Mondragon Lawn and Trees

[SNAPPER MAN]

haha That's cool man. Yeah I agree....Here in chicago I see most guero (no offense) companys are the lowballers I have seen flyers that say $15 per mow!
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Exacto. Aqui tampoco. Todos piensen que los hispanos son la gente trabajando por precios bajos pero la verdad es que los gringos son los idiotas trabajando por poquito mas de nada. Este pinche site is stupid sometimes. People on here make me laugh lol.

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

Hey man good looking pics. I wouldnt of guessed you were hispanic I had looked at your thread couple of times but never decided to read until now....Yo tambien soy hispano y pienco que tienes muchos guevos por dicir que eras tu tambien en lawnsite. Aqui si ahi racistas. Also in plowsite.com :realmad: I was lmao in pages 22-25?? Dont remember what pages lol Y el otro de texas tambien es hispano o guero?? Keep up the good work!!

O and my girl says "Ora si eres paisa porque te mochastes el dedo como todos" :laugh: :laugh:

yeah i'm mexican and dark like every other mexican lol
and mi dedo it's all good it's still attached but with a scar
and it's hilarious when sean and i speak in spanish

You are talking about me man. I'm a guero hispano lol. Pero tambien pienso que muchos aqui son racistas. Piensen que todo la raza esta robando su trabajo lol.

se ves a sean un dia (A. Landscaping)you will literally piss your pants cuz it's to funny he's as white as he can look and when he talks it's just to funny lol

haha That's cool man. Yeah I agree....Here in chicago I see most guero (no offense) companys are the lowballers I have seen flyers that say $15 per mow!
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yeah there are lowballers but i just don't care for them the more i think about them the less i concentrate in our job so we do our jobs and let our work speak for itself

Exacto. Aqui tampoco. Todos piensen que los hispanos son la gente trabajando por precios bajos pero la verdad es que los gringos son los idiotas trabajando por poquito mas de nada. Este pinche site is stupid sometimes. People on here make me laugh lol.


yep eso es cierto nuestros precios comparados a lo que otra jente cobra alrededor the los estados unidos son muy buenos y no son bajos antes cobramos mucho mas que otra jente

[A.Landscaping]

yeah i'm mexican and dark like every other mexican lol
and mi dedo it's all good it's still attached but with a scar
and it's hilarious when sean and i speak in spanish

Lol Yeah it is first time in lawnsite.



se ves a sean un dia (A. Landscaping)you will literally piss your pants cuz it's to funny he's as white as he can look and when he talks it's just to funny lol

haha I can imagine mi cunado is white lol Its just funny to see when he is trying to talk to my parents :laugh: Ever seen a guero eating a Tamal with the family? :laugh:



yeah there are lowballers but i just don't care for them the more i think about them the less i concentrate in our job so we do our jobs and let our work speak for itself

Yeah i try to do the same, But this year i just decided to work for a company




yep eso es cierto nuestros precios comparados a lo que otra jente cobra alrededor the los estados unidos son muy buenos y no son bajos antes cobramos mucho mas que otra jente

Yeah yo creo que nosotros le cobramos a las gringos mas que los demas. :laugh:

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

found a lil buddy while mowing he was in a parking lot around 200 ft away from the retention pond where he's suppose to be at

and some pics of that commercial account there area few so here we go

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

and here are more each is different location at the site

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

and the last ones. the last one was at another site the retention pond i mowed just about the whole thing with the ferris pretty steep and it has good handling on it

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

well i got a new phone and also a new camera but didn't bring my camera but my new blackberry takes some pretty good photos. i know i take pics over same homes but it's bc i like these properties the best

[KS_Grasscutter]

Wow those pics are GREAT for being taken with a phone. That lawn looks real nice, too!

[diamondlandscaping]

There is nothing better than properly cut/ healthy and fertilized St. augustine grass. Nice job, nice job.

[A.Landscaping]

Good Looking pics! What mower did you use in those last pics?

[bobcat48]

Nicee work,stripes look great.

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

here's another pics to keep this thread a lil alive
pics dont do justice to this house it actually looks
better then the previous pics oh well i should really
carry my actual camera that was just purchased

[diamondlandscaping]

Great work and what an awesome property! It's properties like these that make this line of work awesome.

[Lawn Freak]

Great stripes, looks like some of your customers should be sold on some power washing.

[bobcat48]

Wow looks great,stripes are good.

[M.A.Landscaping]

i like the rig man. nice cub cadet and nice stripes!

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

Our ferris has been down it has some weird thing that when it's on for like 30 mins working its' rpms go down and up like crazy and eventually they get too low that it turns off. I have no clue as what it could be but we have a bob cat demo. There are good things and bad but pretty decent machine.

cuts nicely on nice lawns not overgrown. if the lawn is over grown it will leave to many stranglers.
it holds hills way better then the ferris this thing is a mountain goat lol the ferris was good but this thing is crazy as in where i could get in with.
i really don't like the hydro's they feel both too touchy and stiff i know thats weird but thats the only way i can describe it lol.
i wouldnt mind it getting it but we really are not out in the market for a ztr we only have it cuz our ferris is out of commission

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

here are the mountain goat part lol

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

There is nothing better than properly cut/ healthy and fertilized St. augustine grass. Nice job, nice job.

i agree when the st augustine is taken care off and well fertilized i think it's one of the best looking grasses

Good Looking pics! What mower did you use in those last pics?

My cub Cadet Tank though we're thinking of getting two grandstands (36" and a 48 or 52")to take care of our homes instead of rolling with our tank lol

Nicee work,stripes look great.

thanks bobcat

Great work and what an awesome property! It's properties like these that make this line of work awesome.

i know i love it when we i see a nice property like this one. Not many people around here know how to do a nice lawn. I know these homes make people turn theur heads like crazy

Great stripes, looks like some of your customers should be sold on some power washing.

agh i do it if they ask me and i have told them before but usually i know he does it himself he has a commercial pressure washer himself He's a mechanical engineer so we talk often (i'm doing civil engineering) so he likes asking questions

Wow looks great,stripes are good.

thanks again bobcat

i like the rig man. nice cub cadet and nice stripes!

we try to keep the truck clean and not cluster like alot of people do here cuz well it drives me insane lol and it just looks tacky. Lots of our customers have told us they chose us just bc of how our truck looks and well our work speeks for it self. We haven't done propoganda since like almost two years yet we get lots of jobs

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

we had a demo grand stand and i love it. it was the 52" 23 hp. we loved the machine. The turbo force deck is way suppirior to any deck I've ever worked with. it handles amazingly on hills i was able to get into places I've never gotten into to. which help cut back on trimming like crazy. one draw back is that when you use it in wb mode the traction is lost so it's just better to stay on it when on hills. It stripped better then any other mower as well w/o a stripping kit at all. Our cub cadet stripped really good but with a stripping kit. lets see what else well over all we loved it and will be getting one for sure hopefully soon we will prob either go with a 60" for the commercial cites or a 36" for homes well we shall see.

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

and here's more

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

and the last one's

sorry i didn't get any of the one's when we used it to stripped the lawns. i'll see if i can find any

[bobcat48]

Nice,congarts,have fun with it,cut looks good.

[SNAPPER MAN]

That looks good man. Are you all planning on buying one? I'm gonna ask Chad if he might let us take out that machine for the day. Are you all gonna be switching to toro?
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[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

That looks good man. Are you all planning on buying one? I'm gonna ask Chad if he might let us take out that machine for the day. Are you all gonna be switching to toro?
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Yeah you deffinitely should get a run with it its a good mower. Yes we are planning in buying one we are looking at a 60" or the 52" he has at the store. We have always wanted an all toro fleet but when we got our ztrs toro didn't have any special financing like the rest the ones we bought. We have always been impress with toros since they're just an all around complete company in mowers. We will most likely sell our cub and get the 60" and a 36"(or 48"depending on price) we are trying to imcrease productivity since we will be lossing our brother to new york (college)
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[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

That looks good man. Are you all planning on buying one? I'm gonna ask Chad if he might let us take out that machine for the day. Are you all gonna be switching to toro?
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We have also liked toro bc our wbs have lasted us forever problem free and well we just loved them since it was our first commercial mower.
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[SNAPPER MAN]

Thats good man. So yall are thinking of getting rid of the tank? How's work been? I know we are staying busy with just mowing right now.

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

Thats good man. So yall are thinking of getting rid of the tank? How's work been? I know we are staying busy with just mowing right now.

yeah we will be selling it and getting a 60". we are busy like crazy and school is coming up so yeah i'm like a chicken w/o a head.:hammerhead::hammerhead::dancing:

here's a pic of a house i've always have wanted to try a grid pattern when stripping and this is the first and probably the only house i can do it on
pictures dont do it justice oh well i tried lol:hammerhead::hammerhead:

[SNAPPER MAN]

Wow esa yarda se mira bien bonita. Su trabajo mira bien wey. Que pienses de el motor en su trucka? Voy a tener que comprarme uno mas trucka por lo próximo ano y quiero saber que tal vez puedo comprar un de gas porque diésel valle mucho dinero.
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[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

Wow esa yarda se mira bien bonita. Su trabajo mira bien wey. Que pienses de el motor en su trucka? Voy a tener que comprarme uno mas trucka por lo próximo ano y quiero saber que tal vez puedo comprar un de gas porque diésel valle mucho dinero.
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La de nosotros no ha tratado muy bien. La compramos nueva y no hemos tenido ningun problema. Nada mas dale su mantimiento y te treatra bien. No se come sea en el millaje por gallon nunca he medido. Es sufficientemente fuerte para como la usamos. Quiremos comprar una de deisel pero ya veremos
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[SNAPPER MAN]

Si yo tambien voy a ver. Quiero comprar in Chevrolet 2500 de dos puertas con el 6.0. Puedo comprar un nueva así por $24k. Pero si puedo buscar una de diesel por un buen precio por supuesto voy a comprar diésel. Yo solodamente no quiero comprar un diesel usada porque quiero tener un con warrenty porque los reparaciones en un diesel son muchísima dinero.
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[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

my best friend and i worked on my logo for now this is what we have for a days work tell me what yall think of it. it's really simple but somehow elegant i really like it!!:dancing:
second are two pics of a home we did for our builder recently like a week ago
last is my new daily driver i'll be driving a lot so a car is more suitable for me

[grassman177]

we have that same car, very nice. it has been good so far.

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

we have that same car, very nice. it has been good so far.
I like it so far plenty of power and economical as well looks luxury and sporty so a good fit for me
I've only have had it for like two weeks and so far no complains. a full tank of premium is forty for
me and lasts me a about a whole week. First time I put mid grade not knowing premium is what the engine required
And it just zipped it up big diff on the milage per gallon.
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[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

here's a link to the website me and a buddy are working on for my uncles business we just started it and there's still plenty to do just wanted to see if y'll like the concept of it so farhttp://theoaktreeservice.com/

[Lawn Freak]

I really like that logo, it looks nice. Just saw that you and grass man have maximas. My family has one too, first one got totaled. I was in the back seat of the car at the time, everyone made it out just fine, the car did very well. Went to the dealership the next week and bought another one exactly like it.
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[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

ok guys i need a bit help on this from some of u irrigators whats the best way to heat trace the irrigation main line only the section that comes out with the PVB. i've been doing searches but not much has been found yet

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

So we finally decided to get a new mower. Went with Too grandstand 36" So far we love it. We get twice the production of two wb 32" I'll have better pics tomorrow, this once was with my blackberry. if y'll have any questions just ask and i'll try to answer the best i can.

[SNAPPER MAN]

Was that the same one Chad had at the store the other day?
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[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

Was that the same one Chad had at the store the other day?
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yeah i think so, i asked him to bring it in this week so i guess? man this mower is insane for our needs. it has surpassed what my expactations were for it.we finished our route faster today were able to work ahead for tomorrows accounts

[SNAPPER MAN]

Wow that is awesome. I know I sold my wright stander because the small tires were beyond tearing up my yards, but your machine won't have that problem. So did this one mower replace your two tbars?
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[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

pretty much it did. We still have them but it looks like we'll be using the 36 mostly unless it doesn't fit. so far only one house i could fit in.

[SNAPPER MAN]

Damn that's awesome. You still running one crew o mas?
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[GARDENGATE]

hey there snapper and mondragon. i have been on the site for about a year now . you two seem to be the only houston area guys on here. i serve a little bit of everywhere. maybe we can link up...i will put up some pics maybe you've seen me around. all the best this year guys:)

[DLONGLANDSCAPING]

Hey moondragon, thread and work look great. I commented awhile back but i wanted to ask. How do you get your mowers off with the heavy duty skid style ramp with nothing in between.

I have seen all your pictures and havent seen anything connecting them and was interested.

thanks,

Jason

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

hey there snapper and mondragon. i have been on the site for about a year now . you two seem to be the only houston area guys on here. i serve a little bit of everywhere. maybe we can link up...i will put up some pics maybe you've seen me around. all the best this year guys:)

Garden gate yeah that would be great and yeah i have noticed not many here on lawnsite from houston....... And thx same to you this yr we alredy picked up new accounts and been doing alot more installs then before so business is off to a fast start which i'm happy for i just can't seem to keep with school and work.
Hey moondragon, thread and work look great. I commented awhile back but i wanted to ask. How do you get your mowers off with the heavy duty skid style ramp with nothing in between.

I have seen all your pictures and havent seen anything connecting them and was interested.

thanks,

Jason

if i'm not mistaken DlongLandscaping look at pg 2 in this thread and you'll see the mesh on the ramps. the ramps slide in and out so the width is just fine for the mowers. i'll be getting a new gate made for the mowers bc those ramps are heavy to be picking up after a long day of work :dizzy::dizzy: they've been great but a double ramp gate would be better, the mesh was just a temporary solution until we needed real gate,

[DLONGLANDSCAPING]

i looked and still doesnt answer my questions. The mesh looks to be just on the 12" section. Your trailer looks to be around 84" wide with two 12" gates on either side for a big tractor or skid. Is there anything connection the two 12" gates on either side. How do you manage to get a 32" mower off and on with it only being able to go one wheel on the ramp.

Do you get what i am saying? maybe i am not seeing something but if both ramps are down on either side, there is 60" in the middle with nothing there?

Let me know, im just curious, no trying to pick at ya.

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

i looked and still doesnt answer my questions. The mesh looks to be just on the 12" section. Your trailer looks to be around 84" wide with two 12" gates on either side for a big tractor or skid. Is there anything connection the two 12" gates on either side. How do you manage to get a 32" mower off and on with it only being able to go one wheel on the ramp.

Do you get what i am saying? maybe i am not seeing something but if both ramps are down on either side, there is 60" in the middle with nothing there?

Let me know, im just curious, no trying to pick at ya.

Hey no prob I didn't explained it that well either. The ramps move in and out in that first pic of the ramps on the second page u can see a rod at the bottom
In which the ramps slide back and forth. They get close enough to where we can take our 32" wb w/o problem. We're getting a new gate to where it's a traditional gate like in most trailers bc these ramps are real heavy
Hope this helped if not let me know I could take a pic for you so u can see it better.
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[GARDENGATE]

yeah no problem. here maybe you can pm or call me sometime..i would like to link with proffessionals in my area.......school is kicking ma rear too........
lets hook up soon...

[SNAPPER MAN]

So how much time is your new 36 saving you each week?
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[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

hey shean......it's saving us lots of time and has pretty much fit in almost all the gates specially the ones that I needed to go into. It's a machine with agility it's quick. We have taken a full day of mowing out, which has given us time to do other jobs, and we can do the work with one less person if needed

here's some pics of it in mowing which are not that good we also got a 60" IS2000 which is amaxing ride is way better then the is1500 which is already really good. this year has been incredible for us so far and we got another truck 2002 chevy 2500 i'll post pics later.

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

here's a pic of the truck that was picked up today Chevrolet 2500HD 2002 with 145000 miles for $2700 i think it will be agreat addition to us. it was taken care of well by the owner (one of our customers)

[SNAPPER MAN]

That's a good deal. That thing is going to be a gas hog tho.
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[duranlandscaping]

If you don't mind me asking, how much did you pay for your grandstand. I like the 36" deck and that it is floating. Does it cut bermuda well?

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

If you don't mind me asking, how much did you pay for your grandstand. I like the 36" deck and that it is floating. Does it cut bermuda well?

Got the mower for $5500 out the door witht the accelerator bag....it was a low bc my dealer got it from another dealer that had closed so it was a lil cheaper.... it does really great with bermuda i only have like 2 or 3 three accounts with it but it doeas a great job... i'll see if i can take some pics on it....We have already 125 hrs and it keeps going non stop everyday it's practically the go to mower in every account we have compact and fast and great cut ....we couldn't be any happier with this mower. i'll post some pics soon hopefully

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

well i've been busy like crazy everywhere but i'll try to catch up with some pics everyone....questions comments either positive or negative are greatly welcomed here....I believe there's always room for knowledge and improvement with an open mind to learn ...
these are from a before and affter pics of a custom home we did for our house builder sod irrigation and landscape sorry didnt take pics of the finish product with the landscape in it but it was a great build for us and the customer

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

here's currently how we run to most our commercial properties i know not very organized trying to get that accross but it's not getting far yet -.- and the other is our grandstands cut with probably our best looking account and the other is what someone did to the truck -.-

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

well it's been a while since I've posted anything. I've been so busy with school and work but this will do for today. I'll try to keep this more updated, though with 19 hrs of engineering classes it will be difficult

This is a house we will be doing here shortly. We did the irrigation already and hopefully do the landscaping and sod tomorrow

[stuntmanlogan]

Nice work. That sucks really bad about the truck. Did you find out who did it and did it come off or did you have to repaint?

[noahb195]

here are some pics of how our trailer once we puck our new racks in for the blowers (we bought them after being robed once again for a blower right in front of our commercial properties we were across a small street when a car pulled up got off got the blower and just pealed off and almost crashing into on coming traffic)


Do i spy a Stihl FS 250 on the top rack?

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

no never found out who probably some young stupid kid in high school who had nothing else better to do..... it came of easily with nail polish remover.... yes it's a fs 250 ....good strong trimmer

[noahb195]

This thread is awesome. Any updates for us. Any pictures?

[deerewashed]

teenagers who do **** like that, give kids who work there ass off like me a bad name. sorry to hear about the truck,but now you have a good excuse to wrap it.....

a little off topic but i have always found it funny how you can spend more money wrapping a truck then you spent on the truck in the first place.

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

no real update just got the landscape done for the house. It's ben raining in and out the whole time, we're behind almost two weeks of work and at the samw time we're taking on new jobs it's looking like it's gonna be a year.

[LawnMan19]

Landscaping looks real good, and I really like the look of that house.

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

Oh man the builders homes are gorgeous on the inside all custom built. As for the laandscape I wish we could do more on his homes. Our prices are a bit more so what's budgeted for it usually holds me back but still able to put a nice touch. Sod should be in by tomorrow
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[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

small update of where we are at. We finished the sod on one house and it's closed already(home was purchased immediately) some pics of the inside the house as well.
there's a pic of what i found out it was a green moth ...pretty neat since it was the first time I've seen this lil critter.
and last is pic of a retention ponds that we take care of they're all like this and usually a challenge to mow but we get it done

[LawnMan19]

That house is really nice inside and out, and that Ferris can even stipe down in Texas.:cool2:

[noahb195]

very nice i like it

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

Here's a small update on a new house we just started....I'm excited it's getting us to work on a lil larger projects which I really do not mind as many of y'all wouldn't either ...here are some before and during pics any comments are always welcomed good or bad I always want to learn from others.

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

and the rest

[LawnMan19]

Looking good, you work on some really nice houses.

[noahb195]

Nice!! Slick operation you got there

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

we have been really busy recently and I'm kinda glad school is back bc i need the lil rest i get from work here's a small update. we finished the first home and we started the second which will be the pics posted after these

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

the rest are for the new house it was finished this week as well. took two 18 wheeler's full of sod and plus 3 more pallets and the last two are from a raining day from my window and some Home made Michoacanas Enchiladas

[LawnMan19]

Looks good, that Boxer's tracks look backwards.

[noahb195]

Wheres the rig at?

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

Well I wouldn't really know much on the tracks for the boxer it was the first time I have rented a track machine and will probably do more often loved that little machine. I'll take a pic of the truck this weekend
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[LawnMan19]

Well I wouldn't really know much on the tracks for the boxer it was the first time I have rented a track machine and will probably do more often loved that little machine. I'll take a pic of the truck this weekend
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Yeah, I don't know a ton about the but the just looked funny but I bet that's how they're suppose to be.

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

we piked up a new toy today. I always enjoy new equipment nice and shinny for now :cool2:

[LawnMan19]

Yeah, you gotta love new gear.

[kev51277]

how do you like that cub cadet? i had a enforcer and that thing was a piece of crap kept frying belts...

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

the tank has been a great machine stripes really well and never had any problems with it. I"ll be selling it shortly just because i want a bigger mower.

On another note we're looking to buy another mower a 60 in any ideas as in performance good and bad would be greatly appreciated WE have mostly stucked with toro and ferris we have two 32 wb toros a 36 grandstand Ferris IS1500 and a IS2000 and have been greatly pleased by them. Looking more into an EFI engine but unfortunately FErris does not carry one. Any experience with any is more than welcomed
EFI
*Bob-Cat Predator Pro 37hp EFI
*TOR0 G3 29 HP Kawasaki FX w/60" EFI
*Toro GrandStand 27HP Kohler
*Exmark 60 EFI
NON EFI
*Hustler X-ONE FX730 Kawasaki
*Ferris IS2000 61" Deck 27HP Kawasaki
*TORO Z-MASTER G3 w/ 29HP
*ProCat 26HP Kawasaki 61" Deck
*toro Grandstand 26 HP Kawasaki W/60" Turbo
*Exmark 60 non EFI

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

Test driving a new mower....Toro 6000 series 60" with EFI engine should be fun to try out but wont get a real test till Monday or Tuesday

[SNAPPER MAN]

I think I saw Val drop that off at pentex yesterday. How's work been wey?
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[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

yeah it was that one.... we're just trying out different models. we're purchasing another one and heading more towards EFI engines trying to save a lil fuel. We've been stacked with new jobs back and forth with our builders and current customers. I'm trying to expand more so I'll need to start to advertise if we want to go to the next level