is this to much to charge?

[enjoys cutting]

i was hired to help a guy do some wood cutting.we sawed split piled in a trailor and stacked the wood at his house,about a 4 hr job.i used my saw and gas towed the splitter with my truck.just wondering if 20$ an hour was to much? don't know what to charge?
thanks

 

[thechainsawguy]

No thats cheap. To cut and split wood with your own equipment should be $40 and hour. Otherwise I would hire you full time to cut wood for me and sell the wood. Thats a fair price what you did, maybe as a "help someone out price"

Dave

 

[Eccentric]

+1.

That's the family/friend price for sure.

 

[enjoys cutting]

thanks guys i felt a little bad not really knowing but i thought using my saw and fuel and my truck it was fair.he had the splitter and trailer.

 

[Anthony_Va.]

I have never charged by the hour to cut for someone, but that seems fair/cheap IMO.

I sell my wood in my shortbed Dodge for 50 bucks thrown in. If it's stacked in the bed, it's 65. It's alot of work to charge any less than that. And the fuel will kill you these days.

 

[Blowncrewcab]

For that kind of work and that kind of price I would hire you every weekend I have a trailer load of wood out there right now that needs split & stacked....

 

[sunfish]

Were you working for the guy, or just helping?

 

[enjoys cutting]

he said he wanted to hire me to get his wood done,pretty much were his words.helping is mostly free to friends and neibors.i just based it on what i charge to block a 5 cord load of wood,25 an hr.
mike

 

[blsnelling]

Were you working for the guy, or just helping?

+1. If helping it's fair for both parties. Otherwise, you did him a favor.

 

[enjoys cutting]

thats good id rather feel good about a job done than guilty that i cheated someone.

 

[sunfish]

No need to feel guilty about that price.

 

[Gologit]

You basically covered your expenses and did the guy a favor. Nothing wrong with that.