Great Feller
ArboristSite Lurker
What would you guys charge in these situations. This is the kind of stuff I'm anticipating once I start advertising.
1. An old lady wants you to come over and cut a small tree down and haul it away. It might take an hour to cut and load it.
2. A guy wants you to come over and fell a tree that leaning over his garage. It's not a bad lean, something you can wedge over.
3. A farmer wants you to come over and spend the day cutting and skidding hedge posts out of his back 40.
4. After an ice storm a person calls and wants you to trim some broken branches in there front yard. Stuff you can reach with a pole saw.
I don't know if I should charge by the hour or by the job! What about mileage or a fee of $50 to just show up. There are too many situations and scenerios to just charge a flat rate. Charging $20 an hour to run a saw all day long doesn't sound bad, but charging $20 an hour to fell a tree that's leaning over a garage doesn't sound like enough. What should I do? Thanks
1. An old lady wants you to come over and cut a small tree down and haul it away. It might take an hour to cut and load it.
2. A guy wants you to come over and fell a tree that leaning over his garage. It's not a bad lean, something you can wedge over.
3. A farmer wants you to come over and spend the day cutting and skidding hedge posts out of his back 40.
4. After an ice storm a person calls and wants you to trim some broken branches in there front yard. Stuff you can reach with a pole saw.
I don't know if I should charge by the hour or by the job! What about mileage or a fee of $50 to just show up. There are too many situations and scenerios to just charge a flat rate. Charging $20 an hour to run a saw all day long doesn't sound bad, but charging $20 an hour to fell a tree that's leaning over a garage doesn't sound like enough. What should I do? Thanks