CAN YOU CUT IT EVERY TWO WEEKS??

[PetalsandPines]

NEED I SAY ANYMORE?? This should spark a ton of horror stories with this subject!!

[kutnkru]

No. You need not -LOL.
Kris

[Eric ELM]

You can, but it's harder on equipment and harder to trim. I won't mow a lawn unless it's each week. I've done it when I started out, but never again.

[HOMER]

You can wait 2 weeks to cut centipede, maybe not Yankee grass!

[lawnboy82]

at least that is better than once a month. or even better yet. every 10 days. once a month beats on the machines but you can do whenever you want to. every 10 days is monday then wednesday the week after, then friday, then monday? it sux.

[bob]

I've got some common areas that I cut every other week. It's not that bad. The areas aren't fertilized. Most of the time they can be cut at full speed.

[LoneStarLawn]

Alot of lawns down here are cut on an every two week schedule...

[1MajorTom]

Biweekly customers are not the way to go. We inform everyone now how we cut.

Our first year we did take on the biweeklys, but no more.
We now have 3 customers left that are every 14 days, but their yards are such slow growing yards, a weekly cut would just not be warranted.

Biweekly accounts just chew up your time when you could be focusing on good customers that want their yard looking good.

I am basing this on the types of grass we cut here in PA; Maybe in other parts of the U.S. you can get away with a biweekly, but that would mean you would need to pick up that many more accounts to equal out.

[Twotoros]

Or I could cut it once a year but I won't.

Or I could say- once a week is 30, twice a month is 120 and once a year is 990$

[skyphoto]

We will go to every two weeks on some accounts when it gets hot and nothing is growing....unless they water or have a sprinkler system.....otherwise we are mowing dust around here come june and july!

Peace!

[Mark]

All my clients are on a weekly schedule,no bi=weeks for me.The only time i do this is in a drought,which i havent seen here in 7yr. I have to run my business in a professional maner and my contracts specify no bi-weekly work when season of growth is in like now April.I take pride in my work and won't ever leave a job that doesn't meet my work ethic. And i can lay down some nice stripes,don't have a digital camera so can't post any pics.But i think i could give Eric a run for his money at the strightness and checker board effect.LOL Marks Mowing Service

[oneEXMARKfan]

Everything I cut is bi-weekly. Except the vacant retal properties I only get to cut bi-monthly (pure Shindaiwa)
*Except my mom's yard that gets cut every 4 days...

[jasonp]

I have four yards right next to each other and they are on a 3 week deal which one is centipede, and one is zoysia and 2 are just a bunch of weeds. But I tell my customers at time of estimate every two weeks. Those three was some that I picked up at first and its good money right in a row.
If someone wants it cut every three weeks I can give them a price for 3 and then give them a price for two. But I know what ya'lll are talking about the rye that i overseeded my yard with needs cutting every week since the temps hit the 70's.

[HOMER]

I couldn't imagine having to keep up with that Yankee grass when it gets to growing good! Our warm season grass really doesn't start kicking in until it gets hot, they should call it "HOT SEASON"! I made the mistake of fertilizing a commercial account that I overseeded with rye and boy I was there every week in Feb. when it warmed up.

[steverino]

During the spring and early summer everybody gets once a week. Then if the rain slows down many get it less. Problem here last year was taht the rain just kept coming and a set schedule was not possible due to too much rain. Have to be able to adjust I guess.

[AltaLawnCare]

Really depends on the yard and the grass. Here, some grows to the point where it needs to be cut every 7 days, while 2 miles away every 14 days is plenty. It also depends on the neighbors lawns in that area, and how often they cut theirs.

[curlawngreen]

As long as they pay for the extra cut, yes. If they only want to pay for one cut no.

[dhicks]

Yes we can cut every two weeks but please understand the price per cut will "almost" double.

[greens1]

I will cut every other week, I simply charge 3 times as much. Cool season turf will be 5" by the end of the second week.
Jim L

[awm]

me to greens if thats what the customer wants
just let them know going in that it will cost
a good bit exstra to cut hay.and will look bad also

[Charles]

Ya Homer you got that right. Centipeed, zoysia(will make a bit of a mess) cut most of those customers every 2 weeks max. Some crazy people around here fertilize and grow the tall fescue(which promply dies most of the time in july if no sprinkler system) and that stuff grows like a field while raining. I can dictate the max 2 weeks but with 500 joe shmoe contractor around here ready to replace you we cant demand sooner cuts like some of you can.

[lawnboy82]

ok so we have covered every other week cuttings. now hows about those that need to be done 2 times a week? had 2 like that last year. will have them again this year. cut them monday? and friday? or monday and thursday? not sure. but 2 times a week and they were still real tall. and that was in july i think and even in to august. i hated that. tons of clippings

[beck]

I put a bid on some common ground consisting of:
a very large field, 4-5 smaller fields and cul-de-sacs to be cut every other week and some frontage to be cut weekly.

They said they wanted it cut on the 1st and the 15th of each month. Starting april 15th-september 15th 11 cuts and 12 if we must. They told me how they had trouble getting other company's to stick to the schedule. Last year i performed the last cut taking 18+ man hours.
I told them that i would cut the field and the frontage one week then the cul-de-sacs and smaller fields the next week.
That way i would be there every week.

but they decided to use someone else.

[jaclawn]

I picked up a Request for Proposal packet for mowing a park for a local township. They speced cutting one time per calendar month, for a total of 7 cuts per year. I declined to bid.

[JJ Lawn]

I cut my customers every week during active growing season. I do have a couple of yards that I started with that I keep on a two week schedule with the understanding if they need cut every week, they get done.

I just lost a customer last week because he wanted cut every 2 weeks this year. He has centipede in the front, which wasn't bad. But in the back he had bermuda and bahia. Even mowing every week I would sometimes have to go over it twice to make it look good. Told him to go ahead and find another LC.

I do 8 other duplex's on this street and his four are right in the middle, and I have already mowed the others twice. His are starting to look kind of ragged. :)

Jim

[awm]

id like to fill my whole schedual w twice wkly lawns
equip never would wear out doing that.

[brandy]

Every other week accounts mess up your scheduals and then you forget to do some one and they flip. It is better to have every one done every week and then the shedualed time to do you your side jobs on the other days!! Plus your equipment takes a pounding and if the grass grows quickley your employees will hit stuff and usually every other week people are cheapo's any way and who wants them!! If your just starting out and don't have the customer base though it may be better for you to do them!!!

[gusbuster]

It depends on the grass type, and climate of area. I work on a 2 times a month schedule, except my biggest client that i do 2 times a week all year round.

When you get close to San Francisco, not as warm as where I actualy live. Except for a few occasions, you can get away with cutting grass 2 times a month. However, south of my city, weekly service is a must.

It all depends on weather, irrigation and fert apps. The grass doesn't grow that fast north of me because of the cold nights and mild days. That's why the sell so many jackets during the summer to vistors of San Francisco. It's cold.

John

[eslawns]

I don't care unless the yard is lush and I would need to bag or rake. I have several of these, and I stagger them. Half one week, half the following week, and I charge a little more than for weekly cuts.

[lsylvain]

It really depends on your area. Here in Southern WV (mountains) The east sides of the mountain need cutting every week. The west sides only every 10day to 2 weeks. The grass on the west side doesn't get as much sun as the east so it doesn't grow as fast.

As far as scedualling 10 day cuts it is more work but once you get the hang of it it's not to bad. Basically I use a 10 day work week and treat sundays like rain days.

[Avery]

Depends on what you are cutting and what you are cutting with. We cut lawns/turfgrass every week or let some other slob take the bid. But, we also have a contract for 40 miles of roadside that is only cut 4 times a year and another 25 miles of bike path that is cut once a month.

[cos]

No more 2 week cusomers this year. If they request it that way, I simply explain on the proposal, it is this price for every 2 weeks, and this much every week. I cahrge alot higher for 2 week service, they never usually bite cause of the price. :)