Trimming Cost Savings Calculator

On-the-job & clean-up, hauling and traveling hours x hourly rate:

Labor burden cost of 30% of wages:

Power hedge trimmer, estimating a $500 purchase price, spread over 2 years, operating 500 hours per year making a depreciation cost of $0.50 per hour:

Estimating ⅛ gallon of fuel consumed per hour.

Labor to change oil, sharpen blades, etc. is hourly rate x 25%

Vehicle expense to transport equipment and personnel to and from job site, with approx. cost per mile at $0.55.

Total # of trips x price per disposal:

Estimated cost to maintain hedge for 12 weeks, assuming three (3) total trips:

Total cost for initial trimming to desired shape and size prior to treatment.

Spray application time - landscapers surveyed indicated that spraying required less than half as much time as trimming (# of on-the-job hours + 30% labor burden costs x ½):

2.0 ounces of spray used, per label rate (price per gallon ÷ 128 (# of ounces in a gallon) x 2)

Backpack sprayer, estimating a $300 purchase price, spread over 2 years, operating 500 hours per year making a depreciation cost of $0.30 per hour (# of on-the-job hours x $0.30).

One (1) trip total x three (3) trips (cost to maintain hedge for 12 weeks)