[Liam M McDermott]

What are you guys who charge "x per yard installed" including in the price? Is it just the cost of mulch and laying it down or does it include any edging or bed clean up?

I've been charging $100 per yard installed this year, getting mulch for around $21 per yard double shred. I've been including edging in that $100 per yard and adding on any other labor for trimming or bed clean up separately.

So what are your guy's prices and what do they include?

 

[Youngandfree]

I'd put edging in your bed prep labor.

 

[Joana Williams]

$100.00 / Yard, only includes the purchase of mulch and installation. Anything else is extra.

 

[Reed Landscaping]

$90 for just install more $$$ for bed prep. Also I only take on 2-4 yrd jobs where I’m in and out since I’m solo.
Where you can make the $$ is pruning beds before mulch installation. I always up sell cutting them before throwing mulch since I’m already there!!

 

[Delmarva Keith]

Going rate around here seems to be $40 to $45 / yd for mulch, $40 to $65 per manhour to install. $100 per yd with edging sounds on the high side but maybe not where you are.

 

[Jake the grass guy]

110$/ yard installed. minor weed pulling included. edging is extra.

 

[Jashley73]

Question for clarification - What does "Edging" mean in the context of this conversation?

Touch up with a trimmer/ bed re-definer? Or are we talking about cutting in a new edge from scratch with a spade & shovel? Big difference in time & labor involved. (No way I'd consider the latter being included in a $100-110 per yard figure.)

 

[FitzRightYardServices]

Since being on this forum I have redone my mulch pricing at least 3 times now. I charge between $150-$100 depending on the amount of mulch needed. Small jobs include bed prep and bigger jobs prep is a separate charge.

When in doubt about time just add %20 on top of the labor cost.

 

[Wenzell Butler]

I currently have a Job that is requiring 100 Yards of Mulch. Currently have the rate set at 100 a yard. Do you guys charge less for large jobs like this. its about 17,000 sq ft of bed for a commercial parcel.

 

[Delmarva Keith]

I’m starting to see it’s nonsense to try to compare pricing in one location to another. Too many variables. Get your usual markup on materials and get your usual rate for labor. Include what’s customary in your area and make sure that’s included in your labor estimate. That’s what it prices at.

Charge crazy prices to ensure nothing left on the table and you’ll start losing bids. No biggie, just make the adjustment. Charge too low and all the sudden you have more business than you know what to do with. Same deal, make the adjustment. Basic supply & demand. Charge where the graphs cross and you likely grow.

To put a finer point on it, charge a fair and customary markup on materials for your area and charge a fair labor rate without padding or any of that crap for what it takes to do whatever is customary in your area. Your market will beat a path to your door.

 

[Delmarva Keith]

I currently have a Job that is requiring 100 Yards of Mulch. Currently have the rate set at 100 a yard. Do you guys charge less for large jobs like this. its about 17,000 sq ft of bed for a commercial parcel.

The analysis is always the same. What are your material costs, add markup for overhead, what are your labor hours per yard and cost / charge per man-hour. A big job may mean less travel / hassle time but that should already be part of your labor hours estimate. Your competitors are doing it that way. So should you Thumbs Up

 

[Advance_lawn_care]

Installing 2 yards today for $265. Only thing I'm doing besides install is spot spraying bed weeds with glufosinate. Will take maybe 5 minutes to spray.

Mulch cost me between $33-$38 a yard depending where I go. Size of a yard seems to vary depending where I go also....

 

[Doc8406]

The way i have been doing it is, 60 bucks an hour for prep.. then depending on price of mulch, the customer gets the cost passed through to them, and 60 an hour to install said mulch.