joshbowling45
Well-Known Member
I've been dipping my toes in the land clearing water here recently and I'm just looking for some tips and advice from guys who do it every day. This is a side job for me, I already work a full time job but with the hours that I work there I can definitely swing another gig. I started running a 953 for a guy and liked it so I bought a truck and trailer, he furnishes the loader and we split the rate. I've worked a few jobs so far and everything has went pretty good minus the obvious break downs and what not. But a question I keep having is, do you guys burn the brush piles yourself while still green or come back later after everything has dried down? If you do burn them, how do you charge for that? I pushed a thickly overgrown quarter mile fencerow out for a lady and she wanted me to bury it all after I already bid the job. I pretty much told her that I don't even know how to bid how long that would take, plus we were in a flat open field, nowhere to really get dirt from without going straight down. Which would mean digging a 10 foot deep hole 100x80. I could see burying it if you had a hillside to work with and not an enormous amount of brush to bury but I didn't feel like I could get that done without having a ton of time in it. I know there's lots of work out there and I'm motivated to go get it, just looking for some advice to help grow the business. I want to do the best work I possibly can, while keeping costs low. And If this has already been covered posting the link will help out too. Thanks!