? on landscape maintanince priceing

[digger]

Thinking about picking up some work on the side, for you guy's in the bussiness how do you set your price for a job.By the hr or by the job.I already keep up a couple of large yard's and a couple of smaller yard's at my work that is coverd by my (saliry)sp, so I'm needing to know how to price to an individual.

[4dawgma]

it depends on your overhead and labor rates. also to take into consideration ---- linear feetof edging(sidewalks, beds(for weed eating)) , pruning of shrubs and or trees, sq ft of turf/beds fertilization/spray, rye in winter?, mow every week or every other week, travel to/ from site, parking lots to blow?

[digger]

Thank's, not looking to much at mowing too many people in my small town doing it,more pruneing and flower bed work.I already have eqipment trimmer's weedeater's,polesaw and a few other thing's and the labor would be me so gas would be my overhead,mabey ins.

[sadie1]

I live in Hattiesburg and have a landscape company. Most people here are going to charge somewhere in the neighborhood of $25 an hour, but that would include equipment use. If you are using equip. that is large such as a zero turn mower, of course, the rate is increasingly more. Pruning, pulling weeds, trimming hedges, and the things like that also is going to depend on equipment being used. If you are using a commercial trimmer or hedge trimmer, you could charge 25 an hour, but if you are using something that is operated by a power cord, you are obviously not going to be able to charge that much. If you are just pulling weeds, don't expect to get more than about 15 an hour. I would be happy to answer any specific question that I could help you with, its just kind of hard to be specific without knowing specifically what you are doing. We aint know it alls, but we've bout seen it all.

[MSDawg870]

it depends on your overhead and labor rates. also to take into consideration ---- linear feetof edging(sidewalks, beds(for weed eating)) , pruning of shrubs and or trees, sq ft of turf/beds fertilization/spray, rye in winter?, mow every week or every other week, travel to/ from site, parking lots to blow?

Dang man seems like you've got a formula for screwing people.

[cbath]

from what sadie1 wrote the prices really depend on your location then any thing because i try and average almost twice that.

[hencutter]

My family owns a garden center and landscapind company in S.E. Teaxs, and our prices would fall pretty close to what sadie1 stated. That is per man, some jobs have 2 people working on them, sometimes 5 or 6 on an instalation.

[4dawgma]

it depends on your overhead and labor rates. also to take into consideration ---- linear feetof edging(sidewalks, beds(for weed eating)) , pruning of shrubs and or trees, sq ft of turf/beds fertilization/spray, rye in winter?, mow every week or every other week, travel to/ from site, parking lots to blow?

Dang man seems like you've got a formula for screwing people.

if you don't know what it costs YOU to put it in, how do you know what to charge the client?

[digger]

Thank's guy's $15 to $25 an hr. was kinda what I was thinking depending on the job.The stuff I have is all Stil except my mower and it's a JD with a 60in. deck but not a 0 turn.

[nomsduckhunter]

I'm making about $45 an hr. to cut grass.
$60 a yd to spread mulch.

You've got to know every cost to figure it right. There are some speadsheets out there that can help you.

[SFDdelta1]

I live in Hattiesburg and have a landscape company. Most people here are going to charge somewhere in the neighborhood of $25 an hour, but that would include equipment use. If you are using equip. that is large such as a zero turn mower, of course, the rate is increasingly more. Pruning, pulling weeds, trimming hedges, and the things like that also is going to depend on equipment being used. If you are using a commercial trimmer or hedge trimmer, you could charge 25 an hour, but if you are using something that is operated by a power cord, you are obviously not going to be able to charge that much. If you are just pulling weeds, don't expect to get more than about 15 an hour. I would be happy to answer any specific question that I could help you with, its just kind of hard to be specific without knowing specifically what you are doing. We aint know it alls, but we've bout seen it all.

you have got to be kidding. 25 bucks a hour will not pay the overhead We bill between 75 to 125 a hour for one time jobs and around 50 to 70 a hour on contracts. I would look at the job and figure how time it will take you to do the job right figure in how much you want to take make a hour. Just make sure you figure in some time for things not going acording to plan

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[sadie1]

Just to clarify, we don't charge $25 an hour to cut grass. If we are cutting grass with a 2 man crew, we charge around 70/ hour. As long as we cut between 400 to 500 a day with our mowing crew, I feel ok about it. We generally cut with a 48 scag and charge a minumun of 40 for a visit. If we are doing irrigation repair, we charge about the same per hour for a two man crew. Landscaping falls around the same, although we try not to do things by the hour on that. I don't have the perfect scheme, but other things like pruning shrubs or pulling weeds where you wouldn't require insurance or a work truck and are operating by yourself is going to be hard to justify charging over $25 an hour. If some of you other guys have landscape businesses and don't mind talking about what you charge, I would be curious to know.

[hencutter]

Sadie1,like you,if it is a new installation the job is usually bid out.Any work that involves extra equipment, then "equipment fees " are added. Anything that is charged less is usually something that requires just hand tools such as a rake and some trash bags.this could be something like a clean up after high winds,etc.