Pricing first job... help would be appreciated.

I haven't seen many people talk about specific pricing. Hopefully that's something we're allowed to discuss. I got my first lead last night in the middle of the night. i feel pretty comfortable with my mulching prices, but this specific job has quite a bit of trail cutting involved. All my pricing is setup as project pricing. I don't receive my CTL for a couple more weeks. It's difficult to fill out the crew day sheet when you don't know how much it costs to run the equipment yet.

It's a 12 acre property. Customer says there's a portion he wants cleared for a horse pasture and he wants trails cut throughout the rest of the property. I haven't seen the property in person yet, but he attached some photos and it appears to be a medium density job. Do you guys price by sqft or linear ft? If so, would anyone be comfortable sharing their standard rate? If you don't want to share your price publicly, we can keep it in the DMs if you prefer. I'd really appreciate any insight i can get. thanks

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