Comments on: Lawn Care Business Overhead Cost Estimating http://www.evergreenlawns.com/2009/09/lawn-care-business-overhead-cost-estimating/ Lawn Care Maintenance Tips Sun, 16 May 2010 10:20:54 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: admin http://www.evergreenlawns.com/2009/09/lawn-care-business-overhead-cost-estimating/comment-page-1/#comment-795 admin Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:15:49 +0000 http://www.evergreenlawns.com/?p=163#comment-795 There was nothing fancy about the fuel cost estimations. That came from doing some large jobs which keep a crew going steady for hours and just figuring up how many gallons of fuel you used per piece of equipment and then dividing it by the number of hours it operated. I'm sure that some ace mechanic could give you some calculation of the amount of fuel that a certain small engine uses during normal operation, but I just never felt that would work for me. For starters, those calculations are based on a new machine running in optimum conditions and that is no where close to the way our equipment is ran. The average trimmer probably has 400 hours on it, and the guy using it is running it like he stole it. There was nothing fancy about the fuel cost estimations. That came from doing some large jobs which keep a crew going steady for hours and just figuring up how many gallons of fuel you used per piece of equipment and then dividing it by the number of hours it operated.

I’m sure that some ace mechanic could give you some calculation of the amount of fuel that a certain small engine uses during normal operation, but I just never felt that would work for me. For starters, those calculations are based on a new machine running in optimum conditions and that is no where close to the way our equipment is ran. The average trimmer probably has 400 hours on it, and the guy using it is running it like he stole it.

]]> By: Adam http://www.evergreenlawns.com/2009/09/lawn-care-business-overhead-cost-estimating/comment-page-1/#comment-792 Adam Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:08:44 +0000 http://www.evergreenlawns.com/?p=163#comment-792 Great spreadsheet. Very helpful. How did you figure your fuel cost for your equiptment? Great spreadsheet. Very helpful. How did you figure your fuel cost for your equiptment?

]]> By: Jill http://www.evergreenlawns.com/2009/09/lawn-care-business-overhead-cost-estimating/comment-page-1/#comment-790 Jill Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:04:24 +0000 http://www.evergreenlawns.com/?p=163#comment-790 My husband and I run a small lawn care company with 2 other employees. Though the equipment and pay scales are different here, your spread sheet was able to point out some of our accounts that we deffinately were undercharging. Thanks again for all the free info on lawn care you offer with your site. Jill, Dallas, Tx My husband and I run a small lawn care company with 2 other employees. Though the equipment and pay scales are different here, your spread sheet was able to point out some of our accounts that we deffinately were undercharging. Thanks again for all the free info on lawn care you offer with your site.

Jill,
Dallas, Tx

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