Stump Grinding Minimum Job Charge Calculator

Use this calculator to turn your grinder cost, burdened labor, business overhead, travel, and job time into a profitable minimum price.

This is an internal pricing target—not an hourly rate you need to show the customer. Replace every example with your own numbers.

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Built by a stump grinder for stump grinders and small crews.

Kurt from Root Force Stump Grinding

Minimum charge summary

Grinding break-even rate $0.00/hr

Operator + overhead + grinder cost for each running hour.

Total crew time 0.00 hrs

Grinding, non-grinding work, and round-trip travel.

Travel cost $0.00

Round-trip operator, overhead, truck, and trailer cost.

Break-even job cost $0.00

Estimated total cost before profit.

Suggested minimum $0.00

Break-even cost divided by one minus your target gross margin.

Round the suggested minimum for quoting. A job may earn far more per grinding hour; this number is the floor required by the costs and margin entered above.

Adjust the job-specific inputs you are most likely to know first.

Margin is profit divided by selling price.