crane operator
Senior Member
Did you guys not agree on a rate or price beforehand? Did you charge them during lunch break?
We're all by the hour, I'm not running the saw, so I'm not estimating how long its going to take them to cut trees. I knew we were in trouble first thing in the morning when it went from 4 to 7 trees and the big one by the road, that he was going to have out of there, wasn't gone.
I went and looked at the job, told them a estimated travel time, my hourly rate, and counterweight delivery and permits. I told them to send me a email address, and I'd send them a formal quote, and they never sent a email address.
I'll take a 30 min lunch if the customer wants, that I don't charge for. BUT I'm not taking a 1 1/2 hour lunch, especially when that pushes me into OT that night, and I wouldn't have been able to get the crane home either, so that costs me another 4 hours of riding around to go back the next day and get it.
1 1/2 hour lunch when you're less than 1/2 done isn't a good plan.