They're not just paying for what you do, they are paying for what you know. If you are just cutting slabs, or you can pick, turn, quarter saw, and get them the best bang for the buck is a big deal. Ups paid me $34 bucks an hour. I wouldn't take my CSM out for less than that. If they want 2X4's cut, I tell them get a band mill or take them to a big mill. If someone wants "nice" big slabs cut, I'm not going to beat myself and my saws to death because I don't have the fastest mill in town. Another part of what they pay for is your portability. This may or may not apply to the OP. But if they want something made out of their yard tree and can't get it to a mill, or can't get a portable mill on site, the CSM might be the only other option, and they still have to pay for it..20 seemed like the # that I remembered. I don't have hydraulics so hrly rate wouldn't be fair. I have an 2004 LT15. Grunt work.
.20 seemed like the # that I remembered. I don't have hydraulics so hrly rate wouldn't be fair. I have an 2004 LT15. Grunt work.
I don't do a lot of milling for "others", but when I do, I charge $.30 /bd. ft. for milling.Rate to charge per board foot with a bandmill?
raiglistsemo; fall special 36" dia x23 feet max this guyz add says $350 1000bdft will come n look shoot **** for free. passing along what just readIn my area, the price is a local thing. If you charge way too little, you will sell yourself short while you cut into some other guy's revenue stream. If you charge too much, your potential customers will look elsewhere. The guy I went to three years ago was charging fourteen cents per board foot plus an up and down charge of $75 for anything less than 1000 board feet. He would not take logs that you might bring to him because his neighbors complained if he milled too often at his site and he didn't want to deal with the slow buildup of sawdust. I have heard of guys charging as much as $.40/bdft in areas where the demand is high.
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