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<blockquote data-quote="Pstone" data-source="post: 48137" data-attributes="member: 5328"><p>It must be based on area. I can say with 100% certainty that none of the guys I know here who run a skid steer service would put up with the crap that bubbadirt apparently has to. 3 trips for a simple driveway is nuts. At that point you have spent as much time driving back and forth to their house and socializing as you have working. I just dont see the local guys putting up with that. </p><p>At the same time, the local guys have to compete with farmer bob down the road who will come spread it with his tractor for next to nothing. There is also always the "go rent a skid steer" option....they only rent for $140 a day here. </p><p>I got the Email notification about bubbadirts post the other day but decided to hold off on responding until I had a chance to talk to the guy we give most of our referrals to. After reading some of the responses here I thought maybe I had misunderstood his pricing or how he does things. </p><p>I spoke with him today and he said he charges $100 for the first 2 truck loads, $50 for every truck load after that. Currently he has 4 machines running and averages $19 an hour profit on gravel jobs on them after paying all costs, including operator wages and payments on some disgunstingly nice trucks to tow the skid steers around with. </p><p>He did say that he charges less for simple gravel spreading/driveway repair because there is not nearly as much wear and tear on the machines as there is if you are doing stump removal or mucking out lagoons. </p><p>I think another part of it is economy of scale. He only makes $19 an hour in profit after paying all expenses, but he has 4 machines running and he says he is always booked solid. That is going to be close to $18,000 a month in profit and he has not left the house (I dont think he has actually run a machine himself for quite a while).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pstone, post: 48137, member: 5328"] It must be based on area. I can say with 100% certainty that none of the guys I know here who run a skid steer service would put up with the crap that bubbadirt apparently has to. 3 trips for a simple driveway is nuts. At that point you have spent as much time driving back and forth to their house and socializing as you have working. I just dont see the local guys putting up with that. At the same time, the local guys have to compete with farmer bob down the road who will come spread it with his tractor for next to nothing. There is also always the “go rent a skid steer” option....they only rent for $140 a day here. I got the Email notification about bubbadirts post the other day but decided to hold off on responding until I had a chance to talk to the guy we give most of our referrals to. After reading some of the responses here I thought maybe I had misunderstood his pricing or how he does things. I spoke with him today and he said he charges $100 for the first 2 truck loads, $50 for every truck load after that. Currently he has 4 machines running and averages $19 an hour profit on gravel jobs on them after paying all costs, including operator wages and payments on some disgunstingly nice trucks to tow the skid steers around with. He did say that he charges less for simple gravel spreading/driveway repair because there is not nearly as much wear and tear on the machines as there is if you are doing stump removal or mucking out lagoons. I think another part of it is economy of scale. He only makes $19 an hour in profit after paying all expenses, but he has 4 machines running and he says he is always booked solid. That is going to be close to $18,000 a month in profit and he has not left the house (I dont think he has actually run a machine himself for quite a while). [/QUOTE]
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