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How to Charge for Fall lawn clean-up -When you don't have the right equipment

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For this particular project, the total job took 3.5 hours from 'shop to shop' (from leaving the base to having all leaves off the trailer). The customer was charged $65 per hour, per man. For this one-man job, the total charge was $227.50. It's crucial for landscapers to stop undercharging. If multiple individuals are on a job, each man's hourly rate should be accounted for (e.g., two men at $65/hour each would be $130/hour total). Additionally, any costs incurred, such as dumping fees, must be passed directly to the customer, not absorbed by the business. Properly accounting for all costs and labor ensures business longevity.

Goal: Ensure the project is priced correctly to cover labor, overhead, and dumping fees for profitability.

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needle clean up into high gear so let's go over a few numbers on this project it took us three and a half hours to complete the job we charge the customer $65 an hour that was shop to shop time from the moment we left to the moment we had all the leaves off from our trailer was a total of three and a half hours the total cost charge of the customer for this project was two hundred twenty seven dollars and fifty cents one point that I want to clarify for your own records is that is per man per hour if we had two guys on this job we would have been charging $130 an hour or $65 an hour of times to landscapers chronically under charge and you've got to stop doing that if you want to stay in this for the long term if you have three guys on the job it's $65 an hour times three whatever your normal rate is make sure that you have each man covered and in this case if we're dumping leaves and they're charging you to dump the leaves somewhere you charge your customer for that don't absorb that cost either make sure you cover all your bases make sure you're collecting the proper payments from your customer that's the difference between longevity in this cup in this industry and getting burned out and wondering why you're losing your buck I hope this guy's has helped you I thought it love you guys to girls go out I want you to make as much money as possible so please subscribe take care god bless have yourselves an awesome

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