Who’s that guy who literally sounds like cornbread lol 😂

Fun to see your enjoyment together. Cool family! Enjoy🎉

I have been doing the mulching for almost 8 years now. I have seen and I have still, soooo many people call me asking me if I think they can make a living doing what I do. I will never give someone that advice, I don't know what you can do, and I don't know what your experience is or expenses are. I know what it takes for me to stay operational. I try not to use an hourly rate for private or commercial jobs, knowing how long it should take you to do a job is very important and the bids allow you and your customer to know exactly what they are going to pay for what you are going to do for them. The hourly rate option leaves you open for complaints about down time or things of that nature. (I can proudly say that I have never had someone question my invoices when doing hourly rate jobs, because I'm there when I say I will be there, and I work all day) I have seen at minimum 8-10 local guys try and start mulching work, and there are maybe 1-2 left, and probably less than that. Because they all start with the mindset of being lower than everyone else to get in the door, to then raise their prices after they get a name established......only problem is, the name they have established is for being the cheap guy, and when they try and raise their rates, everyone complains that they are just like all of the other guys. LOL, what they don't understand as the customer is that those other guys who are still in business, know their operational costs, and that's why they charge what they charge. Everyone thinks they deserve a "special" price for just being alive, I guess. My insurance company doesn't give me a special price every January when I have to renew, or the fuel station doesn't give me special price when I buy fuel. Or, when you hit a piece of metal on their property and damage your drum or knock off a tooth and have to get it rebalanced 3hrs away from your house. It's extremely frustrating to deal with those kinds of people. I know that there are good years and bad years when we are in business for ourselves, but when we take on all of the risks', it's our right as that risk taker to reap the lion's share of the rewards when they do come our way.......God knows that no one wants to share in the self-employed struggles I have to deal with.

It’s a shame some contractors do that to homeowners . Keep up the good work and I pray that you and your family are safe and warm because it’s cold here in Alabama and y’all are gonna have some very heavy snow down there this Tuesday . Take care !

Hey bud , I love your videos . I live here in Alabama also , in Elmore County . It’s the county on top of Montgomery County . I work for a home builder and the same type of work you do . He has his own equipment & we just got a used Kubota 95-2s and an AFE Forestry Disc Mulcher . But , yeah , contractors that do terrible work , gives us good guys a bad rap . Keep calling them out and maybe they’ll tighten up 😅

Call them out lol did they MULCH-IT lol

You rock! 2 days worth of work completed in 1 day. Didn't you say you started 2 hours late? Great job.

The Chinese, dude, are not to blame, but Trump supporters have a weird take on reality, so...

ive had many customers request just knock down ,for this reason i typically either talk them out of that or avoid the job all together.

awewsome video!!! i started my mulching company almost a year ago. have been struggling to say the least and have started dropping prices to try and stay busy, but maintenance has been kicking my ass. all good points👍

I gave 40k for a high flow 75-2 just so I can piddle around and do my own work

Good job. Sorry for that homeowner that got ripped off. Hopefully they can recover some of that loss..

Thanks for sharing useful info

Probably wanted overtime tomorrow. No worries. She's going to start tomorrow. Lol

Shoulda took the key and gave them scavenger hunt directions 😂.

Market is too saturated. Unfortunately it’s hard to sell service when everything is based on price. One thing to consider in your pricing is what would it cost to even rent the type of machine you are using. Then add the cost of transportation, labor, and profit. Also biggest drawback is all the added time of running around giving free estimates only to be told “I’ve gotten someone cheaper”.

I’m with you if I can’t bill out 1,000 a day I’m not doing it most of these 2 to 3 hundred a day guys arnt doing quality work experience it everyday

Sure you can go up in price but what happens is you get known as the expensive guy and the good work gets given to the guys just under you. They build their businesses stronger while you sit. There is definitely a balancing act on pricing in this world. It requires spending a little more time with the client and offering a few easy add ons that help them feel they are getting a good deal. This has helped me. Been doing this since 2011 and as soon as you think you get things figured out stuff changes. Also if you don't own your stuff outright you are at risk at any point. Own your stuff. I know it's not easy but it's a hell of alot easier if you own your equipment outright. You will beable to operate at 1k a day. Good luck fellas!

3 acres for $600🤦‍♂️. I would have said $600 an acre and I would have felt like I was cutting myself short. Im experiencing the same thing rn. I’m in Georgia and sometimes I get underbid by half. Its all good though. When the good customers call it all evens out.

I've been running in the same problems in my area, they will low ball just to get the job. You have to know your price. I've lost many jobs this year due to this problem. It is just ruining the market around here.

Good on you for doing that !

A great video and the perfect song for it !! I just found your channel , it was the video about explaining how you price jobs . Keep’em coming !!

It's called capitalism. Suck it up buttercup.

Same problem I see. Lots of people with equipement and zero business sense...they think they're making money, but don't know basic math. The risk/liablilty you take hauling and operating expensive equipement by itself is huge forget how much work you get done after you show up. Along with wear and tear, people don't consider this and end up getting killed in deperation. They're trading their equipement wearing out for money...almost working for free after they realize they can't sell it for anything near what they paid. I started doing work for 750 per day and 400 minimum, but then increased to 1200 per day, 500 minimum... I notice no change in getting work (grading, fixing driveways, minor clearing mostly)...people either going to be able to afford whatever you ask and are happy they found someone, or they can't afford paying you anything. I also started charging for estimates...end up wasting time with 50% of them...if somone unwilling to pay for an estimate, I guarantee they're wasting your time. I never regret over charging, but rather under charging realizing it takes longer than expected. End of the day, this type of work is a rat race against dumb people with toys they want to play with unfortunately.

Can you do an update on this pond?

How wide, long and deep is that hole?

Just broke into the industry. I base all my jobs at day rates and I tell my customers that, if the job is smaller than a day I will tell them its not going to take me all day, but with my overhead, I cant go lower than my day rate unless I can line up 2 half day jobs in a day and run them both that day so they both win by getting my half-day rate with moves. ATM im @ $1600/day for my brush hog and $2700/ day for the forestry mulcher without moves. I always give veterans, farmers, first responders, teachers, and hospital staff a break on pricing(usually eating the moves and coming down on price 10-15%). But I agree with you you gotta know your price and when to walk away otherwise if everything doesn't go perfectly you could be paying the customer to do the job before you even take the chains off the machine at the job site. I had a job that was a little over a half day but thank god I charged my day rate and the customer understood where I was coming from with my pricing because 10 minutes after leaving the shop my truck went into limp mode (ended up being water in the diesel) and that cost me about an hour of frustration.

I run into the same problem where I’m at. I’m right at your daily rate and have a minimum. But there are some guys that do poor jobs and are cheap. Yet they still keep getting work. I pride myself on the quality of work I do. But Ive figured out 99% of customers don’t care what the end result is. All they care about is price.

You get what you pay for. Cheaper is not good, it comes with problems that shows later.

You get what you pay for. I wouldn't trust someone who underbids to have pride in their work.

I was charged $1850 per acre to clear(20) 3-5 inch loblolly pine and brush on level ground, thought that was steep. Renting one was about $6k a month

Just picked up identical machine with same head yesterday. What are you rates out there curious on what to charge?

You Fags either need to be youtubers or go to work…Quit advertising to get more wanna bee’s to continue to flood the market…THE GAME IS TO BE SOLD NOT TOLD!

Sounds to me like you are doing a good job at fair prices. My son just started the same sort of work down here on north central Florida. I have been helping him the best I can (Mostly on the bookkeeping and web side). I really don't understand how people undercut him.... Also getting in with the builders down here is a pain. Unfortunately I would bet a lot of the people undercutting the bidding is uninsured people doing fly by night crap with even worse equipment. I will give you a great example. I would in Fasteners/Safety/Hardware - All industrial. I had someone come in my shop asking for fasteners to put a 2 inch receiver mount (conversion) on a factory bumper to haul a tri-axel dump trailer.... Wait... On a late 90's F150. I refused the sale. Good on all your folks doing the right thing.

Finished and filled update?

IT'S GOD

😂 the look on your dad's face

Could you add a picture of your rear bumper/winch set up please sir

Thanks for clarifying. Is it possible to clear computer to rest the machine temporarily??😊😊

Competing on price is always a race to the bottom. Compete on quality of service. Answer the phone, show up on time, over communicate.

What toolbox and fuel tank you have?

Honestly, I would be fine with the customer talking about low bids. Let the customer take the low bid give them your card and say well in my past you get what you pay for there’s no way you can stop it being control of the low bids guys like that won’t be around forever, no way is he posting or advertising pictures leaving stumps behind

I know ya pain man. Seems like every time I’ve gotten on a piece of equipment the last two weeks something has broken down. Where ya located down south. I’m in south Alabama.

I just don't know what I'm looking at????😊😊😊😊😊 lol 😊😊😊

The boom, the bolts to the boom...... broke... 😊😊

OH, REMOVE, AND RE-BOLT, LOL 😊😊😊😊😊😢😢😂😂😮😮😮❤❤❤❤❤

Wait are you saying the boom is bent?????? Then remove and Re-machine parts. Best regards 😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤❤

Ruining all kinds of artifacts.

So here is the question: Is it possible to do diagnostics and potentially clear the system temporarily, but you are going to have to get it fixed. For another question: Is that part you are referencing a manifold for the Hydraulics?????? If that is the case, then the sprocket gear is getting worn, kicking metal fragments into system and potentially blocking the Hydraulics. Clear and clean the Hydraulics, refill with Hydraulic fluid. 😊😊😊 hope it helps, thanks 😊😊😊 lol 😊😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😮😮😮😮🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Didn’t grease that trunnion bearing and it wore out and broke off the ⚙️