Starting a lawn care lawn mowing or landscaping business tips and guidelines
May.14, 2010 in
Landscaping
Watch the whole video or dont watch it at all. This is very excellent tips that will get you far in the landscaping carrer. Stay determined and keep trying. Any questions PM me and I will help you out. Some things I do that I can help with is, hedge trimming, lawn mowing, bush removal, prunning, weeding, and a lot more.
May 14th, 2010 at 11:33 am
Thanks and yeah I figured that out with the Riding Mower the hard way. A excellent looking yard of your own also helps if the people know where you live,
No problem
And Thanks,
-Stlouissux9119
May 14th, 2010 at 12:14 pm
Very excellent tips! Especially about using a push mower for residential yards. It certainly will slow you down using a riding mower on small yards. If you do straight lines in the yard with a push mower it looks so much better. I used to work for a very successful lawn care business a few years ago so I know some things, but this has certainly helped refresh my memory and helped me get a small better understanding on the lawn care business. Thanks for taking the time to help! 5 Stars for you!
May 14th, 2010 at 1:00 pm
Weed eating is pretty much expected and mulching is reccomended but some people will insist on having the lawn bagged. Clarify to them the benefits of mulching but you still may need to invest in a bagger. You have to start somewhere though.
May 14th, 2010 at 1:40 pm
If i’m just starting and only doing residential, is it ok just to mow? Meaning, i have a push mower with no bag catcher, but it cuts so fine that its not noticeable and i’ve heard its healthy for the grass to leave clippings for aeration (?) Or do i simply just need to invest in a bag catcher? Also is weed eating an optional service or something most people expect with the job? Sorry im new to all of this…
May 14th, 2010 at 2:23 pm
Ramps to raise the tractor off the ground are about 40 bucks. Truck ramps are anywhere from 40-100+. I started with about 6 residentials
May 14th, 2010 at 2:47 pm
Where did you find a ramp for your truck so cheap. I reckon you said it was around 40 dollars. And how many residential yards did you start off with.
May 14th, 2010 at 2:53 pm
Well you have to look at a variety of factors including incline, obstacles, and how far out of the way the house is. Then determine a rate and measure the yard. You can also do a test ride on your ZTR and see how long that takes, then factor in Trimming, Edging, Blowing, ETC. Just like everybodys answer be sure to factor in all the regular costs.
May 14th, 2010 at 3:03 pm
The only thing we want to know is: how do you determine the rates you will use? You obviously can’t charge a flat rate for all size yards…so what is the average rate per size yard/land? Or how do you find that info?
Everybody says “factor in equipment costs, gas, labor, etc.” but…for small one-two man business doing residential accounts?
May 14th, 2010 at 3:21 pm
Theres is positives and negatives to this of course. For the residentials its a somewhat positive for some because they can be home to inspect the work and YOU get payed up front cash which helps with Tax’s and not getting ripped off. On the other hand it will be hard to get some commercials because they like work done very quick on weekdays. When you’re first starting out it will probably be excellent to start with residential and then build up enough money to expand buy a ZTR and go commercial.
May 14th, 2010 at 4:12 pm
I’m really in the suburban Atlanta area. I have a full time job so the only time I will have is on the weekends. Since Im just starting out, do you reckon that will turn away potential customers by being limited to the weekends? Am I limited to just redsidential? Thanks for your help!
May 14th, 2010 at 4:37 pm
Deffinetaly. Any questions just let me know and i’ll do the best to help ya out.
May 14th, 2010 at 5:35 pm
Thanks! I just got permission from the office manager of my fulltime job to store the equipment at one of our warehouses! I thought that was pretty cool of him.
May 14th, 2010 at 6:21 pm
If its a full size bed you can buy 40 dollar ramps and place a tractor up there otherwise a small trailer would do. Look for warehouses in the area and see if they’ll rent you out a small corner dont go to the rental places unless you have to.
May 14th, 2010 at 6:43 pm
I am currently renting a town home. Have a Dodge Ram 1500. With only the ability to carry a push mower, do you recommend purchasing a trailer? If so, where would I store it?
May 14th, 2010 at 7:08 pm
It varies a lot.
May 14th, 2010 at 7:20 pm
How much do you personally make doing it?
May 14th, 2010 at 7:23 pm
Excellent luck! Any questions just question i’m uploading another video a followup to this with more tips. Check it out.
May 14th, 2010 at 7:45 pm
Awesome info bro!
Thanks for sharing! Im 20, in college and trying to start a lawn care thing!
May 14th, 2010 at 8:18 pm
Excellent luck. Any other questions just question.
May 14th, 2010 at 8:58 pm
Well starting out it’s just going to be me and if it goes excellent I will hire a few kids and grow from there. I would like it to someday be a huge company.
May 14th, 2010 at 9:10 pm
I watched this before you blocked your face. lol 5
May 14th, 2010 at 9:32 pm
Depends. How bigs the business. You obviously have labor to pay for, repair rates, quoting costs money all depends on the size of the business. If your talking kid running business out of backyard then not really but otherwise you got taxes and all that other junk. How bigs the business?
May 14th, 2010 at 10:06 pm
Yea. Besides equipment and fuel is there any other expenses I’m missing?
May 14th, 2010 at 10:38 pm
Yeah thanks for the comment. Any questions just question.
May 14th, 2010 at 10:41 pm
This is a excellent video. I didn’t reckon about the thought of taking pictures before and after the job or even having a website. Brilliant.