How to Bid a Stump Grinding Job  

Dang that Rayco gets after it brother! Nice video. The pricing is spot on IMHO 👍👏

Great video Chris. There's probably a 100 different ways to bid a stump granting job. One of the biggest factors is the location in your area. I always bid by the job I never do by the inch . The biggest factor in my area is that we're in such a tight urban area that it really depends on what size machine I can use And I have multiple size machines just because of that.

Thanks Chris appreciate your channel 🚚 🛠️🚧

I. ran wheel machine for years, last year bought my first track machine, never again going back to a wheel machine for tree work at least. Lawn can be soaking wet if you're careful and know what you're doing no damage at all. Also that stump here $575 low end to $750 high end with cleanup.

Thanks for the feedback. I'm very inexperienced in stump grinder. I've got a bandit zt1844 .So I guess that until I have a more realistic time frame for jobs. The per inch is a more way for me to be consistent.

I charge by the job, I figure out how long I will be on site and if there is any goofy stuff like a fence post in a stump or rocks I put a little extra on the price to account for teeth. 95% of my jobs are grind & go . Most people around here don`t want to pay for hauling away the chips/mulch. Charging by the inch will get you in the poor house real quick, especially on the bigger stumps

Every jobs different on how I bid. Most jobs are $3 an inch for local and $3.5-5 outside of that radius. I do discounts for more stumps or go to a flat rate per stump, $35-$60 per stump. I really sell the clean up and top soil, cause you can double your revenue and most customers don’t want to fiddle with it. We run a 80 hp rayco(pull behind), Bandit SG40 and MT100 w/grinding attachment(we have options)

I go by how long it's going to take me to grind also and what area. I work mainly in the same 3 or 4 cities or towns and their are certain areas that are loaded with rocks or ledge I've been grinding long enough to know what parts of towns even what streets or neighborhoods that are teeth breakers so I explain to costumer why my price might seem alittle high and I don't fo cleanups I have a couple of landscapers that I give customers their number if their interested in cleanup. But 90% of my jobs come from a couple of tree companies, landscapers, asphalt companies fence companies and rest are referrals or people seeing me at gas station or neighbors seeing me grind.

Thanks for the information on pricing. How do you take into consideration when the surface roots extend 10 or 15 feet from the stump? Is or should that be part of the per inch pricing??

What kind of teeth do you use? , they seem hold their bite well!!

I’m not charging enough. 😂