can any line operator give me an idea of what's going rate for pumping. do u charge by the hour or by the yard.

Charge for whatever you can get away with-

By the hour - $130 per hr  3 hr min.

Travel - 1 hr

By the yard - $3 per yard

Primer - $10

By the ft. - Anything over 150' is $1 per foot

Offsite washout - $150

Fuel - 8% +/-

So...you do a 22 yard job that takes 2.5 hrs and required 260' of system--and you were able to wash on site:

390+130+66+10+110=$706*8%=$762.48

Check a few of the local companies for hourly rates.  You don't want to be too low.  Make as much money as you can!

You want that machine on the clock from the minute you leave your shop until you get back. 

Do whatever you can do to set yourself apart.  Go to your local nudy bar and see if they'll hook you up with some 2-for-1 coupons.  It's synergy.  You're maintaining good relations with your customers while also supporting local business and finaly,most importantly,  supporting single mothers.  Everybody wins!

Ya, I said it...

I forgot...what were we talking about???lol

good call ray

@$110 hr w/4hr minimum and $2.50 yd.  We gonna start charging for over 150'.

concrete here is $100- iam $90- an hour you should be no more than concrete at $100- yardage iam $4- wanta make money on a single truck, discount on volume and or charging regular customers $2- but you should be at $3- iam a two hour minumin and you should be at three so you can serve to the small regular projects and not scare new customers from trying you out.

all in all its easy to add in your head $100-per hour times three and $3-per yard, for charging for extra line just add time into your set up and clean out.

realitically if you do four jobs a week at three hundred and fuel each, your making plenty of money

your still in the 80s rates.this is 2000s.4hr min,1+hrs travel,yardage, fuel sur.,$70 primer if no grout.wash out time+bag,and helper.we pump for a living,so earn one.pumps make there lives better and there jobs quicker.no wheel barrows or crain buckets can do it faster.your providing a valueable service, so put pumping prices where it should be not where its been for 20+years.

Anybody notice the guy in the yellow shirt in the picture above, I dont think he is looking at the wings!!!

 Elkhunterz some go for the wings, others go for the hooters and some of us (like the man in yellow) enjoy the whole menu...