Mowing Prices in 2024… because MOST QUIT THIS PROFESSION
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ส.ค. 2024
- Learn how to make a good profit while mowing grass professionally as a career. Overgrown properties are everywhere and are tricky to price sometimes. Use this method to bid LARGE MOWING ACCOUNTS and OVERGROWN GRASS MOWING, to ALWAYS MAKE A PROFIT. #business #lawncare #scag #mowing
I remember as a kid my neighbors would give me all their pop bottles to mow their lawn. Boy was I a sucker lol😂
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Good work is not cheap Cheap work is not good that is what I tell people
Been in business over 20 years and happy with the money and customers I have for sure. I get a lot of business cause of people who are weak and not reliable
That is why I bought a $5k mower to cut my 3 plus acres. I figured it would cost me $300 a cut. Which is at least $600 a month. Cutting season here is from around May to Nov. In one year I have almost paid the mower off by not having to pay a lawn guy.
300 per cut? you using gold induced Jet fuel?
@@sonnyc3826 $300 a cut if I paid someone to do it.
Mowed lawns when I was pre teen. The bigger ones were $5 and had to either pull weeds or use shears. No such thing as a weed eater.
Late 60s early 70s.
My dad had a corded weed eater trimmer in the early 70s. They existed.
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Yep. String trimmers didn't come out till the 80s
@@milfordcivic6755 George C. Ballas, Sr. invented the Weed Eater, also known as a string trimmer, in the early 1970s and founded the Weed Eater company in Houston, Texas in 1971.
im sure most people haggle price with such a big cut and want it for cheap. If you want it cheap, you gotta do it ur self
I agree 😊
As a welder Im just gonna let the engineers get into a scissor lift and weld the I beams Im done
@@handlesrstupid123hahaha you're FUNNY!!! an engineer doing something??? Ya right
@@Roughhandsllc They do stuff, like making problems where they didnt exist. Thaaatss myyy faaavvvv...
@@handlesrstupid123a "select" few have common sense and they are an absolute delight. The rest.. 🤦🏻♂️
I pay a guy $75 a week to do my lawn. 3/4 acre. Completely flat, sodded and landscaped. He has a crew of 5 and it takes them about 20 minutes to complete it . One of his crew members was talking to me one day and was kind of apologizing for how fast they are getting done. I told him… “ I don’t pay you for your time, I pay you for your service… don’t ever apologize for your price. “ I have ALS, he might be cutting me a break, who knows. However. He actually shows up every time, on time with duplicated excellent results. I went through 3 others before I found this guy and the reason I fired all of them was for not showing up and not communicating with me. Communication with your customers will go a LONG LONG way.
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That's great but I don't see how he is making any money with a crew of 5. Yes, they spend only 20 min on your yard, but he is also paying for windshield time to get to the job site.
Where do you live? Because that’s a major steal for you if you live in California
@@Lazarob12 Alabama. I know it’s extremely low. I was expecting $100 a week, minimum. It has branched into other services such as shrub trimming and possibly taking down a dead dogwood tree in the fall. Also, I brag about Vic. I’m one of his best sources of advertising and I found him by word of mouth from an elderly lady. I knew he was a solid guy before I ever met him. My wife is a NP at our local hospital and we can give Vic more yards than he can handle , if he wants them. My yard is extremely easy to mow and edge because I maintained it well before I got sick .. Exmark Quest with a Kawasaki FR651. Shindaiwa trimmer, Lesco spreader. . I took a lot pride in my yard. . Vic and his entire crew wave, say hi when they see me outside. We don’t stop and chat, it’s a simple wave but I’m telling you guys that small gestures go a long way. He has never said it out loud but Vic understands that turning my yard over to a crew is one of the most difficult things I have ever done. It’s an admission that my disease has progressed because I admit I can’t do it anymore and that’s a tough thing to do. My advice to anyone dealing with a bad client is to give them about 1 chance then fire them . They might be having a bad day, got a bad medical diagnosis so give them about 1 chance. Anymore than 1 chance and you have let the customer have too much power and they will screw you until it hurts. Most of the people that bitch and complain haven’t spent a summer in their yard. It’s hot, miserable, and that’s why we pay you to do it. Trust me… nobody wants to lose their yard guy in July 🤣 You have the advantage because it’s hard as hell to find another guy in July . You guys have enough shit to deal with. Having said all of this, there is such thing as BAD MONEY, meaning the client isn’t worth the hassle. Vic has his business built up where he can tell people to F off because he can pick another up in 20 minutes or less.
@@slatsgrobneck7515 he does 20 - 30 yards a day
Reliablety is the biggest reason I mow my own lawn. I tried several different guys and had the same problems, no show, or messed the property up, or didn’t show up when they said they would.
I wont take overgrown jobs any more unless they want to pay a lot. Its not worth the wear and tear on my equipment.
The guy with the mower was lucky there were any tree stumps, concrete blocks, rocks, etc. or random other debris under the weeds.
And someone who has always cut their own grass, these prices sound astronomical.
No that’s a good price for 3 men? Imagine his expenses, the gas, the equipment.
And i bet youre the same person bitching about corporate greed and that Americans should be making more money.
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Yep… my mowers were $24k, truck $70k, plus trailer and all power tools.. YOU DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND MY FRIEND 🤜❤️🤛
My clients pay me 180-200 a month for weekly cut that usually take me 20-40min. I can't imagine wanting to pay someone 50 a lawn cut that takes 20 mins but they don't want to do it and want someone reliable and for it to look nice for the weekend.
Y'all guys did a great job. I dropped a yard because the person wanted to pay when she decided to. Can't work like that, when you have a agreement.
I learned the hard way that just because I'm super busy doesn't mean I'm making money. Your work has much more value than your pricing indicates. I always feel a little bad if someone rejects my price, but it leaves me open for those who value and can afford my service. Don't shortchange yourself just to stay busy.
People tend to forget that lawn care & landscape is a luxury service. Not everyone can afford it and that is reality. If you cant afford hiring a professional feel free to do it your self. I appreciate your videos keep them coming.
That depends upon the size of your lot. If a homeowner bit off more than they could chew your luxury becomes a necessity.
Good grief where does it stop as a luxury the pool man the person that cleans gutters the person trimming fruit trees the luxury is the people that provide the service not the customer dummy
It stops being a luxury when it is required by the HOA, the neighborhood covenants, the county/city ordinances, or when safety becomes a priority. Lots of locations where neglecting those "luxuries" end up with fines. It is not uncommon to receive a call to cut an overgrown lawn so the homeowner can avoid a fine.
@@Scott-cu8nfI live in the woods far from any HOA. And am grateful for that blessing. To each his own. 👍
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I used a push mower in junior high to mow neighbors’ yards. Didn’t make much but I was rich for a 12 year old.
Agreed on first cut there's gonna be a big difference in price between the first and second cut. Keep them prices high, brother man. There's others of us out here not trying to low ball the industry
Pressure washing/ soft washing is worth a look. Great comment.
Your start up costs with all new equipment can be in the thousands of dollars!! New or fairly new truck. Can easily be 60 to 70 grand alone ! Then you have thailer, trimmers, lawn tractors and hired help! People dont see that when they want their lawn done for 25, 50 bucks!! And then you have the maintenance of the equipment!! Gas prices!!
Don't forget about Unemployment, Workman's Compensation Insurance and Property Damage Liability Insurance plus insurance on the equipment. And we haven't even thought about taxes yet.
I've been an apartment dweller for most of my life, and I have no desire to ever purchase property, so I haven't mowed a lawn probably since I was one of those preteen kids walking door to door on my street with Dad's lawn mower and a can of gas, mowing lawns for like $8!!! Accounting for inflation, I'd guess that $25-$50 that you mentioned probably wouldn't be too far off the mark from what I was doing in the late 70s. No way anyone will get a landscaping company to mow their lawn for anything even close to that mark again. I'd say if so done wants to pay $50, try calling on one of the neighborhood kids to do it. If you can get them to put down their phone for an hour or so. I'd guess it's probably way past that time when a couple of neighborhood kids would grab their shovels and clear the driveways and walkways for the elderlies in the neighborhood after a snowstorm, and not ask them beforehand because we didn't want to charge them for it. I didn't get it before, but Dad explained about old fogies and not usually having much money and not being able to do it themselves. I got the idea to not charge them on my own, but based on what he told me. Obviously, it wasn't the greatest work, but wielding a shovel at eight to ten years old doesn't exactly yield the best results, but they were mostly cleared and walkable. We lived not too far from an old abandoned mine, so getting salt was never a problem. We'd hammer out a block, take it home, hammer it into smaller pieces, then hammer those into smaller pieces, then those as well, until we had a bunch of smaller than pea sized chunks of salt crystals, and we'd throw those down on their walkways. It was a lot of work, but we didn't care. We were getting to break shit with hammers without getting in trouble for it.
Wow only $800, I was thinking more like $1500
Great job🎉
Good job sir. Man I wish I could get my 19 yr old son to help me.
I like your approach. This is what I can do, and here is my price. Take it or leave it.
I get $50 for small yards, cut, trim, blow off driveway sidewalk and porches. $50 is the least I will go for anything, I work alone and can do 12 of the small yards a day with travel time rolled in there.
$50 is bare minimum per hour, I normally shoot for$60-80/hr but I quote fixed rate
Before I started cutting my own yard, which is an arpent (just under an acre) the average quote was $150 per cut, done twice monthly. That's when I decided to do it myself. So, a new Scag Liberty Z 48", TroyBilt push mower w/Honda engine and four years later, I smile knowing how much $$ I've saved. Yard work is not something I look forward to, but I do have some fun on the ZTR.
600 per month saveing plus 4.00 $ gallon gas,what did the machine cost you?
@@peterwill3699 Because the lawn is cut bi-weekly, the monthly cost was $300 X 7-8 months of cutting per season for an average yearly cost of $2250. I bought the Scag (w/Kawasaki FR651V) in 8/19 for $4399. With taxes, a spare set of blades, two oil filters and "dealer prep," drive-out price was $5131. I don't recall the price of gas back in '19, but now in 6/24 non-ethanol fuel is $3.79. With a 5.5/gal tank, I get 4 cuts. Other than greasing zerks, yearly oil, air and fuel filter changes, this machine has been trouble free.
@@fabfabbercutting your own lawn, the equipment doesn't take a lot of abuse. However, cutting lots of lawns as a business, your equipment requires maintenance and costs a lot more. Not to mention business costs, like insurance, employees, comp insurance, taxes, etc. Most people don't want to pay for service, which is fine, do it yourself!
@@Technotranceism i agree that a homeowners lawn equipment will not be exposed to the wear and tear that a commercial mower does. In hindsight, I was probably voicing my pleasure with the Scag.
@@fabfabber Yes, they're a reputable brand.
She don't need a mower, she needs a goat.
Goats would be economical and good for the health of the place
I’ve paid people to cut my grass and the weeks go by and they don’t show up and then when they come to cut it, they want more because it grow really high. I just cut my own grass.
Asked a landscaper how much to mow my 1 acre in North East Georgia. It included 2 Driveways 100’ each and 250’ of curb. He said 65 bucks a cut. I always pay him at least $100-125. Sometimes you just have to let people know they can charge a little more.
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Some people would’ve expected him to charge $40. Happy to hear you pay him more than he quoted
That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Reliability matters most in all jobs. If your reliable and do a good job price in secondary.
Nice work.
People Will pay more if you do this good of a job.
As your body is telling you, you have to charge enough to save up for when you can no longer do this type work.
Kind person. TY
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Used to run a Lawn care service about fifteen years ago...... Everybody Wants to work done for nothing And at the end of the day you can barely afford to make it worth your time. Can imagine how rough it is now given how tight the money situation is with everyone.
It's the same way now. I quit this year and sold the equipment.
This is why many companies, go after HOA and commercial only!
it is a very satisfying feeling to take a mess like that a leave it looking good. i don't do it professionally but i have enough property to keep me busy. i just retired from IT work and thought about seeing if i could get a job with some small outfit. they probably wouldn't want a 62 y/o guy because of the liability though. but i know i can do the job of a guy half my age, just maybe a bit slower.
If they want cheap do it themselves.
I think I would get me some damn goats !😂
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It takes me 3 hours to mow my yard with a riding mower, then it about 6 hours to weed eat and trim, it cost me about 4 gallons of gas, = about 14 dollars, my labor is free because I don't charge myself ( : I mow about 3 acres, seems I get a really good deal from me (:
People hate mowing, not me, it’s a zen thing an hour of solitude and walking exercise. After I sit on my deck and have a beer.
I never charge by the hour. Each job has its challenges. I do my very best to look at all factors before quoting a price.
As a retired landscape contractor, specializing in new and renovated lawns of the highest caliber, I never got involved with low maintenance, low cost projects. They beat your help and equipment to pieces. It worked for me, might work for others too.
I agree, but I also help people who request it. My weekly properties are mostly high end with year round work needed. Thanks so much for your time and hanging out with me today on the channel 🤜❤️🤛😎
Hired a guy to cut a 1.5 acre yard while I recovered from surgery. Quoted me $60 a cut, then charged $50, as it didnt take as long as he thought it would.
Dude!! I just came across this video and just picked up this same exact yard!!! I mowed it today right after your overgrowth cut!! This is awesome man! We definitely need to connect!!!
Before your initial cut, I went over to quote her and suggested she have some tractors out there for the overgrowth cut. That SCAG did amazing work! Crazy seeing this as I’m scrolling through TH-cam!
So he lost the yard to you, and you think he wants to hang out lol
@imowens6858 He’s a jokester my friend…. Look at his page. He’s just here for fun 😂💪😎 Thanks so much for hanging out with me on the channel.
Much love my brother…. Thank you for the smile and giggle this morning 😂😎❤️
Randalls in da buildin 👊🏻💎🥳
This is the first tall grass video I’ve seen that it actually looks like a professional did it. You just redeemed the whole community😂
I’m happy for the homeowner that’s looking out the windows. Excellent job bro, making that Elite chicken salad out of chicken 💩
I got into doing lawns for a few years just due to the availability of work when I was out to do other stuff. I made decent money but absolutely hated dealing with the people over pricing. Always wanting cheaper and more included then when you do give somebody a great deal they turn into an annoying customer calling at 10 am asking where I'm at. I can definitely see the money in it but for me wasn't worth the trouble to commit to that long term.
That sounds incredibly reasonable, need one of those mowers right now 😄
It kills me that this under 35 generation feels it beneath them to get on the working end of a lawn mower. I live in a neighborhood where a 1/4 lot is considered a premium size lot. All over our community FB page you see these young people wanting to pay someone to cut their grass. I’m 57 and have paid someone to cut my grass less than a handful of times and only when I was closing on a property I sold. I wouldn’t consider dropping between $50 and $75 bucks to do something that takes me about an hour to both mow and trim. These same people gripe because they fail to do basic home maintenance and then have their A/C units go out on them. Glad my Father taught me how to handle my business.
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I’m a couple years younger than you and have noticed the same thing as younger people have taken over the neighborhood. Pretty sure we’re the only ones who don’t have a housecleaning service too. It was mostly retired trades people when we bought, the first thing these people do is build a perimeter fence and really don’t have much to say.
There are plenty of people under 35yo who are more than willing to execute this type of job.
Apparently, they just happen to be outside of your circle of interaction.
You either live in a shit area, or you just need to involve yourself with higher quality people.
How true. I am 71. Out of 15 homes on my street, only two of us older neighbors do their own lawns and raking. We are the only men on the street at normal weight. The millenials are all fat slobs. Indeed, their kids are too...as they do nothing.
You will go bankrupt charging that here in central Florida. 30 to 35 dollars max for a quarter of an acre. So many under the table plus illegal’s to compete against.
If that were mine, I would clear it during the winter. Once managed and laid out, develop your regular plan.
Dropped out of the business after 23 years in 08. Started driving a truck. Best move I ever made. I do miss being outdoors though.
I DO BUSHHOGGING IN SOUTH LOUISIANA AND I WOULD CHARGE $300 AN ACRE FOR FIRST CUT..
Let’s go @mrbignawd
My last lawn tractor was free. My push mower was 5 bucks with the carb removed. Aired up tires and charged battery on tractor. Used it over a year with no other issues. Push mower just needed the carb cleaned, reassembled and a missing air filter. Only cost for mowing a couple acres for me is gas and time.
Same here
this video makes me want to quit nursing and cut grass. i enjoy this much more than delaing with peoples bullshit in a hospital
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My wife was a nurse manager, on salary, When you calculated the number of hours she spent at the hospital divided into her salary she wasn't making much more an hour than a Walmart worker.
Don't do it! I love mowing and 2 years was enough for me to absolutely hate doing it for work. People don't respect how much work it is to do every day morning till night. They want you to compete with school kids walking around the block with a push mower. Once you get past that then they expect the world from you for paying a fair price. If your really dead set on getting into mowing as a job I recommend going into "property management" and make 60-70% of your work stuff like hedge trimming or pruning ornamental and stuff then that 30% take only great lawn clients spread through the week. You'll make way more money and still get to do what your looking to do. One decent arboviti job will pay out more then a full day mowing and can get it done in 3-4 hrs solo and it will be reoccurring. I ended up going all in with tree work since that was really my original goal I just got into mowing due to the amount of work I had available and I like doing it plus I'm good at it. The customers chased me out pretty quick though I kept 6-7 of my accounts though the best ones with people who appreciated how I took pride in doing great work and paid me to do it. Compared to trimming/pruning I still lose money technically but I really do like it.
@zack6892 if you're competing with school kids... That's why people don't respect it.
@SmartestDumbGuy that's funny but I don't really care I did it because I liked it and there is always a ton of lawn work since they can't find nobody. Only kept the handful of customers who would rather pay a reasonable price for higher quality results.
3 acres!!! Where I live that's a 800 first service, that's minimum. Upkept the yard would be 300 minimum
I thought for a second I was watching Ray's channel. Lol. Nice job Randall and crew as always
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Reliability is very important. Just yesterday a customer told me that hiring someone who is reliable is very important. They want to know the job will be done right.
Charged a guy $400 to re level, and shape his evergreen bushes that he paid a couple of homeless guys to hack it up for about $20 bucks the year prior. He threw an absolute fit, and didn't grasp the concept of annual maintenance which I would have done for another $60.00 to maintain the shape. That's over ten years ago, so the price would be close to double that now. He didn't want to pay for his neighbor's side of the bushes, and his neigbors told him that they were his bushes and his responsibility (in front of me). His backyard shrubs also overlooked a golf course, and he didn't want me to make the shrubs side that faces the golf course look nice either. I should have walked away from the job, but I muscled it out by myself. I ended up planting some shrubs for his daughter, and taking care of his sisters yard. However, they were kind of low-ballers and this sort of cost me money by burning time in their yards. I did professional gardening, and landscaping, and avoided the mowing side. Mowing is about speed, consistency, reliability, gardening and landscaping is about sexing everything up.
From 1967 when I was 12, thru 1971 I cut grass in my neighborhood. I had 3 yards that were usually weekly and 4 others when the owners where busy. Most of the yards took about 30-40 minutes with a 21" walk behind. I only charged $3.
I should have kept at it, when I turned 16 I got an actual job detailing cars, part time, $2 per hour. I should have just gotten more yards.
Great video , as always 🙏❤️ Great seeing you and the soul maté enjoying some great time together with the dog 👍
Randell we have run into some properties like that a lot. I really enjoyed the video it was great. You done them right on the price. That’s a good price. We added another Turf Tiger with the Vanguard 40 hp and it’s a beast. You guys done a great job making it look good. GodBless
I start at 480 for one guy, me, for the day...very few people say no because my business runs purely on referrals. And if someone says no, there are plenty of hacks that will come in at half my price, then i get the call after they no show the next time. It's about reliability, trust, and good work. People are happy to pay for that. Those that aren't spend their time complaining about their service.
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I mow for my parents. just had a three week delay for a combination of debris idiodicy, wet weather (boy, did we need it though), and breakage. found out the brand new zero turn just purchased this spring was actually New Old Stock, and they'd stopped making parts! imagine having to hunt up a certian online place just to find the belt for the deck. it doesn't help my mother doesn't believe in most power tools, there's a literal impossible slope behind the house (about 45 degrees!), and there's dry rock walls around everything with plantings.
considering how much work you guys had to do for that much acerage, the rate sounds pretty good.
Love this channel man, I'm 1.5 years into my journey as a solo landscaper and I hope to have some sons like this one day who can work with me. All Glory to God, and I pray that yalls family is well and your business continues to thrive.
Thanks so much Walter 🤜❤️🤛 Welcome to the community and family my brother!! Hope you have an amazing journey as I have had…. Full of ups and downs but ALWAYS IN LOVE WITH LIFE 😎✌️
After watching the video I would say you were very reasonable in price for the work you did. Well done
My value as a landscaper is much higher than what the owners try to give me credit for. If grass was so "cheap" they would do it themselves and they would've found a cheaper option already. When the sun and mosquitoes start to wear them down, that's when that $100-$200 quote doesn't sound too bad
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Sweet video man! Nice work!!!Congrats on the success of your channel brother!
Thank you brother!! I appreciate that and I appreciate your continued support and the GOOD VIBES YOU GIVE 🤜🤛 Hope you have a great July 4th 🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸
I think that was a good price I was also thinking that range of price myself. Great job as always brother. Much love 💪
Thank you for video. Blessings to you.
Prices sound pretty reasonable to me, I am not in that business but I have owned some rural property for the last 15 years and in the past I tried hiring people to mow/brush hog it so I know what I was quoted. Also did a lot of clearing of land about in that condition, using a couple of chain saws, a walk-behind brush mower, and a 1978 Sears 11 hp Surburban garden tractor with a 42" deck that I modified to be more of a brush mower than a finish mower. If I were the customer here I would pay for the initial cut/clearing, then buy a lawn tractor and maintain the ground myself. Even a cheap MTD machine will keep it mowed if you don't abuse the machine. For over 10 years I have mowed a bit over an acre of ground for a non-profit (for free) and have used a couple of belt-drive MTD's to do it- one was an old one my former boss gave me. Good video.
I have 3.75+ acres and get it mowed for $25 + gas......without trimming.
He does a very good job too........every week 😊
Ahhhhh…. If he has a business…. He won’t last long making NOTHING. Very sad you don’t offer him more money for slaving away in the heat all season.
You are talking advice of him only paying him that much
He should be charging 75+ You're an awful human being.
$300 a cut at least
@@kMani-sl4cz Depends on who ya are. My mower is durable and 13hp so I have almost no costs. In Detroit nobody wants to pay high so you gotta work cheap. Properties are smaller so ya dont quote big jobs.
It takes me about 2-1/2 hrs to do my lawn. That’s with a walk behind 21” mower. Lawns like this are going to be costly. When I got sick and no one mowed my backyard . You couldn’t get through with a mower . Not even with a riding mower. We had to rent a commercial weed whipper with narly blades to cut it down. That took an entire afternoon.
That first colossal clean up… $1500 hands down or bit more. You are the solution and it’s their huge problem.
Nice work. Ive never mowed anything that high with my TT2 but now i know it can. Worth every penny we pay for it. But damn that yard probably sucked up a full tank.
MudHustle the LEGEND 🤜🤛 Thanks for hanging out with me bro!! This yard was easy peasy 🤣😂😳 Barely a drop of gas used 😎💪
that mowers a beast
I’m surprised you were able to say your hourly rate. I tried that once and the guy made a counter that was like in this other town (he claimed) you can get half what I said so he wanted half and he also dropped the frequency of cut. I decided to let the guy go.
I pay my lawncare professional $100 for 30 minutes weedeating and 5 minutes of mowing. He's happy, I'm happy. It's all good. Get that money...
Wow
Need more people like you in the world...coming from someone that has done property maintenance for 20 years in Fla...the average cut here is $20..😂even with the price of inflation...we don't have too many illegals in my area.... but they are replaced with the "meth" heads and their low number pricing 😂god bless 🙏
I’ve been wanting to get a turf tiger. That thing is a beast!!
Best investment you'll make. Only payment l like paying. It's a blast to operate no other mower on that level exist trust me
Half an acre, 300 a month. They just cut it all. The weeds aren't really dealt with. They sometimes damage your property with their machines.
Any work outside that costs extra.
I'm doing it myself. It's hard work, but I'm not prepared to pay that much any more.
Nice place .keep some of the wild plants and grass for bee's and other creatures. Like old school.
I usuallly tell my new people an apprx amount and I tell em I gotta mow it at least one time first and then I can give em a price
I know after a couple of visits you will have this property on point.....
Should have hired a neighbor farmer with a bushhog for the first cut. I can assure you that the rural community where I live that neighborly farmer would have gladly done it the first time for free.
I've had 2 this year that I tip 10 of 15 more than they asked for and still won't show up.
Is that a lot to pay? yes. Is that a lot to charge? no. If you're able bodied, you should be doing this yourself. If you're not, you shouldn't have acreage.
Using your logic my grandparents need to sell their 1238 acre farm and move into a nursing home or apartment just cause they can’t mow their yard or do the work themselves
@@jumboslice1514 If they are paying a lawn service to come in and cut that much grass, then yeah, probably a good idea to live somewhere else. Hopefully they have someone who comes in, farms the land, and pays them from the sale of the crops.
The idea is to make so much money you can pay others to do whatever you don't want to do.
I got out of it last year #1 due to no one will work any more and #2 it was my least profitable business. So I put more effort into tree service and grading .
Right. Mowing has a price cap. Steady income, but other landscaping work can pay a lot more for your time if you have the skill/equipment.
First, the equipment is so expensive, insurance, then wages, then profit, all need to go into the equation. Owning a business now has never been so hard. Everyone has their hands in your pockets. If you don’t like the price, do it yourself. Then don’t bitch at the price.
I had commercial 2 zero turn mowers, I charged 1.00 per inch, 54" 54.00 hr, 60" 60.00 hr was total 114.00hr. client was happy with the price.
Just remember they all have a retirement plan and they don’t want you to have any thing period 😢😢😢
Biweekly is scary during summer rain season. It's asking a lot of your equipment. For me, bidding jobs was easier using existing accounts as a comparison. But that may not work for the next person.
Wow. You don’t charge much considering you have a crew. The cost to get there and maintenance and gas.
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I’m my are we get $100~$125 an acre plus trimming for a recurring cut.
It was let go way too long of course it wont be a small amount for all the work involved. I could never afford paying that amount you mentioned 200 every 2 weeks. Thats why i dont have a home anymore and im a senior . The homeowner has a very good income to upkeep that place. Best of success in yr business
My Harley mechanic charges 150 per hr......but his work doesn't suck!
At 11 or 12 years old, I used to mow lawns in North Minneapolis in the early 70’s for $2.00 per pop.🤦♂️
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In the early 70s, $2.00 could get ya laid. Sheeeyit.
Scag machines are the ticket ,turf tiger 61 inch 1840 hrs and replased ignition switch and a couple fuses , kohler power , echo weedeaters are bullet proof too 😳
First of all i couldn't agree more that reliability is a huge factor. I would say that i got 50% or more of my customers because of a previous company not being reliable.
Secondly, you've got to price (even the regular maintenance) by the work involved. Ive had prospective customers tell me that another company quoted their lawn right over the phone. Ive got half acre lawns that i charge more for than lawns of more than an acre because of a lot more trimming, edging, etc..
Thirdly, dont try to compete with what i call fly by night outfits. These are the people who who purchase a mower, trailer and trimmer and head out to charge $35 regardless of the lawn. Trust me, they'll be back at their factory job in 4 months
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I had someone ask me if i was interested in cutting her grass every other week for $750 each time. 6-7 acres with a 1 acre pond. They have their own equipment. Does that sound like a good deal? They have a 60 inch cut dixie chopper
Sounds like something I would try… and then feel it out as you go through the adventure. It’s an easy way to make $1,500 for 2 days a month. Keep me posted. 🤜🤛
The homeowner needs to be responsible (in writing) for maintenance and repairs of the equipment.
$750 just to sit on a customers mower maybe 6-8 hrs a month. Sign me up cause that’s a hell of a sweet deal.
Lawns that size are usually cut with a bushhog pulled by a tractor. Too much wear-n-tear on a mower, even a commercial grade mower. If you are going to do large acreage use a bushhog, that's what it is designed for, and you can knock out that 6 acres in less than 4 hrs.
Lol as soon as you said 3 acres I was already out. I don't do anything above 3/4 acres and have them all together so there's multiple customers paying for those 3 acres.
I prefer to take the smallest easiest yards possible and get a bunch of them together since we have a $30 minimum. No push mowers, nothing under 48" so no walking. 👍
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I agree with your pricing! Identical to mine. I will not bid any job beyond an hourly rate, due to the changes in seasonal growth rates and potential unforseen hazards that different properties may have, especially larger ones with various types of terrain.
How do you deal with customers who claim that your mower broke their window, threw a rock and chipped paint on their car, and just things like that? This "land clearing" type work is what I'd like to get into, but I am terrified of people making false claims just to get some $$$ out of me under the guise of "he's a new guy, he doesn't know anything". Just get insured and let them sort it out?
On a somewhat related note, how do you deal with "you didn't mow it right so I'm not paying!" type of people? Do you get them to sign a contract before you do anything?
Take video of everything before you start to work
Don’t give off new guy vibes. Get insurance, it’s cheap, I pay $61 a month for $1m liability coverage.
For payment, I get card on file. You can define how you charge. For instance, some folks charge before the cut, some after, some like me charge on Mondays and some charge once a month. If you get “I’m not gonna pay” vibes from someone don’t do the work or give an astronomical price.
@@dominickwynn2435 $61/month for liability? That's fantastic actually! I presume you don't have any claims so far, right?
Thanks for the info in general. I should really get into cards instead of cash.
Up north in summer i need to mow every 5 or 6 days as weather allows to keep the lawns looking neat and orderly. I am surprised 2x month works in what looks like a much warmer climate does the grass grow slower inthe heat in the south? Honest question not trolling. Also does your bid include fertilizer or any chemicals? Thank you and god bless Jared from Wisconsin
That's what I was thinking, no way would I cut every two weeks. A lot of times I have to cut my own place twice a week or clippings are piled up everywhere unless you bag on every cut.
Worst decision I made with my company back when I still did it was working exclusively with real estate agents. The pay was great but one week they need you the next "my son is gonna do it." If you can charge a premium for the rough stuff and they pay it, then do it.
great video, love the abundance and reliability message. thank you
right on .those scag mowers arent cheap
I feel like a lot of people looking for side hustles, and listening to finance gurus and TikTokers during the pandemic disrupted a lot of markets.
You probably reduced the mosquito and tick population by about a million each
I cut my 5 acres as far into woods as I can. Even bought a Steiner to go further to stop bugs and snakes. Cool video and that for 3 guys and equipment is cheap.
I was quoted 300 per cut for my almost 5 acre yard. I need it cut once a week and sometimes twice a week in the spring. Instead I bought a Kubota ZD1211 and used RM43 on everything that needed to be weed whacked except for around trees. Cutting takes 1.5 hours and weed whacking around the trees takes about 15 min. New mower reduced my almost all day cutting down to a couple hours. No way will I pay 300 per cut.
Lol 😂how much were you thinking he was gonna charge you? 5 acres for $300 is cheap 😂
@@25-8 I’m not expecting anyone to do it cheaper. I’m just saying it’s not cost effective for me to hire it done.
@@bobmedic3214 exactly man, no offense but you won't make it look as good as these guys out there. They are charging you their time. 5 acres would take about half a days work for a crew just to make $300 come on now. I make that just cruising around in a Saturday with 6-7 hours of work including drive time by myself and way smaller properties.. equipment has gone up the roof and again THE SHOP DOESN'T CARE for our sob stories, labor rate is $110+ the parts and that's almost half of what you paid for the equipment itself.. it's not easy and during this time of year when fuel goes up, it's almost always a no win situation for us.. how much of it is it worth your time? That's what people are paying for, this stuff takes time. You just said it yourself, a couple of hours..
@@25-8 Right but I don’t make 150 an hour so it doesn’t make sense for me to pay to have it done. And I can make it look just as good if not better than the people in my area. I’ve been doing it a long time and I also have way better equipment than they do.
5 acres, $300? Sounds like ol boy was giving you a discount. Just off the jump without seeing your property I'm at almost $550