O & R Lawn Care Service

[orlawncaresvc]

To me it looks like its to long behind the rear axle. Might be an issue when turning.
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Yes it does look a little too long in the tail. That's how we wanted it. Wanted to be sure we will have plenty of room for the up coming mowers we will be getting in the future. Our current truck with trailer measures well over 40 feet. So driving this thing should be no problem and I'm sure we will get used to it.

[orlawncaresvc]

A sod job from today.

[orlawncaresvc]

More pictures from today.

[orlawncaresvc]

Haven't been on here in a while. Well it's December here now and we are still mowing nice green grass.

[bobcat48]

Looking good,nice lawns.

[MCC LAWN CARE]

Man whats with the crazy edging around the sprinkler heads???? I mean it looks fine but I juts have never seen that done.
Mike

[orlawncaresvc]

Man whats with the crazy edging around the sprinkler heads???? I mean it looks fine but I juts have never seen that done.
Mike

Yeah, there are a lot of lawns like that here but mostly in elderly home neighborhoods.
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[orlawncaresvc]

Here is a tree job we did a couple weeks back. It wasn't an extreme trimming or prunning just a little trim.

[orlawncaresvc]

Some flower work from today.

[orlawncaresvc]

Continued flower work.

[orlawncaresvc]

Some palm tree trimming.

[diamondlandscaping]

With all due respect, you guys took off too many fronds....
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[orlawncaresvc]

With all due respect, you guys took off too many fronds....
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Really? Huh, But that was a good proper trimming for those palms. They needed a good trimming and a good cleaning of the old cut frongs and dry shells.

[diamondlandscaping]

We call that hurricane cutting in Florida. Most homeowners and LCOs here have this idea that palms should be left with 2-3 fronds which is false. Palms store food in the fronds sonwhen you remove a live frond you are removing food. The palm research experts at the University of Florida recommend only removing dead fronds, fruits, and flowers. Now, if you must remove live fronds, it is recommended to go no higher than the 3 and 9 o'clock position. Now, I don't think you guys in Cali have as many problems with nutrient deficiencies as we do in Florida, but just throwing out some knowledge. I didn't mean any harm.
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[JasonsLawnCare1]

A few pictures from a seminar that we attended back in Febuary at John Deere Landscapes. The seminar was on synthetic lawn. We attended it because we were curious to see what is the buzz with this stuff. And I can tell you that a person that lays out carpet for a living would do excellent in this stuff. I don't know, I just don't see this stuff being so much in demand. Especially where we are located. The was free barbque, so that was also a reason we went. There was this one guy there that knew it all. I mean he would not shut his mouth. He would ask question that he already knew the answer to. He did mention that he has done like around 200 of those synthetic lawn installations. And I said to myself "so what, you want a medal or something?" I feltl like telling him to shut the freak up man.

that is the best post on lawnsite ever!!! :laugh:

you guys are awesome man. why have i not seen this thread before? you and your crew do great work man. i love it when guys post alot of pics like this. it helps the rest of us learn how to do things. most guys show very little pics or none at all. keep up the great work man!!! i love how you guys see a need for your business and you just build it yourself. that's so cool.:cool2:

[orlawncaresvc]

We call that hurricane cutting in Florida. Most homeowners and LCOs here have this idea that palms should be left with 2-3 fronds which is false. Palms store food in the fronds sonwhen you remove a live frond you are removing food. The palm research experts at the University of Florida recommend only removing dead fronds, fruits, and flowers. Now, if you must remove live fronds, it is recommended to go no higher than the 3 and 9 o'clock position. Now, I don't think you guys in Cali have as many problems with nutrient deficiencies as we do in Florida, but just throwing out some knowledge. I didn't mean any harm.
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No harm taken. Actually thanks for the info. Yeah here in Cali palms are always given a trim this way. I know it looks like we harm them but it actually does them well.

[orlawncaresvc]

that is the best post on lawnsite ever!!! :laugh:

you guys are awesome man. why have i not seen this thread before? you and your crew do great work man. i love it when guys post alot of pics like this. it helps the rest of us learn how to do things. most guys show very little pics or none at all. keep up the great work man!!! i love how you guys see a need for your business and you just build it yourself. that's so cool.:cool2:

Jason, thanks. Glad you enjoy the thread. We appreciate it when you guys go through our thread and have anything to say about it. Also glad our thread is some kind of a help to you. We like to post as many pics as possible. Our thread has been on here for a while now you probably just haven't seen it lately because I haven't been on here lately to update it.

[JasonsLawnCare1]

yeah i just realized it was started before i joined lawnsite. keep up the great work. i can't wait to see more pics.

[ed2hess]

The major fabrication is done on the ramps. Just a little bit of things left on them, like some handles on the side of them.

Your ramp angle looks a lot better than the commerical ones. They are unsafe to go up and down with a 21". Is the force to close those gates reasonable or will you add an assist device.

[orlawncaresvc]

Your ramp angle looks a lot better than the commerical ones. They are unsafe to go up and down with a 21". Is the force to close those gates reasonable or will you add an assist device.

They are pretty reasonable to close. We made them of much lighter material. Unlike the ones that others build with stronger heavier material. But there's always the possibility of us making an assist for them. And believe me when I say it. We can make them ourselves. Thanks for looking.
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[orlawncaresvc]

Had a little set back on our GMC 4500 lawn truck. It's been a while since we've worked on it. Got back at it again. Here we installed the electrical wire and mounted the lights.

[orlawncaresvc]

A residential irrigation installation that was started today.

[LawnMan19]

You guy's still have sick fab skills.

[JasonsLawnCare1]

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[ed2hess]

A residential irrigation installation that was started today.

You guys live on easy street that soil looks like compost. Do you think that machine could be retrofitted with a thin blade to make a line for drip? There is a new big interest in drip but few people are doing install after the sod is established.

Show us another closer picture of your WORK truck and trailer that is in the back ground.

[orlawncaresvc]

You guys live on easy street that soil looks like compost. Do you think that machine could be retrofitted with a thin blade to make a line for drip? There is a new big interest in drip but few people are doing install after the sod is established.

Show us another closer picture of your WORK truck and trailer that is in the back ground.

You can say that again. This was by far the easiest, softest soil we have worked with. We trenched all that we could with the trencher of course being careful not to hit any existing water lines or gas. Anything else that we thought would be to close we do by hand. Its funny you ask about that machine possibly being retrofitted with a thinner blade for drip line. I've seen a couple of guys installing drip under new sod jobs. But only in Texas. The guy with the business named Eagle Landscape. He did a couple of commercial install like that. It was the first time I've seen that done. I asked him if that was drip being installed under the sod. Because I couldn't believe it. Haven't seen it here in California yet. I'll be glad to get some pictures of our truck and trailer on soon.

[orlawncaresvc]

A 7 yard mulch installation.

[orlawncaresvc]

Back out at this residential irrigation system installation. Here are pictures of the back yard trenched and pipe in the trenches. And also installation of the front yard valve installation.

[MCC LAWN CARE]

So are y'all licensed irrigators or does California not require that? Also what kind of backflow were you putting in there?

[orlawncaresvc]

So are y'all licensed irrigators or does California not require that? Also what kind of backflow were you putting in there?

No we are not licensed for irrigation. Not sure if California requires a license to do irrigation installation. I know that if you have your landscape contractor license in California, you can do irrigation work. Also we are not installing a back flow preventer. You don't need one when you use antisiphon valves as to in line valves.
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[MCC LAWN CARE]

Makes sense.
I'm guessing that each valve has a built in AVB or PVB. Here you have to have a separate backflow device on all systems. I.e. not on the valve. It goes in right after the meter on the customers side of the meter.
Mike

[Graveslawncare]

I noticed you guys were using a smaller, more manageable trencher on that job. Are you able to get them 12" deep with that? Here, it has to be at least that deep or the frost line is a problem.

[orlawncaresvc]

I noticed you guys were using a smaller, more manageable trencher on that job. Are you able to get them 12" deep with that? Here, it has to be at least that deep or the frost line is a problem.

Yes we are able to go all the way to 2 feet deep with that trencher if we wanted to. But here in Fresno, Ca. it doesn't freeze like other parts of the country. 6 to 8 inches works fine around here.

[orlawncaresvc]

A quick video we put together of the fabrication process of our GMC 4500 lawn truck. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEsR57tumLU&feature=youtu.be

[JLSLLC]

Wow, Amazing work you guys do. There is plenty of awesome pics too. Love the fabrication skills!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[orlawncaresvc]

Wow, Amazing work you guys do. There is plenty of awesome pics too. Love the fabrication skills!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you. We appreciate the kind compliments. Glad you like the video also. We like to take a lot of pictures of all of our projects. And we're sure people like to look at them.

[modedicebox]

Cool video! Love Mos Def!

[Pro-turf lawn]

here are some more pics

That looks great!! would you mind telling me what flowers you used in the first two pictures ?

[orlawncaresvc]

That looks great!! would you mind telling me what flowers you used in the first two pictures ?

? Not sure which pictures you are asking about?

[orlawncaresvc]

After deciding that our super lawn trucks' tail came out longer than we anticipated. And although we see plenty of trucks out there with the same lenght of tail as ours on the road, for safety we just didn't want to risk the chance of causing a wreck out there. So we decided to put the great fabrication skills to work again and push back the rear end of the truck. But also fabricating and installing an airbag system on it. Here are some pictures of the spring brackets being placed further back on the frame and mounted on. More pictures of the airbag system are to come.

[LawnMan19]

Your fabrication skills are top notch, I wish I and even a fraction of yours.

[JLSLLC]

Your fabrication skills are top notch, I wish I and even a fraction of yours.

Same Here!!!:waving:

[orlawncaresvc]

Your fabrication skills are top notch, I wish I and even a fraction of yours.

Thank you for the kind compliments.
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[LawnMan19]

Thank you for the kind compliments.
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Anytime, your skills still amaze me.

[orlawncaresvc]

A front and back yard irrigation installation.

[MCC LAWN CARE]

What kind of trencher is that and what do they run $$ wise?
Mike

[Pro-Lawn&Grounds]

Thank you for the kind compliments.
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I love how humble you are about the fact that you're fabrication ability is close to god like ... you're work is so much more intelligent, efficient and top notch than any of the pro's around here ... if I lived closer I'd be bugging you for so many fabs

[orlawncaresvc]

What kind of trencher is that and what do they run $$ wise?
Mike

The trencher is called a "Ground Hog" and runs about $3,000. It has three settings and can trench down far as 2 feet.
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[MCC LAWN CARE]

Do you have any issue with kickback? I have heard of the controls of bigger walkbehind trenchers hurting people when the teeth hit something hard (making the trencher jump). Looks like a nice lightweight workhorse...one guy can lift it around right?
mike

[orlawncaresvc]

I love how humble you are about the fact that you're fabrication ability is close to god like ... you're work is so much more intelligent, efficient and top notch than any of the pro's around here ... if I lived closer I'd be bugging you for so many fabs

Thanks. We just take a lot of pride in everything we do. Thanks.
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[orlawncaresvc]

Do you have any issue with kickback? I have heard of the controls of bigger walkbehind trenchers hurting people when the teeth hit something hard (making the trencher jump). Looks like a nice lightweight workhorse...one guy can lift it around right?
mike
The kickback will always occur if you run into something like rock. Which actually happened to us on this job. And yes it a light machine that you can handle yourself.
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[LawnMan19]

I love how humble you are about the fact that you're fabrication ability is close to god like ... you're work is so much more intelligent, efficient and top notch than any of the pro's around here ... if I lived closer I'd be bugging you for so many fabs

Yeah, same here I can't think of anyone that can match you're fabrication skills.:clapping:

[MCC LAWN CARE]

here are some pics of the finished product. made some for and extra trailer that we use sometimes and made three other pairs, gonna try and sell them.
How much do you want for a set of these racks? PM me...id be interested in a set.
mike

[orlawncaresvc]

How much do you want for a set of these racks? PM me...id be interested in a set.
mike

Don't have any more for sale buddy. Was only able to sell one pair. The gardners here don't really want to spend the money for something nice like that. You should see the ridiculous racks they use or make here. They retail here for $200. We sold ours for $150. Also the price of of metal here has sky rocketed making it dificult to fab something and sell it for a profit.
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[MCC LAWN CARE]

Ok. Could you get me some ideas as far as needed materials and how long to cut everything? Basically a short tutorial? I have and Oxy/Act rig, stick welder (access to a wire welder), and a chop saw.
MIke

[orlawncaresvc]

Spent Monday and Tuesday out to finally finish this install.

[orlawncaresvc]

Some more pictures from todays install.

[LawnMan19]

Looks good, that is some really nice sod!

[orlawncaresvc]

Looks good, that is some really nice sod!
I know huh, thanks man. The type of turf is actually Tif Green Bermuda. But it's over seeded with a rye blend. Which the rye will vanish once it really starts to heat up here.
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[orlawncaresvc]

Went out on our maintenance route and got some pictures of our latest irrigation, sod install.

[ed2hess]

That is a good job! That soil is like a cake walk to trench hardly need a trencher.

[ed2hess]

That is a good job! That soil is like a cake walk to trench hardly need a trencher.

We are putting drip into eight flower beds.....had to locate water line first then dig. One of the valves will be 100ft from bed and will have to be hand dug.

[LawnMan19]

I know huh, thanks man. The type of turf is actually Tif Green Bermuda. But it's over seeded with a rye blend. Which the rye will vanish once it really starts to heat up here.
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Anytime, and yeah that's some of the nicest sod I've ever seen.

[orlawncaresvc]

That is a good job! That soil is like a cake walk to trench hardly need a trencher.

Thanks. That soil was very very soft. The trencher ripped through it fast. There was though about 100 feet of trenching we had to do by hand due to the trencher not being able to fit in certain areas. But although it was done by hand it was easy. From all the installs we have done I can say we have run into hard pan only once. The trencher was just bouncing.
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[orlawncaresvc]

We are putting drip into eight flower beds.....had to locate water line first then dig. One of the valves will be 100ft from bed and will have to be hand dug.

I take it from the look of thosee flags you get your irrigation material from John Deere Landscapes?
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[orlawncaresvc]

Had some crazy windy weather here last week. This huge tree was blown over next to one of our residential accounts.

[orlawncaresvc]

With our maintenance route keeping us busy as usual. And the extra install jobs that have been coming our way. We really haven't had time to work and finish the last to do's on our super lawn truck. We finally put some time towards it and worked on the custom air bag system we are designing for it. Here are a few pics of the work.

[orlawncaresvc]

More pictures on the airbag system.

[orlawncaresvc]

Some random pictures from today.

[LawnMan19]

Still looking good man.

[orlawncaresvc]

Still looking good man.

Thanks man. Appreciate it.

[orlawncaresvc]

Had a bunch of pictures taken today. We will be using the best ones to make a brochure that will target commercial clients for us. More will be taken tomorrow.

[orlawncaresvc]

More potential pictures taken for the brochure. There are a lot more that we can not post due to their file size.

[LawnMan19]

Some of those pics look like they'll be great in a brochure man.

[orlawncaresvc]

More potential pictures for our brochure. There are many more but we cannot post them due to the their file size.

[orlawncaresvc]

Some more pictures.

[orlawncaresvc]

Some of those pics look like they'll be great in a brochure man.

Thanks. Yes they do. Actually there are a lot more that really came out great but we can't post them on here due to their file size being too big. Thanks for your kind compliments. Hope to show off the brochure when it's done.

[Falcon50EX]

Thanks. Yes they do. Actually there are a lot more that really came out great but we can't post them on here due to their file size being too big. Thanks for your kind compliments. Hope to show off the brochure when it's done.

The edging in those pictures how do you do that?

[orlawncaresvc]

The edging in those pictures how do you do that?

Not sure what you mean? Are you asking how do we trim it? Or how do you install that type of edging?

[ed2hess]

More potential pictures taken for the brochure. There are a lot more that we can not post due to their file size.

And those flowers are perfect this late in the year goood job. Ditch that edger and get him a goood echo trimmer.

[orlawncaresvc]

And those flowers are perfect this late in the year goood job. Ditch that edger and get him a goood echo trimmer.

Yes, those pansies look really nice. Each week that goes by they look better. It's too bad that we will be ripping them out in a few weeks and replace them with some spring/summer color. The guy with the walkbehind edger is actually our father. He really loves that edger. We are trying to convince him to trade over to a stick edged. He's not to fond of the idea yet. But eventually I think we will trade over to one.
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[orlawncaresvc]

Found a way to down size the file size of the pictures taken for our brochure and flyer project.

[orlawncaresvc]

More pictures.

[orlawncaresvc]

And some...

[LawnMan19]

Pics look good, and that is some real nice grass.

[orlawncaresvc]

Pics look good, and that is some real nice grass.

Thanks, the grass is perennial rye grass. It does really really well this time of the year. And also it doesn't hurt that we put down some calcium nitrate fertilizer a few weeks ago.
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[LawnMan19]

Thanks, the grass is perennial rye grass. It does really really well this time of the year. And also it doesn't hurt that we put down some calcium nitrate fertilizer a few weeks ago.
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Anytime man....it looks really good it's so full and crisp looking.:cool2:

[orlawncaresvc]

Out of all the photos that we had taken. These were the two that made the final cut for our residential flyer. This flyer will be used to target residential customers only. This copy of the flyer that is posted on here is a little on the poor side as far as quality. We had to so that it was possible to post on here. Now we are working on our brochure which I can say will come out nice and have more photos. Let us know what you think. Remember this is us in the actual photos and real properties we maintain and the flyer was designed by us.

[LawnMan19]

Flyer looks good, real professional man.

[orlawncaresvc]

Have to replace an 11 zone irrigation controller. Made a custom mount for it out of some extra scrap metal we had left over from some of our fab jobs.

[orlawncaresvc]

The finished product of the irrigation controller replacement.

[ed2hess]

And some...

What are those rock set in? That looks nice. And base under it? Did I notice that you use roundup along the wall:nono: Actually I started doing that more and more it reduces trimming a lot and generally not noticeable.

[orlawncaresvc]

What are those rock set in? That looks nice. And base under it? Did I notice that you use roundup along the wall:nono: Actually I started doing that more and more it reduces trimming a lot and generally not noticeable.

The rocks are set in basic concrete. Actually no we don't use round up along the wall. This property is a high end account and it requires a lot of string trimming and it looks nice when it's trimmed.

[orlawncaresvc]

Being the last week of April, we pulled out all the annual flowers at one of our commercial sites. Will be installing summer color in a week or so. It was a shame we had to pull these out. They never looked so nice.

[orlawncaresvc]

Small mulch job.

[orlawncaresvc]

More small mulch job.

[JasonsLawnCare1]

very nice work and very nice pics!!! i like the flier too. it's always good to see your work.

[orlawncaresvc]

very nice work and very nice pics!!! i like the flier too. it's always good to see your work.

Thanks man.

[orlawncaresvc]

Began installing the summer flower color, 40 flats at one of our big residential accounts today. Also installed 8 cubic yards of Red Humus Mulch.

[diamondlandscaping]

Is that topdressed bermuda in the mulch job pic?

[orlawncaresvc]

Is that topdressed bermuda in the mulch job pic?

Not really sure what you mean by your question?
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[diamondlandscaping]

Not really sure what you mean by your question?
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The "small mulch job." Is that sod bermuda that was topdressed with sand?

[orlawncaresvc]

The "small mulch job." Is that sod bermuda that was topdressed with sand?

Yes that is Bermuda turf that was topdressed with sand. We did not do the actual topping ourselves. The home owner himself did it. We just installed the irrigation and sod. I am not familiar with topping turf with sand. Is this common? Is it safe to do? My customer told us that he was told by people who work on golf courses that it is done all the time.

[orlawncaresvc]

More mulch and color installed.

[KrayzKajun]

Nice work.

[diamondlandscaping]

Yes that is Bermuda turf that was topdressed with sand. We did not do the actual topping ourselves. The home owner himself did it. We just installed the irrigation and sod. I am not familiar with topping turf with sand. Is this common? Is it safe to do? My customer told us that he was told by people who work on golf courses that it is done all the time.
Yup, it is common practice to scalp, verticut, and topdress Bermuda and zoysia with sand. We use this green sand here that has some nutrients in it. It's a very profitable niche market.
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[orlawncaresvc]

Yup, it is common practice to scalp, verticut, and topdress Bermuda and zoysia with sand. We use this green sand here that has some nutrients in it. It's a very profitable niche market.
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Well I hope this lawn turns out good.

[diamondlandscaping]

Well I hope this lawn turns out good.

You guys going to be cutting with a reel?
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[orlawncaresvc]

You guys going to be cutting with a reel?
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Yes, we will be using a Tru-Cut mower.
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[diamondlandscaping]

Yes, we will be using a Tru-Cut mower.
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Nice! Glad to see there are some people in here that cut sports turf the right way.
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[orlawncaresvc]

Nice! Glad to see there are some people in here that cut sports turf the right way.
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Yeah, we don't really like to take on too many of these type of lawns unless the pay is good. But in this case the customer had a lawn that we were cutting with a regular rotary mower but he converted over to a short cut bermuda. It's just that the maintenance cost for the reel mowers are costly compared to a rotary mower. And we really don't have that good of a reel mower and we don't have enough of these accounts to go out and spend nearly $2,000 on one of those nice reel mowers.
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[orlawncaresvc]

Took some pictures today of one of our latest annual flower color install at a residential account.

[orlawncaresvc]

Some mulch work today. 20 cubic yards of Red Humus.

[orlawncaresvc]

Some more mulch work from today.