how much money?!?!!?

[triplettbrad]

i was just wondering just how much are you guys makin? i'm using a $199 briggs and stratton 3.5 and a briggs and stratton 6.5, electri blower, gas weed whacker, electric edger and still pullin in 900 a week, so i was just wondering how much is there to make if i go out and spend the extra thousands of dollars you guys are talking about spending?:)
by the way, i'm new, so don't burn me yet, please:)
oh dam...arn, we got smiley faces in here?..just a sec...:blob3:

[totallpm]

Don't know what to say.

Commercial equipment
Commercial equipment
Commercial equipment

Speed, reliability and quality of work.

Depends on your business plan and what you are willing to put into it.

Money can be great but there is a lot of overhead to be legit.

Good Luck

Kevin Total

[LAWNGODFATHER]

Can you do a million a year with that stuff?

[BigJim]

How do you get on with an electric blower and edger,do you trail a long extension lead from your house or do you go knock on the door and say can you plug me in Im here to do the lawn?.Just curious.........:confused:

[I MOW ALONE]

$900 a week and you still use an electric edger and blower something must be wrong

[totallpm]

Do you give them a discount for using thier electricity ?


Kevin Total

[KirbysLawn]

$900 before or after taxes?? How much after taxes??

[LAWNGODFATHER]

Can't be too much less using others power resources.

[65hoss]

:) Just by having a gas blower you could double you #of clients. :blob3:

[I MOW ALONE]

or maybe he could move up to a 8 hp briggs and triple his #of clients

[TGCummings]

Triplett,

How long does it take you to make that $900? With commercial equipment, and a market that's saturated with unlicensed low-ballers, I can make that in less than 20 hours flying solo.

Some guys on here make that in 15 hours or less.

By using commercial equipment, our production rate is at maximum effectiveness and our time on the job is reduced to the bare minimum. The less time you're on the job, the more jobs you can do. The more jobs you do, the more money you make.

Let's say it takes you 30 hours a week right now to make that $900. Commercial equipment would cut that in half at least. Now you have room for another $900/week in clients on your schedule. How about making double w/o working harder? And I'll bet I'm being conservative...

Go commercial!

[crew]

I think you should ditch the briggs and go for an electric mower. People really like consistency. Not to mention your margins would go way up because your fuel expenses would plummet.

[KerryB]

$900.00 a week with insurance?

[musselman]

When I first started I had a 21 inch 3.5 HP mower and decided I wanted a self propelled so i went to the local dealer and started looking. After all was said and done I ended up buying a 32 inch w/b exmark viking. cut my time in more than half the first week. It dint take long for me to pick up extra accounts to fill up all that spare time I had. Now I have a 48 inch walker, 60 inch dixie chopper and guess what im still using the exmark 10 years later and all Ive ever done to it was change the oil and blades best investment I ever made.

[MuskTurfKing]

Electric equipment???:eek: :confused:

Hank

[mdb landscaping]

he'll get burnt out real quick with electric equipment. do yourself a favor and buy some commercial equipment. you will make a lot more $ because you will be more productive.

[Nelson]

Do I need to go to Electric?

I have commercial Equipment..... And just starting.....

Still do not bring in that Income a week?

Is it a Elecrtic thing?

:confused:

[coldbrook landscapin]

Triplett brad.... you were wondering what one makes i can give what i made for deposits in my business checking account the year ending i deposited 50,000 and i do around 50 mowing accounts and 50 snow plowing, for the year ending 2001.

[KirbysLawn]

Oh nooo...

[darryl gesner]

I don't tell people how much money I make, but suffice it to say that my wife hasn't worked in over 5 years.

About the electric equipment: Hey, whatever works. I've actually got an 18 inch Clemson reel-type push mower (I'm the motor) that I still use on occasion. I've been pushing it for over 30 years. It does seem to get a little slower every year though! I can use it in places where I can't get a power mower and where a string trimmer takes too long. In fact, I just mowed part of my lawn with it the other day. I had a few tall spots in the lawn that needed mowing and hadn't woken the power equipment up from it's long winter nap yet.

[Pro-Lawn]

900 A week with Electric Equiptment?? I think someone is pulling our electric cord. No pun intended.

What kind of "GRASS" you cutting ?

Eric Goodwin
Pro-Lawncare.com

[proline32]

You must be that guy I saw the other day...... Had a black and decker letric mower and weedeater going around in one of my neighborhoods looking to cut yards out of a back of a ford escort.;) Your jokin right? actually When I first started my first LCO' back in the late 80's I used a cheap murray mower, and some lowball tools..... Nowdays, never. the other guys are right, commercial tools will save you in the long run, You do $900 in a week, I do $400 a day just by myself, and there are guys here that do even more than that in a day. But hey, if you can keep your expences low that is fine.