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Old 07-13-2008, 09:28 PM   #1
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Power Washing Heavy Equipment


I'm new to this forum and was researching any known rates that exist for washing heavy equipment. I have broken down my hourly rate but would like to charge per piece. I'm starting this business fresh so I don't know the hours it will take to do each piece. Does anybody have suggestions on:

Scrapers, dozers, backhoes, trackhoes, blades (roadgraders), rollers, and compactors.

I feel that I have a pretty good idea but wanted to double check.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Old 07-13-2008, 09:51 PM   #2
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I'm new to this forum and was researching any known rates that exist for washing heavy equipment. I have broken down my hourly rate but would like to charge per piece. I'm starting this business fresh so I don't know the hours it will take to do each piece. Does anybody have suggestions on:

Scrapers, dozers, backhoes, trackhoes, blades (roadgraders), rollers, and compactors.

I feel that I have a pretty good idea but wanted to double check.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Old 07-13-2008, 10:22 PM   #4
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Asking for "pricing" or "what do I do" here on this site, especially as a newbie, will garner you flack, shiiiit and sarcasm.

Why????

If you are in "the Trade", you should already know!
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Maybe a newbie, but not an idiot. I feel that I will exercise every avenue that I can find to make sure that I am charging market price for what I will do. I don't want to overprice a client but also don't want to leave too much money on the table. Thanks for the help.
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good way to start is charge them what you are thinking, Like an hourly price for one job then go from there. Or just take a bit of a guess on a little project iff you make good money keep that pricing going, add 10 percent until people start saying no.
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This link should work for you too- http://www.dcs1.com/del/pricing.html
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