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I'm asking more about how people calculate the price increase, not if they charge more. I'm also not really referring to the risk of property damage so much as personal safety and balls. Think of it this way, you are trimming two identical trees, same amount of work in an open field. The only...

Hey folks. I haven't posted on here in a decade or more I'm sure. I'm down here is FL and do a lot of palm trimming. My question is this. How are you pricing for the increased risk of one job vs another job that may take the same amount of time to complete. i.e. for my example, would be the...

Itried to find an article I read today but I can't seem to find it again. Here is the jist. I can't remember the exact numbers so all numbers are just rough. about 380 acres that had been clear cut in the 20's in Virginia. In the early 80's it was clear cut again resulting in over 500...

You would be surprised how fast you get used to a trailer and the places you can take them. If you can fit your your to vehicle in a place you can get the trailer there to. Get a dual axel with dual breaks. They pull much better and don't wonder as much. They weight will be less of an issue...

You just kind of contradicted yourself Husky. In the first paragraph you said you run out of wood every year and in the second you said that you better have all your wood cut before June. So you should listen to your own advice. jk I know what you are saying. But what I am saying is if I...

I used to run a conveniance store and we had contracts with all the vendors. For example Coke, Pepsi, and Bud came twice a week. We didn't have to call Coke every week and tell them that we need X cases of this and X cases of that. They just showed up on Tues and Friday looked in the stock...

Question, does anyone on here do contracts for firewood with their customers? I'm thinking something like you would have a set amount of wood that the customer would have on hand. so for example you have a customer that only wants 1 cord at a time and you just go by regularly and restock...

I think I'm going to go for it. I guess it wouldn't hurt to look anyway. I mean if I go look at a lot and estimate the timber, and firewood and the numbers work out, what do I have to loose. If I can't find any properties where the numbers work, I'm out some time and like Dr. Dave said worst...

I actually don't really care if this venture makes a profit. Well, I do care since extra money is always nice. What I do care about of course is loosing money. But as long as I break even on the lots I'm going to have the other benifits I have mentioned. If I could come up with some other...

Unless there is something eluding me as far as equipment goes I don't see that I am missing anything. Here is what I have now 1 - 1ton GMC 4wheel 1 - 5 ton 8 x 16 trailer 1 - 24" Husky saw 1 - 16" Stihl saw 1 - Stihl 12" saw ropes, chains, wedges, mauls, cant hooks. Things I am...

So we are still sitting on an average time of 3 hours per Cord. Which sounds workable to me. So say I can get $150.00 a cord less 3 hours @ $15.00 per hour = call it $100 a cord. (again this would change from lot to lot depending on what we are dealing with.) So this is what I am thinking...

Still only two people with input? If you think an hour is two fast. How long would it take you? I can see a cord an hour being possilbe depending on the size of the tree. The larger the tree the less cuts you would have to make, etc.

No other estimates of how long it takes to get a cord of wood? I have one guy at 6 man hours and another at 1 man hour per cord. That is a pretty big difference. What about bye products, ie woodchips. Is it worth going through the trouble of chipping it to sell or should I just burn it all...

No offense taken. daddieslilgirl. I'm just sick of having to explain myself to those who just can't seem to understand that the cost of living changes throught the country. You can't live in FL for what you can live on in WV or Ihio, etc. The thread was not called "how much should I pay my...

Thanks upancommer! That sounds more like it. I too am a horse at 250 lbs. but I'm only 5'9." I bet every now and then you get the inkling to play Arnald S. and carry a 16"x 16' log out of the woods on your shoulder like he did in the Movie Camando. lol Thanks

Dammit, I said I wasn't going to talk about this anymore. lol So if you don't believe me, sorry. If you are that worried about it and are possitive you are right pack your bags and move to WV and try to get a job making $15.00 per hour then message me back. We will see what happens.

Salary/Wage same difference. No I didn't pay them the same amount each month they were hourly employees.

Daddieslilgirl, that post was from almost 4 years ago. I do not have a skidder so I could only pull one tree at a time out. Using your 95 trees in a week being able to pull 6 if I could only pull one at a time I could only do about 16 a week. The post is about trying to salvage enough...

Anyone have any infomation they could give me? I am hopeing to hear from Business owners or atleast foreman who can give me an idea or two about this subject.

Daddieslilgirl your profile says that you are in NY the median house hold income in NY is about $44,000 a year. The median income my Mercer County WV is about $28,000. The average home value in the county is $63,900 and in NY $148,000. You realize though that you could easily earn $15.00/hour...