Mathew Johnson
New member
Great responses from everyone. I am curious how other folks view their service area and what would prompt them to travel beyond their normal service area for work.
Lets see...75 stores to do. Do two of them a day...thats roughly 37 days. Lets just say the stores pay 300.00...just flat work and sidewalks...or whatever. Takes 4 hours to do one store....thats $22,500 Gross Revenue ever quarter x 4 quarters = $90,000.
Might be worth a trip
600 per day..... Not enough revenue to travel great distances. 37 days would be just over 5 weeks out of the quarter not counting travel days, food and lodging expenses.
I might consider it if I could get a crew of 2 to go out and do them, But figure 2 guys at 14.00 per hour, 8 hour day plus 2 hours per day travel X2, that would be 20 hours at 14.00 = 280.00 at workers Comp 9.88 per hundred (about 30 bucks), fica and unemployement insurance, now you are at about 320.00 per day. Giving each employee a 30.00 per day stipend for meals , Now you are at 380.00 per day in expenses. Figure a hotel fifty percent of the nights / days (40.00 per day when averaged out) now you are at 420.00, Between equipment and vehicles - figure fuel on the low side at 70 per day (especially if you need hot water), Now you are at 490.00 per day in expenses. Then there are your base operating expenses on phone, advertising, yellow pages and of course the wonderful vehicle and liability insurance along with the equipment cost, maintenance and depreciation schedule. If your base operating expensed to open your doors, advertise and maintain your equipment, tires, repairs and PM is 18000 per year than based on a 5 day work week, your expenses are 69.00 per day. Now you are at 549.00. If you operate 7 or 8 months out of the year due to weather, your daily operating cost are about 112.00 per day (give or take) that puts your project cost at 602.00 per day.
The hidden cost of "cost of goods sold" can kill you on a job like this....