Pricing

[Kevin S]

Hello All

I have had my lawn care clients ask me if I will be doing snow removal and I was wondering if I should price by (the visit), or (the month) or (the season Dec1 to March 31/08 ).The equipment I have is snowblower and shovel and how much I should charge them per hour or visit or season.This is all new to me so all the the info I can get will be appreciated.

Thanks Kevin

[snowmower]

Well, decide what you need to make per hour and estimate how long it will take you to finish depending on how much snow you get. We charge minimum $35 per push for a small resi drive. Per push pricing will probably be the easiest route for the first year. Don't forget to give a higher price for more snow. If you give only one price based on 4 inches, you'll be screwed when you get a big storm. If you go the hourly route you'll want something like a half hour minimum charge. Hope that helps a bit.

[Kevin S]

Well I was thinking $35 as my minimum that is 1" to 4" by hand ,then i was thinking $45 if the snow is between 4" to 8" with the blower and $55 over 8" with the blower, I am not sure what i should charge per hour with the snowblower. The reason I am asking i have a client is asking me to give a price and i think it should take about 45 minutes with 1" to 4" of snow by shovel.I am not sure if i should price him by the month or by the visit. I was wondering what going rate is for a snowblower because i do not have a truck with plow. i was wondering if $45 per hour with the blower is to cheap or should i charge a higher price with a blower because of wear and tear on the blower?

P.S I think his laneway is about 40 feet long 1 1/2 car

Thanks Kevin

[Kevin S]

Hello All

We Had A Couple Of Storms Up Here On The Weekend We Had 20 Cm Both Days That Is About 8' Both Days And We Have Had People Complaining All Ready On How Much They Payed For The 2 Snow Removals.the One House The Lane Way Is About 30'x55' And It Had A Sidewalk Going To The Front Door And A Side Walk Going Around To The Side Door And We Where There For About 50 Mins And We Charge Them $35 Per Visit That Was $70 For Two Snow Removals.the Other House The Lane Way Is About 130'x33' And It Had Side Walk Going To The Front Door And We Where There For 1 Hour With A Snowplower And We Charge $45 Per Visit And That Is $90 For Two Snow Removals That Does Seem Like A Lot Of Money But We Have To Make Some Money To We Can Do The Job Nothing .

I Was Wondering If I Should Charge By The Month Or By The Season Because I Think If We Charge By The Season We Will Lose Are Shirt, We Have Been Charging Per Visit. They Are Saying We Are Going To Get A Lot Of Snow Up Here This Year So If Anybody Has A Formula For Snow Removal On A Monthly Charge Or What The Going Rate For Snow Removal For Season Is For Resi Is .

We Need Some Help Up Here We Have Some Cheap Canadians

Thanks Kevin

[Kevin S]

Need Help Up Here For Snow Removal

Hello All

We Had A Couple Of Storms Up Here On The Weekend We Had 20 Cm Both Days That Is About 8' Both Days And We Have Had People Complaining All Ready On How Much They Payed For The 2 Snow Removals.the One House The Lane Way Is About 30'x55' And It Has A Sidewalk Going To The Front Door And A Side Walk Going Around To The Side Door And We Where There For About 50 Mins And We Charge Them $35 Per Visit That Was $70 For Two Snow Removals.the Other House The Lane Way Is About 130'x33' And It Has Side Walk Going To The Front Door And We Where There For 1 Hour With A Snowplower And We Charge $45 Per Visit And That Is $90 For Two Snow Removals That Does Seem Like A Lot Of Money But We Have To Make Some Money To We Can not Do The Job for Nothing .

I Was Wondering If I Should Charge By The Month Or By The Season Because I Think If We Charge By The Season We Will Lose Are Shirt, We Have Been Charging Per Visit. They Are Saying We Are Going To Get A Lot Of Snow Up Here This Year So If Anybody Has A Formula For Snow Removal On A Monthly Charge Or What The Going Rate For Snow Removal For Season Is For Resi Is or keep charging by the visit.

We Need Some Help Up Here We Have Some Cheap Canadians

Thanks Kevin[QUOTE]

[NicholasMWhite]

I don't do snow removal or anything, but to me the price's sound resonable. Here in wisconsin it seems like it's around 50-70 an hour, but that's with a plow. But regardless. Driveway's seem to be about 35-50 each and that's not even with 8 inches that's just 5 or so. So I think your prices are right. Tell them to find someone to do it cheaper or pay up. They'll likely pay up, unless the prices are much different there in canada.

[btammo]

You said it....Cheap Canadiens. That price is reasonable are you kidding me. No matter what you do you will always get a handful of people who expect something for nothing. Screw em eh! Do it per visit. The one problem I see is that if it were 6-8" I can blow through that with my truck and do it only once, where you on the other hand did it twice. My commercial lots are every 2".....my residentials are higher. No residential customer wants there driveways cleared every 2".