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Mar 24, 2013#1

lawnguy1

I'm at 35 a yard and where I'm at that's pretty cheap. Let's here some others rates

Mar 24, 2013#2

Carscw

lawnguy1 said:
I'm at 35 a yard and where I'm at that's pretty cheap. Let's here some others rates

I charge the cost of the material plus my hourly rate to haul it and install.
If it is a big job I charge my cost for getting it delivered My rate is $50 per man hour

(( racing is the only sport that you need two balls ))

Mar 24, 2013#3

Ric

lawnguy1 said:
I'm at 35 a yard and where I'm at that's pretty cheap. Let's here some others rates

You say 35 a yard is that installed.

Mar 24, 2013#4

lawnguy1

Yup contingent upon a two yard minimum plus cost of material. Thing is most of my clients want it stacked at 5 inches which brings in more yardage. Not even kidding I got a guy who wanted mulch bed AROUND his house stacked at 14 inches! I refused to do it on account of termites and fungus. Crazy

Mar 25, 2013#5

Ric

lawnguy1 said:
I'm at 35 a yard and where I'm at that's pretty cheap. Let's here some others rates

Ric said:
You say 35 a yard is that installed.

lawnguy1 said:
Yup contingent upon a two yard minimum plus cost of material. Thing is most of my clients want it stacked at 5 inches which brings in more yardage. Not even kidding I got a guy who wanted mulch bed AROUND his house stacked at 14 inches! I refused to do it on account of termites and fungus. Crazy

I can believe what you say about the 14inches deep, I don't tell them No though I just explain why they shouldn't. Were getting $40 A yard installed. What types of mulch are you installing, Pine, Cypress, Other and what colors are or do they favor.

Mar 25, 2013#6

lawnguy1

Pine nuggets and cocoa hulls are what I'm dropping a lot of so far, which is not the norm around here seeing as how its more expensive.

Mar 25, 2013#7

wjjones

$45 per yard here its usually just the normal black, or brown mulch though.

Mar 25, 2013#8

lawnguy1

@ wjjones how much they charge per scoop of brown at your local nursery? At the one up the road from me they only charge 11 and their scoop is actually more Luke a yard and a 1/4

Mar 25, 2013#9

Ric

wjjones said:
$45 per yard here its usually just the normal black, or brown mulch though.

It's Red or Pine bark here for the most part. Some get the Golden when available, almost never on the Black or Brown.

Mar 25, 2013#10

lawnguy1

I'm spreading brown today

Mar 25, 2013#11

djdicetn

lawnguy1 said:
@ wjjones how much they charge per scoop of brown at your local nursery? At the one up the road from me they only charge 11 and their scoop is actually more Luke a yard and a 1/4

lawnguy1,
WOW, $11 a scoop....where are you located??? I'm in TN, like wjjones and the hardwood mulch here runs anywhere from $25 to $45 a scoop at nurseries(the brown being the cheapest and going up to the black/midnight mulch colored with charcoal). Also, the red mulch is very popular around here and runs $40/scoop. So, when you opened this thread with $35/yard....that was "labor only".....right??? Depending on where you are at, I'd almost hitch up the utility trailer and drive there for $11/yard hardwood mulch:0)

Mar 25, 2013#12

lawnguy1

Hendersonville garden center in hville tn. All the other nurserys in this town range from 18 to 30 per scoop. Idk how hes able to go at that rate but I hope he doesn't raise it! And yeah its labor only

Mar 25, 2013#13

Ric

djdicetn said:
lawnguy1,
WOW, $11 a scoop....where are you located??? I'm in TN, like wjjones and the hardwood mulch here runs anywhere from $25 to $45 a scoop at nurseries(the brown being the cheapest and going up to the black/midnight mulch colored with charcoal). Also, the red mulch is very popular around here and runs $40/scoop. So, when you opened this thread with $35/yard....that was "labor only".....right??? Depending on where you are at, I'd almost hitch up the utility trailer and drive there for $11/yard hardwood mulch:0)

Wow, Red for $40 a yard. I thought we were high, Red is $18 a yard along with the Golden and Pine Bark. Our most expensive is the Cypress and they don't sell it by the yard, only the bag.

Mar 25, 2013#14

wjjones

Ric said:
Wow, Red for $40 a yard. I thought we were high, Red is $18 a yard along with the Golden and Pine Bark. Our most expensive is the Cypress and they don't sell it by the yard, only the bag.

I havent priced red here lately but our black, and brown is $16 per yard.

Mar 25, 2013#15

lawnguy1

There's a guy in the next town over I was talking to said he brings in around 800 week off mulch alone

Mar 25, 2013#16

AmericanTurf

I'm at $40hr per man hour plus material cost...and I don't use that anti-weed roll of fabric crap either. Haha. It's useless.

Mar 25, 2013#17

lawn mower fanatic

AmericanTurf said:
...and I don't use that anti-weed roll of fabric crap either. Haha. It's useless.

I hate when people don't have enough mulch so the fabric sticks up through the mulch! :thumbdown:

Mar 25, 2013#18

lawnguy1

I can't stand that crap

Mar 30, 2013#19

jekjr

In out area most people are using straw instead of mulch and we install it for roughly $3 a bale plus what ever the bales cost. If we are able to bale our own we get $5 per bale. If we buy it from the local hardware we pay $3.90. My bale is a little bigger bale and is a good bit better quality. Normally the ones we bale ourselves speads easier and fluffs better as well.

Mar 30, 2013#20

djdicetn

jekjr said:
In out area most people are using straw instead of mulch and we install it for roughly $3 a bale plus what ever the bales cost. If we are able to bale our own we get $5 per bale. If we buy it from the local hardware we pay $3.90. My bale is a little bigger bale and is a good bit better quality. Normally the ones we bale ourselves speads easier and fluffs better as well.

jekjr,
Seriously....straw for landscaping mulch???? For some reason, I can't picture some of the doctor's and lawyer's $750K-$2million homes in the Bell Meade section of Nashville, TN with "straw" around the front of those houses:0(

Mar 30, 2013#21

wjjones

djdicetn said:
jekjr,
Seriously....straw for landscaping mulch???? For some reason, I can't picture some of the doctor's and lawyer's $750K-$2million homes in the Bell Meade section of Nashville, TN with "straw" around the front of those houses:0(

I dont know some of them can be pretty cheap when it comes to taking care of their yard but I havent seen any with straw yet.

Mar 30, 2013#22

jekjr

wjjones said:
I dont know some of them can be pretty cheap when it comes to taking care of their yard but I havent seen any with straw yet.

In our area it is common on some of the nicer homes as well. Longleaf pinestraw is a sought after commodity. I could probably move 200 bales next week if I had it. It will bring $5 to $7 a bale. We can get $3 or better to lay it. The color is beautiful and it fluffs beautifully as well. Fresh Slash pinestraw we can get $5 or there about as well.

I laid 25 bales at a very pricy house this past week and it was only just to freshen up the beds that were heavily strawed already.

Mar 30, 2013#23

djdicetn

jekjr said:
In our area it is common on some of the nicer homes as well. Longleaf pinestraw is a sought after commodity. I could probably move 200 bales next week if I had it. It will bring $5 to $7 a bale. We can get $3 or better to lay it. The color is beautiful and it fluffs beautifully as well. Fresh Slash pinestraw we can get $5 or there about as well.

I laid 25 bales at a very pricy house this past week and it was only just to freshen up the beds that were heavily strawed already.

OK guys, maybe I'm uneducated on "straw mulches":0) When you say "longleaf pinestraw", it don't think you are talking about the "off yellow REGULAR STRAW" I'm used to seeing(like what you feed cattle, etc.). Sooooo is the straw you are talking about and the straw I thought you were talking about two different things????

Mar 30, 2013#24

Carscw

djdicetn said:
OK guys, maybe I'm uneducated on "straw mulches":0) When you say "longleaf pinestraw", it don't think you are talking about the "off yellow REGULAR STRAW" I'm used to seeing(like what you feed cattle, etc.). Sooooo is the straw you are talking about and the straw I thought you were talking about two different things????

Pine straw is the needles that fall from pine trees

(( racing is the only sport that you need two balls ))

Mar 30, 2013#25

Carscw

And you don't feed your horse or cow straw you feed them hay that is just grass that is over two feet tall

(( racing is the only sport that you need two balls ))

Mar 31, 2013#26

M

mowerman05

djdicetn said:
OK guys, maybe I'm uneducated on "straw mulches":0) When you say "longleaf pinestraw", it don't think you are talking about the "off yellow REGULAR STRAW" I'm used to seeing(like what you feed cattle, etc.). Sooooo is the straw you are talking about and the straw I thought you were talking about two different things????

Thanks for asking I have been thinking the same thing and didnt know what they were talking about .

Mar 31, 2013#27

lawnguy1

Pine needles are something I don't spread much of but still have clients every year that want it. This is what it looks like

Mar 31, 2013#28

djdicetn

Carscw said:
And you don't feed your horse or cow straw you feed them hay that is just grass that is over two feet tall

(( racing is the only sport that you need two balls ))

Thanks guys for educating this TN "city boy"!!!! You're definitely right I had straw and hay in my mind as the same thing(I've heard it....hay....called both, apparently by someone who didn't know the difference just like me:0)
P.S.
Just to further educate some of us....is the pinestraw normally from a "Virginia Pine", "White Pine", etc.???????

Mar 31, 2013#29

Bomba

I have a lot of pine trees on my property. Would love to get it together and use it around my trees and plants. But there are thousands of pine cones in amongst it and it would take me weeks to pick the cones out lol!

Mar 31, 2013#30

lawn mower fanatic

Bomba said:
I have a lot of pine trees on my property. Would love to get it together and use it around my trees and plants. But there are thousands of pine cones in amongst it and it would take me weeks to pick the cones out lol!

Yeah I use pineneedles around the mailbox to kind of "insulate" the flowers in the wintertime. :thumbsup:

Mar 31, 2013#31

lawnguy1

I have some around my mailbox too. It's the perfect place for it

Mar 31, 2013#32

exotion

lawnguy1 said:
I have some around my mailbox too. It's the perfect place for it

I will pay to get rid of pine needles id rake em bag em and give you money

Apr 1, 2013#33

lawn mower fanatic

exotion said:
I will pay to get rid of pine needles id rake em bag em and give you money

Wow you're that desperate, huh? :tongue: I only have 3 pine trees in the corner of my yard so they aren't a pain.

Apr 1, 2013#34

Carscw

I have gone from over 100 pines down to about 20. Tornados took them away

(( racing is the only sport that you need two balls ))

Apr 1, 2013#35

lawnguy1

Lmf ha if u were nearby I'd take them of your hands

Apr 1, 2013#36

lawn mower fanatic

lawnguy1 said:
Lmf ha if u were nearby I'd take them of your hands

That would be fine with me! :wink:

Apr 1, 2013#37

djdicetn

Carscw said:
I have gone from over 100 pines down to about 20. Tornados took them away

(( racing is the only sport that you need two balls ))

lmf/exotion,
Well, we won't go as far as to wish for a tornado to relieve you of your pine needle/cone problems like user Carscw.....and I'm sure he'll agree that's not the best way to get rid of them:0)

Apr 20, 2013#38

BHLC

$45 per man hour installed plus material. I have a 9 yd job for next week to do.

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