Operations systems for tree, land & field-service businesses

Busy every day. Can you say where the money goes?

I install the system that runs a service business from first lead to paid review — contracts that collect deposits, quotes priced from real costs, software that shows the numbers every week. Fixed scope. Fixed price. Delivered remotely.

01LeadTracked by source
02QuoteOut same day
03CrewScheduled to real rates
04CollectionDeposit at signing
05ReviewAsked for every job
Start with your own numbers

Most owners can't answer these without guessing.

Not because they aren't sharp. Because the business runs on texts, paper and half-used software, and the answers are scattered across all three.

What's your close rate — by count, and by dollars?

They're rarely the same number. The gap tells you which jobs you're actually winning.

How many days from finished job to money in the bank?

Every day past due is a day you're financing your customer's project.

When was the last time extra work on a job went unbilled?

No change-order terms means "while you're here" turns into free labor.

Do your crews finish in the hours you quoted?

If the schedule assumes 100% days, you're already over before the truck leaves.

Which lead source actually paid you last quarter?

If you can't say, you can't decide where the next marketing dollar goes.

How many questions a day only you can answer?

If the business stops when your phone does, you own a job, not a system.
Leak Check · 6 questions · instant result

Find where your business is leaking.

Answer honestly. You'll get your top leaks and the one fixed-price step that fixes the biggest one. No email required.

If nothing changes

What does another year of this cost?

Leaks don't show up on one job. They show up as a year that felt busy and paid thin.

You keep financing jobs.

No deposit at signing means your fuel, labor and equipment hours go out before a dollar comes in.

You keep guessing prices.

Quotes that don't include burdened labor and equipment cost win the job and lose the margin.

You stay the bottleneck.

Every decision runs through you, so growth means longer days — not a bigger business.

Is this a fit?

Built for operators who are ready to run on a system.

This is for you if

  • You run a tree, land, sitework, lawn or other field-service business
  • You're working from paper, texts, spreadsheets — or software you half use
  • You want the numbers every week, not at tax time
  • You'll send real inputs fast: contracts, exports, rates, photos

This isn't for you if

  • You want a long discovery process before anything gets built
  • You're looking for marketing or lead generation
  • You won't change how jobs get quoted, signed or invoiced
  • You want advice, not a finished system you keep
Services & prices

One problem. One fixed price. A finished system you keep.

Start small, prove it works, then build. Every start-here fee credits toward the next step — you never pay twice for the same ground.

1 · Start here

Fixed price · delivered in days
3 business days

Deposit & Payment Contract System

$350
Moves: share of jobs with a deposit at signing
  • New contract from proven base terms plus yours — not a redline
  • Deposit at signing, payment schedule, late-payment terms
  • Scope limits and change-order language so extra work gets paid
  • Formatted as an e-sign template for your software
  • One-page Leak Report on where paper is costing you
GuaranteeIf it doesn't add payment protection your current contract is missing, full refund.
Order · $350
2 business days · per job

Remote-Quote Package

$250
Moves: days from request to quote sent, estimate accuracy
  • One job, one trade, up to 5 scope items with clear limits
  • Line-by-line cost build: labor, equipment, materials, travel, margin
  • Finished proposal in your company's name, ready to send
  • Deposit and not-to-exceed terms built in
  • One revision included
GuaranteeDelivered within 2 business days of complete inputs, or it's free.
Order · $250
5 business days

Leak Map + Scorecard

$497
Moves: close rate (count & dollars), days to get paid
  • Quote, invoice, payment and client exports cleaned into one workbook
  • Close rate by count and dollars, by service and job size
  • Cash speed: days to paid, past-due, what card fees cost you
  • Revenue by lead source and a bad-data list
  • Leak Report ranked by money + 30-minute walkthrough
GuaranteeAt least 3 fixable leaks found, or full refund.
Order · $497

2 · Fix it

Fixed-scope builds
Flagship · 30 days

30-Day Lead-to-Review Install

Run the business from first lead to paid review in software. Quotes go out the same day. Deposits come in at signing. Invoices get paid in days. You see the numbers every week.

$3,500

50% off with a 6-month retainer · free with 12 months · start-here fees credit toward it

GuaranteeNot live in 30 days? I keep working, at no charge, until it is.
Order the Install
Week 1 · Set up

Field-service and accounting software chosen, configured and connected. Clients and jobs moved in.

Week 2 · Price and protect

Price book from your true costs. Contracts loaded as e-sign templates with deposits.

Week 3 · Capture and collect

Online request form with lead-source tracking. Online payments and automatic reminders.

Week 4 · Train and go live

Weekly scorecard live. Office and crew trained, recorded. Paper retired.

You keep

Configured software in your name · price book & quote templates · contract templates · online intake & payments · weekly scorecard · training videos

Tech Stack Audit

Stop paying for tools that overlap. Every app mapped with gaps, overlaps and cost per tool, plus a keep / cut / add list.

Moves: software cost and overlap · 5 business days
$750Order

Burdened Rate Engine

Know what an hour of your crew and equipment really costs. Burdened labor, equipment hourly cost and loadouts rolled into billing rates, margin targets and a price book.

Moves: margin by job type · 10 business days
$1,500Order

Baseline Production System

Stop scheduling 130% days. Jobs broken into tasks, a rate per task from your own crews, a 70–80% scheduling baseline and an estimate-vs-actual tracker.

Moves: actual vs. estimated hours · 30 days of tracking
$1,750Order

If-Then Operating Playbooks (5)

Stop being the answer to every question. Five "when this, then that" playbooks for your most repeated workflows, written so the team runs them without you.

Moves: share of repeat work that runs without you · 10 business days
$750Order

Career & Pay System

Keep good people and promote from within. Role tracks, experience tiers, pay steps and clear promotion criteria.

Moves: retention and promotions from within · 10 business days
$1,000Order

Every build: fixed price, deposit at signing, one revision. Start-here fees credit toward any build.

3 · Keep it running

Monthly · remote

Desk

$750/mo
For owners whose system is in place and needs to stay clean
  • Software admin and fixes
  • Contract and document updates
  • Weekly scorecard, reviewed with you
  • 4 quote audits a month
Start Desk
MOST CHOSEN

Operator

$1,750/mo
For growing businesses that need the numbers tuned weekly
  • Everything in Desk
  • 15 quote audits a month
  • Production rates tuned weekly
  • 2 new SOPs a month
  • Close rate tracked by count and dollars
  • Monthly review of leaks and fixes
Start Operator

Fractional COO

$3,500/mo
For owners ready to get out of the weeds
  • Everything in Operator
  • Every quote audited
  • Workflows owned from lead to review
  • Vendor and equipment dealer deals
  • Daily-to-yearly targets set and tracked
  • Hiring, roles and pay structure
Start Fractional COO
Commit and save. 6-month commitment: the 30-Day Install at 50% off. 12-month commitment: the Install is free.
Claim the free Install

Limited to 4 Operator and Fractional COO clients at a time. Month to month after the first 3 months.

Proof from my own field business

I ran it on my own crews first.

Everything I install, I built and used running tree service, land clearing and forestry mulching crews — not in a classroom.

1–2 daysaverage time for invoices to get paid
25–50%deposit collected before mobilizing
1 daymedian time for quotes to be approved
~1%estimates vs. actual job time
Who you're working with

J. Anderson, COO

I've spent nearly a decade running field crews — from routine palm pruning routes to multi-crane post-hurricane response — for residential, commercial, municipal and utility customers. I timed every job, ran every quote, job and payment through software, and built the estimating systems behind it.

Now I install those systems for other service businesses. My first move at any paper-run company is the same: get it into software, set daily-to-yearly targets, and give the crew a system they can run without calling the owner.

  • Service businesses advised20+
  • Field operations experienceTree, land clearing, mulching, sitework
  • Safety recordZero incidents under my supervision
  • CertificationsOSHA 30 · FDEP stormwater inspector · CDL-A
  • Preferred stackJobber · QuickBooks · Google Workspace
  • Built & shippedTreeAI estimating app (iOS)
Sample deliverable

Master Land & Tree Services Agreement

What the Contract System looks like: modular terms that load into field-service software, each one a separate block. Core modules go in every contract; optional ones only when the job calls for them.

01 · COREStandard of Performance
02 · COREUtilities & Sub-surface
03 · COREProperty Lines, Access & Permits
04 · COREPayment, Deposits & Late Charges
05 · COREChange Orders & Standby Time
06 · COREDebris, Timber & Material
07 · CORELimitation of Liability
08 · COREInsurance & Independent Contractor
09 · COREScheduling, Weather & Cancellation
10 · COREGoverning Law
11 · OPTIONALSite Hazards & Safety Zone
12 · OPTIONALStructures, Power Lines & Retained Trees
13 · OPTIONALWetlands & Soft Ground
14 · OPTIONALGround Work Limits
15 · OPTIONALFlorida Lien Law Notice
Before you order

Questions owners ask.

Why no discovery call?

Because the scope is already fixed. You order, I send exactly what I need from you, and the work starts. If a short call helps once the work is underway, it's included where listed — but you don't have to sell yourself on a call to get started.

What if it doesn't work for my business?

Every start-here offer carries a guarantee: payment protection your current contract is missing, a quote delivered on time, or at least 3 fixable leaks — or your money back. The Install keeps going at no charge until it's live.

Do I have to switch software?

Not if what you have can do the job. The Tech Stack Audit and Leak Map work from the software you already pay for. The Install picks and sets up a field-service and accounting stack only when yours can't run lead to review.

I'm not a tree company. Does this still apply?

Yes, if you send crews to job sites. Contracts, burdened rates, production baselines and scorecards work the same for lawn, sitework, cleaning, roofing and other field trades.

Is this legal advice?

No. Contracts are built from proven field-service base terms and your company's terms. Have your attorney review before use, especially state-specific notices such as Florida lien-law language.

How do start-here credits work?

The full fee of any start-here offer credits toward the build it leads into, so starting small never costs you extra.

Order

Which number do you want to move first?

Pick the service, tell me about the business, and send it. You'll get an invoice with the deposit and the exact list of what I need from you — usually the same day.

Opens your email with the order filled in. Prefer to call? 386-414-9142.

1

Order. Send the form. Fixed price, nothing to negotiate.

2

Send inputs. You get a short checklist — contract, exports, rates or photos, depending on the service.

3

Receive. Finished deliverable on the stated timeline, in your name, yours to keep.

4

Revise. One round of changes included. Then the credit applies to your next step.

✓

Guaranteed. Every start-here offer is backed by a refund or keep-working guarantee.