I think we'll get it, it was for a landscape designer that we do work for and they usually don't shop around. The only thing would be how greedy they get and how much they tack on to my quote. It's a new client in a very ritsy neighborhood so who knows if they're shopping around or trust the designer.
Bigger jobs like this I bring in my friend I bought the crane from and his guys. He does the same with us to tackle bigger jobs on his end also. We've been working together like that for several years now and its been a really good thing. Now either one of us can mobilize 2 cranes, 2 chippers/chip trucks, bucket ect and twice the man power without the overhead.
This particular job is zero access with heavy equipment. About 10 trees including 3 tulips over 100ft. Grind all stumps. Everything climbed and carted out via a 4 wheeler with a trailer and log cart. One chipper and one crane for the wood about 300+ ft from the work area.
I thought it was a competetive price but there are guys around here that will go a lot lower on that one so we'll see
I've found the guys who tend to go lower use Steiners instead of 4 wheelers.