Middle Tn. mowing prices?

[hef37087]

I have worked for a landscape company for 12 yrs and have left the career for other things. I have still kept touch with some customers and have been taking on their maintenance for a few years. Starting this year I was handed a few yards to mow. Our area is growing very fast however anyone with a truck and trailer is mowing yards and are calling themselves a landscaper. The average 5 yrs ago was $45....now with so much compatition, I have no clue. Is anyone in the middle Tn area here that can tell me something?

[hef37087]

Bump....is anyone here from Tn?

[1993lx172]

$35 for a 1/2 acre lot

[David Gretzmier]

Over in Arkansas I'd say a 35 buck minimum is pretty common, with 45-50 bucks for your small to medium residential yards. Most folks I talk to here still try to shoot for 60 bucks per man hour while on the job. so if you have 2 guys working on a lawn start to finish for 25 minutes, that's a 50 buck yard. Since I achieved that back in the 90's, I'd reccomend higher prices than that, but the market seems to be stuck there.

[hef37087]

Thanks for the responces. I was thinking that was about right. I may be underbidding a little, but these are new customers to me that are used to my 80+ yr old father-in-law mowing their yards because he needed something to do and didn't care if he made major money.

[driver5]

Ive been mowing in Nashville for ten years now. The going rate several years ago was 65 per acre or per hour. Now a days with gas prices as they ar, ive gone up a little bit. Now I wont drop my trailer gate for no less than 40.00 regardless of how small the yard is. Youve got to look at how long your going to be at a yard. How many trees, ditches, depressions, other obsticles, how much edging, debris blowing ect. But dont settle for less than 65.00 for an hour of work.

[hef37087]

Thanks driver, sounds like I am a little low. I will see what kind of adjustments I can make.