Anyone here do lawn/landscape for a living?

Hot as balls out there fella

It’s a pretty common thing in small business YouTube world, present yourself as a highly successful owner operator, and once you have a following offer business development advice/classes/consulting etc. Most of them are honest about the work and marketing it will take but like anything you’ll have a few that make it seem easy so you’ll buy their webinar.

And the after hours of working on/maintaining equipment that you need the next day.

the guy that cuts my grass is a high school teacher and football coach. He cuts 16 lawns on the side, mine and my neighbors’ are both six acres and I think his remaining are smaller. He cuts every lawn 2x a month. We pay him 175 per cut. He does quite well at it, so well that he doesn’t want the money until year end

Mofo works his arse off at it though

I’m not about to go quit my job, just curious to hear from those who have lived it and get the real story. A lot of these dudes on YouTube are selling a dream that you can start with a busted push mower and in no time be sending out crews while you sit in the A/C and estimate.

I hate cutting my own grass. No amount of money will get me to cut someone else's.

Having a small side biz is probably
Fine if it’s you and maybe a younger relative.

That said, I’ve dealt with lots of lawn guys in my life. The biggest issue is, showing up and communication. If you can get those two things set, you’ll do well.

The money is in commercial landscaping though. Residential will suck your time dry if you get too many chatty Cathy’s

I'm in the process of doing this its can be just as boring as the corporate grind best part is being outside in the sun which is also the worst part. The heat isn't bad as long as you have water and a way to cool off but it'll take time to get used to it.

I only work weekends and make 550 a day going from 7 am to roughly 5pm. I could probably raise prices and be at 700 or so. If I use a helper I'm done by 3 but I pay him 20 per hour.

High end mowers cost 15k or more depending on what size lawn you target. Equipment cost can add up very quick lots of guys who go all out and quit after a year or two.

Hardest part is finding clients or marketing got to pay to play.

At the end of the day its still manual labor so your trading your body for money. You can scale and hire employees and not be in the field but that's a whole other set of skills and headaches.

The work itself isnt hard but many people think they can work in the heat but cant. You'll have guys fall out after a hour or two.

Honestly, I get what you are saying about the corporate grind. But frankly, the corporate grind equals some level of security that you don’t get mowing lawns.

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How big is your yard, that seems high?

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Reading comprehension 101. He clearly states 6 acres.