PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Richard E. Abbott AU - Kenneth C. Miller TI - Estimating and Pricing Tree Care Jobs AID - 10.48044/jauf.1987.025 DP - 1987 Apr 01 TA - Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) PG - 118--120 VI - 13 IP - 4 4099 - http://auf.isa-arbor.com/content/13/4/118.short 4100 - http://auf.isa-arbor.com/content/13/4/118.full SO - JOA1987 Apr 01; 13 AB - Tree care, pruning and removal operations have been difficult to price because each tree, each location, and each situation is different. Traditionally, tree care sales people have learned to estimate jobs by the trial and error method. Many times, the sales person has not been in sales over a long enough period of time to gain pricing experience. The concept of pricing using fixed and variable factors for the different tasks can accommodate the differences in trees, locations, and situations. The system can, and should be modified to each company’s operations. The use of man-hours required to perform specific tree care operations provides the key to calculating costs and also provides a measurable basis to evaluate crew performance.