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Re: Going rate for Aerial


IMHO, there is no such thing as “Going Rates.” Going Rates are use by Contractors that are on track to go broke.  Personally I refuse to work for someone else’s below cost prices. I physically look at every job before I quote the job.  I look for things like bucket truckable vs easement, jig or drive out,  number of 90s, trees, fences, length of job, mobilization costs, repair costs, insurance costs, taxes, traffic control costs, length of work day (I’ve had some jobs with only a 6 hour work window per day), cost of labor for good help, contract provisions, administrative cost (billing, CPA, lawyer), other special requirements, etc.  

NOOOOOOOOOW you can figure how much footage you can produce in a day.  And you can figure your costs for the project. Then by addING your profit margin to the costs, You will have the information required to come up with “YOUR RATE”. DONT BE LAZY!  Don’t use a rate that every other poor SOB is trying to make a living on. DO THE MATH!
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Posted in reply to: Going rate for Aerial by DallasCoax
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Re: Going rate for Aerial EDSTONER 10/29/2018 11:33:08 AM
Re: Going rate for Aerial 4Scoops 10/29/2018 11:21:41 AM