O & R Lawn Care Service

[orlawncaresvc]

Just a few pics of some of our current jobs, accounts, equipment and trailer. Hope you like.

[IHusky]

Looks good, no equipment

[2brothersyardcare]

nice stipes get some of the stuff 2

[orlawncaresvc]

here are some more pics

[orlawncaresvc]

here are more pictures

[orlawncaresvc]

here are some more pics of some jobs from the past

[orlawncaresvc]

some more pics of some more jobs

[orlawncaresvc]

some more pics!!!

[orlawncaresvc]

some pics and some more pics

[orlawncaresvc]

here are some more pics

[AdvancedLawns]

very nice work...where are the trailer pics?

[Coastal Lawn Maintenance]

do you all just leave the controls for the sprinklers open like that. nice pictures

[nnj18]

http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn4/JJLMC/photos/100_8639.jpg

not good man and the other side is even worse!! :nono:

[orlawncaresvc]

some pictures

[CoupesCuts]

That wall is terribly uneven. I hope you didn't put that in.

What type of truck is that? Nice trailer. Looks like its meant for bagging grass.

[meets1]

Grass looks nice but some striping pictures look too "busy-looking" and also the retaining wall project - hope you did just the plantings?

[Coastal Lawn Maintenance]

now that you all point that out there looks to be a place where the wall goes in at. like said before i hope you didnt do that

[orlawncaresvc]

no, we did not do the wall. it was already done by the home owner. we just planted the plants and flowers.

[meets1]

Not familiar with your area at all - the ground looks more sandy than dirt or clay. How is your soil condition? I am used to some clay but alot of nice black dirt!

[deere615]

Those are some nice lawn installs, nice trailer also

[Lawn Freak]

Looks good

[orlawncaresvc]

more pics of the trailer

[orlawncaresvc]

some more pictures

[orlawncaresvc]

will post more pics of finished product. until then what ya think?

[Elks]

all looks great. Excellent job Grading. Whats your secret to getting the ground that flat? I use a power rake and it never turns out that good

[South Florida Lawns]

Its amazing how crowded california can be, and how most of the yards are cut with 21's. I see that you have a phazer too whats the sq footage on some of your bigger properties?

[orlawncaresvc]

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.

[orlawncaresvc]

here are some updated pics

[orlawncaresvc]

some more updated pictures

[orlawncaresvc]

some more updated pics

[orlawncaresvc]

some more pics

[EagleGrounds]

Your land/hardscaping looks great! The mowing could use some tuning though...

Best of luck this season!!!

[STIHL GUY]

i would get a exmark 26'' or quick 32 if i were you . everything looks good though

[orlawncaresvc]

spent today cleaning my mowers and such.

[orlawncaresvc]

thought i just take some pics of our company hats and show off

[orlawncaresvc]

i love forcloser cleanups. the management companies that i have dealt with so far have been good business for us. they pay very well. we got paid good on this one. a one day job.

[orlawncaresvc]

more pictures of the forcloser cleanup

[orlawncaresvc]

we would get many compliments on this lawn. how green it looked beautiful, someone even told us that it look like the "fake grass"

[lawntimenosee]

very nice work

[eatonpcat]

That's a good idea... Fake grass with dead spots, fools them everytime. lol

[orlawncaresvc]

this is a job i did on my own. my father in laws lawn. renovated and installed a sprinkler system for him.

[orlawncaresvc]

some more pics of my father in laws lawn

[orlawncaresvc]

here are more pictures

[orlawncaresvc]

we usually don't take on much tree jobs, but this is one of our commercial accounts that is going a make over and we were asked to cut down and grind some stumps.

[scagmower]

You do some good work with landscaping!!!! keep it up, really like your new installs.

[orlawncaresvc]

scagmower, thanks very much.

[olaf valle]

great hardscaping, no offense but some of does houses look like im in mexico are u mexican i am

[orlawncaresvc]

yes i am mexican. hispanic better said. my father is from mexico and i was born in fresno, california. all of my work is done in fresno, california. i guess some of the places i've work on look like mexico. especailly the project i did for my father in law. his house can look like mexico sometimes.

[olaf valle]

thats koo man i was in LA bout 2 years ago and love it it was a great sorry if i offend you in any way, are u in any of the pics

[orlawncaresvc]

olaff valle, don't even sweat it. i didn't get offended man. i am not in any of the pictures yet.

[orlawncaresvc]

here are some pics from today. they are not that good. i will be posting up some much better ones in the future.

[orlawncaresvc]

here are some pictures of a job we did back in may. 7 acres of dry brush, weed, grass. i wish i could of taken a lot more pictures and a lot better ones.

[SNAPPER MAN]

VIVA LA RAZA!!!! Su trabajo mira bien!!

[93Chevy]

Awesome work man. Looking forward to seeing more pictures. It looks like you are proud of you work.

[orlawncaresvc]

yes i am very proud of the work that we do and the type of service that we provide. yeah, a lot of people call it just mowing, but to us it's more than that. we see it as in providing a professional service. professionals who know what they are doing and take pride in what we do. some customers really appreciate that. and others still can't see that. all my guys always look professional. "uniforms baby!" we are only a three man crew. but if you see us rolling down the road you would think we are this huge company. which i know we will be one day. anyways, i am proud of what i do and as long as i can do it we will keep providing "professional lawn care service"

[93Chevy]

yes i am very proud of the work that we do and the type of service that we provide. yeah, a lot of people call it just mowing, but to us it's more than that. we see it as in providing a professional service. professionals who know what they are doing and take pride in what we do. some customers really appreciate that. and others still can't see that. all my guys always look professional. "uniforms baby!" we are only a three man crew. but if you see us rolling down the road you would think we are this huge company. which i know we will be one day. anyways, i am proud of what i do and as long as i can do it we will keep providing "professional lawn care service"

I wish you luck in your endeavors. You have the right attitude to be successful

[lifetree]

orlawncaresvc -- It looks like you do very nice work ... but you haven't responded to the question concerning what size of lawns you reserve the Phazer 34" for, how many square feet ?? In other words, what is the largest lawn you would cut with the 21" machines that you have ??

[orlawncaresvc]

We put our Exmark Phazer just about any where we can fit it. our 21 inch mowers get just about the same use as our phazer. our biggest residential where we use our phazer is about 4 acres. and our commercial accounts are pretty huge also. our phazer save us time and with it mulching we don't have to worry about hauling away clippings

[93Chevy]

4 acres seems like a lot for only a 34." But obviously it works for you, so I'm not here to judge your techniques.

[Blasko's Lawncare]

your logo is that from vistaprint.com?

[2brothersyardcare]

thats a cute mower lol

[tstutz]

nice work.

[alltoroformetwo]

Good job, bravo.

[orlawncaresvc]

which logo are you applying to? my magnet or hats? actually they both are from vista print.

[Blasko's Lawncare]

i was talking about the hat cause i liked that one to

[orlawncaresvc]

a couple of pics of today

[orlawncaresvc]

here are some pictures of some hunter rotor sprinklers we replaced at one of our commercial accounts. the old rotors were Hunters PGPs. most of them were not working properly any more. so we decided to upgrade all 16 of them. we went with the Hunter I20 stainless steel and some 36SS. wow these rotors are awesome the best we have used yet. we have used the regular I20s, but the stainless steel are awesome and they will last a lot longer.

[orlawncaresvc]

thanks Blaskos. my brother who is my business partner did not like them at all. i really liked them. he said they looked like toy hats. he actually liked the logo on the hat, but he said that it looked like a "smalls hat" from the movie sandlot. we are actually going to be upgrading our logo on our truck and hats and also be getting new uniforms and hats. do you anybody else use uniforms or company hats?

[lawn crafters]

how come you use push mowers so often

[orlawncaresvc]

in the first picture, that is one of our residential accounts. we usally use our zero turn mower. but today we used our 21 inch mower, don't really know the reason why but we did. and on the pics below that is one of our commercial accounts and there is a lot of debri right now from grinding stumps and pieces of black top were spilled on some parts of the lawn. It's a asphalt plant and they had a huge spill so we have not been able to use our bigger mower.

[lawn crafters]

o i was just wonderin, how do you like the phazer

[Blasko's Lawncare]

don't let the name fool you im only 14 right now but thats what im gonna name my company when im legit. But when i do have my company i will probably have uniforms whenever i get at least two or three people, i think it looks more professional but thats just my opinion

[orlawncaresvc]

here are some pictures that i left out from a valve relocation job we did a while back. there are some pics already on my thread. here are the rest of them.

[orlawncaresvc]

here are some old pics i came across on my computer from when we build our trailer back in 2006. most of the heavy duty material was given to us by our best friend. it used to be a trailer to haul sand rails. hes got a few of them. you will see one of them in our pics. we had to chop and weld and ect..

[orlawncaresvc]

here are some more pics of the trailer built process

[orlawncaresvc]

trailer almost finished

[orlawncaresvc]

Tada! Done Son!

[orlawncaresvc]

we love our phazer. it is the best machine we have added to our machinery. its fast, small and it can fit just about anywhere.

[93Chevy]

That trailer looks really good. Looks like you guys know what you're doing when it comes to welding. Wanna build me one like that, lol.

[orlawncaresvc]

yeah, it was a good thing i took welding classes in highschool. we will be building another trailer in a few weeks here. will post some good pics.

[93Chevy]

Looking forward to it.

[metro36]

Looks good. You cut 4 acres with a 34" phazer? People around here call me crazy when I cut my 1.5 acres with my 36" walkbehind with a sulky.

[doubleedge]

Looks good. You cut 4 acres with a 34" phazer? People around here call me crazy when I cut my 1.5 acres with my 36" walkbehind with a sulky.

I also think that you (original poster) should consider buying a larger secondary ztr for big areas.

[orlawncaresvc]

yes we are planning on getting a 48 or 52 inch, perhaps a stander.

[93Chevy]

One you use a 48" or 52", you'll find yourself phasing out the phazer...no pun intended.

[orlawncaresvc]

here are some random pics

[orlawncaresvc]

here are some more random pics of a landscape job we did back in feb.2007

[orlawncaresvc]

here are more pictures of the same job. you can see the grass area was hydroseeded. our first hydro job.

[orlawncaresvc]

and some more pics

[orlawncaresvc]

some pictures

[orlawncaresvc]

there are some previous pictures of this job we did. this was my best friends home he just had built last summer. he and his folks own an automotive and radiator shop.

[orlawncaresvc]

and more pictures

[orlawncaresvc]

here are some more pictures

[TurfTrimmer 92]

Looks Purrdy:usflag:

[orlawncaresvc]

Not new, but new to us. found this one on craigslist. 1990 Chevy 3500 runs great, ac, pulling power. a big upgrade to what we had.

[ALC-GregH]

phazer cuts the four acres under an hour, yes we are planning on getting a 48 or 52 inch, perhaps a stander.

I was looking and you do some nice work. However, I'm calling BS on this. Unless the little Phazer can cut at 14mph, then it's BS.

[orlawncaresvc]

here are some pics of a mulch and flower job that we are working on at this moment.

[orlawncaresvc]

here are some more pics of the mulch flower job. in the first pic notice one of my guys working, his shirt is wet with sweat. 112 degree today. crazy hot. good thing we had our gatorade handy.

[orlawncaresvc]

here are a bunch of pics from today

[orlawncaresvc]

more pics from today

[orlawncaresvc]

some more pictures

[orlawncaresvc]

a pic from today and a pic of a whole neighborhood we do

[modedicebox]

Man, I love the C30! We have a 71 dump, it's a beast. Keep up the good work!

[93Chevy]

Keep up the good work! I hope you like your new truck. I love that body style, and if they're taken care of, they'll run forever.

[rusty_keg_3]

Looks good, keep the pics commin

[orlawncaresvc]

here are more pics

[Runner]

Looks good. Alot of work going on. Is that clear plastic you're putting down under the mulch?

[orlawncaresvc]

It's just basic 4 mil plastic. we have had this account for about 4 years now and every spring and summer we have a real problem with weeds. so we decided to make it easier and lay out the plastice to block out the weeds. a concern of ours was if enough water was going to get to the plants and flowers. we took a pitch fork and poked enough holes around every plant and flower so that water and enough air get to.

[Runner]

It looks like it is relatively clear...That's why I asked. You're spending a whole lot of time and labor for nothing. Not only that,...it is actually causing you MORE work. Your mulch should be a MINIMM of three inches deep to block a half way decent mount of light (to keep the weed seeds from germinating). Anythng less, and it defeats the purpose. The plastic i waste, because with mulch, there is no need for plastic, visqueen, or felt barrier with mulch, as it (mulch) just dissipates and is just top dressed every once in awhile - as opposed to decorative stone or any other type of aggregate where the felt barrier is needed to keep it from dissipating into the soil.
What is worse, is that if that material is like a clear type plastic (or white), it will do the pposite of what you re trying to achieve, as it wll actually work as a greenhouse effect..causing even MORE weed growth. Go heavy on he mulch...REAL heavy. That is always the best deterrent. Short of that, a basic pre-emergent application should be applied. I am sure this will save you alot of work (and time) in the long run.

[orlawncaresvc]

oh, i forgot to say that the plastic we used is a black plastic.

[orlawncaresvc]

I was going through some pictures the other day and I came across these pictures of a lawn install we did back in 04. way before I knew about this site.

[orlawncaresvc]

here are some more pics of that lawn install in 04

[orlawncaresvc]

more pics.

[orlawncaresvc]

the last of the 04 lawn install

[orlawncaresvc]

I notice that a lot of LCOs on here don't really get into detail with pricing of jobs. Whether it be maintenance or a landscape or hardscape jobs. Just curious myself I thought I would put this design up and all pricing of material of a estimate that I went to this past saturday and see what replies I would get. Not really a big job. Oh and my drawing... well let me know what ya think.
605 sq. ft. of sod = $211.75
240 ft. sch. 40 1" pvc = $57.60
8-4" sprinkler bodies = $12.48
8- 12" sprinkler bodies = $16.00
2-12" radius center strip nozzles = $4.00
14 - adjustable spray nozzles = $10.78
5 - yards of red humus = $204.35
Total = $516.61

[orlawncaresvc]

a lawn installation we did this past week

[orlawncaresvc]

more pictures of the same lawn install

[orlawncaresvc]

lawn install pics

[93Chevy]

Looking good. How do you like your new Chevy?

[orlawncaresvc]

bro, dude, best truck we've bought yet. a big big upgrade to the older 72 we had. this truck has the power and it just handles so much better. we really put it to the test this past week. we hauled almost a ton and a half of sod and a trailer with equipment. then it hauled our lawn maintenance trailer, you know the big monster we got. and 2 yards of top soil. and i have to say this truck handled it like a champ. we love our truck. 1990 CK 3500 454

[93Chevy]

Glad to hear it. I love the older Chevys.

[rusty_keg_3]

Looks good man... How long till the sod dosent look like individual squares?

[orlawncaresvc]

should be about 2 weeks the most then it will be mowed

[rusty_keg_3]

ahh, i see...

[orlawncaresvc]

Here is one of our lawns that we did the perrenial rye grass seeding this year.

[orlawncaresvc]

Here are some pictures of a landscape that we started this week. Its going to be a few days of work. More pics to come as the job comes along.

[orlawncaresvc]

here are some more pictures

[orlawncaresvc]

some pics of one of the guys from the crew mowing from today

[orlawncaresvc]

Fabricating our own rack. we started this project saturday and we need it done by monday. we are going to be picking up 600 ft of pvc.

[rusty_keg_3]

Nice fab work, who does the welding? You or your bro?

[Lawn Freak]

Lookin good, you guys do good work.

[orlawncaresvc]

he does majority of the welding. I also do some. but he is a lot faster at it

[orlawncaresvc]

here are some more updated pics of that landscape job we are working on. valve setup is done and we got water going already

[orlawncaresvc]

some updated pictures

[joesimoes2]

some updated pictures

The equipment you using looks a little small for the jobs you guys do
Keep pictures coming all looks well :waving:

[South Florida Lawns]

The equipment you using looks a little small for the jobs you guys do
Keep pictures coming all looks well :waving:

Have you ever been to california? Its so over crowded down there. You might have a huge back yard but the gate leading to it is so small.

[orlawncaresvc]

yeah, i guess you can say we don't want to spend any money on some bigger equipment right now. We will see if more and bigger jobs come our way.

[orlawncaresvc]

Here are some pictures of us fabricating our own catcher for our Exmark phazer. We looked around for a catcher for our machine from the internet to our dealer and we thought, heck we could build our own. Our dealer was selling us the exmark catcher originally ment for the phazer for $300. I came across a company on the internet called accerlerator industries. They had some very very nice catchers. Which my dealer actually also sold. He was selling one for $460. I found some other equipment companies online that were asking $350 for an accelerator industries catcher. For less than $45 and 4 man hrs so far we are making our own. Here are some pics of the process. What do you guys think?

[orlawncaresvc]

Some more pics of the catcher.

[93Chevy]

Man, that's a good idea. I wish I had the fad skill you guys do. That's pretty neat.

[orlawncaresvc]

Thanks 93Chevy. We still have to see if the catcher is going to work. I feel strongly that it will. Its funny we are thinking of making our own walkbehind mower. A 32 or 36 inch.

[orlawncaresvc]

more updated pics of our catcher.

[orlawncaresvc]

Our catcher finally done. here are the las pics. We tested it today and it worked awesome. Will use it tommorow on the real jobs.

[orlawncaresvc]

Here are a few pics of some flowers we will install tommowrow. 2,160 total. From pansys to snap dragons and a lot of different color.

[orlawncaresvc]

A tree job we did today.

[dhardegree]

I've been looking at your thread for a couple days. You guys do nice work. I'm a newby, part time, small (really small), basically grass cutter for now. I want to install a sprinkler system at my own house, but when I saw those pics of valves I now know there is some more research that needs to be done on my end. I can't see paying $3,000 on irrigation when I could use that money to buy some better equipment. I look forward to seeing updates.

[orlawncaresvc]

Yeah, It cost money to install a nice sprinkler system. Even if you are doing it yourself for yourself. Are you buying your home or do you own your home. I would only install a sprinkler system if I was buying my house or own it. Right? Believe it or not we didn't know jack when we first started fooling around with sprinkler systems. Its all about learning on your own. At least that's how we did it. But don't get it twisted, I've put in my hours of reading and studying on flow control, psi, back flow prevention, designing, and a lot of other stuff. We were lucky enough to get to install a couple of system and use them as practice for some friends and family. At no charge for labor just the material and they were very good practice for us. I'll tell you your house would be a great practice for you.

[orlawncaresvc]

Here are a few pics of the landscape job we have been working on. Went out today and finished up some final wiring of the valves to the controller.

[SNAPPER MAN]

Dang jefe, I bet your guys didn't like planting all those flores. It's a p.i.t.a doing that many but it pays good $$$. It all looks great man!

[orlawncaresvc]

Yeah, you can say that again snapperman! We've had this account now for about 4 years now and we replace those flowers twice a year. But every year we seem to get faster at it. And its worth it. Money wise and how it looks.

[SNAPPER MAN]

Yeah, you can say that again snapperman! We've had this account now for about 4 years now and we replace those flowers twice a year. But every year we seem to get faster at it. And its worth it. Money wise and how it looks.

I agree. Annual color is good money. Very high profit margins, and it makes your properties stand out.

[orlawncaresvc]

Some pictures of our catcher that we made ourselves. We put on this exmark sticker that exmark sent me. What do ya'll think

[93Chevy]

Catcher looks good. That's a lot less expensive than a vac unit. Hope it works out for you.

[orlawncaresvc]

Thanks, Oh yeah it picks up everything. Every single leaf. It is working out perfect for us.

[honeydopm]

It looks like it is dragging-maybe just the angle of the picture. Great fabrication nonetheless

[orlawncaresvc]

We have been wanting to put a drop on our trailer for a long time now. We finally got to it and started it this weekend. Reason for doing it is our phazer sometimes has a hard time getting up on the trailer. We gave it a 2 inch drop. All material is new. We will be using the old axles for another trailer. Here are some pics of the process. Oh yeah, we did them ourselves.

[orlawncaresvc]

Some more pics of our axle project.

[Property Maintenance Plus]

Your work is awesome! It looks TOOOOOO hot for me tho lol. You are very professional and your set-up is great! I like how you do all your own fab work as well. Must save tons of $$$$$$$$$. How did you learn to do all the installs? I am starting my own business in March, just basic Property Maintenance to start, but I hope to get into the installs and hardscapes and plantings. Seems like your staying very busy. Good luck to you
:waving: Nick

[dhardegree]

Yeah, It cost money to install a nice sprinkler system. Even if you are doing it yourself for yourself. Are you buying your home or do you own your home. I would only install a sprinkler system if I was buying my house or own it. Right? Believe it or not we didn't know jack when we first started fooling around with sprinkler systems. Its all about learning on your own. At least that's how we did it. But don't get it twisted, I've put in my hours of reading and studying on flow control, psi, back flow prevention, designing, and a lot of other stuff. We were lucky enough to get to install a couple of system and use them as practice for some friends and family. At no charge for labor just the material and they were very good practice for us. I'll tell you your house would be a great practice for you.

I would def. try on my own house first. Maybe call in some help when it came to the valve and timer installation. I got a buddy in the irrigation business who may be willing to lend a hand. We'll see...

It is very nice not to have to pay someone an hourly fee for metal work. My neighbor is a metal fab/welder. He does all my projects and I help keep his yard in shape. Works out for both of us. I bought a rusted out home depot trailer from a guy. Scraped everything but axle and wheels. Paid $75 got $25from scrap yard. Paid @ $400 for metal from a buddy whose F-I-L owns a metal business. Bought lumber for floor and had a near brand new 7'x12' lawn trailer for @ $600. Not too shabby.

[orlawncaresvc]

Your work is awesome! It looks TOOOOOO hot for me tho lol. You are very professional and your set-up is great! I like how you do all your own fab work as well. Must save tons of $$$$$$$$$. How did you learn to do all the installs? I am starting my own business in March, just basic Property Maintenance to start, but I hope to get into the installs and hardscapes and plantings. Seems like your staying very busy. Good luck to you
:waving: Nick

Thanks, I try to make our company look professional all the time. I take pride in our setup and I'm always looking and thinking of new ideas to better and make it easier to carry our equipment. The fab work we do ourselves because it saves us money and we actually love doing it. On our our installs, on how we learned to do them. You can say by doing them ourselves. I guess I'm saying we just got out there and said "here we go." I've read on sprinkler system and water pressure and zones. When I speak about zones I mean sprinkler zones. We have been fortunate enough to do some practice install for some friends and family as practice. And yes they turned out great. Good luck on your business in maintenance and landscaping.

[orlawncaresvc]

Here are some pictures of the finished axles we fabricated for our trailer. They turned out awesome. We put them to the test today.

[orlawncaresvc]

I've been thinking of posting some pictures of my competition in my area. What kind of vehiclel, trailer they use. What their setup looks like, ect.. Other LCOs? I'm curious to see what your guys competition is like in your area. Pics comming soon.

[orlawncaresvc]

Our echo PB 651 gave up on us this wednesday. After 4 years it finally quit. My father is a licensed small engine mechanic and told me its going to be the piston rings and some carbon build up. Here are a few pics of us taking it apart and going to try and bring it back to life. If it doesn't cost too much. And oh, we went ahead and bought ourselves a new one. A shindy.

[orlawncaresvc]

Some more pics

[orlawncaresvc]

Whats up guys? Just thought I post some pictures for the new year. Here are some pics of us out today at one of our big accounts and one of our smaller residential. Notice on our trailer we got two blowers now. For about $14.00 we were able to bring our echo blower back to life. It was the piston rings.

[orlawncaresvc]

Some more pictures of our Exmark Phazer tear n' it up. Oh and I saw this on my way to work the other morning. This tree fell on this house. Not sure if they were trying to cut the tree down or what.

[orlawncaresvc]

A job we recently picked up. 7 acres of removing erosion netting. The reason it is being removed is to prevent the netting from being caught and tangled in the mowers when it will be mowed in May. The property is owned by Chevron the oil company and we were subcontracted by a consulting company to do this job. The first and second pictures are a view from a free way. A car junk yard is located right next to the property.

[orlawncaresvc]

A few more pictures

[rcslawncare]

Very nice!

[deere615]

Nice does that netting stuff come up pretty easy?

Also it definetly looks like they were trying to cut down that tree and something went wrong!

[orlawncaresvc]

Some of the netting comes out pretty easy and some of it is tough to pull out. We've been using box cutters to cut the net.

[orlawncaresvc]

We were back at it on friday. Although it was raining we worked on through. The job had to get done. We were only able to work 4hrs each on monday and tuesday. Here are a few pics from friday.

[AdamChrap]

I like the trailer. That netting look like a PIA!

[orlawncaresvc]

Hey what's up guys? It's been a while since I've posted any new pics. Well here are a few new ones. The first pic is one of our commercial accounts. Some nice stripes. Grass is growing nicely already here. the second pic is of me and my little boy mowing the grass. Just thought I throw that one in there. The third one is of me with my dads truck. We had to use it as an emergency. Our big one ton truck is down at the moment and we could not repair it in time. So we had to use my dads truck. It's funny because this truck when we purchased it, it was supposed to be one of our work truck. But my dad liked it too much and wanted it for himself so we let him have it. Hope ya like the new pics. Much more to come for this new year.

[Boomer 1]

Hey man, great work! I would almost "PAY" to be part of your crew for a couple of months just to gain the experience in all aspects of irrigation, fabrication, and everything else!

Keep up the great work!

Boomer

[Gunnels Grounds & More]

I can tell that you guys take PRIDE in your work.Excellent job

[orlawncaresvc]

Thank you guys for your great comments. Yes we take a lot of pride in our work and I truely believe that is why our work comes out so great.

[orlawncaresvc]

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Here are a few pictures of us rebuilding our trailer that we first started off with. There are a few old pics of it in my thread. This little bad boy got us through our first couple of years. It was originally a 5x8. Now its a 6x10 and we will be dressing it up nicely with blower racks and string trimmer racks. More pics to come as we continue fabbing.

[orlawncaresvc]

more pictures

[orlawncaresvc]

Here are some updated pics of a landscape we did back in october. And also a picture of a new account we picked up last month.

[orlawncaresvc]

Job of a tree stump grinding we did this saturday. There were about 20 or more stumps. Not to big but a lot of them.

[Paradise Landscaping]

You guys do superb work! Quite an arsenal of equipment you guys have, also! How do you like your Shindaiwa EB633RT? I love mine! It's the same as the Echo that you guys have, I think... Could we see some more pics of your Shindaiwa T231 string trimmers?

-Tyler

[orlawncaresvc]

Thanks, we like our new blower. The only thing I can't seem to get used to on it is the thottle. It's different from our old echo. It tends to hurt my hand.
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An updated picture of the trailer we were working on.

[orlawncaresvc]

Us fabricating our own stripping kit for our Exmark phazer. Used a 30 inch piece fo 1 1/4 angle and some random rubber that you can get at any hardware store. Not done with it yet but we hope to by this weekend.

[orlawncaresvc]

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.

[orlawncaresvc]

At one of our commercial account that we service every wednesday check the irrigation at least every two week or so. So we did this past wednesday and we found a leakage some where. We didn't have time to do any repairs that same day so we had to return on Saturday and look at we came across.

[Graveslawncare]

You guys do really nice work. You would never guess that you have a relatively small setup just judging from the quality of the work. I am looking into irrigation as well so I love seeing all the 'in-the-process' irrigation pics. Keep 'em coming!

What was crushing your irrigation pipe in the pic above?

[orlawncaresvc]

Reply to: Graveslawncare You guys do really nice work. You would never guess that you have a relatively small setup just judging from the quality of the work. I am looking into irrigation as well so I love seeing all the 'in-the-process' irrigation pics. Keep 'em coming!

What was crushing your irrigation pipe in the pic above?

In the first picture it was a good size root that was pushing the irrigation pipe. The pipe was actually almost pinched shut. There are a total of 6 sprinkler zones with that one we repaired being zone 5. Since we got this account we always wondered and attempted to see what was causing the low water pressure on zone 5. Well we found out Saturday what is was. After we repaired that line we we tested it and the repair was a success. But then we came across another problem. From us repairing that line it must of added water pressure and some where else a another part of that same line broke due to some more roots. In the second picture a root was pushing the pipe upwards causing it to break it. An expected job that we thought was going to take us about an hour and half ended up taking us 5 hours.

[orlawncaresvc]

Some pictures of some stump grinding we did today. Two palm trees, and three I don't know what kind of trees they were.

[orlawncaresvc]

some more pics

[93Chevy]

Looks good. I really enjoy looking at your pictures.

[orlawncaresvc]

Found these flyers on some of our client properties. We have actually lost some customers to these chumps. At least we believe so. Just last week we lost a customer who we have had for 4 years, and out the blue he calls me telling me that he needs to figure things out and cancel service for the time being. So we passed by his home this past Wednesday and we see these two other guys doing his lawn. Oh and check out the prices these guys charge.

[deerewashed]

well give MR. THAN a call and say stop lowballing...THAN you can try and take my customers.

[Paradise Landscaping]

well give MR. THAN a call and say stop lowballing...THAN you can try and take my customers.

Maybe some sand in Than's gas tank? :laugh: I know you guys can recover from the loss! You guys have been keeping busy I see! I'm looking forward to more pics!

-Tyler

[orlawncaresvc]

Some pictures of a job we did this saturday. The soil around a septic tank sunk in and we were hired to bring in 2 yards of top soil and fill it in.

[orlawncaresvc]

some more pics.

[orlawncaresvc]

We thought that we would post these a lot of pictures this new big account we picked up this past March. We picked up the account in March but did not begin service until April. Here are a bunch of pictures of the property. On the pictures with the flowers we will be replacing most of them. A total of about 40 flats.

[orlawncaresvc]

more pictures

[orlawncaresvc]

and some more pictures.

[orlawncaresvc]

more pictures

[Graveslawncare]

Sweet man, that's a pretty original looking border, I like it a lot. Is it just white sand you have filling in between the stones?

[orlawncaresvc]

Sweet man, that's a pretty original looking border, I like it a lot. Is it just white sand you have filling in between the stones?

Actually, they are stones that were layed into cement.

[KrayzKajun]

i really like the look of the stone border! great work

[Graveslawncare]

Actually, they are stones that were layed into cement.

O ok gotcha, sorry, I couldn't tell from the pictures. Did you do the borders or just the plantings inside? If you did do the borders, how did you make a form for the cement considering the weird shapes of the borders?

[orlawncaresvc]

O ok gotcha, sorry, I couldn't tell from the pictures. Did you do the borders or just the plantings inside? If you did do the borders, how did you make a form for the cement considering the weird shapes of the borders?

Used a plastic landscape edging that you can can at any home depot or lowes to form the shape first.
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[orlawncaresvc]

Here are some pictures of some stripes that we layed down today. We mounted a rubber on our deck. The stripes are ok but not good enough to where we want them to be. We will probably be getting a roller or some rolling wheels instead. After seeing a lot of striping on here we think the roller and wheels will work out a lot better. We have been really putting time into our striping kit because in our area there is not much striping done. And we really want to stand out wtih our stripes. I probably over did it on the pictures but we just wanted to show off and compare to some that we will post up later with our roller or wheels striping kit.

[orlawncaresvc]

some more striping pictures

[orlawncaresvc]

And some more pictures. On the last two pictures those were some attempted stripes on some tall fescue. The other pictures above where bermuda mixed with perennial rye, which seemed to stripe nicely. Not sure whats going on with the tall fescue attempts.

[93Chevy]

Looks good man. Are you still running the Phazer? If so, adding the highest-lift blades possible will help with striping also. I know northern grass is better for striping, but my Snapper Pro walk behind stripes very nicely because of its high lift blades even without a striping kit. Keep up the good work!

[orlawncaresvc]

Looks good man. Are you still running the Phazer? If so, adding the highest-lift blades possible will help with striping also. I know northern grass is better for striping, but my Snapper Pro walk behind stripes very nicely because of its high lift blades even without a striping kit. Keep up the good work!
You know it's funny because my partner in business which is my brother mentioned that the other day. But I wasn't sure what he was talking about. Thanks, I'm going to look into that.
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[orlawncaresvc]

Was driving by the other day and saw this. A home development that ripped out a crazy load of sod that was just installed last summer or so. There will be new homes built on the property. You would think they would of got some sod cutters and attempt to sell it.

[orlawncaresvc]

Our stripe kit is finally comming around and striping. Here are some pics of it.

[orlawncaresvc]

Here are a few pictures of us fabricating some racks for our blowers and string trimmers for our smaller trailer. We had to complete these racks in less that a day. Our main work truck broke down on us. We are certain that it's the transmission and which will cost us some money to repair. So we had to use our smaller trailer with my personal 2003 chevy silverado which also broke down on us two days ago. Fuel pump on this one. Talk about some bad luck or something. But can't noboday take our pride, can't nobody hold us down, oh no we got to keep on moving. Lol, Diddy. We are so busy this week and weekend with work we don't have time to try and do the repairs on the vehicles ourselves so we may end up sending to a shop.

[PropServ]

Good stuff! I saw lawn-art.. my friend loves doing that in his front yard..

[bobcat48]

Everything looks good,keep up the good work.

[orlawncaresvc]

Well we finally got to demo the Exmark commercial 21. We were able to use it from our dealer a wednesday afternoon until thursday afternoon. We were so looking forward to mowing with this machine. After reading and hearing about all the problems this mower had came out with, we weren't to sure how it was going to perform. We asked our dealer about the famous belt problem and they told us. It really isn't anything big or serious. Just some adjusting that has to be done that's all. Well from being honda commercial 21 users all of our life it was totally different and some getting used the feeling of the mower. We did like the tires it had. Soft and spongy and very absorbant on any inpacts they may recieve. The mower is very fast. Probably too fast. Its very light. We were handling that thing like nothing as compared to our hrc 216 which weighs a lot more. We did notice that the motor would bog down when we would engage it to drive. We thought perhaps the belt on the start of the spin of the transmission? We were not to sure about the single blade but we ran that thing on some high thick grass on the fastest it goes and it cut very nice. But it still can't compete with the twin blade micro cut honda hrc 216 when it come to sucking up leaves. We also noticed that the collection bag would get full very quick. A lot quicker than we expected. We thought it may be because it's not a twin blade and it doesn't cut the grass down finer. Over all my brother and I which are the heads of our operation agree that its an ok mower. And that it would make a perfect summer mower. Not to sure it would do to good in the fall or winter or wet weather. Would we buy one or are we going to purchase one? Not sure yet. Our father who works with us and is a hardcore honda mower lover says that the exmark has nothing on the honda. But we have heard that the new honda hrc 216 is not as good as what they used to make them. We have not been able to demo a honda 216 yet. But honestly we were a little disapointed in the exmark mower. And oh, the belt never came off on us.

[orlawncaresvc]

Here are a few pics of some properties that we were hired to just mow. All dry brush. The first two pics are at a commercial account we take care of. And the last three pics are from a property that we were hired again this summer to mow. approx. 7 acres that is owned by Chevron. It was 109 degrees that day.

[93Chevy]

You still running that Phazer? Have you upgraded to a bigger mower yet?

[orlawncaresvc]

You still running that Phazer? Have you upgraded to a bigger mower yet?

Yes, we are still running the phazer. The best little big machine we think. We are planning on getting another mower. A bigger one for sure. But for now; the amount of properties we mow is good enough.
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[orlawncaresvc]

We have been wanting to paint our trailer for a while now. Just haven't had the time to do it. We decided to go with the color white. Got bored of the black. And we felt it was becoming a negative color. The white feels so much cooler, smoothe a lot more positive. Here is a picture of it being painted. We will put up some more pics of it done.

[cubedmack]

Man, you dudes do excellent work. Luv your fab work too.

[orlawncaresvc]

Thanks cube. We take a lot of pride in any type of work we do.

[orlawncaresvc]

Here are some pictures of our trailer with its new paint job ready for a hard days of work.

[bobcat48]

Looks good.

[SNAPPER MAN]

Se mira bien wey. Yo me ordene un traila nueva y van a pintar la traila azul. Yo también pienso que negro es mal, cada quien tiene un traila negro también. Es mejor a tener algo differente.
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[deerewashed]

si, no me gusta un traila negro tambien, a obtener una traila que voy a pintar john deere verde o como lo que piccasso tiene....sies anos en espanol en la escuela y contar!

[jdo150]

I like that trailer did you buy it like that or did you fab it up with the dump?

[orlawncaresvc]

Se mira bien wey. Yo me ordene un traila nueva y van a pintar la traila azul. Yo también pienso que negro es mal, cada quien tiene un traila negro también. Es mejor a tener algo differente.
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Snapper man, gracias.
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[orlawncaresvc]

I like that trailer did you buy it like that or did you fab it up with the dump?

We made the trailer ourselves. Check out our whole thread, you will see the fabricating process of our trailer. Also other things we have fabricated.
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[twobroslawns]

Se mira bien wey. Yo me ordene un traila nueva y van a pintar la traila azul. Yo también pienso que negro es mal, cada quien tiene un traila negro también. Es mejor a tener algo differente.
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?Azul? Porque azul? Quiero photos por favor.

[93Chevy]

Man, that looks real good. That would be nice to be able to fab it yourself so you can make it as efficient as possible.

[orlawncaresvc]

Man, that looks real good. That would be nice to be able to fab it yourself so you can make it as efficient as possible.

Yeah, that was the whole reason of making the trailer ourselves. Make it how we want it. Make it to where everything is easily to get. And knowing that its our own custom look. Nobody in our area has a trailer like ours. I've seen some copy cats, but can't come close to us.

[orlawncaresvc]

A valve replacement job we did this Saturday morning.

[orlawncaresvc]

This is a small mulch job we did this Saturday for a customer who is already a client of ours. 3 yards of black humus. We pulled out some plants and also transplanted some. This area was a big weed problem. It had that cloth weed barrier that many landscapers use. But we pulled that out and went with plastic. The job is not completed yet. We will head back out there Monday and will be adding some more plants. All perennials. In the first picture my brother got in the way as I was taking the photo.

[orlawncaresvc]

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[93Chevy]

Man, that mulch looks real nice.

[twobroslawns]

Yeah it does. :):dancing::clapping:

[orlawncaresvc]

Went out today and finalized that mulch plant job we started on Saturday. We also did a little clean up for a company that has hired us for the past two years to do veggetation trimming on about 7 acres.

[orlawncaresvc]

The newest addition to our equipment. Power Trim brand walk behind edger with a 4 hp honda motor.

[bobcat48]

That is a nice edger.how have u guys been.i hear good things about the power trim edgers.

[orlawncaresvc]

That is a nice edger.how have u guys been.i hear good things about the power trim edgers.

Yes, they are a very good product. The frame itself is very sturdy and the wheels and the spindle where the blade attaches are very smoothe. The 4 hp honda GXV commercial motor makes it an awesome machine. We have been very very busy. Our landscape and install jobs have slowed down dramatically. But our maintenance has really picked up. A lot of LCOs would probably ask, "so late in the season?" But here in Fresno, Ca. we stay busy year round as far as maintenance goes. We just picked up a contract with a realestate company that has given us 13 homes that are up for sale and will be giving us more. And we are preparing for the perennial rye seeding. So you can say we are staying busy. It's always a good thing, right?

[bobcat48]

Yes, they are a very good product. The frame itself is very sturdy and the wheels and the spindle where the blade attaches are very smoothe. The 4 hp honda GXV commercial motor makes it an awesome machine. We have been very very busy. Our landscape and install jobs have slowed down dramatically. But our maintenance has really picked up. A lot of LCOs would probably ask, "so late in the season?" But here in Fresno, Ca. we stay busy year round as far as maintenance goes. We just picked up a contract with a realestate company that has given us 13 homes that are up for sale and will be giving us more. And we are preparing for the perennial rye seeding. So you can say we are staying busy. It's always a good thing, right?

Yeah thats good.real nice.thats is good,yeah thats what i heard from other guys alot of installs went down this year.yeah that is good.maintenance i think will always be busy.yeah sounds good.yeah it is.yeah im 15 and still a youngster with 10 lawns and cut them after school.in a few years will have more and get it into more gear.next year will be truck and trailer.so thats good.

[orlawncaresvc]

Started laying out the perennial rye seed. I think this is the most rye seed we've done ever. Any of you do this?

[orlawncaresvc]

Scalping the lawn at one of our commercial properties for the rye seed. We should start seeing the rye grass around early November and it should be fully grown by early December.

[bobcat48]

It looks good.

[MLAWCARE]

He looks a little big for that phazer haha and Why do you just put down perennial rye and not a blend of fescue ( it could be totally the norm where you are just here I don't know anyone just doing straight rye thanks )

[orlawncaresvc]

He looks a little big for that phazer haha and Why do you just put down perennial rye and not a blend of fescue ( it could be totally the norm where you are just here I don't know anyone just doing straight rye thanks )

Yeah, just about anybody looks big on that mower. We do the perennial rye seed instead of a rye fescue blend because it's a Bermuda lawn. This process is very popular here in California. Well Fresno, Ca. that we know of. We are also overseeding a lot of our fescue clients with tall fescue blend at the moment.
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[tlc23]

Be sure to post some pics after the rye comes in. I'm interested in seeing how it turns out. I overseeded mine last week and it's starting to pop up.