I'm not an excavator, just relating my experience with a job quote. My job was 55 miles one way from the shop, in a remote area. I expected some kind of travel/setup/distance/moving fee with the bid for my runway job. There are exactly two dirt movers in the town nearby.
First guy comes up and gives me a quote, he charged half hourly rate just to come up and quote the job. Ok, so he gives me a number, and it's pretty fair. I ask the simple question 'is this going to be all for the whole job start to finish?' It took him about 200 words to eventually say 'no'. There will be a site fee, and a clean up fee. by the time it was all done - his rate had gone up 30%
Second guy was completely shady. He gave me a lowball 'estimate' and said it could go up based on what he found when he got there(didn't come to site to eval). Yes, he had a move in fee, and also a few other fees.
I also don't mind what fees are needed to get the job done, but please - be straight up to get the whole job done, and don't make me play 20 questions to tease out the deal.
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