How are you guys pricing your work with the rise of diesel prices? Are you adding it to your rate and passing it on to the customer or are you eating some of it?

I was curious what tools you guys care with you onto your job site in case you have an issue with your equipment.

Hey everyone. New here. I am in the beginning phase of doing market research to see if my area is a good spot to get started with land clearing/mulching. Any advice on the best way to research this type of stuff?

tilt-bed or ramps? ease of loading skid

Something I had learned from was not planning well enough or educating myself enough, and I pride myself in researching and running the pros/cons . Case in point. I have a bobcat t86 and mulching head that weigh about 16k lbs total. Pair that with my bumper pull trailer we are over 20k lbs total. I thought the hard part was to find a trailer that could pull this without doing the gooseneck (I just didn't want to mess with a gooseneck and wants the bed space and found bumper pulls to be a better priced) Here is the lesson I learned was that Class V hitched only go up to 18,500lbs. I failed to realize finding something that can pull 21k lbs was difficult and limited. The only flabed manurfacture that offers this capability is CM which has a 24k hitch. So now I am having to install a new flatbed on my truck a $6,300 learning experience. So anyone wanted to do a bumper pull trailer with a heavier machine take note!