Most profit in a day?

[DannytreeLLC]

Had my best profit day on Thursday. After all expenses and paying my tree jockeys I cleared $11,670. Before this, my best profit day was literally half that. Now, every day isn’t like that- wish it was. But sometimes you get one of those days and man it feels great

 

[Del_]

That's about normal.

 

[jefflovstrom]

Jeff
It was a beautiful day!

 

[gorman]

I’d be sneaking some guitars off reverb if I was making that money. Hell, I’d rent a ghost apartment to have them delivered to so my wife wouldn’t find out.

 

[capetrees]

Had my best profit day on Thursday. After all expenses and paying my tree jockeys I cleared $11,670. Before this, my best profit day was literally half that. Now, every day isn’t like that- wish it was. But sometimes you get one of those days and man it feels great

25 years old, $11K a day but average is around $5K.

a day

every day

and half sundays too.

 

[capetrees]

theres a guy in here that posts pics of his jobs and equipment almost every day. I'd wonder what he makes average a day and then compare to what your equipment is and what you do all day.

Pics or it didn't happen.

 

[gorman]

Best I’ve done is about 4.5k and that’s one crew. Also, that’s gross not net. Net is roughly half.

 

[Dillweed]

I have a small tree business, three employees, revenue about $300K a year . After labor, insurance, comp, repairs, maintenance, storage, rent, utilities, taxes, depreciation, advertising, and a bunch of other crap my accountant tells me about, and accountant fees, I profit $25,000, with no payroll for myself.

 

[tree MDS]

Yeah, Danny’s getting all the gravy.

 

[Deleted member 117362]

Think you may need to look at his labor costs. Does he pay all those overhead costs that @Dillweed pays.

 

[tree MDS]

The best feeling comes from knowing that I do the hardest jobs, the things that scare others away, day after day, job after job. And for a reasonable price (without cheating myself). And my phone keeps ringing for more. Anything else is just ******** on the internet.

 

[jefflovstrom]

I can not answer this thread, and seeing what some are saying, you would not believe what we do,,but then again, we don't do residential,,
Jeff
It was a beautiful Sunday!

 

[DannytreeLLC]

The real money is in line clearance. Yes other areas have higher margins, but for consistency and contracts that are several weeks, line clearance

 

[jefflovstrom]

We do not do any line clearance,,just saying.
Jeff

 

[tree MDS]

Kenworth, baby. Coming hard.Just saying.

 

[mikewhite85]

Had my best profit day on Thursday. After all expenses and paying my tree jockeys I cleared $11,670. Before this, my best profit day was literally half that. Now, every day isn’t like that- wish it was. But sometimes you get one of those days and man it feels great

A few days this year around 6k. One did not include a crane.

I'm interested in the details of a 12k day. Did you use multiple crews or stacked a few nice jobs? How many men and what equipment did you use?

Most days my 3-4 man crew makes 2-3k. I'm actually doing better per day out here in rural PA than when I was in Los Angeles.

Congrats on the awesome day!

 

[gorman]

Kenworth, baby. Coming hard.Just saying.
View attachment 859383
View attachment 859382

Why’d you put the pusher axle in the middle rather than the rear? You’d have a better turn with it in the rear.

 

[tree MDS]

Why’d you put the pusher axle in the middle rather than the rear? You’d have a better turn with it in the rear.

I wanted the body to be relatively flush with the back so as to not jackknife my chipper, trailers, etc, so that’s what Southco recommended. Tailswing is another thing to consider when towing (don’t want it to be like a school bus). Not sure how strong the hitch would be with that much frame sticking out past the wheels either. I think the hinge-point is stronger this way too. I guess you can’t have it all.

 

[DannytreeLLC]

Huge line clearance project, we worked around 14-15 hours. Also included one side project where A residential nearby had us clear some trees. We subcontracted with two services to provide chipping and hauling, as well as an additional climbing crew. Plus my guys. With the recent storms, the utilities around here have been increasing their guidelines on distance maintained between lines and forest encroachment. We serve the suburban/ semi rural areas outside Kansas City

 

[DSW]

I try to never profit more than a hundred or two. I don't wanna develop a complex or anything.