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[lifetree]

This thread is too long ... %^#^% !! Someone just needs to start a new thread instead of digging up threads that are over 3 years old.

[rusty_keg_3]

Nice lookin stander... Im not a Scag man my self, but i must say i like a matching crew... Nice stuff man...

[P.Services]

This thread is too long ... %^#^% !! Someone just needs to start a new thread instead of digging up threads that are over 3 years old.

that was the point to dig it up........... i will start posting all my pics on this one page so i dont have to subscribe to 50 threads.

[P.Services]

Nice lookin stander... Im not a Scag man my self, but i must say i like a matching crew... Nice stuff man...

thanks man!! i like that 3500hd of yours, it just needs to be a D-max

[deere615]

This thread is too long ... %^#^% !! Someone just needs to start a new thread instead of digging up threads that are over 3 years old.

you have said that about every long thread on here:hammerhead: people like to do that instead of starting 50 new ones plus its easy to following someones companies growth etc

BTW that stander is wicked I love my wright I just feel I have to be real careful not to tear up lawns

[P.Services]

i found that i was being to sensitive on my grass, i started to whip around like a crazy crackhead as fast as i could and it still wasnt scuffing up the turf.

Its tricky to run thats for sure, i wouldnt put a new guy on it until they mastered the other two.

[P.Services]

its like getting a new truck again!!!!

i had the rims powder coated black on everything. the trucks, trailers,mowers and machines. Its the new color scheme.

the paint is soooo nice i dont even want to put decals on it.

[P.Services]

im going to sand the white wall letters off the tires tonight. I think they make it look like a race car tire.

thats 5 coats of clear and wetsanding to get that shine.

[Z-master man]

DAM! Looks nice!...

[P.Services]

DAM! Looks nice!...

thanks man! i said the same thing when i saw it but repeated it about 50 times. They did the door jams perfect and everything. You cant find a stitch of white on it.

[oakwdman]

When did Davey start buyin chevys? lol

[old oak lawn]

im going to sand the white wall letters off the tires tonight. I think they make it look like a race car tire.

thats 5 coats of clear and wetsanding to get that shine.

I dont think you can sand the white letters off the tires. Paint over them. The truck looks VERRY good in green.

[P.Services]

yeah it comes right off its just white paint on the rubber.

[P.Services]

When did Davey start buyin chevys? lol

hahahaha!! this is what happens when a davey truck humps a brickman truck!!!

[Z-master man]

Did you add leafs or bags to the ass end? Looks high...

[P.Services]

Did you add leafs or bags to the ass end? Looks high...

i didnt, but i think the guy before me added a few leafs to it, he was planning to pull a fifth wheel with it. When it has a trailer hooked to it it levels out perfect.


im so happy to have this truck back after driving the dodger for a week, that truck burns a gallon of oil a day!! thats 50 bucks in oil a week! i could have a new truck for the price of oil.

[deere615]

WOW I want that!!!!!

[P.Services]

WOW I want that!!!!!

you will have it before you know it, i remember sitting in 10th grade drafting class with my buddy john and we both wanted 2500hd duramaxes more then anything in the world. We were both inot heavy equipment and what not and those standard cab trucks are just what the workin man wants. we were both drooling over one for sale and i thought i will never had one. Now i do and it seems like just yesterday i thought it was impossible.

[Junior M]

throw some center caps on them rims, turn the torsion bars so she's level all the time and that'd be one sexy truck. :cool2:

[P.Services]

no im just going to paint the silver part on the rim so you dont see it. The t bars are tightened up all ready. It needs a lift in the front.

[Junior M]

no im just going to paint the silver part on the rim so you dont see it. The t bars are tightened up all ready. It needs a lift in the front.
That should look good..

And dam! He really did lift the rear end then.

[jeffslawnservice]

Dude that is one nice truck. i think it will look great once lettered. But it still looks great with out the lettering. Congrates.

[WillieWonka1850]

Thats a sweet looking truck Picasso! DURAMAX! :weightlifter: Love the color, too! Thumbs Up :cool2:

Just needs a white contractors topper and some recumbent bikes in the back and your golden! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

[P.Services]

i just gave the topper away to one of my workers. he was happy as a pig in slop and so was i, i didnt wana have to cut it up with a sawzaw

[Lawn Freak]

Truck looks really sharp in green. Level the front, tint the windows and BAM!

[murrayslandscaping22]

what is the name of the color its sweet man

[gtmorgan89]

I wanna see the blacked out wheels on everything.

[P.Services]

I wanna see the blacked out wheels on everything.

i will have to get them all together and get a picture soon.

[slamjamrockinman]

O my lord that is one good looking chevy!!! Can't wait for the window tint, that truck is a work of art!! Good luck this year!

[P.Services]

O my lord that is one good looking chevy!!! Can't wait for the window tint, that truck is a work of art!! Good luck this year!

Haha thanks man! It wasn't my work of art. I'm going to go DARK on the tint, I'm trying to get my mom to write me a note for some eye problem to show the cop when I get pulled over. (She's a nurse)
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[KrayzKajun]

saweeeet!! yea buddy rollin like abig shot......

[ProTouch Groundscapes]

Haha thanks man! It wasn't my work of art. I'm going to go DARK on the tint, I'm trying to get my mom to write me a note for some eye problem to show the cop when I get pulled over. (She's a nurse)

haha thats a good idea, cops around here are pricks and will really bust your balls for tint, you either get it towed home or peel it off right there on the spot.

thats why i always stay 50% on the side two and go dark as hell on everything behind me and above the AS1 line.

anyways that is one great lookin truck, they did an amazing job! we want to get our cherry red dump painted royal red to match our other two trucks but will prolly get an economy job on it as its getting up there.

at least our new ford matches the met. charcoal on the front half of our trailers.

[Jhill19]

Haha thanks man! It wasn't my work of art. I'm going to go DARK on the tint, I'm trying to get my mom to write me a note for some eye problem to show the cop when I get pulled over. (She's a nurse)
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I had my Eye doc write me a medical excuse for tint. I have 5 on the front two windows, 5 over 20 on the back sides and back glass, 50 on the whole windshield and a 8 inch strip of 5 across the top of the windshield. I'm not sure, even though its your mom, if she would even have the authority to write a medical excuse.

[P.Services]

I know she won't but her doctor she works under would.
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[bobcat_ron]

Holy Emerald City Dorothy, that's a damn nice color.

[DoetschOutdoor]

The state cop started laughin at me when I got out my doctors note for window tint....guess nowadays here you have to have your doc go to court, sign off on a bunch of stuff, then get a permit. It was a $75 ticket or use a razor blade and F the livin mess out of my windows so I laughed right back at him and took the ticket. Its only the state boys that notice around here. Getting 5% on the new cummins here when I get back from fishin this weekend.

Truck looks siiiiiiiiiiiick in that color!

[Jhill19]

The state cop started laughin at me when I got out my doctors note for window tint....guess nowadays here you have to have your doc go to court, sign off on a bunch of stuff, then get a permit. It was a $75 ticket or use a razor blade and F the livin mess out of my windows so I laughed right back at him and took the ticket. Its only the state boys that notice around here. Getting 5% on the new cummins here when I get back from fishin this weekend.

Truck looks siiiiiiiiiiiick in that color!

Cops won't pull you over just for tint here, there has to be another reason for them to be pulling you over and then the tint is a secondary. I've only had one cop say something about it to me and I forgot it the excuse at home and one just told me to make sure I kept it with me.

[GravelyGuy]

Lovin the paint job!:clapping:

[P.Services]

Lovin the paint job!:clapping:

Thanks!!!! It will get decals soon. I decided every sunday its getting wash and waxed by hand.
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[Superior L & L]

I would hate to be the first guy to throw a shovel in the back and put a scratch in it! :dizzy:

[P.Services]

I would hate to be the first guy to throw a shovel in the back and put a scratch in it! :dizzy:

I'm sure I will be the one to put the first scratch in it.

Why are you on lawnsite at 3 in the morning?!?
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[P.Services]

this one will be green soon!!

i have rack sides for it but i took them off.

I think i like this more then the 2500hd, its a real diesel truck. It smells like one and sounds like one.

[GravelyGuy]

this one will be green soon!!

i have rack sides for it but i took them off.

I think i like this more then the 2500hd, its a real diesel truck. It smells like one and sounds like one.

New truck? Brickman?

Green will sure look better than the way it is now.

[P.Services]

Its new to me but has about 100k miles on it, seems to run real good.

it looked like a brickman truck humping a davey truck going down the road.

they mixed and will be davey green with brickman black rims.

[WillieWonka1850]

Where did you find that on the side of the road out for the trash? :laugh: jk

I think that truck has great potential for you. Will sure look good once its green Thumbs Up

7.3 or 6.0?

[P.Services]

7.3

im having a custom trailer made for it to pull.

[WillieWonka1850]

7.3

im having a custom trailer made for it to pull.
Nice! What year?

[KrayzKajun]

gotta love a diesel!!! cant wait to see this one green!

[blakerugg]

good luck with the brickman truck. on the new chevy, do those wranglers make a lot of road noise??

[PropServ]

Wow, nice setup for 1st year. Did you buy an existing company or start on your own?

[PropServ]

Brickman! PAINT IT!! NOW!! haha

[ProTouch Groundscapes]

nice truck man, good workhorse! whats up with the front clip? what kind of custom trailer you gonna get for it? lawn care or mixed use?

[P.Services]

I took the front clip off to male it easier on the body shop. And I'm getting the bumper powder coated black, ans painting the grill black.

Its going to be a mixed use trailer. I will let the pictures do the explaing. It won't be for a few weeks though.
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[SIWEL]

Looks good, where did you find the brickman truck forsale?

Itll look real nice green

[P.Services]

Wow, nice setup for 1st year. Did you buy an existing company or start on your own?

Its not my first year anymore. This season is the third season. I strarted it myself.I went into this with the plans of just doing hydro-seed work but kept getting in deeper and deeper. And now I don't even own a hydro-seeder!!
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[P.Services]

good luck with the brickman truck. on the new chevy, do those wranglers make a lot of road noise??

The wranglers don't make any noise at all. Extremely quiet tire. I don't think I will buy them again because I can't see them lasting more then 25k miles.
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[P.Services]

nice truck man, good workhorse! whats up with the front clip? what kind of custom trailer you gonna get for it? lawn care or mixed use?

The trailer is going to be for mulch and light landscape work. The front potion will be enclosed with a ramp door on the curb side so the zahn can get in it. The back will be a open cargo area with 4 foot side walls to haul mulch, trees, dirt what have you. It will have a fold down rear gate. This way I can load up 20 yrds of mulch and take it and all the tools with me at once instead of waiting for a another dump truck to drop it off. It will also save me time not having to clean the street. If I need 18 yards then I take 2 yrds home with me no big deal. As of now we have to waste any extra because I don't want to put it in the enclosed trailer.

I hate packing tools up in the morning and taking them inside at night. Then we always forget something. The enclosed part will hold the zahn and any and all tools we would ever need. We just start up and go in the a.m and I know every thing is on board.
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[NIXRAY]

Looks good B, looks real good!, how is that subdivision looking? (the one w/the ball diamond, (I moved all the fallen trees for you, you dug the basement)

[P.Services]

Looks like shet over there. Like it always will until the economy picks back up.
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[P.Services]

Looks good B, looks real good!, how is that subdivision looking? (the one w/the ball diamond, (I moved all the fallen trees for you, you dug the basement)

The truck is a 2001 7.3l twin turbo !!!

HAaaaaaa.

How's the new job going?
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[NIXRAY]

haha, about that.....

The new job is going well, put the CDL thing on the backburner for now, no time, working on fert' lic'. you still looking into the switch-n-go's and the boxvans. You still looking to sell the SCAGs????

[P.Services]

Do you have a company lined up that is willing to sign you off after two seasons?
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[NIXRAY]

why would you say that?

[P.Services]

Because with out that its worthless right? Unless you are going to school for it you have to have someone sign you off. A lot of companies say they will and then when the time comes they f you on it. They are just helping a future competitor out.
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[WillieWonka1850]

The trailer is going to be for mulch and light landscape work. The front potion will be enclosed with a ramp door on the curb side so the zahn can get in it. The back will be a open cargo area with 4 foot side walls to haul mulch, trees, dirt what have you. It will have a fold down rear gate. This way I can load up 20 yrds of mulch and take it and all the tools with me at once instead of waiting for a another dump truck to drop it off. It will also save me time not having to clean the street. If I need 18 yards then I take 2 yrds home with me no big deal. As of now we have to waste any extra because I don't want to put it in the enclosed trailer.

I hate packing tools up in the morning and taking them inside at night. Then we always forget something. The enclosed part will hold the zahn and any and all tools we would ever need. We just start up and go in the a.m and I know every thing is on board.
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Picasso theres some lawn care business in Birch Run that uses a really neat setup, no trailers. They have a Kodiak with a really long flatbed chassis and they use side ramps for loading their mowers and have brackets for holding all their trimmers and blowers but on the very back of the truck is a very small dump box for the grass clippings. Its so cool!

Maybe it'll give you some inspiration for your Kodiak! :laugh:

[WillieWonka1850]

Hey Picasso I heard you say that were looking for nice used F750 w/ a Cummins.

Well heres a pretty nice one, its in Lansing. I looked at this in person, too. Its pretty nice. The box is really dented and the hood is cracked in a couple places, though.
Other than that, this thing is sweet Thumbs Up

http://www.truckpaper.com/listingsdetail/detail.aspx?OHID=2256772

[AintNoFun]

this one will be green soon!!

i have rack sides for it but i took them off.

I think i like this more then the 2500hd, its a real diesel truck. It smells like one and sounds like one.



just curious what you paid for it?

[South Florida Lawns]

Great stuff as always. Man I'm about over with single cab trucks, love the look but can't stand being crammed inside with all my stuff even with a big tool box in back. I think from now on I'm only buying CC trucks.

[P.Services]

Great stuff as always. Man I'm about over with single cab trucks, love the look but can't stand being crammed inside with all my stuff even with a big tool box in back. I think from now on I'm only buying CC trucks.

I couldn't agree with you more! I looove that ford just because my coat, lunch pail, books and shet all can sit back there and its still nice and clean up front.I like the look of crew cab short box pick ups the best.
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[iluvpizza]

Picasso,

I have a question about the Bradco root grapple. I'm in the same boat you were. I like the eagle talon and the bradco root grapple. I've only owned one other root rake it was a HLA/hurst Root rake. it was made from AR400 steel and I bent the piss out of all the tines. I read you had bent one of the tines on the bradco. If you don't mind me asking how? and did you straighten it or leave it. Just from viewing picture the Quick Attachment Eagle talon looks like it's reinforced a little bit more. If you had to buy another one would you stick with the bradco?

[WillieWonka1850]

Hey Picasso, were you in Clio yesterday driving your Ford?

[P.Services]

Nope, my ford is all painted up and green though. Looks bad ass if I don't say so myself.
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[WillieWonka1850]

Nope, my ford is all painted up and green though. Looks bad ass if I don't say so myself.
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Oh. Well I saw a Ford just like yours. Though it was you :laugh:


Oh yeah. How bout some pics? :)

[P.Services]

Ok let me upload them. I'm having a new dump box made for it also
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[P.Services]

im having a 10' long 4' high steel bed made for it. It will look just like the rugby stamped ones. Next im getting the trailer made for it, i need it baaaaaaaaaaaad

[P.Services]

i also had to order a new pump and motor for the dump. The bed would go up but not down, all the pins are clean and greased but it still wouldnt go unless i pushed it down with a machine or pulled it with a ratchet strap. I noticed the cylinder had a fitting on the top of it and a line had been cut off. So i hooked the hose up to it and hit the switch and its a power down cylinder. It had a power up/gravity down pump on it so i ordered a power up power down and a new controller.

[SIWEL]

That Ford looks awesome man... I love those beds that brickman has.

[P.Services]

I don't care for them, the fold down ladder is sweet but the sides want to bow out and snap waay to easy.

If anyone wants a flat bed and composite sides let me know, this one will be for sale
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[SIWEL]

to bad you are in Michigan...

[WillieWonka1850]

Thats one sweet looking truck, Picasso! :drinkup:
All that black really looks good with the green Thumbs Up


Say I've been meaning to ask, is it 4x2 or 4x4?

[P.Services]

4x2, I wouldn't have wanted a 4x4 f-450. This truck won't be in the mud and will plow just fine with a salter or a block on the back. I'm getting the 9' western plow powder coated
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[WillieWonka1850]

4x2, I wouldn't have wanted a 4x4 f-450. This truck won't be in the mud and will plow just fine with a salter or a block on the back. I'm getting the 9' western plow powder coated
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I figured it was. Looked kind like it, too.

That thing will be cool with a plow and salter. You can probably just about replace the Kodiak with this truck, at least for now.

You got a good year 7.3, too. 2000-2003 were the best years for the 7.3 :drinkup:

[P.Services]

No I still need to use the kodiak for a off road haul truck. I never use it to do other landscape jobs with. That's what the ford is for.
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[WillieWonka1850]

No I still need to use the kodiak for a off road haul truck. I never use it to do other landscape jobs with. That's what the ford is for.
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Ah, I see

I saw how you said you might try to get a used F750 w/ a Cummins and Automatic if you can get rid of the Kodiak, but did you ever see the ad for one I posted?

I think it may fit your specs :cool2:

[SIWEL]

can you take a few pics of the fold up steps for me, I would like to make a set for my truck

[P.Services]

Yeah tomorrow I will
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[SIWEL]

thank you picasso

[P.Services]

Ah, I see

I saw how you said you might try to get a used F750 w/ a Cummins and Automatic if you can get rid of the Kodiak, but did you ever see the ad for one I posted?
I think it may fit your specs :cool2:

Yeah, I'm all over the place. I think I'm looking for a hook lift again. I'm in no hurry
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[WillieWonka1850]

Yeah, I'm all over the place. I think I'm looking for a hook lift again. I'm in no hurry
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A hook lift sounds like a good way to go for what you do.


Ok, I was just giving you a truck to consider Thumbs Up

[terrapro]

I don't care for them, the fold down ladder is sweet but the sides want to bow out and snap waay to easy.

If anyone wants a flat bed and composite sides let me know, this one will be for sale
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How much and how wide is it? PM me if you can so I notice sooner.

[P.Services]

Its 7.5 wide 9.5 long $500 with the sides.
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[KrayzKajun]

we need more pics P!!!!

[P.Services]

we need more pics P!!!!

haha what do you want pics of? trucks of work? we have cranked out sooooo many jobs this year i cant believe it. I live on the little 2,500- 5,000k jobs. In and out in two days max.

We still have over 1,000 yards of mulch on the books to put down.

And the BEST FRICKEN NEWS IN A LONG TIME!!!!................. i found a great worker!!! this guy works so insane hard every day of the week i cant believe it!! Three guys so far left the walk behinds with a tear on their cheek this guy had it mastered in 1 minute, straight lines, never will stand around, eats lunch while he works. I was a few minutes late getting to the shop today and this guy is weed whipping around the barn and some old trucks. Any other guy would have sat around for five minutes.

I think he makes my other guys work harder so they dont look as bad but they still cant keep up with him.

[P.Services]

Equipment:
Trailer Full of Goats!!!

i have a buddy that gets mad and always yells "go f uck a goat" so that leads me to ask, are you a goat f ucker?

[P.Services]

got a new pump on the dump and it works like a DREEEAAAAAMMMM. Had to get a power up/power down because the gravity down wasnt doing the job. Cool thing was is the cylinder was originally a power down so i just added a new line and i was set.

Im waiting to hear the $$ on the new dump box.

any one know what a rugby stamped side landscaper body runs? im guessing $3,500 ???

[P.Services]

some one had asked me to post pictures of this step..............

[bobcat_ron]

Looks like you got a crack in your sub-frame for the hoist system.

[P.Services]

a few more for the southern boy

[ProTouch Groundscapes]

3500 sounds about right, maybe a lil less since your keeping the subframe and hoist/pump system.

i need to find a new truck to tow the mowing trailer. too much grass for a 6.5' bed p/u. id like a gm 1 ton dump with diesel. that would be a perfect compliment for the 550 we are looking to get as well.

so that brings me to ask you, where did you find your 450?

[P.Services]

I found it on craigs list.

I didn't see a crack in the frame. I will have to look closer but I'm 99 percent sure there isn't one. I would have seen it.

That truck doesn't pull like the d-ma does though.
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[oakwdman]

Tune the 7.3, better mileage, no turbo lag, and duhhhh more power.
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[P.Services]

Its getting a edge w/juice next week.
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[bobcat_ron]

I found it on craigs list.

I didn't see a crack in the frame. I will have to look closer but I'm 99 percent sure there isn't one. I would have seen it.

That truck doesn't pull like the d-ma does though.
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In the red triangle:

[bobcat48]

Everything looks nice.

[ProTouch Groundscapes]

i thought that too Ron, but the other side looks like it has something similar.

im sure the dmax in your reg cab long bed feels like a hot rod compared to this 7.3 in a 10K truck lol. but i bet towing with the 450 instills more confidence b/c of the weight of the truck.

[P.Services]

they both are very stable towing. My old dodge use to get pushed around like a four eyed weeny in 8th grade.

No that's a factory cut in the beam, but u made me look harder and I did find a weld on the sub frame that is broke. I will have that fixed soon.
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[P.Services]

Pics to come of a new 35hp turf tiger. Got a good deal on it.
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[P.Services]

another day spent loving the zahn. I would quit if i didnt have this machine.

we worked a 17 hour day and got three nice little jobs done. Im very happy wit hthe day $$$

[P.Services]

nothin huge, 55 densi's

ahhh im beat, i will upload more tomorrow.

[TurboPirate]

In the red triangle:

That is definitely a crack, better to fix it before cracks all the way around.

[P.Services]

No its actually not a crack. Trust me I looked close and I know its not. However I did find one in a different location
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[Krafty]

The area in the red triangle is not a crack. That is where the sub frame extentions bolt on. Both of my rugby dumps have the exact same thing. It is deff not a crack. That entire piece bolts on and off.

[P.Services]

just a few random work pictures..................

[P.Services]

and a few more.............

[P.Services]

they make a beautiful couple.

[ajslands]

The one on the left is the hot one! Except she should be red
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[JDavisLandscapes]

Nice trucks and work man. Keep it going!

[Jelinek61]

I love your trucks, that green is unique

[P.Services]

thanks on the truck compliments guys!!

i need to decal them up with the logo, do you guys think i should just do a small logo on one door or do a big one that takes up space on both doors of the ford and all of the door and some of the box on the chevy?

[SNAPPER MAN]

Your trucks look nice and clean. I personally would just put something on the drivers doors. Very professional and clean looking.
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[JDavisLandscapes]

Ford = Both Doors
Chevy = Just the single door

Just my opinion

[03twenty500hd]

Ford = Both Doors
Chevy = Just the single door PLUS TAILGATE

Just my opinion

agreed plus my addition :p

are you putting a salter on the ford??

[JDavisLandscapes]

agreed plus my addition :p

are you putting a salter on the ford??

Haha.....yea gotta do the tailgate too.

[P.Services]

the ford might get a salter. more then likely not though. All my trucks get subbed for plowing only and i like it that way so far.

If i do a smaller logo on the chevy it will be on the front part of the bed or a big one will be half on the door half on the bed. The tailgate will get something for sure.

[P.Services]

got the new mower on monday. 2009 35hp vangaurd and a 61" deck.

[WillieWonka1850]

Thats a nice looking machine, P! Cuts really sweet, too.

You get it from Atherton Rd Sales or Bobcat of Lansing?

[syzer]

Looking good bro.

[syzer]

BTW, is that your zahn?

[P.Services]

We didn't get the mower from either dealer, both wanted waaaaay to much.

Yeah that zahn is mine, thinking about putting it on tracks.
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[ProTouch Groundscapes]

nice tiger Picasso! our dealer is trying to get us into one, at an amazing price as well. but after they had us demo a cheetah, im torn.

but we did demo your exact model tiger last year with a collection system in the fall and it was a beast.

[P.Services]

What's the amazing price on the tiger? Less then 9 right?
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[P.Services]

That tiger blows the next gen lazers away hands down. I can't belive I even considered going to a exmark. That deck is just light years ahead of any other deck. Just a well built solid mower that will last for years, not a blow molding plastic cart.
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[bignamelawncare]

got the new mower on monday. 2009 35hp vangaurd and a 61" deck.

Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice mower!

[P.Services]

Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice mower!

Thank you good sir!!
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[P.Services]

Wow, first day mowing and I'm out of gas 3.8 HOURS ahead of the dfi. I may have made a huge mistake.
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[P.Services]

6.1 hours on a full tank. That's sad
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[greatinmulchbeds]

what did you expect its a 35 hp engine. A 60in deck does not need anything over a 27 hp

[SNAPPER MAN]

Yep that's the reason I didn't get a huge engine on my tiger. I have the 27hp kohler and it will never bog down in decent mowing conditions. It's a mower not a brushhog. We can mow all day on one tank of gas, and that's 7-8 hours of straight mowing.
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[P.Services]

Naaa I needed more power, my 29 wasn't enough to keep me happy. When I get wide high lifts on this mower it will be the boss hoss.
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[03twenty500hd]

Naaa I needed more power, my 29 wasn't enough to keep me happy. When I get wide high lifts on this mower it will be the boss hoss.
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I saw those, lmk how they do....oregon makes em right?

[SNAPPER MAN]

If your talking about the g6 fusion blades they are awesome. I have high lift mulchers on my tt and they cut amazing. They also hold a edge alot longer than regular blades.
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[P.Services]

I just get mine from j-thomas nothin special just called wide high lifts and they work great.
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[ProTouch Groundscapes]

about 9400, what did you end up getting it for?

briggs are better, 31hp kaw sucks some serious fuel.

[GravelyGuy]

PICASSO, where the heck did you buy the mower from???

[P.Services]

9,400 is a decent price if you finance it. 8,999 if you pay cash.

Outdoor performance in illinois
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[03twenty500hd]

about 9400, what did you end up getting it for?

briggs are better, 31hp kaw sucks some serious fuel.

yah they do! I had a 31hp kawi on my old JD850 and it was a PIG

[P.Services]

just a few pictures

[bobcat48]

Very nice.

[murrayslandscaping22]

did you paint that dump body yourself or did u get that painted when u got the truck painted?

[P.Services]

did you paint that dump body yourself or did u get that painted when u got the truck painted?

If your talking about the kodiak I painted the truck and the body myself. If your talking about the 450 yes I painted the body while the truck got painted.
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[P.Services]

the newest addition to the picasso fleet..........

[bobcat_ron]

Aaaaaahhhh, how sweet it is.........

[P.Services]

its nice ron, so smooth and soooooo strong. Im glad i went with a deere over the cat.

i just dont care for the blue seat??? must be a hitachi thing.

why do i have to press that button for auto engine idle? why would you not want that on.

[WillieWonka1850]

She's purty, Picasso! Thumbs Up

[Z-master man]

Very nice picasso!

[bobcat_ron]

its nice ron, so smooth and soooooo strong. Im glad i went with a deere over the cat.

i just dont care for the blue seat??? must be a hitachi thing.

why do i have to press that button for auto engine idle? why would you not want that on.

Wait, you got a blue seat?

Sometimes when you are running a hammer or a brush head, the auto idle won't recognize it as a function and it idles down, so you need to turn it off.

[P.Services]

Yeah it has a dark blue seat, I don't like it at all. I may have it re done in black with my logo embroidered into it.
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[hornett22]

the newest addition to the picasso fleet..........

I'm surprised the economy there can justify a purchase like that.Glad you have the work!

You near Guns Galore? Great store.

[P.Services]

To tell you the truth I don't really have a ton of work for it. But when I rent a machine three or four times a month then I could have just made a payment instead of giving my money away on rentals.

Yeah guns galore is right up town.
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[BrandonV]

No joke kills me sometimes to rent at $1k a week
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[Superior L & L]

To tell you the truth I don't really have a ton of work for it. But when I rent a machine three or four times a month then I could have just made a payment instead of giving my money away on rentals.

Yeah guns galore is right up town.
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Very nice machine ! but when you rent you dont have that winter payment

[SIWEL]

Picasso- Love the new machine, I have been thinking about a 27-35 size machine for some time now and just havent been able to pull the trigger on one.

Very nice machine ! but when you rent you dont have that winter payment

Ever think of having year round work? some of us have to work year round, therefore you need to rent a machine year round.

[P.Services]

We charge enough for our summer work (lawn care cough cough) that I have a bountiful supply of green backs in the winter to pay for it.
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[Superior L & L]

We charge enough for our summer work (lawn care cough cough) that I have a bountiful supply of green backs in the winter to pay for it.
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I thought i saw u driving down the street today with $100 bills blowing out the window :)

[Superior L & L]

Ever think of having year round work? some of us have to work year round, therefore you need to rent a machine year round.

We have plenty of year round work !! I just dont think that machine will push much snow :drinkup:

[P.Services]

Since I first got into biz I have never relied on snow money to make payments or buy equipment. All summer long I work to double up payments on everything from the phone to insurance to the deere. This way when winter comes I'm not stressed out and biting my nails for snow. This year being all set up with a nice heated and fully equipped shop I should be ready for snow early, as soon as the leaves stop falling I'm putting plows on and checking up on things. Last year I was literally putting two plows on as the snow was falling. Not the right way to be doing things.
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[KE-llc]

We have plenty of year round work !! I just dont think that machine will push much snow :drinkup:

hahahaa this is hilarious, so you plow snow what 3-4 months out of the year and landscape 8+ BUT yet you wont buy a machine for those 8 months of work because it can't work the other 3-4?!? :rolleyes:

nice machine picasso...post up a fleet pic

[P.Services]

some day I will get a pic of my pint size fleet. I have a few more trucks I need and then I'm going to stop buying and go hard to get everything paid off. I think I'm going to get a hooklift next and a chassis cab to put my kodiaks dump body on and sell the kodiak chassis. I might be about to get the c and c this year but the hook will be next year for sure.
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[KrayzKajun]

sweet machine!!! if i keep doin demo work i may add a mini-ex in the spring!!

[Superior L & L]

hahahaa this is hilarious, so you plow snow what 3-4 months out of the year and landscape 8+ BUT yet you wont buy a machine for those 8 months of work because it can't work the other 3-4?!? :rolleyes:

nice machine picasso...post up a fleet pic

Well Junior, we try to buy equipement that can be utilized 12 months of the year. We already have a Ditch witch 410 & a Finn T750 that sits all winter why would i want to add more equipement to sit all winter when we only use a mini ex 2-3 times a year

[P.Services]

hey you keep your rubbish off my thread you hear!!!!

how many excavators does todds have? how many does great oaks have? how many does shoemakers have?

if you cant justify owning a excavator yet some thing is wrong. Every single job i do needs a excavator on it for some amount of time.

how many lawns do you do a season with that finn? seems like you would want to just rent that for 150 bucks and not have to buy one. But im done renting a excavator for 1,400 a week.

And a another reason, some companies actually make enough money to create a NEED to spend it............

you and me just do things different. Take a look at my trucks and my equipment compared to yours or shoemakers (im not knockin you dnt get all pissy) when your a smaller owner/operator i think you tend to care more about the equipment because your ass will be in it. The bigger guys dont give a hoot because they will never sit in it, you just wan those leather seats in the yukon right?

[P.Services]

shoot paul why dont you just start renting mine then? 350 a day includes delivery and pick up. You have to sign the "you break it you buy/fix it" contract

or rent bishopes, he might low ball the rental rate and come in at half of me?

[KE-llc]

Well Junior, we try to buy equipement that can be utilized 12 months of the year. We already have a Ditch witch 410 & a Finn T750 that sits all winter why would i want to add more equipement to sit all winter when we only use a mini ex 2-3 times a year

Well first my name isn't "junior". Second after reading your reply you obviously must be a maintenance guy and hardly do any installs. If you did do installs on a daily basis you would find an excavator a NECESSITY. And paying an upwards of $1500wk (atleast here that's going rate) an excavator payment for your OWN machine starts to pencil out.

So why don't you keep cutting grass and leave the real work for the big boys. And like picasso said stop trashin his tread just because of your jealousy.
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[P.Services]

Well first my name isn't "junior". Second after reading your reply you obviously must be a maintenance guy and hardly do any installs. If you did do installs on a daily basis you would find an excavator a NECESSITY. And paying an upwards of $1500wk (atleast here that's going rate) an excavator payment for your OWN machine starts to pencil out.

So why don't you keep cutting grass and leave the real work for the big boys. And like picasso said stop trashin his tread just because of your jealousy.
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ohhhh boy, this may get heated soon.

[Superior L & L]

how many excavators does todds have? how many does great oaks have? how many does shoemakers have? I dont know, i dont stalk peoples equipement count. Although i think Jeff has one now.

if you cant justify owning a excavator yet some thing is wrong. Every single job i do needs a excavator on it for some amount of time. Nothing wrong, we do TONS of walls and hardscape and do very well with a bobcat. Other than sea walls or walls that you have to work from the top i dont need a excavator.

how many lawns do you do a season with that finn? seems like you would want to just rent that for 150 bucks and not have to buy one. But im done renting a excavator for 1,400 a week. That finn was bought in the old days when we would be spraying 2-3 days a week and doing two sprinkler installs per day. Now all that new build stuff is long gone, but all that equipement is well payed for.

And a another reason, some companies actually make enough money to create a NEED to spend it............ I love the people that think this :nono:
Once you get big enough to have a CPA come in monthly they will set you straight on this

you and me just do things different. Take a look at my trucks and my equipment compared to yours or shoemakers (im not knockin you dnt get all pissy) when your a smaller owner/operator i think you tend to care more about the equipment because your ass will be in it. The bigger guys dont give a hoot because they will never sit in it, you just wan those leather seats in the yukon right?
I agree ! your stuff is starting to look very nice. Our stuff gets used/beet up by many different people daily.

I see our equipement as something needed to complete our jobs, you like having equipement.




shoot paul why dont you just start renting mine then? 350 a day includes delivery and pick up. You have to sign the "you break it you buy/fix it" contract

or rent bishopes, he might low ball the rental rate and come in at half of me?
We only pay $200 a day for the one we rent off a friend


On a side note we do have a JCB back boe/loader that gets used 2-3 days a week but mostly for the loader function not the back hoe function

[Superior L & L]

Well first my name isn't "junior". Second after reading your reply you obviously must be a maintenance guy and hardly do any installs. If you did do installs on a daily basis you would find an excavator a NECESSITY. And paying an upwards of $1500wk (atleast here that's going rate) an excavator payment for your OWN machine starts to pencil out.

So why don't you keep cutting grass and leave the real work for the big boys. And like picasso said stop trashin his tread just because of your jealousy.
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Ohh Junior, of the 20 +/- employees we have, only 4 do maintenance. Plus we do installs on a daily bases. Typically we are on 3 installs every day :rolleyes:

Although Picasso is starting to do some very nice work and get some very nice equipement i am not jealouse. We are probably 3 times his size :)

[P.Services]

Paul, number one I'm not serious in this debate its all in good fun between you and me. I know my place in line. The only thing you said that I think is kinda wrong is that your equipment is a necessity and I just like to have equipment. I don't think I agree with that. I need mine just as bad as you need yours. Its not like this Is a part time gig for me. Nor am I some old pops that wants a nice machine to play with on the farm. My income and my biz really on that equipment just like you do. I bought out of need not want. I never ever ever buy anything out of want.
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[P.Services]

Its not all about the size either, I'm sure you tell the girls that right? Baby I might not bottom out much but I'm gona run the death outa those walls. :)
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[lawnangel1]

Picasso, do you have that attachment for the zahn that is like a concrete buggy but the front has a bucket so it loads itself? It seems like it would be great for mulch. How does it work for you? Love the deere's!!!

[P.Services]

No it is way to heavy to be running on lawns. My bucket hauls 2 two wheel barrowsa worth of mulch so we just do it bucket full at a time. I'm thinking about putting the zahn on tracks though to reduce ground pressure.
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[ProTouch Groundscapes]

i thought the zahn articulates?

[P.Services]

It does each wheel is replaced with its own little track. Its not over tire tracks its a bolt on like a vts
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[ProTouch Groundscapes]

i see, kinda like mattracks for quads and trucks.

[P.Services]

Yes, they look exactly like that. I havnt gotten a price on them yet so that will decide if I do it or not.
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[Superior L & L]

Yes, they look exactly like that. I havnt gotten a price on them yet so that will decide if I do it or not.
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Will be interesting to see how much they are
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[P.Services]

After a three year leave I'm finally back up into my treestand. Had to sneek into my stand because two nice does are out in the field. I would say its a 50/50 chance I may get one of them on my first evening. Just sitting up in the tree looking out makes my day. Watching this fat little squirrel eat the acorns could keep me happy for hours. As much as I like mowing lawns and making money I think I would give it all up to hunt every day of the year.
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[bobcat_ron]

How did you make out with the stinky surprise in the excavator?

[P.Services]

Deer has been shot!!!! Wow do I love hunting!!!
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[Junior M]

Deer has been shot!!!! Wow do I love hunting!!!
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thats what I like to hear! :cool2: Thumbs Up

Between work and school I havent had time to hunt, I skipped opening day. :cry: :wall

[P.Services]

Man junior I feel ya, you just have to make a evening or two a week. What a stress relief it is just to sit up in the stand.

I found the deer, it made it about 25 yards and died right in the river. Had to get the zahn to pull it up and out and carry it home. I got lucky on the shot though, I havnt shot with broadheads yet so I was shooting with my pins set to field points. Like most broadheads it flew high to the right and smacked a hole right through the liver.

Tomorrow I'm going to switch over to all blades and tune it in nice and good. I'm not happy with anything other then heart or lung shots.


Ron, got the excavator back late last night and worked it until about 2 in the am. Smells like a breath mint now. They stripped the whole interior down. New seat, new insulation, new sound dampening, replaced the broken panels. They did a top not job. Now I don't have that stupid purple hitachi seat.
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[Superior L & L]

Ron, got the excavator back late last night and worked it until about 2 in the am. Smells like a breath mint now. They stripped the whole interior down. New seat, new insulation, new sound dampening, replaced the broken panels. They did a top not job. Now I don't have that stupid purple hitachi seat.
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What happened with your machine ?

[Superior L & L]

What is it a secret :)

[P.Services]

No I just didn't read that. It had racoon vomit and shet under the seat and mouse piss soaked into the seat they gave it a brandnew interior. New seat, new insulation, new sound dampining, new plastic panels. Smells great.
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[South Florida Lawns]

Deer has been shot!!!! Wow do I love hunting!!!
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Bow or rifle?

[P.Services]

Bow, a new mathews z7.
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[Superior L & L]

No I just didn't read that. It had racoon vomit and shet under the seat and mouse piss soaked into the seat they gave it a brandnew interior. New seat, new insulation, new sound dampining, new plastic panels. Smells great.
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that really sucks ! But I guess u have to break a machine in some how. Also on another note, did u get to bid on that other new home in libity shores (don't want to post guys name)
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[South Florida Lawns]

Bow, a new mathews z7.
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Those are nice!

[P.Services]

Yeah it sure can fling em good. With zero wind I wouldn't hesitate at a 45 yard shot.
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[Coastal Lawn Maintenance]

Come on let see some pics of this deer. And you ever find out about the tracks for the zahn
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[P.Services]

Tracks are right around 4,000 for the set of 4 maybe a few bucks less.

I will upload a picture of the deer in the bucket of the zahn tonight. The season starts on friday so I'm trying to get all the lawns mowed so I can take friday off and just have my worker do 10 himself. I have a killer 80 acre farm chucked fUuuuuuullll of big bucks to hunt.
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[P.Services]

Just dropped a doe in her tracks. Called her in with a fawn bleat. Then 5 min later a bruiser 8 came walking across the field but didn't come in. Can't decide if I should call it a night and go clean her while I still have light left or wait it out and stick 2.....
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[KE-llc]

I doubt anything comes in with a dead doe in the area...they can smell that.
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[P.Services]

I agree with you. But the wind is blowing HARD to the south and they cross north of me. First day in the new stand to! Can't beat that.
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[Jelinek61]

I doubt anything comes in with a dead doe in the area...they can smell that.
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You would be suprised. A couple years ago my dad shot a nice 8 point in the morning (around 9:30) then after lunch the same day i shot a 9 point out of the same stand. The gut pile from his deer was like 30 yards from where my deer came over the hill at me. There was really no wind.

[Superior L & L]

Buck pics ?
Or work pics I guess
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[P.Services]

Nope just two does. The pictures of the bucks fighting didn't turn out to well.

And I really don't ever remember to take pictures of work. Some day I've got a few big boulder walls I wana get pics of.

What do you guys do in tyron for leaves? You don't charge extra to grind them up do you? I know you guys to bag them. I'm about sick of being a leaf grinder for free in that place. I'm thinking about putting a rule in place that says I will double cut and that's it. Pay me to bag them up or look at them. People think I have time to just go round and round 20 times and grind them.....ya no thanks. Who do you use to vac the jobs you do do? What is the rate? My 18hp vac is about useless and I don't wana shell out 10k on a real machine.
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[KE-llc]

What do you guys do in tyron for leaves? You don't charge extra to grind them up do you? I know you guys to bag them. I'm about sick of being a leaf grinder for free in that place. I'm thinking about putting a rule in place that says I will double cut and that's it. Pay me to bag them up or look at them. People think I have time to just go round and round 20 times and grind them.....ya no thanks. Who do you use to vac the jobs you do do? What is the rate? My 18hp vac is about useless and I don't wana shell out 10k on a real machine.
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this is what you need!

http://newjersey.craigslist.org/grd/1996892909.html

[P.Services]

That's exactly what I was considering buying but I don't do enough leaves to make my money back fast enough.
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[juststartin]

Tracks are right around 4,000 for the set of 4 maybe a few bucks less.

I will upload a picture of the deer in the bucket of the zahn tonight. The season starts on friday so I'm trying to get all the lawns mowed so I can take friday off and just have my worker do 10 himself. I have a killer 80 acre farm chucked fUuuuuuullll of big bucks to hunt.
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How many employees do you have?

[barney14]

Let's see that MI deer.

[WillieWonka1850]

Well today I was driving through Fenton and over by the Plaza with Sagebrush Cantina I saw this Big Green F450 crew cab pulling this huge Green enclosed trailer with a big yellow badge on it that said in big black letters PICASSO SERVICES. Also on site was this John Deere CT332 CTL with a yellow painted roof.

I swear I've seen both before somewhere, possibly on the internet.




Hmmmmmmmmm..............nope! Doesn't ring a bell.




:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

[Bleed Green]

I dont know if Picasso is going to ever come around again to make an update to this thread. He must be pretty busy.

[P.Services]

busy would be a under statement. Have about 15 irons in the fire and only me tending them.

[T_S_S]

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[newtostone]

So did you ever end up plowing with the F450? If so how did it do for you?

[KE-llc]

yes he plowed with the f450....he told me it was a beast just make sure has weight in bed
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[noahb195]

We need to see some update pictures on her
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[P.Services]

I will get some pics of stuff up soon!!!!

Once i get decals on the trucks i will throw them up.

And i will have some shop pics to

[LawnMan19]

I will get some pics of stuff up soon!!!!

Once i get decals on the trucks i will throw them up.

And i will have some shop pics to

:clapping:

[noahb195]

Finally :)
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[A&Jlandscapingllc]

Lets see some pics

[noahb195]

Picasso!!!!! Where are the pictures man!!!! We're all waiting!!
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[P.Services]

i have a bunch on my phone to upload but when i do they upload sideways and i dont know how to fix it.

[LawnMan19]

I'll take sideway pics over no pics.

[P.Services]

i cant figure it out, says upload failed. They are jpg images. I emailed them to myself from my android and then try to upload them. I dont know how to do it.

[WillieWonka1850]

i cant figure it out, says upload failed. They are jpg images. I emailed them to myself from my android and then try to upload them. I dont know how to do it.
Are you trying to upload like 8 at a time? I've found it doesn't let you upload that many at a time, even those theres 8 upload things. Try uploading only 5 at once.

[P.Services]

no it was only one at a time. Every way i tried it said upload failed so i gave up.

[KS_Grasscutter]

Try photobucket.com. You can even load pictures directly to that from your phone, then you can get on your computer, click on the correct link from photobucket, and paste on here. Its a lot easier then resizing everything and then uploading a few at a time.

[KPZ Enterprises]

dam, took a while but finially got threw all 73 slides!!! u have an awsome operation going for yourself.....i might have missed it in the other 73 slides but are you a solo operation or do u have employes?? and were do u keep all ur stuff?