Calcium Chloride question

:confused: Forgive me for the embarassing question.

If I am purchasing bags of CaCl for $6.50/25lb bag, and use anywhere from 0.5 to 1 bag per driveway, what is the best way to charge for this?

10% markup?
A full bag plus a few $$'s regardless?

That small of an amount of materials should be 100% to 200% plus labor and overhead costs.

Turfman, where are you buying this CaCl? It seems your overpaying?

Home cheapo sells Dowflake in CT for 18.50/50lbs. I don't use enough of it to buy it by the pallet from the local lesco dealer. Hopefully next year I can do that. But I bill it at a dollar a pound and no one complains. So that is 270% markup on materials.

Home cheapo sells Dowflake in CT for 18.50/50lbs. I don't use enough of it to buy it by the pallet from the local lesco dealer. Hopefully next year I can do that. But I bill it at a dollar a pound and no one complains. So that is 270% markup on materials.

I bought 20 bags of Lesco's Melt II in December and paid about $13 per bag. These are 50 lb bags. I charge $1 per pound applied. I don't think you'd have to buy it per pallet from Lesco..??

:confused: Forgive me for the embarassing question.

If I am purchasing bags of CaCl for $6.50/25lb bag, and use anywhere from 0.5 to 1 bag per driveway, what is the best way to charge for this?

10% markup?
A full bag plus a few $$'s regardless?
is this 100% calcium chloride? or, a chloride mix? i don't think you're buying 100% calcium for $6.50 per 25lbs

Rock salt is billed at $1.00 per pound. Comes in a 40lb bag and should be billed out at $40.00 per bag.

Magnesium Chloride is billed at $1.50 per pound. Comes in a 50lb bag and should billed out at $75.00 per bag.

We rarely ever use salt products on residential drives. We went through 10 pallets of mag Chlor this winter on commerical accounts plus over 300 ton of sand, not including tons of bulk salt. Not bad for a slow winter.

:confused: Forgive me for the embarassing question.

If I am purchasing bags of CaCl for $6.50/25lb bag, and use anywhere from 0.5 to 1 bag per driveway, what is the best way to charge for this?

10% markup?
A full bag plus a few $$'s regardless?

Dam who pays for a new drive in the spring? cal. cloride will eat through cement like bleach through jeans

I was using Economy Rock salt. Not CaCl.

man whoever is charging 1 per pound of rock salt is lucky you market must bear alot of moent cause chicago land is around .30 cents a pound