What MulchDeck does, and what it doesn't.

Bid from the real parcel lines, send a quote with the customer's lot on it, run the job by the day, and see whether it made money. Built for forestry mulching and land clearing, not a general contractor app bent to fit.

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Bid from the real parcel lines.

The address gives you the lot. The polygon gives you the acres. Your rate card gives you the price.

MulchDeck estimate on iPhone: a work area traced on satellite, 4.01 acres, with vegetation, terrain and per-acre pricing below
The estimate on iPhone. Parcel traced, 4.01 acres, priced from the rate card.

Parcel lines from the address

Type the address and the parcel outline from county records loads on the satellite map, with the lot size and, where the county publishes it, the owner name. No trip to the county GIS site. If the lot cannot be found, draw it yourself.

  • Outline loads from the address
  • Lot size from the parcel
  • Owner name where published
  • Pick the right lot if the first one is wrong

Satellite map estimating

Trim the parcel to the part you are clearing, or draw the polygon yourself. The acreage is measured from the shape, not guessed, and updates as you move a point.

  • Google satellite imagery
  • Acreage measured from the polygon
  • Works on phone, tablet, or desktop
  • Rate card fills the price

Rate card, 16 prices

Four vegetation densities by four terrain types. Set your per-acre price for each combination once, and every estimate uses the same numbers, whoever on the crew builds it.

  • Light brush, medium, heavy, dense hardwood
  • Flat, rolling, steep, rocky
  • Add mobilization, stumps, hauling, or your own lines
  • Change a price and new estimates use it

A 5-day forecast for the site

The forecast for the job’s spot on the map shows on the estimate and on the job. See the rain before you promise a start date.

  • Highs, lows, and chance of rain
  • On the estimate and the job page
  • Uses the job’s map location
  • Check it before you set the start date

A quote with their lot on it.

One tap builds the PDF from the estimate. The customer sees their own property from above with the outline you priced, not a paragraph in a text message. The same quote comes out of the iPhone app, the Android app, and the web.

A MulchDeck quote PDF: the company logo, name, phone and license at the top, the site address, a satellite picture of the wooded lot at 4361 Nelson Hill Rd with the parcel outline drawn in orange, then 9.46 acres, heavy vegetation, flat terrain, one clearing line at $3,200 an acre and a total of $30,259.20
A real quote exported from the app, for a demo company. Cropped at the total.
Letterhead
Your logo, business name, phone, and license number
The lot
Satellite picture with the parcel outline drawn on it
The numbers
Acres, vegetation, terrain, each line item, and the total
Sending
Share it from your phone, or download it on the web

Lines that come to $0 are left off, so the page carries only what they pay for. Customers pay you directly. MulchDeck never touches the money.

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Run the job from the field.

Who is where, what they logged, what the gate code is. On every phone on the crew, with or without signal.

MulchDeck day board on iPhone: each job for Thursday with the people on it, and one job with nobody scheduled
The day board on iPhone. Who is on which job today.

Who is on which job, by the day

The day board shows who is on every active job today and who has not been put anywhere yet. The week roster puts your people down the side and Monday to Sunday across the top. Put somebody on a job for one day or the whole week in one save. Day laborers and subbed operators with no account go on the board by name.

  • Day board and week roster
  • Hands with no account go on by name
  • One person can be on two jobs a day
  • Crew see their days in the morning email

Hours by person, not by machine

One entry per person per job per work day: the paper timesheet off the dash, typed once. Crew log their own hours; owners log for anyone, including the day hand who goes in by name. Those hours build the Labor line on job profitability, so a three-person day costs three people.

  • One entry per person per job per day
  • Day laborers logged by name
  • Feeds the Labor line on profitability
  • Owner CSV export for any date range

The daily log

Each job has a daily log. Record machine hours, fuel, and teeth used per day, and see the running total without rebuilding a spreadsheet.

  • Machine hours per day
  • Fuel gallons per day
  • Carbide teeth per day
  • Running cost against the estimate

One notepad the whole crew shares

Gate codes, site contacts, what to tell the next shift. Every job has one page that says what is true right now, on everyone’s phone. Two people can type in it at once without overwriting each other, and it keeps working with no signal.

  • Edits merge instead of clobbering
  • Works offline, syncs on reconnect
  • Phone numbers and addresses become taps
  • History you can roll back to

Before and after photos

Take photos in the app. They attach to the job with GPS coordinates and a timestamp, and the before and after shots print on the invoice the customer gets.

  • GPS-tagged automatically
  • Attached to the job record
  • Before and after, side by side
  • Printed on the invoice PDF

Works with no signal

Rural acreage has no bars. Estimates, logs, photos, and invoices save on the phone first and upload on their own when you are back in range.

  • Saves on the phone first
  • Uploads when signal returns
  • Same account on phone and web
  • iPhone, Android, and the web

Get paid, and see whether it made money.

The invoice starts from the quote. The profit comes from what was logged, not what you hoped.

MulchDeck job profitability on iPhone: revenue $15,800, costs $5,265, profit $10,535, then equipment and labor costs and the effective hourly rate
Job profitability on iPhone, from the demo account.

Invoice from the estimate

The invoice starts from the estimate’s line items. Add the extra day, drop what you did not do, and export a PDF with your logo and the before and after photos. No copying into Word.

  • Line items from the estimate
  • Edit before you send
  • Your logo on the PDF
  • Mark the job paid when the check clears

Profit per job

MulchDeck compares what you quoted to what the job actually cost. Labor comes off the hours your people logged. Machine time is priced per hour from the depreciation, interest, and maintenance on that machine. Fuel and teeth come off the daily logs, insurance off your company rate. Every dollar is counted once, and if a number rests on an assumed rate the screen says so.

  • Estimated against actual cost
  • Labor from real person-hours
  • Machine ownership priced per hour
  • Assumed rates labeled, never hidden

17 free calculators.

Land clearing cost, crew day rate, mulching estimator, stump grinding, defensible space, machine cost, mobilization fee, lot clearing, and mulching against bulldozing. No signup, no email gate, no watermark.

What it does not do.

It bids, tracks, and invoices forestry mulching jobs. Everything else stays with the tools you already use.

Payments
Customers pay you directly. MulchDeck never touches the money.
Payroll
Hours are logged per person. Paying them stays with your payroll.
Accounting
Keep QuickBooks. MulchDeck is not your books.
CRM
Customers are contact details on the job. No sales pipeline, no follow-up campaigns.
Booking
No online booking page for homeowners.
Dispatch
By the day only. No time slots, no route optimization, no month view.

Frequently asked questions

Does MulchDeck work without cell signal?

Yes. MulchDeck works offline. Estimates, job logs, photos, and invoices save on the phone and sync when you get signal back. Built for rural acreage where cell coverage is spotty.

Can I track teeth and fuel by job?

Yes. Each job has a daily log where you record hours, fuel gallons, and teeth used. MulchDeck uses that to cost the job and compare it to your estimate.

Can I log hours for a day laborer who has no account?

Yes. Type the name and the hours go against that person for that job and that day. They never need an invite or a login, and there is no employee list to keep current. Owners can log for anyone; crew log their own. The same names work on the crew schedule, so the person you put on the board Tuesday is the person you log Wednesday.

Is the crew schedule an hourly dispatch calendar?

No. It is a day board and a week roster: a person is on a job for a day, or they are not. No start times, no time slots, no online booking, no route optimization, no month view. Crew members get a weekday morning email of the jobs they are on. See the crew scheduling page for the full picture of what it does and does not do.

How does the satellite estimating work?

Type the address and the parcel outline loads on the satellite map. Trim it to the clearing or draw your own polygon, and MulchDeck calculates the acreage. Pick density and terrain, and your rate card prices it as a line-item estimate.

What is the rate card?

A grid of 16 per-acre prices: 4 vegetation densities (light brush, medium, heavy, dense hardwood) times 4 terrain types (flat, rolling, steep, rocky). You set each price once and every estimate uses it.

What does the quote look like?

One PDF with your logo, business name, phone, and license number at the top, the site address, a satellite picture of the lot with the parcel outline drawn on it, the acreage and conditions, each line item, and the total. Share it from your phone or download it on the web. It comes out the same on iPhone, Android, and the web.

How much does MulchDeck cost?

$149/month flat. Unlimited users. No per-seat fees. 14-day free trial, no credit card required. Cancel anytime.

Are the free calculators really free?

Yes. Seventeen calculators with no signup, no email gate, no watermark. Land clearing cost, crew day rate, machine cost, equipment break-even, mulcher rent vs buy, stump grinding, mobilization fee, and more.

What does MulchDeck NOT do?

MulchDeck does not do payroll, CRM, online booking, or payment processing. Customers pay you directly. Scheduling is by the day: a day board, a week roster, and a weekday morning email of who is on what. There are no time slots, no route optimization, and no month calendar. It handles bidding, job tracking, and invoicing for forestry mulching. Keep QuickBooks for accounting.

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