Laying Sod

[jfishenter]

O.K., my turn for help with bid. I working on a landscaping bid for an apartment building that involves laying 200 yards of sod. How long on average would it take 2 men to lay 100 yards?

[dave_n_mulberry]

if they plant it green side down first and the turn it it will take twice as long as green side up first.

[Woody]

Man, you are just full of it today Dave, aren't you!?! Must be all that warm weather.

Woody

[jfishenter]

I''ll take that into consideration. By the way, were you born a smart a%@, or did you take classes?

[PTLlandscapingIL]

this is how alot of the people i know price 2 man crew 80% percent mark up,i know i get sod like 1.89 as roll wholesale so thats how i would mark it up then ruffly figure hwo long it will take ur crew cause i could lay that much sound with one guy in liek 2- 3 hours

[dave_n_mulberry]

I''ll take that into consideration. By the way, were you born a smart a%@, or did you take classes?
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it took 53 years to get this way......

[Seascape]

Only took me 32.

mike

[glassjoe]

i only put down floritam (st augustine) grass in florida.
i charge 50cents a sqft to lay it on bare dirt.
any scraping, weed killing, dirt removal, any extra laboris charged $45 an hour for a two man crew.
i give the customer a little of time, maybe a half hour, but i do ok on the sod for profit.

[PTLlandscapingIL]

see ,down south were alot of you are located you gusy get sod cheap down there i use bluegrass and ryegrass,(coolseason) you guys use warm season grasses so of course your prices are gonna be lower then mine whole sale i got a peice of sode for liek 1.50 a hit

[andersc1]

We get our Floritam (St. Augustine) for $.17 sq/ft and charge a total of $.27 sq/ft installed with no dirt work or additional prep. But I really can't help you with this one, because we do sod anything as small as 100 sq/ft. It ends up being more trouble then you could ever make off the job.

Curtis

[Seascape]

see ,down south were alot of you are located you gusy get sod cheap down there i use bluegrass and ryegrass,(coolseason) you guys use warm season grasses so of course your prices are gonna be lower then mine whole sale i got a peice of sode for liek 1.50 a hit


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KBG .18 cents per sq ft

[dave_n_mulberry]

central florida the cheapest you can get st aug is .21 a sq ft unless you buy 10,000 sq ft or more then it drops to .15 a sq ft.

at 30,000 sq ft or more you can get it installed and rolled twice for .16 a ft from the farm.

[PTLlandscapingIL]

mike,i live in the burbs in chicago and the main sod company is central sod farms,tand there the cheapest

[coffeecraver]

200 yds you are better off paying an little extra per yd. and having it installed with the delivery.

That would be better and cheaper than paying labor that is not skilled.


Sod wh.cost = 2.00

Sod cost = 2.00per yd
Mark-up = .50
installed = 1.00
Delivery = .50 price may vary
Total = 4.00 per yd x 200 = 800.00
Prepare ground $220.00 may vary
1020.00

The labor is better spent prepareing the ground.

[Beau]

Experienced workers? It will take 4-5 hrs for one guy to lay sod of 100 yds, one guy 2 hrs no flipping way.