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$5K ain't a bad deal, IMO.

Thanks all for input. Let me see what we have so far:

My neighbor wants to do this, and he gave me a price of $5K which
seems to be market rate around my parts.

He has a dump truck but it will not be needed because the extra dirt
will just be tossed somewhere out there. We live in an area of
ranches.

The 1000 gallon tank costs $1000

Say gravel and leech pipes and any other misc materials will run
another $600.

Let's say he hires a buddy and pays the guy $150-200/day=$400. This
guy does not run a business with full time permanent workers by the
way.

http://www.sunbeltrentals.com The hoe he owns costs $830/week to
rent, let's add $200 for gas = $1K



$5K
-$1K 1000 gallon tank
-$1K misc materials and buddy labor
-$1K equipment
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$2K for 2 days = $1000/day for operating hoe + know-how


Am I off?

Yes you are...You have no clue what the costs are in operating a business of
that type..What the hell is "buddy labor" , a couple of 6 packs ?? He will
definitly need a dump truck to bring in gravel and crushed stone... If you
think the bid is high , pick the phone up and get more bids and have them
break it down for you instead of wasting time here as costs can vary
greatly from state to state and we have no idea where you are and what the
layout of your land is reguarding how much fill , gravel , crushed stone ,
ect. is required , ie. elevation ,soil type , ease of access , ect. which
makes guessing labor and materials impossible........