Sub Contracting

On the surface it's very fair. Way more than we get. We only collect 60 to 75% of the billables.

But your in a risky business so i need to know more before I can say....like who's plow is it? Liability ? When does time start and end?, at call? when you reach assigned road? And many more questions before I could say "fair".

JMO

 

most the time when i subcontract i get 90% of the billed amount.

 

The deal is $85 per hour, plane and simple. What the contractor makes has nothing to do with you. Its as simple as is $85 per hour enough for you. They could charge $4000 per hour and pay $15, its just what the market will bear.

 

you are correct cetane, its what your willing to work for. aether you are willing to work for 85 an hour or not.

were the % comes in. i have some people i sub contract for pretty regularly that pay at 90% but not all jobs threw the contractor are at the same rate one job may be billed at 115 an hour and the next at 100 an hour they quote me what they bill and i aether take the job or not.

 

I assumed you were plowing not just working under the loader. That's different. So when does the clock start? At the pile or at the door?

 

that is a good question. here standard on dirt work is pit to pile, start your time when you get to the pit, but you bill the time it would take to drive back to the pit after the time you drop your last load. some places will give you travel time from there yard to the pit and from the location back to there yard. every once in a while your get sub standard like say an hour from the pit to unload and they only give you 30 mins after you drop your last load. all these variables can make a couple 100 difference on your gross for the day on the same rate

another thing to ask is how many days to pay.

 

in utah. the going dump rate is $65 per hour. for a 3 or 4 axle truck. but there's a company from phoenix (heritage trucking) also renting their 4 axle trucks with a 5th dump axle on the back for the same price. if there's a trailer hooked up. the additional cost is $15 per hour. $20 if you got a 4 or 5 axle trailer.

billable time is from job start to finish. once you get to the job or pit for first load. ends when you dump that last load. now, if there's excessive travel. they MIGHT get an extra half hour for up and half hour back.

 

i won't be doing any dump work in utah then...lol