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  Fenlandphil July 25, 2010 at 8:36pm

  If you fail to take into account your sales costs proitability can be very subjective. My most profitable job is with my largest customer, the work itself per unit item is not fantastically profitable but because the volumes are considerable and the sales costs per unit are negligible overall profitability is good.
  If you have regular contracts then overall I would think they have the potential to be more profitable than one offs.
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  Dan Frazer Gardening July 25, 2010 at 9:54pm

  Also contract work, but I make a good wage from one-off garden tidy jobs. Having the right machines makes it such a painless process compared to slogging it out with something too small.
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  Andy Lawrence July 25, 2010 at 10:03pm

  Interesting Dan.
  
  I find garden tidys to be one of the lower payers. Maybe I'm charging too little or I'm getting the wrong clients. Normally charge around £150 for a day's garden tidy with waste. Too cheap perhaps?
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  Geoff Norfolk July 26, 2010 at 10:46am

  I always find tree jobs the best......... nothing huge....... up to about 20' high with a trunk up to about 18". I've got some friends that are keen to take the logs for their open fires and the rest I slice up in the trailer and can usually get rid of in the garden waste recycling bins....... much as I'd love a big chipper, can't really justify it.
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  Classic Gardens July 26, 2010 at 12:16pm

  Contract work, if you get it right. 
  
  On a good day you can take home £500 per day. 
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  Paul @ Ashgate Garden Care July 26, 2010 at 6:16pm

  Pounds per minute wise it's spraying for me.
  
  Contract works good, but generally any job that the the local cash in hand merchants can't do.
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  Steve Sonic Grounds Maintenance July 27, 2010 at 9:24am

  I find garden maintenance of blocks of flats most profitable for me. Providing you have the right tools for the job you can manage quite a few sites a day. I`m upto about 25 commercial sites now and starting to see the reward for it.
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  Andy Lawrence July 27, 2010 at 3:21pm

  Hi Martin,
  
  Take it you are using scags etc and spraying to make that kind of money
  
  martin said:

  Contract work, if you get it right. 
  
  On a good day you can take home £500 per day. 
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  Geoff Norfolk July 27, 2010 at 5:13pm

  Think I must underprice those then.......... never make much on those...... I always find there's so much stuff to get rid off and if the hedge is very old, its really compacted.
  
  Pro Gard said:

  Easily hedge reduction jobs, always priced by the job.
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  jamesalbertclifton July 27, 2010 at 8:00pm

  forgive my ignorance what is a 441