Mondragon Lawn and Trees

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

So i'm copying everyone i'll just put everything here. i'll updated when there's new news or events or jobs or etc etc. so here's a pic of the the rental they gave me since my truck got wrecked on jan 1st with my tools

[DillonsLawnCare]

Nice rig!! I really like the Ford!! Good luck!

[Lawn Freak]

Looks like that truck is holding the weight well. You got that trailer loaded!

[Junior M]

Are you puttin your handhelds in the bed of the p/u? Or are you just layin them on the floor like the rakes and shovels.. How do the mowers do goin up the regular equipment style ramps?

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

my handhelds are on the trailer for now i just got the trailer like 2 weeks ago and i'm still trying to fix it and add options to it since it's not just a mower trailer but a tree service trailer as well. the ramps have mesh on it like regular landscape trailers. I'll take some pics of it tomorrow. they go up very well without any problems. and I'm surprise about the truck, since it's not mine ( it's a rental) mine got wrecked here's a link to it http://www.lawnsite.com/showthread.php?t=256660 . i thought the truck will sink but it hardly did, which is good since it' well be my rental for like two weeks if the truck is even fixable

[LawnMowerKing10]

how do you like the ztr's?

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

i love my zero turns they both got good things to it, the ferris suspension is amazing and the rugedness of the cub is great as well. we'll be getting a toro great stand sometime this year, but thats not for sure yet.

[Dustbag]

I ventured to the link with pics of your "rear-ended-ness". Horrible.


My friend, seek a specialist and have your spine and neck(especially) looked into. Sometimes it can take months, or even years, for either of these types of injuries to rear it's ugly head(s).


Did this person run into your trailer chock full of your livelihood? No equipment were damaged? He didn't end up in the same spot as your mower "was"?

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

I ventured to the link with pics of your "rear-ended-ness". Horrible.


My friend, seek a specialist and have your spine and neck(especially) looked into. Sometimes it can take months, or even years, for either of these types of injuries to rear it's ugly head(s).


Did this person run into your trailer chock full of your livelihood? No equipment were damaged? He didn't end up in the same spot as your mower "was"?

i checked the doctors and i'm good, they tell me my bones are perfect or good but i thought differently since i have knee problems but it's heredity i got it from my mom and dad. i'm young and they said my bones are tough. no trailer was involved but he mustang was going 60 and i was in a dead stop when he rear ended me.

[W.L.M.]

Nice rig, the f150 is definetly the toughest 1/2 ton out there. If you hooked that trailer to a dodge 1500 or even 2500 the bumper would be on the ground.

[CCCLANDSCAPE]

are you guys from that area of spain? just wondering if you chose your name, because you are from that area or if you guys consider yourselves as a worker co-operative, like many of the business in Arrasate, or in spanish mondragon. don't mean to ramble, just think its a creative name.....

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

are you guys from that area of spain? just wondering if you chose your name, because you are from that area or if you guys consider yourselves as a worker co-operative, like many of the business in Arrasate, or in spanish mondragon. don't mean to ramble, just think its a creative name.....

it's actually my last name, or families name. We're from Mexico and like we all know the spanish came to mexico so that's how we have a spanish last name. i love our last name and for that, our company name. no one comes near it. i've checked online about our last name and it's from spain, the name Mondragon, "dragon mountain" refers to the mythical victory of the artisans and the liberation of the iron ore once guarded by a dragon who terrorized the villagers near Mount Murugain. Which basically stands for dragon slayers

[JosephLawnCare]

it's actually my last name, or families name. We're from Mexico and like we all know the spanish came to mexico so that's how we have a spanish last name. i love our last name and for that, our company name. no one comes near it. i've checked online about our last name and it's from spain, the name Mondragon, "dragon mountain" refers to the mythical victory of the artisans and the liberation of the iron ore once guarded by a dragon who terrorized the villagers near Mount Murugain. Which basically stands for dragon slayers

That's pretty cool how you know all of that about your name.....So what did they tell you about your wrecked truck? That's gotta be pretty close to totaled!

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

That's pretty cool how you know all of that about your name.....So what did they tell you about your wrecked truck? That's gotta be pretty close to totaled!

just lots of research online when i should be doing my universities studies. i think we're doing pretty well since my dad's business pays for three universities students all at the same time; not many people can say they have three kids in college and still be able to pay for them without loans and scholarships etc etc. Our truck is still at the body shop, i won't know till Monday about it since they still got to check it out. it was taken to where it was purchased when it was new, because that's one of the insurance's body shop. but in way i want a new truck but then i don't, since we got lots of expenses other then getting a new truck but we shall see. thanks for asking JosephLawnCare it's nice when people ask questions or give any sort of comments, good or bad, since you can always learn from them.

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

Are you puttin your handhelds in the bed of the p/u? Or are you just layin them on the floor like the rakes and shovels.. How do the mowers do goin up the regular equipment style ramps?

this is how i put my machines with the equipment ramps. they have a mesh on them

[Junior M]

this is how i put my machines with the equipment ramps. they have a mesh on them
Oh, from the side, they still look like regular equipment trailer ramps, which they are, just with mesh on them...

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

Oh, from the side, they still look like regular equipment trailer ramps, which they are, just with mesh on them...

yep they are regular equipment ramps, but i had someone put the mesh on them very cheaply. I didn't get rid of them since i'll be needing them for the heavier equipment so i just adjusted with what i had available.

[TXNSLighting]

did this person run into your trailer chock full of your livelihood? No equipment were damaged? He didn't end up in the same spot as your mower "was"?

wha????!!!!!

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

wha????!!!!!

i think he was referring to the picture of when i was rear ended by a car on new years day that's on a different link that i posted on this thread earlier

[freshprince94]

Nice setup, that sucks about your truck getting banged up.

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

Here's one of the reasons why I bought a heavy utility trailer with the 7000 lbs axels instead of the weak 3500 lbs landscaping trailer. What does everyone think? Oh the truck is my uncles that he let us borrow since our truck is still at the bodyshop getting fixed. It's a 1997 F-350power stroke diesel, I love it; what about yall.

[SNAPPER MAN]

Looking good man. What neighborhood do you live in? Bridgestone? Dove Meadows?

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

no, sorry, never heard any of those i live more towards Antoine and Veterans Memorial.

[TXNSLighting]

i think he was referring to the picture of when i was rear ended by a car on new years day that's on a different link that i posted on this thread earlier

I understand that but it doesnt make one bit of sense.

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

I understand that but it doesnt make one bit of sense.

i really don't know then, but hey txns lightning are you up in dallas or somewhere around?

[SNAPPER MAN]

Oh ok I gotcha. My worker lives at vetrens memorial and bammel. My friend Gilbriel keeps his machines at some place off antoine and vetrens memorial..hmm.

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

Oh ok I gotcha. My worker lives at vetrens memorial and bammel. My friend Gilbriel keeps his machines at some place off antoine and vetrens memorial..hmm.

not the best place but were almost done with the house and soon will be getting some land to get out of this bad area. It's not horrible but I want a better place to expand more.

[TXNSLighting]

i really don't know then, but hey txns lightning are you up in dallas or somewhere around?

Yep bout an hour west of there.

[SNAPPER MAN]

Haha I hear ya. It's not the nicest area but its not bad. Latinos are better and safer than negritos. Its sad but true.

[Green Finger]

Nice set up. Good looking equipment

[STIHL GUY]

thats a nice truck

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

which truck are you referring to. there's a possibility of three the f-250 that got wrecked, the f-150; that's a rental, and the f-350 that belongs to my uncle which is a really nice truck in really good condition for the year that it is.

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

here's some stump we did for a friend of ours

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

here's a mulch job we did last weekend, it wasn't finish when i snapped the pictures we still had to do last minute touches like taking any extraneous little falling leaves of the beds and cleaning up the stones

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

here's some more, we had some commercial sites i wasn't able to take pics of yet but they totaled over 100 yds combined

[South Florida Lawns]

good job man! so what's the deal on the 250 did they total it? Oh and what saw is that the 460?

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

good job man! so what's the deal on the 250 did they total it? Oh and what saw is that the 460?

oh it was not total it ended getting fixed it was 7500 worth or repairs and the chainsaw is a 441 magnum and I love it. It has a 30" bar

[SNAPPER MAN]

That's some nice work man. Where do you buy your mulch?

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

That's some nice work man. Where do you buy your mulch?

right of cutten and 1960 and there's another on Katy freeway owned by the same company as well that i also go too and i guess it all depends in distance and price but i mostly get it the cjm on cutten

[SNAPPER MAN]

Ohh I gotcha. I hate going to that place. I buy all my mulch at TLR Services on Spring Cypress. They have the absolute best quality mulch in my opinion.

[nnj18]

that ford looks older then a '97.....lot of wieght on that trailer haha and nice work

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

Ohh I gotcha. I hate going to that place. I buy all my mulch at TLR Services on Spring Cypress. They have the absolute best quality mulch in my opinion.

i think it all depends on what type of mulch you're going for i've always gotten the good old black mulch it has worked the best for my properties that we do the hardwood deco is best at other places and so on. but i bet the prices are higher then cjm i get the mulch pretty darn low

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

that ford looks older then a '97.....lot of wieght on that trailer haha and nice work

well believe me the truck is a 97 and has been taken care of really well, it had only one owner other then my uncle. it was a rancher who owned it, they work them hard but take care of them well. and the sod well lets say it has taken more easily, i've loaded it up to 4 pallets of sod

[SNAPPER MAN]

Ya I know CJM is cheap. I prefer to use the best though because I also charge more than most guys for mulch. That old '97 is the perfect work truck man.

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

Ya I know CJM is cheap. I prefer to use the best though because I also charge more than most guys for mulch. That old '97 is the perfect work truck man.

well for me i've always had the black mulch and to me personally no one come close to their quality in black mulch; now the other types or kinds that's a different story, and price wise you got to find your good resources for both you and the customers, i've got a custom house builder that lives of our black mulch, every new customer that comes to him automatically wants the black mulch from cjm

[SNAPPER MAN]

Ha thats awesome man. You get my PM?

[Nick's Lawn Care]

here's some stump we did for a friend of ours

Man you really hacked that stump... Looks like you used the saw like a axe:laugh::laugh:

That landscaping looks nice!

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

Man you really hacked that stump... Looks like you used the saw like a axe:laugh::laugh:

That landscaping looks nice!

well i took out wedges from the side because the stump was like 6" wider then my saw and my saw had a 30" bar

[Nick's Lawn Care]

well i took out wedges from the side because the stump was like 6" wider then my saw and my saw had a 30" bar

Try using wedges when your cutting the stump off...

I own a small tree and landscape company, i have a few saws. Please wear chaps, I have seen way to many injuries from people not wearing them. If you cut your leg off you will ruin the rest of your life… There only $70.

Nick

[SNAPPER MAN]

Nick, Aqui en Texas no somos pendejas. No vistimos chaps. Somos hombres!! LMAO!!!

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

Try using wedges when your cutting the stump off...

I own a small tree and landscape company, i have a few saws. Please wear chaps, I have seen way to many injuries from people not wearing them. If you cut your leg off you will ruin the rest of your life… There only $70.

Nick

we do wear chaps i've seen accidents like crazy, even had a cousin who's arm was taken to the elbow by a chipper, here's a link to a job we did
http://www.lawnsite.com/showthread.php?t=253665

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

Nick, Aqui en Texas no somos pendejas. No vistimos chaps. Somos hombres!! LMAO!!!

we use to not wear them until we started getting the larger saws and i was running them and one shredded three layers on my thigh

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

oh yeah and the wedges they don't always work, you have to compromise and well i've learned from the best my dad and my uncles

[Nick's Lawn Care]

Nick, Aqui en Texas no somos pendejas. No vistimos chaps. Somos hombres!! LMAO!!!

I dont understand:laugh:

[Nick's Lawn Care]

we use to not wear them until we started getting the larger saws and i was running them and one shredded three layers on my thigh

This is from a 260...

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

here's some job we did this weekend but it's not completely done, we still need to do the landscaping and the front sod and it's ST. Augustine grass

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

here's more

[2brothersyardcare]

that 260 didden't like u very much ha

[DoetschOutdoor]

On that sod job, what is up with their fence?

[Nick's Lawn Care]

here's more

Looks good man!!

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

here's some in between pics of it

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

here's the landscaping of the house

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

and about the fences, they put them like that by design and since there's always problems on who should pay to repair it forces both sides to pay 50/50 for it and there's no complication with the neighbors

[diamondlandscaping]

nothin like fresh st. aug! you do good work man. you guys really like that black mulch in texas, huh.

[J&R Landscaping]

Nice pictures and work!

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

thanks guys for the feed backs we work hard to do the best job we can. it helps having a good working family, and having great customers like my custom house builder and my property management customer.

About the black mulch, yeah we love it we at least we do about 90% or our jobs we install black mulch. Some want the brown deco but we always convince them to black, plus black goes with just about anything

[diamondlandscaping]

down here its mainly red,cypress,eucalyptis. i HATE the red and it's hard to find good cypress, so i usually go with the euc.

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

down here its mainly red,cypress,eucalyptis. i HATE the red and it's hard to find good cypress, so i usually go with the euc.

yeah i hate the red as well with a passion, but the top three are black, brown hardwood deco, and red

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

Here are some pics of a small commercial part out of many that we do, not to good quality but what the heck. By the way it's been a mess here in houston, tx we had lots of rain from Friday up to sat night so it's been catch up time.

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

oh yeah i forgot, it was done with my Ferris IS 1500 52", and it has no stripping kit, so I think it does pretty well for no stripping kit

[mowerdude777]

Every thing looks great, espseaily the 2 toros

[SNAPPER MAN]

Looks good man. I used some of that CJM mulch you swear by and its ok. But I found a better place with better quality that is way way cheaper. You prolly know about it but it is dirt cheap and best quality mulch. Mowing looks good btw. The rain sucked!! We worked 13 hrs last sunday to catch up.

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

Looks good man. I used some of that CJM mulch you swear by and its ok. But I found a better place with better quality that is way way cheaper. You prolly know about it but it is dirt cheap and best quality mulch. Mowing looks good btw. The rain sucked!! We worked 13 hrs last sunday to catch up.

Yeah cjm is starting to lose its quality that it had before there's been to many bad batches as of recently I'm looking for a new place that's just as close to me.mind telling me where you get the mulch now. Oh if you ever need sod like 3 or more pallets hit me up I got a good fella I know, dirrectly from the farm no middle man so lower prices

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

Every thing looks great, espseaily the 2 toros

thanks for the compliment. though they're not turbo force deck, they work amazingly. The t-bars are so easy to use i don't think many people can say negative things about them. The T-bars are like a zero turn and they're effortless. We're in the need of another walk behind or stand on mower we shall see what we get. I want a grandstand but it's just to big i want something in the size of 36( which the grandstand doesn't have) or 42 which wright stand ons do have. oh well i'll have to decide soon.

[SNAPPER MAN]

I now buy my mulch up in the woodlands. You exit I-45 at 242 and drive east about 10 mins and there it is. Huge place. The black double shredded hardwood is only like $15 a yard and is the honest to god best mulch I have ever used. It is worth the drive because I save so much in material costs.

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

I now buy my mulch up in the woodlands. You exit I-45 at 242 and drive east about 10 mins and there it is. Huge place. The black double shredded hardwood is only like $15 a yard and is the honest to god best mulch I have ever used. It is worth the drive because I save so much in material costs.

i know where that is, it's on our way to some water treatment plants we mow in porter, just take 242 all the way to highway 1314

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

here are some from this week, it's been crazy for me since i'm taking finals at school: thermodynamics, engineering statistics, Technical communications for engineers, and Auto-cad. The mowing was done by my ferris 1500 52" only mulching blades no striping kit or mulching kit,but any how here they are,

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

ok guys i'm posting up some pics,this is for those who complain like crazy about ferris deck. lets see who can figure what machines were used in what properties, just to remind you all the ferris = no stripping kit, the cub cadet=stripping kit

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

let's see the first three were done by the same mower and the last two were done by the same mower. so let the games beggin "GUESS THAT MOWER" lol:laugh:

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

let's see the first three were done by the same mower and the last two were done by the same mower. so let the games beggin "GUESS THAT MOWER" lol:laugh:

oh and by the way the last two were done by our new worker his fisrt day on the zero turn so please dont start me with the lines are wierd blah blah blah, and plus these are long non propertier properties, in other words they're county type sections to where our priority is to cut it not to strip it

[SNAPPER MAN]

It's obvious the first three are cut by the TANK and the last two are cut my the ferris.

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

It's obvious the first three are cut by the TANK and the last two are cut my the ferris.

nope they're switched around, i kow it sounds like i'm lying but i'm not. i was surprised when i saw the results. If you look at the previous post with pictures those we're done with my cub-cadet with more over passes since it doesn't have mulching blades on it. but here are some pices of a tree we did well actually the stump it was pretty darn big half the size of my younger brother, who is acutally larger then me in size 6'1" 215

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

here's how we go out to our commercial properties, and some sort of stripes at one of the properties. i know the grass is not green but that's not my fault. I've tried everything with them to get it better but they're just to cheap and stingy. The whole place was hydro-seeded last summer and well it never came out nicely. It seems that here in Houston hydro-seeding is not the best way or it could be the actual seed that they're trying to use since it always looks horrible. There's nothing like good old plain st. augustine sod here in southeast texas

[HappyGrasslawncare]

What kind of mulching blades do you have on there?

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

What kind of mulching blades do you have on there?
what do you mean where as in my mowers, my two toros have gators from toro and my ferris has gators as well, we have the other curved shaft for the ferris but they don't work as nicely the gators are the best to go with

[HappyGrasslawncare]

what do you mean where as in my mowers, my two toros have gators from toro and my ferris has gators as well, we have the other curved shaft for the ferris but they don't work as nicely the gators are the best to go with

yes thats what i was asking. Im looking into switching to mulching blades.
just trying to find the best. thanks :)

[TXNSLighting]

Gator blades are the best. Great investment!

[SNAPPER MAN]

Hey was that you driving today while parked by auto zone?

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

Hey was that you driving today while parked by auto zone?

yeah that was me. we were getting lunch. I know it's early but we're use to eating early it seems to help us out better rather then waiting till 1. my borthers were getting KFC. mean boy you got to slow down your driving through parking lots. you're just damaging everything faster. did you have many to do? we ended up doing 23 plus two large commercial sites Take your time driving, ofcourse don't be grandma either. LOL:laugh::laugh:

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

Gator blades are the best. Great investment!

yeah they are, and money well spent.

[SNAPPER MAN]

yeah that was me. we were getting lunch. I know it's early but we're use to eating early it seems to help us out better rather then waiting till 1. my borthers were getting KFC. mean boy you got to slow down your driving through parking lots. you're just damaging everything faster. did you have many to do? we ended up doing 23 plus two large commercial sites Take your time driving, ofcourse don't be grandma either. LOL:laugh::laugh:

Haha we were heading to eat lunch. Thats why I was driving so fast lol. We were hungry as hell. We went to Los Generales. The best mexican food thats just as cheap as taqerias. We did two offices and about 9 houses. We were done at 2:30 which was a nice change.

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

Haha we were heading to eat lunch. Thats why I was driving so fast lol. We were hungry as hell. We went to Los Generales. The best mexican food thats just as cheap as taqerias. We did two offices and about 9 houses. We were done at 2:30 which was a nice change.

lucky you, we were not finish till like 6:30 got home tired. This whole week was a pain since work fell behind bc of memorial day. Then we had a 3 day tree job which should have been 2 . Again memorial day was a thorn on us if not we would of been done earlier.
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[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

here are some pics from some tree work from today. will have some landscaping remodeling tomorrow but here are the tree work

[SNAPPER MAN]

Looks great man. Is it just me or am I seeing a bunch or new guys starting to do this in our area? The other day I saw two white guys (rarely seen here) mowing a HOA. They had a tundra, brand new trailer, brand new cheap ztr, and a brand new cheap wb. The guy on the wb looked like he had no clue wtf he was doing. People like this make me laugh because you know they probably arn't going to last throughout the summer. Also how does your trailer treat you? How many yards of mulch can you get on it? I'm looking at getting one pretty similar to yours.

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

Looks great man. Is it just me or am I seeing a bunch or new guys starting to do this in our area? The other day I saw two white guys (rarely seen here) mowing a HOA. They had a tundra, brand new trailer, brand new cheap ztr, and a brand new cheap wb. The guy on the wb looked like he had no clue wtf he was doing. People like this make me laugh because you know they probably arn't going to last throughout the summer. Also how does your trailer treat you? How many yards of mulch can you get on it? I'm looking at getting one pretty similar to yours.


Yeah I've been seeing more and more people trying to do this job but give them the hot humid summer here in houston and they'll be eliminated. many are getting in cuz they think a mexican can do it why cain't i? but they don't know the hard work and don't know the price of equipment and running a smooth operation. It's been treating me fine i got a great deal at the time, thank god for that, they had robbed us for our landscape trailer and we bought it used from a guy around kingwood. paid $2000 but the guy only had it for six moths since he had bought it. Just get a regular landscape door not equipment ramps cuz they get heavy as the day goes off. but we kept the heavy equip ramps cuz we plan on using it for heavy equipment in the future as well. the trailer holds 12 yds of mulch for us and still has strength to hold another 3 or four but it doesn't have space. get some mesh built up like 2 feet or so on the side, like the one you currently have on your newer trailer that way you do have space on it to take what ever.
the trailer is a heavy duty pipe top with the 7,000 lbs axles, go with the heavy duty ones you never know when you'll need it. you won't regret getting the extra power on it. you might end up hauling it with the toyota cuz our f-150 really struggles with it, our f-250 is fine with it though. i suggest you going to THE TRAILER MAN he has the cheapest prices and can easily custom make you any trailer in any way you want. they might not be as shiny but you don't need all those clear coats of paint since they still come off, his trailers are very well built we do all of our tree service hauling with it and has never failed us, very strong built trailers and very cheap compare to the rest around town all they care is about being flashy and shinney. go with them and you'll save lots of money. i personally don't like the trailer boxes they put on trailers they damage our blowers and trimmers to easily. we're going to be getting blower racks four our blowers and a trimmer rack as well and plus it will look better and different from the rest driving around town. another thing you might want to get a 20 footer because it will not be much in price difference plus the extra space you'll get.

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

Here some pics of a landscape we fixed or re did. we trimmed the hedges added mulch and added some moss rock wish we could of done a retaining wall but money was tight for the customer but i think it came out great for what we had deal with.
here are the before ones: and afters will be in the next post

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

here are the afters: what does everyone think about them

[SNAPPER MAN]

I know trailer man is cheap but his quality just doesn't look like its there. You know he uses used axles to make them so cheap?? Also he don't paint underneath so it rust faster? I'm going to be buying from Trailer Connection. They got high quality trailers. I want to buy something that will last for years to come. They got a trailer I'm thinking about getting. It's a 16ft. landscape trailer with 4ft. sides, side gate, weedeater rack, and cage, with the 5200lb axles. Thats the best of both worlds right there.

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

I know trailer man is cheap but his quality just doesn't look like its there. You know he uses used axles to make them so cheap?? Also he don't paint underneath so it rust faster? I'm going to be buying from Trailer Connection. They got high quality trailers. I want to buy something that will last for years to come. They got a trailer I'm thinking about getting. It's a 16ft. landscape trailer with 4ft. sides, side gate, weedeater rack, and cage, with the 5200lb axles. Thats the best of both worlds right there.

sorry to hear that you think he uses used axles, i personally went to where he makes his trailers, and those axles were brand new still in their boxed in their crates. I personally sent out our trailer to get a sand blast at the bottom and get painted, which came out better then any dealers paint ever will so to me that's not a factor. personally the guy at trailer connection is not the nicest person and thinks he knows everything of trailers but all he does is read a brochure and just tells us the information he doesn't talk personally or personal. all he does is buy trailers from trailmasters and sells them. not saying the trailmaster trailers are not good cuz they are, but i don't need extra glossy paint when all it will do is come right off and cost just as much to replace it exactly the same. the paint the trailer man uses has worked for us with limbs and trunks hitting the pipetops and sides there's been hardly any paint coming off. another buddy of ours bought a trailer from trailer connection and the axles broke on him with just a wb on it in less then two weeks and he (tailer connection dealer) didn't want to deal with it one bit. he didn't even call where he gets his trailers for warranty work. he made it seem as if he never bought the trailer from him. careful with him if i were you but maybe he's nicer with you.
oh and why go shorter you need to go bigger a 16 footer won't do you good, well atleast in my opinion. it all depends on what you're trying to carry with you when going to sites.
hows business with you.

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

i do like the side gate option though, our next trailer will have one for sure. Tool trailer box i'mnot a fan of it's not as easy to take out your equipment from those boxes, well they've never been user friendly for me, as in the trouble going into opening it and taking out your equipment from it.
oh i almost forgot the good news the cops found the trailer that was stollen i should be having it back soon, that one is a16 footer landscape body with the 4' sides and 5 foot gate and trailer box so you'll probably br seeing two crews in the weekends now
who knows in what shape it is cuz landscapers here do not take care of trailers

[SNAPPER MAN]

Ya its weird but the guy at trailer connection is really nice to me and wants to work with me. I'm still thinking about just getting a 18' pipetop like yours.

Thats awesome that they found it. Took them long enough lol. That trailer is probably better for mowing.

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

Ya its weird but the guy at trailer connection is really nice to me and wants to work with me. I'm still thinking about just getting a 18' pipetop like yours.

Thats awesome that they found it. Took them long enough lol. That trailer is probably better for mowing.

i hope he does work with you and it all goes well with you. a way that i look at it you want your equipment to look nice so show it off to potential customers. they'll see you got the right equipment. for me the way it works is that the trailer will be used for many things so get one that will be able to do that. if you don't do much heavy work then one with 5500 lbs axles will be fine but for us we use it alot for heavy work, for instance this weekend we're putting a whole bunch of pine tree trunks and it will handle great like always. just make a decision that wont take you back to the same that you have right now, selling the trailer you got from trailer connection, since it wasn't the right one. you need a bigger one that's for sure, since the one you have is too small or inssuficient. get it custom made if you even have too to please you. don't let it to where you're in the same position again.

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

our pipetop has been great for us even though we kind of just bought it because of we had our other one robbed but my dad has always wanted one before so it was the perfect opportunity. like my dad says you never have to much power(in this case heavier lifting axles)

[SNAPPER MAN]

When you put mulch on your pipetop trailer do you just put a tarp over top? Because I cant see how you get 12 yards on it without sides.

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

When you put mulch on your pipetop trailer do you just put a tarp over top? Because I cant see how you get 12 yards on it without sides.

i have sides that i made out of 3/4" treated plywood (painted black) to make them look nice and good and not crappy like you see around town. and i have 2x4 as for full side support so that they won't break. they come off easily and put on quickly as well so i really solved that problem easily and cheaply.

[SNAPPER MAN]

i have sides that i made out of 3/4" treated plywood (painted black) to make them look nice and good and not crappy like you see around town. and i have 2x4 as for full side support so that they won't break. they come off easily and put on quickly as well so i really solved that problem easily and cheaply.

Oh then thats what I will do then also. You basically put the 2x4's in the stake pockets and your set??

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

Oh then thats what I will do then also. You basically put the 2x4's in the stake pockets and your set??

yeah that's correct it has worked for us fine with no problem. they come on and off quickly

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

here's a tree job we did this weekend hope you like the pics
the first one's are not so good since it was it multi shot so that i could get the action and plus i use my phone for my pictures it's a good camera phone since its a 5 megapixle camera but enjoy the first batch

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

here are more

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

and here are our trucks with the trailers, f-350 with a 20 ft trailer has 7,500 lbs axles and the f-250 with the 18 ft trailer with 7,000 lbs axles. we had an f-150 that i did not take pictures of that had a 6x12 trailer with just one 3,500 lbs axle, we were able to put all the limbs from all three pine trees on the small trailer. we put most of the stumps on the white f-350 that's why the f-250 doesn't have much weight on it

[gomowdig]

Nice pic of the three climbers at once; reminds me of a lineman's rodeo. By the way how did the grades come out; you mentioned taking exams. Lots of good stuff to be learned in thermodynamics and fluid mechanics.

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

Nice pic of the three climbers at once; reminds me of a lineman's rodeo. By the way how did the grades come out; you mentioned taking exams. Lots of good stuff to be learned in thermodynamics and fluid mechanics.


i was happy with my grades i was able to pull off B+ on all three of my courses. but i got to admit those finals that at-least a year off your life they're tough and hard but i was able to do well which i'm very proud of my self to have done well while working full time.

[gomowdig]

I agree; keep up the drive.

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

I agree; keep up the drive.

i will most definitely keep with it. in the end it can't hurt me having an education, all it can do is help my life be easier

[teamgreendude]

Looks great man. Is it just me or am I seeing a bunch or new guys starting to do this in our area? The other day I saw two white guys (rarely seen here) mowing a HOA. They had a tundra, brand new trailer, brand new cheap ztr, and a brand new cheap wb. The guy on the wb looked like he had no clue wtf he was doing. People like this make me laugh because you know they probably arn't going to last throughout the summer. Also how does your trailer treat you? How many yards of mulch can you get on it? I'm looking at getting one pretty similar to yours.

i thought that was just me but yea it's comon here in kansas city theres one guy i saw today that was towing a stander with a toyota corola is was pretty funny, but what was even funnier was when i was on the way to a commercial site i saw him at a fitness center mowing his mower looked like it was about to explode and his cluless wife is scalping random ares with a crappy home depot trimmer i almost crashed it was so funny:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

here are some pics from yesterday. we had a long day most of the yards but not all we pretty wet. we fell behind half a day and we ended doing 35 yards not all large but not any small thing either. we had a 6 men crew where we would split up at times to advance faster. most of our yards are a one pit stop where we havfe around 4 yards per stop.

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

here's some from our commercial sites as well. Our yards just got green due to our recent heavy rain, before it had been around 2-3 month drought. not very common to have droughts in houston

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

oh and sorry for the quality of the pics i used my camera phone (which is actually really good 5 mega pixles) but i was moving while taking pics

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

here are couple from the weekend
there's more to come

[SNAPPER MAN]

Mira bien wey. I thought yall got your landscape trailer back? Wouldn't it be much easier to use for mowing? You are one of the very few that stripes the yards here.

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

and there's more to come

[diamondlandscaping]

great work man! keep it up

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

and the last one's

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

great work man! keep it up

thanks for the compliments

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

Mira bien wey. I thought yall got your landscape trailer back? Wouldn't it be much easier to use for mowing? You are one of the very few that stripes the yards here.

yeah we try the hardest to make our yards look diff. from the others. we sold our trailer we will be getting another heavy duty in the future and plus me and two other siblings are heading back to college this semester so money was tight for our courses

[SNAPPER MAN]

yeah we try the hardest to make our yards look diff. from the others. we sold our trailer we will be getting another heavy duty in the future and plus me and two other siblings are heading back to college this semester so money was tight for our courses
I hear ya. Money is pretty tight for me too. I'm just now starting the tree business so money is tight because of that. My door hangers should be here next week though so we are going to start passing those out and hopefully get a fair amount of calls. I'm lucky I don't need much more except the climbing equipment right now.

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

I hear ya. Money is pretty tight for me too. I'm just now starting the tree business so money is tight because of that. My door hangers should be here next week though so we are going to start passing those out and hopefully get a fair amount of calls. I'm lucky I don't need much more except the climbing equipment right now.

are you using the equipment for yourself or for your climber. i'm still in the learning process it takes time and lots of practice thats for sure

[SNAPPER MAN]

are you using the equipment for yourself or for your climber. i'm still in the learning process it takes time and lots of practice thats for sure
For the climber. You will not find me up in a tree, I'm not crazy enough lol. I honestly have no desire to learn. I will just work on the ground.

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

here are some from today, in 2 of the pics the grass is dying since there's no irrigation installed on that particular side

[rusty_keg_3]

Very nice work and equipment...
Hey, check out my pic thread sometime...

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

Very nice work and equipment...
Hey, check out my pic thread sometime...

thanks for the comment, i do look at your thread i'm just a quite one well a lill quite, but you got a nice truck well at least icer then what i have, i have a 93 toyota pickup that still runs great and is a gas saver

[rusty_keg_3]

thanks for the comment, i do look at your thread i'm just a quite one well a lill quite, but you got a nice truck well at least icer then what i have, i have a 93 toyota pickup that still runs great and is a gas saver

No problem, Thanks. I really wanna fix up my 89 so i have something fun...

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

our truck was down for the weekend and getting major repairs on the front drive assembly from shocks to bearings and alignment problems and i think the said the exhaust manifold was fixed it came of the engine somehow. i suspect it was a late result from the accident we had earlier this year bc the exhaust was hit from behind and bent in several places. it's getting taken care of by the insurance and the collision center where it was suppose to get repair from the start. but here's the family vehicle 1998 ford expedition 4x4 great suv it handled the load like nothing it has the same engine size as our truck 5.4l v8

plus a pic of a lawn done with our cub cadet

[SNAPPER MAN]

Dude that has to suck using a SUV for work. No place to put the trash. That lawn looks nice. What neighborhood is that in?

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

Dude that has to suck using a SUV for work. No place to put the trash. That lawn looks nice. What neighborhood is that in?

Yeah suv not really good but we leave a lot of our bags during the growing season only grass inside the bags anything else we take. That lawn is of cutten if you go down 1960 take cutten up towards cypresswood on the first light we do 4 out of 7 homes in a coldisack
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[SNAPPER MAN]

Yeah suv not really good but we leave a lot of our bags during the growing season only grass inside the bags anything else we take. That lawn is of cutten if you go down 1960 take cutten up towards cypresswood on the first light we do 4 out of 7 homes in a coldisack
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Ya I know exactly where that is. We do a couple in Champions Park off of Cutten Rd. and 1960.

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

Ya I know exactly where that is. We do a couple in Champions Park off of Cutten Rd. and 1960.

How are you handling your biz now that you're back to school I know it's hard for us cuz me and my 2 bros are not helping my dad as much bc of school only on our days we don't have classesy cources are hard as heck taking autocad statics circuits and engineering economy circuits is the hardest so far
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[SNAPPER MAN]

How are you handling your biz now that you're back to school I know it's hard for us cuz me and my 2 bros are not helping my dad as much bc of school only on our days we don't have classesy cources are hard as heck taking autocad statics circuits and engineering economy circuits is the hardest so far
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Well I hired another guy and Pablo is pretty much running the show. Without him I don't know what I would do. He is the absolute best employee anyone could ask for. The guy I hired used to work for CJ's Lawn Service so he has experience and does awesome work. I basically sell jobs. We are staying busy thank god. I'm getting ready to pass out some more doorhangers for tree work.

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

he guys just wanted to let evryone know of my lill incident. please caution the follwoing pics are graphic and may not be for you so don't go further. i manage to cut my finger really bad yesterday and was rushed to the ER. i ended up with a fracture at the tip of my finger only. a crap load of stiches and lots of pain and a horrible typing problem lol. please people this is a reminder to always be safe and always be prepare; 1st and formost have a first aid kit and 2nd have a plan discussed to your workers how to handle such incidents. another my finger was crushed in between my the hinges of our cub cadet ztr when i was inspecting it, due to that it had just came back from repairs. i wanted to make sure everything was in place and somehow i was holding the ROPS with one hand(since we like to keep it down bc of low branches)and all of the sudden it sliped. but anyhow please keep everything in its proper place and always think of what you will do. i know it sounds silly but it's true think think think!!!!!

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

don't look to far down these pics are graphicly again a lill background info: disturbing yesterday my finger was hurt badly and i had to go to the ER i crushed it in between the hinge of the ROPS of the cub cadet ztr we own. please people let this be a lesson to why keep up your rops and to be careful at all times and most of all be prepare with a first aid kit at all times. i ended with a minor tiny fracture at the tip only so it wasn't as it could of been, like a loss of finger and other possible cases

[teamgreendude]

don't look to far down these pics are graphicly again a lill background info: disturbing yesterday my finger was hurt badly and i had to go to the ER i crushed it in between the hinge of the ROPS of the cub cadet ztr we own. please people let this be a lesson to why keep up your rops and to be careful at all times and most of all be prepare with a first aid kit at all times. i ended with a minor tiny fracture at the tip only so it wasn't as it could of been, like a loss of finger and other possible cases

OUCH THAT'S GOTTA SUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!! i actully had somthing similar like that happen, i was greasing a spindle were exmarks deck adjuster is but anyways i noticed that the pin hilding the adjuster lever wasn't in so curious as i am i just pushed it alitte and wam my finger happned to be in the line of fire so it took my finger nail right off i can't imagene how bad that hurts

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

yep it does hurt alot taking some anti-biotics and vicatin for pain and i'm really careful with these kind of situations but you're never ready till it happens to you. we were 5 men crew and had two vehicles at our dispense so my brother was able to rush me to the hospital

[E.L.Co]

yep it does hurt alot taking some anti-biotics and vicatin for pain and i'm really careful with these kind of situations but you're never ready till it happens to you. we were 5 men crew and had two vehicles at our dispense so my brother was able to rush me to the hospital

haha last time i got hurt i stayed home from school for 3 days. good pain killers and video games are heaven:laugh: too bad it couldnt last but we all know we cant be junkies

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

first is new house we got in august and it's a nice house and we do a full maintenance, they home owner loves our service we charge him twice as much for our service then the previous company but he has had no regrets so far. and he has already recommended the neighbor and other neighbors two blocks down the street. great gated community where everyone talks to everyone i'm just hoping to get more from this neighborhood. the other two are random in business part back yard and one home

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

here's three pics of three new homes we started friday and we should be done by monday. 18 pallets of sod and 250ft of drain pipes were installed on friday and the landscape will be completed by mid monday i'll have finish pics but till then here are some

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

here are the rest of the backyards

[SNAPPER MAN]

What neighborhood are these in?

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

What neighborhood are these in?

Enclave at Lakewood right of spring cypress and N. Eldridge. it's an all custom homes subdivision gated community town homes kind of thing. we will be getting a new house by next month that adds up to more then these three homes combine

[SNAPPER MAN]

Dang thats nice man. We are still waiting to finish that dang neighborhood front entrance. Stupid general contractor is a idiot. I am waiting to here from him to have Gilbert rewire the irrigation wires on one side. Thats whats holding us up. Once irrigation is in we are in business.

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

What neighborhood are these in?

how's your truck doing, what ended up happening with it. what about your landscape for the HOA you were doing any updates

[SNAPPER MAN]

The truck is back to working now. They did a great job on it. We should be working on the HOA again this week. Just trying to figure the money situation out cuz I just bought a bike lol.

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

here are some finish pics not the best so i'll take some later this week but here are the bad ones

[E.L.Co]

that striped lawn on the last page is picture perfect, no wonder he will pay twice as much. do yall do irrigation? looks like business is booming for you. its slowing wayyy down in san antone

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

that striped lawn on the last page is picture perfect, no wonder he will pay twice as much. do yall do irrigation? looks like business is booming for you. its slowing wayyy down in san antone

we been kept some sort of busy because of our commitment to more then one field. i'll be doing some lighting on friday for around 5 customers. and did some drafting for one of our two builders for an outdoor kitchenhere are some pics of it theyre pdfs but tell me what yall think. i'm looking for a diff prog to have a realistic look but have not found one yet

[CALandscapes]

Curious - why do you install the sod before the gardens are in?

[CALandscapes]

Curious - why do you install the sod before the gardens are in?

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

Curious - why do you install the sod before the gardens are in?

the sod is not completely installed all the way there is a gap left where the flower beds are going in.we paint the outline and leave around 2ft between the sod and the edge of the flower bed to work in. usually everything is done on the same day, but when there are multiple homes like this we install the sod first that way it doesn't get all soggy and muddy when it rains unexpectly and it looks much better to have sod in rather then flower beds in first. just our opinion and method of work some people do it the opposite way and works fine for them. it's really whatever suites you

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

here are some pics of today. they're not much. we don't really have leave jobs or clean ups and when we do they're not until winter and we just don't handle leave jobs like up north

[Lawn Freak]

Looks good, I wish I was still doing leaves.

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

our fall is all messed up the leaves start falling in October but it doesn't end till like january lol it's all weird here in houston or the

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

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)

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

my sister graduated on the 21 of Dec here are some pics from Minute Maid park(Houston Astros' Baseball Home) the last pic is my lil sis and my lil brother who's graduating this year from high school being valedictorian and will be attending Columbia University(full ride) up in new york for biomedical Engineering

[MLAWCARE]

Here's one of the reasons why I bought a heavy utility trailer with the 7000 lbs axels instead of the weak 3500 lbs landscaping trailer. What does everyone think? Oh the truck is my uncles that he let us borrow since our truck is still at the bodyshop getting fixed. It's a 1997 F-350power stroke diesel, I love it; what about yall.

So that trailer can hold 14,000 if I am reading it correctly and how did you get the sod loaded all the way up in the front. Thanks

[ms lawnman]

Congratulations to them..that is awesome!!!!

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

So that trailer can hold 14,000 if I am reading it correctly and how did you get the sod loaded all the way up in the front. Thanks

it gets pushed with the pallet forks a lill forward (sometimes when i just have one pallet they have an extension to the forklift that pushes it) and then the other pallets push it even further. the extension is something like this it's a pdf file

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

Congratulations to them..that is awesome!!!!

thanks i'm very proud of my siblings everyone i know consider us the smart mexican family lol. (None of my parents finished middle school in mexico bc of other neccesities were more important) my sister was the frist to finish high school and went of to college i'm the 2nd my brother the third my lill brother Future Columbia Student) will be the fourth

[tstutz]

nice setup and best of luck to your siblings with there futures!

[SNAPPER MAN]

Everything looks good man. Saludos to your familia.

[grassman177]

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)

bienvenidos my amigo! that is the world in which we live, and hence why we lock everything down and we are not in a big metro. you should do the same being in a metro. it is going to be very common with so many layoffs etc.

[joef450snowplow]

This is from a 260...

that sucks bet u got a sweet scar

[bobcat48]

Nice cub cadet.

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

bienvenidos my amigo! that is the world in which we live, and hence why we lock everything down and we are not in a big metro. you should do the same being in a metro. it is going to be very common with so many layoffs etc.

yeah i hear you, at least houston and well texas wasn't hit as hard as the rest of the country but still it's sad (literally) that my dad and us,his kids, work so hard for this type of stuff to happen. we started from nothing literally (both my parents being illegal and yet be able to make a life and start a business. in my opinion we just need to get rid of such people with harsher crime punishments that way they are afraid to go to prison and not joy since everything will be given to them when locked up. we need to do like the hebrews, if i'm not mistaken, that cut of body parts depending on the crime and their crime rates have always been low

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

Nice cub cadet.

thanks if you see back in the pages the best stripes shown are from my cub cadet

[grassman177]

i understand about more harsh punishments, it seems here it has gotten so much better for the inmates, trust me i know as we have 5 prisons here and one directly next to our shop(built in security).

i would think they wouldhave less rights youknow. but cuttingoff hands and stuff is a bit far, what if they were wrongly accused??? that would suck!

oh, very nice trailer too and set up.

the comment of your parents being illegals i have to say does spark some anger in me as that is a serious issue here in this country. but, are they legal now??? i would hope and then as much congrats for making something of yourselves. That is the american way, and it is a good way. i am waiting for my non white boy guys to come and make my life easier. as in i want mexican workers that have a better work ethic, or so it seems anyways. youget the point

[diamondlandscaping]

congrats to your siblings! your sister is a cutie!

[grassman177]

congrats to your siblings! your sister is a cutie!

yeah, i wasnt going to be the first so here goes, she is pretty darn hot dude. you should let her know that the guys here have a crush on her!

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

i understand about more harsh punishments, it seems here it has gotten so much better for the inmates, trust me i know as we have 5 prisons here and one directly next to our shop(built in security).

i would think they wouldhave less rights youknow. but cuttingoff hands and stuff is a bit far, what if they were wrongly accused??? that would suck!

oh, very nice trailer too and set up.

the comment of your parents being illegals i have to say does spark some anger in me as that is a serious issue here in this country. but, are they legal now??? i would hope and then as much congrats for making something of yourselves. That is the american way, and it is a good way. i am waiting for my non white boy guys to come and make my life easier. as in i want mexican workers that have a better work ethic, or so it seems anyways. youget the point

i know it sparks controversy to everyone but they are legal now. I just want to say not everyone who's illegal is bad and most of us do everything the right way as in we still report our taxes and everything. i'm still trying to finish my legal documentation i'm currently just a resident. most of my family the outside family (cousins aunts uncle's etc are illegal) but just bc they're illegal doesn't mean they don't want to become proper residents of this great country. many people say oh they're taking our jobs they're this they're that so on so on but in reality what are we doing wrong then just have a living. most legals wouldn't do the jobs we mexicans take yeah i do understand there is concern in crime and so on etc. but if you see the one's that are in jail are the legal one's the illegals they behave bc they want to be part of this country.

i just wish for people to stop judging before they get to know the people and i hope everyone here does that and just makes their mind up or already have a complete mindset of such things.

and my sister well i know she's pretty but sorry guys she's taken her boyfriend is a white boy lol and i mean really white. :laugh::laugh:

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

forgot to comment about the cutting off limbs type thing

well i know if you get the wrong one then it's extremely sad and we can't just say oh well . but what i'm trying to say is we have to put a scare on people to prevent crime and prevent them from doing such things. give them something to think about before they do such things. that way our prisons are not completely filled and where they get treated like royalty at times (not rally royalty) but well of alot of stuff given to them. If you look back in time alot of people were not in jail bc they were terrefied to go to jail bc of treatment that was given inside and that made people not to do so many crime

[grassman177]

i hear you on all said, and i tried not to give too much static for that reason, but jsut play by the rules and no one has an issue!!!! then we say welcome to the club

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

i hear you on all said, and i tried not to give too much static for that reason, but jsut play by the rules and no one has an issue!!!! then we say welcome to the club

yeah i don't want to start a bad thread and i agree with you as well in your points i just like the fact that there still are normal people like you who are willing to listen to the other side and for that i thank you my friend hope you have a good year cuz i'm looking forward for ours

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

here are some pics of some water treatment plants that we do the grass is doormat but still needs to be taken care

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

here are two more pics

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

here's a customers house that we updated his landscape. He just wanted texas garden rock or moss rock. We ended using 5 pallets of moss rock and 1 of boulders. it was roughly 220 linear ft.

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

sorry for the quality of pics taken from my blackberry. here's more

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

and the last ones

[jon green planet]

excellent thread! i'll be checking on it from now on...

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

excellent thread! i'll be checking on it from now on...

thanks i really appreciate the comment.
:):):)

[jon green planet]

no problem man.. I think you guys do a great job... thanks for all the pics...

[grassman177]

hey, still nice but blurry pics. camera phones are not as good as everyone thinks huh.

i have thought aobut making a company thread, but feel that most of the good pics have already been posted by me already!! i am not sure anyone would follow anyways. it is like a fan club, but with discussion, arguements and friends. kinda odd.

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

hey, still nice but blurry pics. camera phones are not as good as everyone thinks huh.

i have thought aobut making a company thread, but feel that most of the good pics have already been posted by me already!! i am not sure anyone would follow anyways. it is like a fan club, but with discussion, arguements and friends. kinda odd.

yeah phones suck for pics, well atleast my blackberry does. I had a samsung that broke on me that took really good pics as you can see from previous pics that i took before it died on me.

I would follow your thread it's always nice seeing what others do especially from people further north of Texas since it's completely diff then down south in Texas

[DoetschOutdoor]

I just read through your whole thread mondragon while procrastinating to get ready for tax appointment tonight and you have a very nice setup going! Did you start the biz. and how old are ya? Im 24 and about to be done with bachelor's but its been dragging on doing the business and going to school. Your parents prolly couldnt ask for anything more from their kids with all of ya'll going to college and they never did. Keep up the good work, post up some more of those crazy tree climber pics if ya'll do some jobs!

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

I just read through your whole thread mondragon while procrastinating to get ready for tax appointment tonight and you have a very nice setup going! Did you start the biz. and how old are ya? Im 24 and about to be done with bachelor's but its been dragging on doing the business and going to school. Your parents prolly couldnt ask for anything more from their kids with all of ya'll going to college and they never did. Keep up the good work, post up some more of those crazy tree climber pics if ya'll do some jobs!

I well basically started the business with my dad when I was 8 I would be more of a pest rather then a helper but It sure beats what kids do now a days. I'm not saying force them to work but get them out of the house make them active. I'm currently 21 going to 22 on July.I'm the one who runs the business now I make all the decisions and deal with the customers and what not. Customers love when you talk to them and not just about work but about personal subjects and I think I'm pretty good at doing that. I'm getting my bachelors in civil engineering but I like what I curretly do and I'm actually starting to get my associates in horticultural landscape design. I'll what I'll do with my life once I have both and choose what I'm more happy with . I'm leaning more towards the landscape business cuz I already enjoy what I do. My parents are happy and proud they never had a real education so they push us to have one that way you're at the same level as everyone else. I'm going for civil engineering my older sis has her bachelors in mathematics and is currently getting her masters,my brother that follows me is getting his batchelors in biology my youngest brother is going to Columbia university up in new York for biomedical engineering and we still have the baby of the family in high school she'll probably be going for mechanical engineering.

I'll make sure to take more pics of the climbers when we get more jobs.
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[freshprince94]

I was looking at some of your work in this thread lol...awesome work. I love the way our St. Aug looks. The stripes look awesome, I try to stripe, I am one of the few that even attempts. Edging looks top notch too, I couldn't even tell that you use a weedeater haha but anyways nice work.

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

Here's a new house we started on saturday but were not able to complete it we did most of it but i have no after pics yet we're going on monday to complete it. Not much left to do but still some work.

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

here are the rest of the beginning

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

here are the end results of the house the sod is still doormat but should be kicking pretty soon

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

and the last ones

[grassman177]

hey , that looks pretty nice man, good work as always. i like the rock work. too bad you guys have such crappy dirt to work with there, it is all nice black and fertile here! some clay here and there though

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

hey , that looks pretty nice man, good work as always. i like the rock work. too bad you guys have such crappy dirt to work with there, it is all nice black and fertile here! some clay here and there though

Yeah nothing but good old clay to work with lol we end up buying like a yard or two of top soil for every new install just BC the soil that's usually at the site is horrible.

And thanks for the comment grassman
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[jeffslawnservice]

Looks good. I especially like the landscape in front of the house looks really good. Keep up the good work.

[diamondlandscaping]

Great choice on the Magnolias, i love those. Looks great man, very nice work.

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

thanks for the comments diamond how is it in florida? we were kept busy through the whole winter doing side jobs with alot of our customers.

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

had a demo 32 ferris hydro cut. it was a great little machine. it fits through all gates and has quick height adjustment, it is also a hydro yeah single hydro but still a great lill machine. I don't mind that it's a single hydro since i won't be riding it with a sulky.

[diamondlandscaping]

The weather has been great down here....i hope we at least get this weather throughout march and decent weather in april.

i am doing some direct mailing and i am joining a networking group this week. i really want to blow up this year.

[SNAPPER MAN]

That machine looks good man. How did you like it? I just bought another 36 and I looked at the ferris.

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

That sounds great. and about the weather we will have good weather till like the end of march and then it will be hot and humid like always. I'm partnering with a fellow landscaper (that's all he does is just landscape installs and designs) to take care of all his new installs which are all homes over $700,00 which will give us a great income coming in as well. I'm looking at great year with more higher profile customers. I'm really tired dealing with customers wo want low cost and well i have found higher end customers care about the way their lawns look compared to their neighbors

[SNAPPER MAN]

That sounds great. and about the weather we will have good weather till like the end of march and then it will be hot and humid like always. I'm partnering with a fellow landscaper (that's all he does is just landscape installs and designs) to take care of all his new installs which are all homes over $700,00 which will give us a great income coming in as well. I'm looking at great year with more higher profile customers. I'm really tired dealing with customers wo want low cost and well i have found higher end customers care about the way their lawns look compared to their neighbors

Who are you partnering up with? This year is going to be awesome man. I have a feeling I won't need to advertise at all this year because word of mouth will be more than enough...Ojala.

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

That machine looks good man. How did you like it? I just bought another 36 and I looked at the ferris.

it's a great little mower. has a great cut and the price is good if you put it one way it's a mower that's halfway a twin hydro and a belt drive and has quick adjustment. If you look at floater belt drives in any brand they are more expensive then this one and of course the twin hydro's with floating decks are even more

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

Who are you partnering up with? This year is going to be awesome man. I have a feeling I won't need to advertise at all this year because word of mouth will be more than enough...Ojala.

it's a guy out Katy his projects are mostly in that area

yeah i feel the same no advertising needed only word of mouth. well we usually didn't advertise at all.

[SNAPPER MAN]

it's a guy out Katy his projects are mostly in that area

Thats good man. I'm trying to see if I can get enough work to just have a maintenance crew working in Kingwood/Humble all week. I still might do doorhangers to try to get about 50 more customers.

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Pretty slick rig--money making machine.com

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

Pretty slick rig--money making machine.com

thanks

Thats good man. I'm trying to see if I can get enough work to just have a maintenance crew working in Kingwood/Humble all week. I still might do doorhangers to try to get about 50 more customers.

i cant's wait to get with my guy and look at the homes with soon. He is currently out of town in eagle pass texas doing an apartment complex there. He does large installs so i'm hopping for great results with him

[SNAPPER MAN]

Ya we all need work man. That pinche guero I hired screwed me over and I had to fire him. Thank god I only have 1 pool customer or I would be completely screwed.

You get all your business word of mouth right? Si tienes tiempo un dia nescitamos almorzar para hablar. Quiero saber que yo tengo que hacer a obtener mas trabajo lol.

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

Ya we all need work man. That pinche guero I hired screwed me over and I had to fire him. Thank god I only have 1 pool customer or I would be completely screwed.

You get all your business word of mouth right? Si tienes tiempo un dia nescitamos almorzar para hablar. Quiero saber que yo tengo que hacer a obtener mas trabajo lol.

esta bien no hay problema. you hired a blankito lol. even for pool cleaning no son buenos eyos quieren ser sus propios patrones y nunca escuchan

[SNAPPER MAN]

esta bien no hay problema. you hired a blankito lol. even for pool cleaning no son buenos eyos quieren ser sus propios patrones y nunca escuchan

Yo se wey. Estaba bien terrible. Tienes mi numero de telefono?

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

Yo se wey. Estaba bien terrible. Tienes mi numero de telefono?

no mandalo i won't be able to talk for a while i have plenty of midterms coming up that will keep me busy until like next week but hopefully sonner lol

[SNAPPER MAN]

no mandalo i won't be able to talk for a while i have plenty of midterms coming up that will keep me busy until like next week but hopefully sonner lol

Haha thats cool man. Dime cuando ya terminas con your finals (gotta love spanglish)

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

Haha thats cool man. Dime cuando ya terminas con your finals (gotta love spanglish)

claro que si. and yes spanglish is awsome lol when you understand

[SNAPPER MAN]

claro que si. and yes spanglish is awsome lol when you understand

Yep we are probably pissing off most of the razistas on this site lol.

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

Yep we are probably pissing off most of the razistas on this site lol.

yep ohh well me puden bezar mi cola lol

[SNAPPER MAN]

yep ohh well me puden bezar mi cola lol

Haha I agree. VIVA LA RAZA lol

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

Haha I agree. VIVA LA RAZA lol

wow lol darn no mexican bandera in the smilie faces that are animated:hammerhead::hammerhead::nono::nono::confused:

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yo trato que foller the lengua mucho tiempo en mi camioneta--mis empleados hablan mucho in espan yol--no hay razists aqui solamente gente que trabajar mucho con los manos--buena suerte con yor clases

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

si hay racistas pero no salen pero son raro los racistas y si hay mucha jente trabajadora aqui que es bueno

[DLONGLANDSCAPING]

stop with the bilingual forums. hahah. i wish i took spanish longer in school , i tried to understand that but cant at all. Your equipment and work looks amazin. Sorta earlier in your thread you were talking about your trailer. I just got a 16 foot sure trac tandem with (2) 3500k axles. How much sod, mulch, and top soil do you think i can hold with 7000k total capasity? I really wish i got the bigger axles. I thought i could fill my whole trailer up with about 8 yards of mulch. Reading your thread,i doubt i could handle 4 with the weight of the much and all. 2200 lbs per yard!!!! SHITTTTT

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

stop with the bilingual forums. hahah. i wish i took spanish longer in school , i tried to understand that but cant at all. Your equipment and work looks amazin. Sorta earlier in your thread you were talking about your trailer. I just got a 16 foot sure trac tandem with (2) 3500k axles. How much sod, mulch, and top soil do you think i can hold with 7000k total capasity? I really wish i got the bigger axles. I thought i could fill my whole trailer up with about 8 yards of mulch. Reading your thread,i doubt i could handle 4 with the weight of the much and all. 2200 lbs per yard!!!! SHITTTTT

well lets see i trow in 10 yds of mulch and still has capacity for like 2 or 3 more yds, sod i have taken 4 pallets in it, and well top soil i have never really tried to fill it up yet

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I'm new--hopefully the moderators kicks the racist off-I'm doing three things at once, billing, drinking a beer and trying to type--

--keep up with the school work-lawn work is tough enough for anyone--anyone tough enough to do both deserves a lot

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

I'm new--hopefully the moderators kicks the racist off-I'm doing three things at once, billing, drinking a beer and trying to type--

--keep up with the school work-lawn work is tough enough for anyone--anyone tough enough to do both deserves a lot

yeah hopefully they do, and good luck this season and thanks for the compliments

[DLONGLANDSCAPING]

haha , im not racist at all. i am just curious how much mulch i can put in my trailer from an experienced and good worker.

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

here are some pics of a tree job, it was a 60-75 ft tall pine. It was really two trees that are like 24" in diameter each but they come together at the bottom to make it like 36" stump

I know some have been asking for some tree job pics so here are some.
Only one load but we need to go for a second trip.

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

not the best pics but here are the rest

[DLONGLANDSCAPING]

not the best pics but here are the rest

that is awesome. I dont get how you cut down a tree trunk that high, can you fill me in, how do you cut down the tree trunk without it falling on the cutter

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

that is awesome. I dont get how you cut down a tree trunk that high, can you fill me in, how do you cut down the tree trunk without it falling on the cutter

my dad has had several years of experince especially working for the light company clearing power lines. But any how he makes what in spanish is called a pig knot on the section that's going to be cut and another pig knot that will hold on to the tree. the one that's attached to the tree has a ring that holds the rope coming down with the chunk that's being cut off. When cutting it he first cuts the side that he cants to push it towards to then he cuts the back and he pushes the cut off section and he braces him self for impact (he says is better then riding a bull idk if that's a good or bad thing lol) if there's no trees to help around it's bad but when there are other trees we use them that way the cut off section does not hit the tree and could cause him to fall. i'll have to take some video some time so everyone knows what i'm trying to explain cuz it's really hard to explain

[DLONGLANDSCAPING]

my dad has had several years of experince especially working for the light company clearing power lines. But any how he makes what in spanish is called a pig knot on the section that's going to be cut and another pig knot that will hold on to the tree. the one that's attached to the tree has a ring that holds the rope coming down with the chunk that's being cut off. When cutting it he first cuts the side that he cants to push it towards to then he cuts the back and he pushes the cut off section and he braces him self for impact (he says is better then riding a bull idk if that's a good or bad thing lol) if there's no trees to help around it's bad but when there are other trees we use them that way the cut off section does not hit the tree and could cause him to fall. i'll have to take some video some time so everyone knows what i'm trying to explain cuz it's really hard to explain

that was a great explaination, and i would love to get into some big tree work, but how do you cut above your head, i feel like i would cut my face off

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

that was a great explaination, and i would love to get into some big tree work, but how do you cut above your head, i feel like i would cut my face off

if you look at the 2nd to last pic you see he's not cutting above his head it's around waist level and it's good to try first with smaller trees that way you go up to the big one. I've been learning on small ones but i haven't gotten to big ones yet it's a matter of lots experience and know to react at unknown moments since any second could fatily be your last. It's hard and dangerous work but can be easy and safe if it's done right

[DLONGLANDSCAPING]

if you look at the 2nd to last pic you see he's not cutting above his head it's around waist level and it's good to try first with smaller trees that way you go up to the big one. I've been learning on small ones but i haven't gotten to big ones yet it's a matter of lots experience and know to react at unknown moments since any second could fatily be your last. It's hard and dangerous work but can be easy and safe if it's done right

i would have to practice and do a lot of work before i felt safe up there. I tried on my first pair of spikes, harness, and chaps and got up to about 30 feet and nearly **** my pants completely letting go of the tree while i trimmed some branches off of a maple tree.

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

i forgot to explain a pig knot. a pig knot is good since it kind of does bc of its name. It keeps things from slipping the tighter it's being pulled the stronger it will hold. Once it gets to the ground it's easy to take off it doesn't tighten up like many other knots. a pig knot is used to keep pigs from slipping out the rope in mexico lol that's why my dad uses it and so does like every other mexican climbers we know

[DLONGLANDSCAPING]

i forgot to explain a pig knot. a pig knot is good since it kind of does bc of its name. It keeps things from slipping the tighter it's being pulled the stronger it will hold. Once it gets to the ground it's easy to take off it doesn't tighten up like many other knots. a pig knot is used to keep pigs from slipping out the rope in mexico lol that's why my dad uses it and so does like every other mexican climbers we know

i used those knots to pull branches down from the ground, i threw on side of the rope about 15 feet up, tied the knot, and then pulled the tightening side of it, and it shimmies all the way up and the harder you pull and tighter it gets. MY uncle is a sailer, or owns a sail boat and knows a lot about knots so he tries to teach me

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

here are random pics one is of an overloaded trailer and or truck and the other two is of our ferris in some terrain not the steepest but pretty steep. have done way steeper but for now these will do

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

took some pics of the EWING we take care of and man it's green like no other. It's the greenest property we have. They put seasonal Blue rye and right before it gets cold it's always this pretty and right before spring kicks in it's always this clean

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

here are some random pics that i took. first is a tropical fern that one of our customers has, don't know the name if you know it that would be awsome to know. 2nd and third is a commercial property we do. our grass has been growing for a month now and it's been pretty green glad our spring is up and going can't wait for full lush green lawns

[diamondlandscaping]

looks like a staghorn to me bud

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

i really don't know so i really want to know what it is our customer has had it for 35 yrs now and they got it from one of their parents. The top layers can be taken off to start new ones that's hoe they started this one one of their parents gave them a piece of one that they had for like 45 yrs so in reality i gues it's like 75 yrs old

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

it is a staghorn fern, at least i wasn't to far off by saying a fern. sweet now i know the name
:walking::cool2::cool2::walking:

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

looks like a staghorn to me bud

oh by the way thanks for the name diamond

[diamondlandscaping]

you got it buddy Thumbs Up

[Mondragon Lawn Serv]

here are some two pics from this week don't have much of an update

[A.Landscaping]

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:

[SNAPPER MAN]

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.

[A.Landscaping]

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.

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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