RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Estimating and Pricing Tree Care Jobs
JF Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF)
JO JOA
FD International Society of Arboriculture
SP 118
OP 120
DO 10.48044/jauf.1987.025
VO 13
IS 4
A1 Richard E. Abbott
A1 Kenneth C. Miller
YR 1987
UL http://auf.isa-arbor.com/content/13/4/118.abstract
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.