Make Great Money Doing Aerations! ► "How To" Stand On Aerator Basics With Brandon
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- As we head in to fall, I know a lot of you guys have aerations on your mind! It's a great way to expand your service offering and to create some great cash with not much extra expense to your business.
Brandon is going to be doing his own aerations soon, so I wanted to get him up to speed on how to use the Exmark Stand On Aerator. I bought this unit 2 seasons ago with a fleet deal when I picked up my new lawn mower.
Aerations are a great way to make some serious coin in the fall, especially if you get into overseeding. The best rule of thumb I can offer is to charge $15 per 1K sqft of property. So simple terms, a nice sub style lawn may be $50-$75. Larger properties you can always charge more, up to $200-$250 per acre.
What do you guys charge for aerations where you live? Do you guys currently offer aerations, or do you plan to in the future? Leave me a comment down below!
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Have you guys been considering adding Aerations to your offering? And what do you guys charge for Aerations?
3rd month with my own business..Kind of getting a late and slow start but its getting better. Still working 3 days a week as a small engine(or really anything that comes in) mechanic at a small toro dealer here in southern Idaho. Trying to capitalize on the fall cleanups and aerations. Using a tow behind for large yards and renting a walk behind for smaller yards with tight spaces. My rate for aeration/overseeding is cost of seed with a 50ish% markup and $45/hr 1 hr minimum. Have one to do this weekend. 18,000sqft lawn. 350 for seed(210 my cost) plus 3-5 hr quote for labor. That includes me flagging sprinkler heads(as they don't live here full time) and a double pass with the aerator. Question for you Brian. Do you throw dirt/peat moss or anything over the lawn after overseeding? Do you find the seed grows just fine without it? Everyones got a different way of doing things but trying to get it right the first time! Keep the vids coming man.
No because I am 11 with a craftsman push mower, black & decker 40V trimmer edger and craftsman blower
I've been trying Brian, I have my own lawn care business and your aeration videos got me into Aerations. But I haven't been able to get many lawns even with some advertisement, and clients that I did some aeration for don't want it done every year. Thanks for your videos, keep up the good work- Luke
I started to advertise areation and overseeding and about 85% of my accounts gave me the green light. The most I charge is $125 up to $400 depending on property size. I dont start the machine for under $125. This does not include starter fertilizer.
$25/k for aerations $45/k for aeration and seeding ( my seed is cheaper than yours $65/50 lb bag) I would be charging $55/k at your seed price. Minimum price is $80
Big inspiration Brian. Not only do you run a landscape business but also love the quality of content you’re putting out.
Thanks buddy
Fantastic video Brian. Answered all my questions 👍🏻
Rented this exact machine but Toro today, did 16 aerations with 3 overseeding (had spreader on front). Total $2605 .... minus $240 rental and $130 seed/lime. So I cleared $2300 myself solo. 8:30am to 5:30pm. Can’t beat it.
My minimum is $90 ($30 min lawn price x3) most expensive was $275. These machines are night and day better from a bluebird or similar walk behind.
Nice
I can't find anywhere to rent one. Where did you rent yours?
@@kaydendee5256 both of my local Rental centers have them for rent. Are you in my area?
Your 16 aerations has to be over two days or more. Driving time, loading/unloading would be like 5hrs not including labor hours for the aeration. Based on your 8 - 5PM that is 18hrs total for two days with each stop taking under 1hr to complete. Hypothetically let's say your operation costs are $30/hr before paying yourself and profit. That's $540 operation costs you have to subtract out for the two days. That leaves $1760. Divide that by total committed hours, say 20 hrs including selling and dropping/picking up machine and based on 2 days of work, you made about $88/hr.
I do aeration and Overseeding. Aeration is usually $75 on average and Overseeding, I try to base on time. The actual seed costs $50, 90 or 120. The labor portion is hit or miss......guaged by time.
Brian what if I have my own seeds????
Here in bolingbrook ill. I charge $60 small yard $70 corner lot
15 per k aeration 18 per k seeding
I think your right on the money. I'm in Rhode Island most yards are 5000 sqf so about $75 for aeration and about $15 per 1000 sqf seeding
None of my customers could care less about aerations. Most of them don't want the grass to grow anymore than it does. Think I need some different customers!
Same here where I'm at in PA bro! My customers arnt interested in aerations, fertilization, or anything like that 😂
Lol! Cracking up at this. My customers are mostly the same. I have only a handful that truly care about serious lawn maintenance.
Lol I have a good deal like that and I'm not sure how many will make the cut next season! 😂
@@shawnhenry7871 I've got a few to look at as well
I have a few that want to see dirt after I mow I'm like ok your the boss.
Teach that boy 3 point turns!!
Per comments, most of you aren't charging enough which leads me to believe you're selling underperformance. Ultimately the customer catches on to that and will become skeptical to future aerations. To do aerating correctly, you'll need to do double pass minimum. It's slower and more labor intensive than mowing, why charge less than or same per hour as mowing? You also need to add equipment costs into the price per yard. If you're not then your are robbing Peter to pay Paul. A $10000 aerator priced out over 5yrs is $2000/yr + financing costs + machine maintenance costs. If you do say 50 aerations per year which is a lot for most small operators you'll need to charge minimum of $40 per yard just for the equipment fee. If you're renting, you'll need to add a rental fee that includes the time picking up and returning it. And then add fuel and hourly operations costs (including labor + owner salary) + company profit and soon you'll realize Aeration is expensive, not cheap.
Agreed. We have our rates down pat, not sure what we quoted in this video but your suggestions are spot on!
Townhome
Aeration: $60
Overseeding: $50
Fertilizer: $35
Top Dressing Compost: $70
Up to 1/4 Acre
Aeration: $85
Overseeding: $100
Fertilizer: $85
Top Dressing Compost $120
1/3 Acre
Aeration: $115
Overseeding: $125
Fertilizer: $115
1/2 Acre
Aeration: $165
Overseeding: $145
Fertilizer: $135
2/3 Acre
Aeration: $225
Overseeding: $190
Fertilizer: $180
3/4 Acre
Aeration: $275
Overseeding: $230
Fertilizer: $220
1 Acre
Aeration: $315
Overseeding: $315
Fertilizer: $315
We get these prices all day long.
Should get into sports field aeration or golf course. $1,200 for 2 hours of work
ive been getting so many calls for aerating down here in lake county, IL. I have to turn them around sometimes. My next big purchase, I want an stand on aerator.
In my area companies charge $250-300 per 10k turf for aeration. I cannot believe the difference in price between our markets. That’s crazy!
Florida Turf Pros at the prices they are using you are not very profitable unless you are really skimping on the product.
@@TheTrailblazer1974 What are the prices in your area? My new customers did not read their customer paperwork and didn't know we do aeration and overfeeding. They told me they paid $250 for 8000sq ft yard (including 2500 sq ft house). I thought that was high! Market research comes in all shapes and sizes! Lol I'll ask price in a minute! 😂 #Ohio
Uhh not true at all. Plus we can do 25 of these in a day no sweat, based on our route density.
Do you guys stop mowing the lawns for a couple of weeks after aeration? Or do you guys go back to mowing weekly?
Our pricing in Kansas this season
Aeration:80
Seed:170
Fert:50
Verticut:60
Second service is 20 off if you get both aeration and verticut.
They need to come out with standon verticutters now.
Stinger has a verticutt with a sulky
Where in Ks? I'm In Kcks and it's more than that for aeration.
TheOGPoohBear well this is our price from it says a year ago. We are a bit higher now. We are in Johnson county.
@@AaronCMorris no better place to be in the state. how do you market?
icawn we created a database of past customers. We send out a text twice a year once in spring the other in the fall. Just a friendly reminder if they need it. Also a well built website with organic growth and good reviews. I have people sending me quote requests all the time. www.thelawnguyskc.com
We have a stand on Ryan aerator and an exmark. Ryan aerator is 10x better and 10x stronger hands down. $75 per 1000 sq ft to over seed. Also the stand on Ryan aerators you can physically see the tines go up and down so you know whether they are up or down. Exmark you don’t know
Guys when figuring your cost, it isn't just the cost of the rental. You must include the cost of your time (say $XX an hour) + $0.545 per mile driven, gas, repair, disposables, depreciation on your capital equipment (don't forget your trailer) and misc. expenses like repairs/upgrades, consumables, phone, office supplies, use of a computer, space in your home, etc. Unless someone is paying it for you, it is a part of your total cost and must be added to the cost of any lawn or plowing job. I did a quick back of the envelope calculation for the cost per hour for just a Ford F-250 truck with snowplow and it was $50 (cost of equipment, depreciation, repair, and consumables). That $50 does not include your time, or any misc. expenses like phone, office supplies, use of computer, space in your home, etc.
Tl'dr summary.
"Cost doesn't include just the cost of the rental, it also includes your overhead."
I was going to make a large post about how, as an accountant, your napkin math seems to be a complete overshoot from reality, but I'll leave it at this. Your normal very successful small business has an understanding of their overhead between experience and financial consulting. There's a reason they're successful.
West of Boston everyone was quoting me $200 for aeration for 7500 sq ft
How many citizens are in your county or coverage area, to have such a large customer base? And, what is the median income for the area? Thx
Invisible fences around here are using just on top of the grass. You hit them trimming lol so bad
Grass Daddy ß
Aerations 100 to 250 depending on lot size. Overseeding with Billy Goat slice seeder 300 to 1200 depending on seed and size. Western MA here.
why don't you top dress a soil seed mix and stretch out your seed. Golf courses do this often because seed is so expensive.
Most guys in my area charge 3x the mowing cost for just aeration
Long time sub, by far my favorite video. Thank you!
I also do aerations I use my Ventrac with the aerator with the overseed box (for big areas) then I also use my toro 31" stand on aerator I charge $175 per yard, $125 for grass seed ( I use Kentucky blue grass very good grass seed) and then $50 for aeration!
What seed are you using to overseer with. Thanks
Ours is a mix of fescue rye and KBG
In the Fall, the new grass does not have to fight the weeds.
If we could grow fescue as dense like it is in the north. You be able to make a living just doing aeration in the fall season here.
Crazy how much pricing has changed in 4 years. Thanks Brian for all you do for the industry!
We're at $10-$15/1k SQFT. here in Texas, seems reasonable. Still new to this service and trying to feel out my market. I'm surprised at the prices people get in different areas. Most mowing rates are so low down here compared to guys up north, but then we're fairly similar on the extra services. Seems strange to me how ignorant people have made our market that way.
Zachary Porowski Where you At❓❔🤔
18:20 🤣🤣 brandon's like "i know you're not going to charge me to borrow this thing?"
Did $1500 Monday after cost of seed.
We do tatching, aeration, grass seed and peat moss dressing on all of our clients lawns in summer ,around $375.00 each residential, some higher when we do a application of 2 way top soil first,but We do include 1 aeration in fall with the full maintenance- year round contract.
Do you put the grass seed over or under the peat moss?
@@tjw5747 Over the topsoil and top it off with peat moss or a light layer of top soil mix with sand
I know for a fact that siteone offers the best experience for customers
Just picked up a 2011 Lawn Solutions stand on aerator today (toro bought the company back in 2011/12 so it’s the same as the ones today) I don’t do a ton of Aeration work, but I do a good bit of them. I paid $5k and it’s only got 35 hours on it!
Brian, I have a customer that's wants aeration this year. Is it really that easy just rent and pluck holes in the grass?
How does this work with very rocky soil? My area is literally called “Stoney creek”
The aerator will bounce on wells and rocks so be careful
We price them the same we price landscaping but as far as the numbers it varies too much between properties but at least $125
Hey Brian good video and great info! Appreciate you taking your time to provide use with great info? 👍👍👍
Your videos are fantastic! Very informative and very high quality. Keep up the great work.
Here in Switzerland you can't even get core aerations. You can't rent machines, you can't really buy machines either. The only place that really has heard of it is golf courses. The only type of aeration that is done here is cutting those slots into the lawn. I asked several lawn maintenance companies here, they looked at me like I'm from the moon... *sigh*
Wow are all site ones like that!!??? Sweet video Brian!
I generally charge 250 for aeration and seed for a 4000sq ft lawn
Is it harder than it looks?
Very cool drone footage!!
doing aerations in october. seems a bit too hot still
It's all about the rain if your going to have a nice week of on again off again rain do it the week before and over seed as well.
0.10-0.12 a sqft I charge
Trugreen charges $380 per acre here in eastern NC so we were thinking about charging around that much.
Great video BTW, I purchased a Billy Goat AE401h last fall for $2000. It's a walk behind but much easier to use than many of those others. I generally charge $45 for up to 10,000 SQFT then $5 per 1000 after that. Overseeding is a nice bonus too. I paid for my machine and made some in one fall just doing aerations and some overseeding on weekends doing local neighborhood residential. Best investment ever. Now on my 2nd season here in St. Louis MO area.
Then theres my favorite benefit of overseeding. My Stripes look even BETTER
Great video brother keep up the awesome work
I do lawn aerovation! Not aeration... but for seed fert and aerovation i get about $625 per 1/4 acre
I thought mine was dirty haha.
Would love to see a power raking video with how you price that too! Love your content!
Around $50 is very fair for an aeration. In the Boston area to rent one from home depot is about $65 for 4 hours, I would hire you.
If I have 21 lawns that equals out to $1670 with no seeding does that seem like a good amount? Properly charge? I should do In a day cause most lawns are your size
That doesn’t seem bad good job
Thinking since starting out I might as well offer this service great info thanks guys!
Ryan's aren't that bad. I have a buddy doing a bunch of mine. He has it and I get $10 a yard he does.
Around here I here that it is about $150-200 a yard. That being said, I would likely just charge 3X the normal cutting cost for a quick quote on pricing. I still do need to do some more homework on this, but it looks like I will be getting into aerating in the future. I just haven't pulled the trigger just yet. I am thinking that I will be starting Fall of 2019 with this additional service. (Newport News, VA here)
The 3 times is a great starting point, get in to taking a soil sample as well be for aeration, and looking in to a company by the name earth works and their product 5 4 5 in the fall after aerating it will help the soil that will help the lawn grow and it's a bigger up sale and the you would come back next spring and put down 8 2 2. we forget to feed the soil.
Here in Ohio we charge around 85 to 95 per lawn aration only
Reason cable companies don’t charge you or the customer when you hit their lines is their supposed to be 18in deep in the ground which they never do. So they save on labor or machinery and don’t mind to patch it.
Really interesting vide! What will damage your unit? I am thinking what happens with thick underground tree roots or an old tree stump that has been axed out?
The tines will make the unit bounce over them most of the time. No real damages or issues
@@BriansLawnMaintenance would they bend tines spikes. I know the larger tines can bend from work at golf course
Nice! Got see if they have that unit near me to rent. I could do the whole neighbor hood in 1 day. Super fast and way, way easier on the Arms!!! Great Vid Brian!
Nice Sunbelt near me has the rider either Toro or Billy Goat they both look just like your XMark. $225 a day. Might just have to try it out In the Spring as I already did mine the hard way. cheap HD rental junk. Thanks for the Info!!!
Good video. How do you estimate the square footage for a property?
Find lot size dot com
Buy a measurement wheel at home deopot
330 to just aerate my lawn based on that math 👎
Great video! Very cool!
Brian and Other Pro's, Do you guys generally do a double pass or do you charge more for 2x or 3x. Just curious. Thanks
These are single pass prices
Dude! You ain’t showing us nothin about the BR800. Cut and Clean is smokin you!
Still out of town :)
If I charged $0.15/1k sq ft, I’d walk away with over $8,600 just for one property that has 57k sq ft to aerate. I don’t know what the going rate around the Phoenix metro area is,...but it would probably be worth looking into.
If you charge (as written above) 15 cent per 1000 ft² @ 57.000 ft² property, my math says you earn $ 0,15 x 57 = $ 8,55 ;(
The Video Host talks about $ 15 per 1000 ft² @ 57.000 ft² $ 15 x 57 = $ 855 reasonable for 5300 m² = 0,53 ha
If you really meant 15 cent per 1 ft² @ 57.000 ft² $ 0,15 x 57.000 = $ 8.550 sorry man, every customer would think you are nuts. Either he/she could rent this thing for one day, or at this price, could by a TORO 29516 91cm (36") (in Europe 10.900€= $13.200) and start a business for himself/herself.
That would be a dukaten shitting gold donkey.
@@hectorpascale1013 thanks for the correction on the bad math, lol. I meant $15 and not $0.15.
Do you offer Fertilizing too? Also, when you do overseeding, is there a way to do it with the aerator? Thanks in advance.
Should be using Earth Works 5-4-5 in the fall after aeration with a little 10-10-10 fert
hey brian, just been getting into the lawn maintenace scene and realize you never seem to bag grass for your lawns? do your customers ever ask for that?
We don’t bag much around here
I’m planning on trying it on small scale this year. I spent $160 on a pull behind core aerator. I don’t expect to do this a lot just yet and I’m going to practice a bit at my house. I have some large yards and good customers that will let me try this and pay. I’ll make my money back and then some on this then possibly go larger scale next year. Thanks for the pricing ideas
Todd Harris I am using a 48” agri fab pull behind core aerator. First year in business so I am still trying to grow. Done 6 so far with good results.
man thanks for letting me know. Ill let you know how it goes as well
@@toddharris928 how did it go?
@@robmetzel845 how has it been going for you?
@@SuperNoticer Ive used the agrifab aerator but I also bought a old school used classen aerator from Homedepot for $300. Ive made a lot of money both ways
For Aeration are you supposed to remkve the plugs or do you leave them on the grass?
Remove
@@Duckman501 leave the plugs, they will dissolve
I am NOT impressed with the XMart machine. The belt breaks FAR TOO OFTEN.
There’s no belts on this..
Hey Brian. What kind of spreader do you use? Or do you use a slit/slice seeder?
Just the ECHO Spreader
Love that shirt Brandon. What type is it? Like a moisture wicking material?
Not sure!
How many passes?
Aeration $30 stop charge plus $10 per 1000ft2
Heavy aeration and overseed $100 per 1000 $80 minimum
Do more than 700 every fall
$$$$$$$$
I like those safety glasses Brian! What kind are those?
I think Stanley ones from Menards
I charge Between $300 -$350 for 15 to 20000 sft . I also do a starter Fert app At the same time. the big Fert companies are charging that or more and don't do as good a job. I use a high quality lawn seed not K31 . Note Im in TN.
Nice 💎👍👍👏👏👏
Great Content!!! Detailed and insightful
Glad you liked it!
Man your prices are good here in Texas they are charging around 120_150 for aeration around 4-5 thousand sqft. And that’s not overseeing
Great work Guys!
So I purchased the 24” Exmark. I’m doing my neighborhood 5,000sf lawns for $60-$80. Knocked out 35 this part week and now I have had a few customers with larger properties across town 1/2 acre to 1 acre. Is there a pricing formula anyone uses. Thanks in advance.
I charge $75 on average. Still much lower than most landscaping companies in my area.
Chicago suburbs
Bro, I'm getting between $100-$250 per yard depending on lot size of course. Now, I don't have a stand on. I have a Lesco 30 inch and it either takes a man to use or it wears me out. But it paid for itself on day one! Next up is a dethatch machine.
$60.00 minimum here in Wayne County michigan. Most accounts around $ 80.00
Did my first 2 aerations today. Great money
Congrats pal
Google pricing has help me! Maybe you'll have the same lucky. Thanks for sharing
Great video Brian!i charge 300 for core aeration and seeding……plus fertilizer 5000 square feet!!keep pushing envelope
Hi Brian love your videos. I would love to talk with you. I am the owner of Grandview Lawn Care. In Howe IN. God bless you brother
Thanks for the great video. I've been looking into adding aeration and overseeding as a service. I like that standon aerator
Do you prefer the stand on over a 3 point hitch set up ?
100%
doing this right now at our company have the same machine thinking about getting one with a spreader due to covid and not much help this year
How do I charge for leaf clean ups on medium to small yards ?
Grassology4610 . $30/ hr. You will have to estimate how many hours on the job.
I go by a multiplier, either 2, 2 1/2, or 3 times the normal cutting rate (depending on the amount of leaves on the property) has worked well for me. Always log your work time, you should be making a certain hourly rate that you feel is worth you time, so if you don't make that, then you did not bid enough. I know that you can't usually quote an hourly rate, but this logged time is a way to check your bidding process out to see if you are on target, or under.
ANTONY LE , Thanks man. I am charging $75 hour that is my rate and it has been working for me but this is my first year doing Leaf clean ups
I’ve used that unit, I prefer the Ryan stand on aerator. All operations are done by hand not foot
Can I make the same amount of money with a tow behind aerator?
Adams lawns service l get in spring 1 to 3 a day I ask my chemical guy
This video was full of helpful information! Great video Brian! Always something to learn.
$30/1,000 sq. ft. in the northeast.