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re: Anyone have their own lawn service?
Posted on 8/4/15 at 7:26 pm to cubsfan5150
Posted on 8/4/15 at 7:26 pm to cubsfan5150
I just bought a 4200 SF house off highland road in BR and I like to cut my own lawn
I'll pay you to blow me if your ever in BR
I'll pay you to blow me if your ever in BR
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Posted on 8/4/15 at 7:26 pm to djangochained
Keep trying hard
Posted on 8/4/15 at 7:28 pm to stout
Exactly.
Posted on 8/4/15 at 7:28 pm to lud0
Key word is some
Posted on 8/4/15 at 7:28 pm to djangochained
quote:
I just bought a 4200 SF house
Garage and patio areas don't really matter.
Posted on 8/4/15 at 7:28 pm to djangochained
Scared money don't make money my friend.
Posted on 8/4/15 at 7:28 pm to cubsfan5150
Your the Cubs fan, you should be used to trying
Posted on 8/4/15 at 7:29 pm to stout
It would be well over 5000 including the patio and garage
Posted on 8/4/15 at 7:30 pm to stout
35 cuts a year $50/yard
Solo can knock out 10 a day max I'd say
88k. I just don't see BIG money in solo op
Solo can knock out 10 a day max I'd say
88k. I just don't see BIG money in solo op
Posted on 8/4/15 at 7:31 pm to King of New Orleans
I thought that you only went into a lawn service business because you had a criminal record and were unemployable.
Posted on 8/4/15 at 7:35 pm to stout
Did it in High School and was making great money, of course I was not using equipment I bought either. However, if I had wanted to continue it with my cousin we could have. Made decent bank, we cut a contractors yard so he tied it into a subdivision he built in Ascension. I am sure we were cheap compared to other companies but for us 2000 a month in cash was a great time. 
Posted on 8/4/15 at 7:36 pm to djangochained
quote:
I'll pay you to blow me if your ever in BR
Still kinda gay, baw. I mean, unless he wears a wig or something.
Stout, good job on the contract.
Posted on 8/4/15 at 7:36 pm to djangochained
quote:I already call BS
I just bought a 4200 SF house off highland road in BR
Posted on 8/4/15 at 7:37 pm to East Coast Band
You would be wrong.
I sold a gutter business when I was 29. Made good money on it. Started a lawn service business that I still run. I do network security now, and I love that check from my criminal record unemployable business.
I sold a gutter business when I was 29. Made good money on it. Started a lawn service business that I still run. I do network security now, and I love that check from my criminal record unemployable business.
Posted on 8/4/15 at 7:40 pm to King of New Orleans
Teach/coach then cut grass during summer
Posted on 8/4/15 at 7:46 pm to tduecen
Sorry 
Don't need any believers here
Don't need any believers here
Posted on 8/4/15 at 8:11 pm to King of New Orleans
Worked a couple summers for a guy cutting a fast food chain. After high school, he sold me 3 contracts for 67 restaurants. 52 week contract was right around 150k. 2 - 2 man crews year around. All push mowers and trimmers. No riding mowers because of how small the properties were. During winter we planted rye grass to keep the grounds looking good. Unfortunately, the biggest of the franchise owners filed bankruptcy on me. Tough lesson to learn at 20. I knew the guys back then that picked up the contract for I55/I12 medians. Many, many zeros were on that contract. Both of them cut right along with all of their employees.
Posted on 8/4/15 at 8:11 pm to King of New Orleans
It can be cheap to get into, it's why you see so many doing it. You don't need any LARGE ZTR to start up. In fact if you're just a start up, buy a small ZTR, trimmer, edger, blower and trailer. For most startups their first customers will be the $35-50/mow customer. Wanna start real small just buy a walkbehind/push mower instead of a Z.
Many of the small guys who are owner/operator and hire 1-2 seasonal guys to help can clear $100K, but that's not just mowing. Maybe some small landscape jobs mixed in or weeding or mulching flower beds for customers. But too many don't run their business the right way and are killing themselves and going broke doing it. It's such a competitive business because just about anyone can get into it that it keeps the pricing down but the good ones who prove reliable and trustworthy and retain their customers can do very well.
In the off months the good ones go deer hunting and rest up for the spring. The not so good ones find a part time job to get them to next season!
As far as contracts, that comes with time. It's hard to start tomorrow and ask a customer to commit to you with a contract and you haven't proven anything or been in business long. When I started mine in 1999 I had NO contracts (I bought a guy out) but when I sold out in 2005 I had ONLY contracts and wouldn't work without one. Contracts did make my business much more valuable when I sold out. I had 3 lawn care trucks running and 1 landscaping truck running full time all summer. I don't miss it though, good labor is tougher and tougher to find.
Many of the small guys who are owner/operator and hire 1-2 seasonal guys to help can clear $100K, but that's not just mowing. Maybe some small landscape jobs mixed in or weeding or mulching flower beds for customers. But too many don't run their business the right way and are killing themselves and going broke doing it. It's such a competitive business because just about anyone can get into it that it keeps the pricing down but the good ones who prove reliable and trustworthy and retain their customers can do very well.
In the off months the good ones go deer hunting and rest up for the spring. The not so good ones find a part time job to get them to next season!
As far as contracts, that comes with time. It's hard to start tomorrow and ask a customer to commit to you with a contract and you haven't proven anything or been in business long. When I started mine in 1999 I had NO contracts (I bought a guy out) but when I sold out in 2005 I had ONLY contracts and wouldn't work without one. Contracts did make my business much more valuable when I sold out. I had 3 lawn care trucks running and 1 landscaping truck running full time all summer. I don't miss it though, good labor is tougher and tougher to find.
Posted on 8/4/15 at 8:13 pm to King of New Orleans
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Anyone have their own lawn service?
What does it cost to start up with the equipment and trailer? Did you just take a loan out and pay it off as you made money? How hard was it to build a customer base? Do you make them sign contracts? What do you during the off months when grass isn't growing as fast but they have a contract?
lol...
Posted on 8/4/15 at 8:19 pm to CorkSoaker
Sounds like a party year round.
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