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STOP WORKING FOR FREE
Most land‑clearing guys think they’re making money.
Sit them down and add up:
- Operator labor
- Fuel
- Teeth & repairs
- Insurance, ads, yard, notes, admin, your own salary
…and you realize they’ve been donating days to the universe.
Let’s fix that.
Texas Skid Crew – Reality Check
For our new Texas skid‑mulcher crew, one full day really costs:
- Operator + burden: ~$423/day
- Fuel: ~$280/day
- Major wear & repairs: ~$75/day
- Teeth: ~$90/day
- Overhead share: ~$1,331/day
True cost ≈ $2,200/day
If you’re charging $2,000/day and calling that a “good day,” you’re lying to yourself.
The Simple Rule (Texas Skid Crew)
We’re locking the Texas skid crew at:
$3,000/day
Baseline production:
1 acre/day in medium brush, flat ground, normal access
From there, estimating is just:
- How many acres are we really treating?
- Brush density? Light ≈ 1.5 ac/day Medium ≈ 1.0 ac/day Heavy ≈ 0.5 ac/day
- Terrain / access? Easy → acres/day × 1.1 Normal → × 1.0 Rough/Pain → × 0.7
Then:
Crew‑Days = Acres ÷ Acres/Day (round up)Price = Crew‑Days × $3,000
Examples:
- 4 acres, medium, normal → 1 ac/day → 4 days → 4 × 3k = $12,000
- 6 acres, light, easy → ~1.65 ac/day → ~3.7 → 4 days → $12,000
- 3 acres, heavy, rough → 0.35 ac/day → ~8.6 → 9 days → $27,000 (or you phase it)
What To Do With This
- Admit your real cost/day. If you don’t know it, you’re guessing.
- Pick a real day rate (not charity). I’m using $3k/day on the Texas skid crew as an entry number. It will go up as demand climbs.
- Estimate in days, not vibes. Acres → density → access → days → days × day rate. Full stop.
- Track est vs actual. Every time you miss, log it. Tighten the multipliers. Your pricing will get sharper every month if you’re honest.
Free Tool
I dropped a simple Job Cost & Crew‑Day Estimator in the Classroom Replays:
OPS REPLAYS → Week 6 – Job Costing & Profit
Make a copy, plug your own numbers in (labor, fuel, overhead), and stop pretending “$7,500 feels right” is a real system.
If you want help tightening this for your business and installing the full Price–Pipeline–Playbook OS, you know the drill:
👉 Last day to apply for the Accelerator (kicks off tomorrow 7am MST): ownrops.com
Over the next 16 weeks, you’ll be using the same system:
- Owen used to hit $37k his first month
- Colby used to go from $400k → $800k+ in 2025
- I used to build Bear Claw to 7 figures
- We used to take a Texas client from 0 → ~$150k/mo in 2025
Today is the last day to get in:
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STOP WORKING FOR FREE
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