we would charge around $125, give or take a little based on actual square footage. We don't do one time only apps but let me know if you'd like to get them set up on a program, I can help you out.

 

3a supervisor from north east. Wouldn't recommend doing it yourself. For one its illegal unless you are licensed. Also its easy to screw up and damage the turf if you don't know what you are doing. All that aside, if you were licensed and looking for advice...buy a 4 gallon backpack sprayer from lesco (john deere). Buy a small jug of appropriate selective herbicide for the grass type. The guy behind the counter can tell u which one. Put on tip that does 1gal/1k sqft. So 4k sqft per full tank. So should be about 5 tanks to do a half acre. Typically most selective herbs for cool season grasses are 1 to 1.5 oz per gal water. Your rate is 1 gal per 1k so 6oz per tank. 30oz total, about a quarter gallon. Price should include fertilizer but if doing only weed control price should be the same. $125 for 20k. Its first week of july though. Crabgrass is already up but not high. Yellow nutsedge is out too. If you are blanketing for cg and yns on 20k in addition to broadleaf weeds the price would be much higher. I would do 20k for $350. Post crabbies is expensive to buy and treat. Best bet...refer a pro company.
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I won't spray a lawn unless I'm billing it to the homeowner.
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Half acre wouldn't take me 15min. Only real questions are what weeds are present and what the grass type is.

 

Sub it out to a pro and add 20% for yourself!

 

As everyone (most) have said, you need a license to spray pesticides. $250/time x 2 is reasonable, its about 50% more then what we would charge a regular customer, but this is not a regular customer it's a one off whihc we don't do.