Carlos Gonzales
New member
For those that service wash accounts across the country what would you consider the top 3 mistakes a new commercial washer will make?
For example is it not factoring hotel costs the right way for the wash crew?
or
Under estimating the cost of fuel and etc.
What happens if you get on a job, say 5 states up north and it is raining way too hard to start the job like you planned. Do you factor in your bids extra money for contingencies like extra hotel costs?
I am sure there are a ton of considerations that have to be made. Ones like do you feed the crew three meals a day? Do you pay them a per diem for out of state travel? Do you carry extra spares for your trailer?
Some of the younger guys that want to do multi-state accounts may not be aware that doing this will require alot of home work and planning!! You just don't get in your truck and bounce 3 states up.
How many of you that are currently doing multi-state accounts found yourself in a little jam when you arrived at the job site and realized that you didn't bring something that you needed with you? Or you did not bring enough chems? What do you do?
I know Russ and Nick and a few others have this formula down to a science. However, guys getting into commercial work where you are servicing accounts all across the U.S....are you considering/factoring in some of the points above?
Russ, Nick or anyone ....can you fill in the blanks?
Thanks
For example is it not factoring hotel costs the right way for the wash crew?
or
Under estimating the cost of fuel and etc.
What happens if you get on a job, say 5 states up north and it is raining way too hard to start the job like you planned. Do you factor in your bids extra money for contingencies like extra hotel costs?
I am sure there are a ton of considerations that have to be made. Ones like do you feed the crew three meals a day? Do you pay them a per diem for out of state travel? Do you carry extra spares for your trailer?
Some of the younger guys that want to do multi-state accounts may not be aware that doing this will require alot of home work and planning!! You just don't get in your truck and bounce 3 states up.
How many of you that are currently doing multi-state accounts found yourself in a little jam when you arrived at the job site and realized that you didn't bring something that you needed with you? Or you did not bring enough chems? What do you do?
I know Russ and Nick and a few others have this formula down to a science. However, guys getting into commercial work where you are servicing accounts all across the U.S....are you considering/factoring in some of the points above?
Russ, Nick or anyone ....can you fill in the blanks?
Thanks