soiset
ArboristSite Member
I bid a job for which I got a referral - it was the banker brother-in-law of someone in the neighborhood that I had done pruning work for. The job was a red oak removal. The oak was multi-stemmed, about 30" dbh (under stems), near the property line, and extending over the client's house. I bid it at $1200, knowing I could use the work, and thinking that would be competitive, and knowing it would be pretty technical.
The H.O. got back to me today, about a month later, and has let me know that the job was done for half as much. They did the job the same day they gave the bid(!) My assumption is, then, that there was a fair-sized crew, maybe two climbers and two ground guys, and that it still must have taken most of the day.
So, ($600 - associated business costs)/4 guys for a day = wtf?
Sometimes I really think I'm in the wrong business.
The H.O. got back to me today, about a month later, and has let me know that the job was done for half as much. They did the job the same day they gave the bid(!) My assumption is, then, that there was a fair-sized crew, maybe two climbers and two ground guys, and that it still must have taken most of the day.
So, ($600 - associated business costs)/4 guys for a day = wtf?
Sometimes I really think I'm in the wrong business.