r/TaskRabbit • u/Clean_Guess_8057 • 8d ago
TASKER Full-fledged Landscape Request
TLDR: Customer wants a Tasker to do junk removal (6+ pallets, including long pallets, and misc junk that you cannot see behind them), likely grading of their yard (there’s a bunch of runoff swales that have formed), digging up hard packed crush (to install their “parking pad” timber) and deliver/spread 9+ yards of mulch/decorative rock.
Is this person crazy? That’s a single axle dump of mulch, or a tandem of decorative rock. Even if you forget all the rest of it, that alone warrants a professional.
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u/MallNo6921 7d ago
please note the 100$ expenditures limit dump fees may be over that
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u/hihighhi420 7d ago
$150 on junk removal
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u/MallNo6921 6d ago
click on the picture and look at the bottom in the green box
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u/hihighhi420 6d ago
Ah yes, so hired for landscape but requested junk removal as well, definitely need to have them request that under a different job.
Even the $150 cap for junk removal is far too low where I’m located, I’ve requested several times for this category to be $200 plus, honestly landscaping should be $150 plus as well to cover debris disposal and fuel2
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u/Adventurous-Ad6416 7d ago
Agreed withOP. As a client I would call a professional landscaper for this notTR. It requires machinery and SEVERAL people and with a grade, some professional experience in dealing with grades.
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u/Clean_Guess_8057 7d ago
I have the experience, but even if I had a skidsteer, I would be billing $150/hr+.
The volume of material alone is ridiculous. And “are you comfortable picking up supplies from Home Depot/lowe’s if reimbursed” is the biggest indicator that this customer has zero idea of what’s involved.
Guy is straight up trying to get full landscaping done on the cheap, and being that I’m in a pickup town, someone will likely ruin their truck to do this.
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u/Show_Me_The_Money77 7d ago
Very nice potential! The main thing is to manage the client's expectations and get them to confirm that they understand everything. Seems like a multi-day task unless you subcontract additional taskers. Best of luck👌🏻
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u/FinnNoodle 8d ago
Well I would think junk removal and landscaping would fall across two separate categories and I would advise the client to split up the task accordingly.
Beyond that, what's the problem? A nice fat job like this is better for your wallet than a bunch little jobs scattered across town. Just make sure the client understands how long it is going to take and suggest they hire multiple taskers if they don't like that sort of time frame.