[Dale Wiley]

In my world of varying size accounts everything is looked at on a time basis.

No matter how small, the mininmum charge is $ 35 or $ 150 per month. Time is then added in 1/2 hour increments ( 2 men 15 more min ) depending on the requirements.

My $ 150 accounts average $ 40 per hour. So do my larger accounts.

I have a very good estimating program for maintenance that has all functions except pruning quanitified by square, linear feet etc. It covers fertilizer, sprays, etc.

All I have to do is enter square feet, linear feet and then my subjective estimate on prunings and leaf cleanups and the estimate is done.

Don't forget to add support time to the estimate to cover off site items chargable to that account. Dump, load and unload. I add an additional 12% time for those factors. Be efficent and you can increase your net by reducing those times.