I have a pricing calculator that works off of acres, terrain, density, slope, things like that, but I keep running into quotes where people have bulldozed their trees. Now I just have these giant, dead, dried-out piles of brush and logs that have root balls, dirt, and rock, and I really don't have a pricing model. How do you guys look at a pile of brush and then know how to price it? I added a picture of two of the seven pals this guy has on his property.

What are guys doing about mulching rocky terrain? What teeth are you using? Are you just billing the replacement of teeth into that specific job?

I'm new to the site. I've been doing jobs and buying equipment. I haven't selected a CRM yet for this business, but I'm looking at Jobber and Horizon 360 by Toro. Does anyone have thoughts either way?

Something I had learned from was not planning well enough or educating myself enough, and I pride myself in researching and running the pros/cons . Case in point. I have a bobcat t86 and mulching head that weigh about 16k lbs total. Pair that with my bumper pull trailer we are over 20k lbs total. I thought the hard part was to find a trailer that could pull this without doing the gooseneck (I just didn't want to mess with a gooseneck and wants the bed space and found bumper pulls to be a better priced) Here is the lesson I learned was that Class V hitched only go up to 18,500lbs. I failed to realize finding something that can pull 21k lbs was difficult and limited. The only flabed manurfacture that offers this capability is CM which has a 24k hitch. So now I am having to install a new flatbed on my truck a $6,300 learning experience. So anyone wanted to do a bumper pull trailer with a heavier machine take note!

I've got a few jobs lined up, advertised before getting equipment, I have equipment and a way to get the machinery there. The only thing that is getting to me is what permits do I need, if any? Are there any limitations to what I do if I'm above a certain acreage?