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There is another post with a similar thread, Tom.
You need to factor in time getting to the job if its far away, area to be covered, types of weed (determines dilution) how many refills and time on site, factor in your expertise and think about 'value adding' - offering the customer fertilising, weed survey, etc - the more you maximise time on site the less wasted time you spend on the road getting to & from jobs...as a guide we retail RUPB450 @ £9.45 per litre (+ VAT + Del). A 20lt knapsack (treating perennial broad-leaved weeds) requires 400ml.
Hope that helps
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interesting reading for me that Louise as we've run out of weed-killer so shopping around for another as our last one we acquired for free so now its going to cost us having to work out now how to charge it out !
For customers, I ended up working out a set price for each different weed control product per knapsack (15lt) -by adding the costs of everything (above) and 20 minutes of my time (as an average)
Phil Shaw said:
Added-value is the key: the client is paying you as a qualified professional, not on an hourly rate.
There was a great thread on this recently, as I was concerned a client would see my charges as too high for a ten-minute spraying job. The point was, it's not a ten-minute job, but a lifetime of training, equipment and reliability they are paying for.
Word your quotation well, and charge a proper rate.
Louise Boothman said: