Somebody comes and looks. Access from the ramp to the plot, the width of the lane, the ground, the overhead cables, the neighbours and where the spoil is going.
About one job in five comes back with a different machine from the one that was asked for, usually smaller, and that conversation is far cheaper before a barge is booked than after.
No charge anywhere in Kaafu atoll, and no charge anywhere else if the job goes ahead. If it does not and the island was distant, we ask for the boat fare only.