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Estimating and Pricing Tree Care Jobs

Richard E. Abbott and Kenneth C. Miller
Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) April 1987, 13 (4) 118-120; DOI: https://doi.org/10.48044/jauf.1987.025
Richard E. Abbott
ACRT, Inc., 152 E. Main St., Kent, Ohio 44240
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Kenneth C. Miller
ACRT, Inc., 152 E. Main St., Kent, Ohio 44240
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  • TaskFixed factorVariable factor
    1. Job assignment, pick up tools, gas up equipmentX
    2. Travel time to job siteX
    3. Work site organization, tools, traffic signsX
    4. Actual work operation climbing tree, cutting branches for a particular size tree and pruning classX
    5. Presence or absence of electric wires, traffic, buildingsX
    6. Clean up of work site, chipping brush, cutting up wood for a particular pruning class or activityX
    7. Disposal of debris at dump siteX
    8. Travel time back to crew headquartersX
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    Table 1. Example of man-hour estimating
    TaskFactorMan hoursCrew membersMan hours
    1. Job assignment, etc.Fixed .5 21.0
    2. Travel time, etc.Var. .75 21.5
    3. Work site organization, etc.Fixed .252 .5
    4. Medium prune 16” oakFixed2.1 12.1
    5. Medium Prune 30” mapleFixed5.2 15.2
    6. Clean UpFixed .5 21.0
    7. Disposal of debrisVar.1.0 22.0
    8. Travel time, etc.Var. .75 21.5
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Richard E. Abbott, Kenneth C. Miller
Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) Apr 1987, 13 (4) 118-120; DOI: 10.48044/jauf.1987.025
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