Taking a new survey...looking for ideas on what to ask.

[KirbysLawn]

I would like to take another survey. I thought we could ask the following:

1. How many years in the industry?
2. How many employees?
3. Are you licensed?
4. Are you insured for liability?
5. Is you equipment insured?
6. Is your truck covered by a commercial or personal policy?
7. Do you charge by-the-cut or monthly all year?
8. Do you have a minimum?
9. What is your cheapest lawn?
10. What is you largest $$ lawn?
11. Are you a member of any professional associations?
12. Are you certified in any grounds management programs?

I'm heading out on vacation today and will return next week, please share your ideas on the subject. When I return I will post the survey.

Thanks,

Ray

[accuratelawn]

1. 4
2. 2
3. yes
4. yes
5. yes
6. personal
7. by cut billed monthly
8. yes
9. 20 most 27-40
10 no
11. no

[Turf Cutters]

1- 20 years off and on 7- by the cut
2- 2 8- yes, $30
3- yes 9- $15 a 100 sqft yard
4- yes 10- $275 3 acres
5- yes 11- yes
6- both 12- no

[morturf]

1. 25 for me, this operation over 50.
2. 5
3. y, first lco in state to obtain a license
4. y
5. y
6. com
7. n/a do not mow. i am a lco
8. n/a
9. 150/ yr
10. 5000
11. n already know it all
12. n already know it all, lol

[GrassRoots Lawn Care]

1. How many years in the industry?
One Year
2. How many employees?
Two Part Time Employees
3. Are you licensed?
Yes
4. Are you insured for liability?
Yes, $300,000
5. Is you equipment insured?
No
6. Is your truck covered by a commercial or personal policy?
Yes.
7. Do you charge by-the-cut or monthly all year?
Monthly, year round contracts.
8. Do you have a minimum?
Minimum what?
9. What is your cheapest lawn?
$15, 10 minutes.
10. What is you largest $$ lawn?
$100/cut.
11. Are you a member of any professional associations?
No.
12. Are you certified in any grounds management programs?
No.

[thelawnguy]

1. How many years in the industry? eight
2. How many employees? one-me
3. Are you licensed? no, not required in my state for what I do.
4. Are you insured for liability? of course
5. Is you equipment insured? of course
6. Is your truck covered by a commercial or personal policy?
commercial of course
7. Do you charge by-the-cut or monthly all year? a la carte
8. Do you have a minimum? yes
9. What is your cheapest lawn? $0 (freebie)
10. What is you largest $$ lawn? $70
11. Are you a member of any professional associations? nope
12. Are you certified in any grounds management programs? nope (what does this actually mean? Example?)

Bill

[paul]

1. 25
2. 13 includes two office and on sales
3. For play ground installations and inspections
4. yes 10 million in general liability
5. yes
6. yes Commerical
7. only cut when called for in specs.
8. figured in to job cost
9. figured in to job cost
10. We do jobs up to 500K
11. no
12. no but can inspect play ground equipment for faults and can also inspect trenching and OSHA certified 10 hr, 40 hr and open excavation, and enclosed under ground saftey.
13. Bonding for 5 million in open work

[DanG]

1 - 20 yrs part time,4 full time
2 - myself and one parttimer
3 - yes
4 - yes 300k
5 - yes
6 - commercial
7 - both
8 -no
9 - $10.80 per cut for small residential
10 - $700.00 per cut for cemetery
11 - no
12 - no

[Cutter1]

1. 8 yrs
2. 2 Employess
3. Yes I have a License
4. LIability insurance up too 1 millon
5. Equipment is covered also
6. Truck is on business insurance also
7. Charge per cut, bill monthly
8. Smallest is $15 a cut
9. Biggest is $250 a cut
10. No
11. No

[CandJ]

1)2 1/2 Years
2)Myself as main employee, several part time for projects.
3)No License
4)Insured for liability up to 1 Million
5)Some equipment insured (mower, trailer) with $250 deductible
6)Truck covered by personal insurance
7)Charge by cut, bill monthly
8)Minimum $15
9)Donation to my church for tax write off
10)Largest $50/cut
11)No professional organizations
12)No grounds management programs

[Eric ELM]

1. How many years in the industry? 15.5 years mowing 24 years plowing snow
2. How many employees? 1
3. Are you licensed? Yes
4. Are you insured for liability? Yes, $1,000,000
5. Is you equipment insured? Yes
6. Is your truck covered by a commercial or personal policy? Commercial
7. Do you charge by-the-cut or monthly all year? Cut
8. Do you have a minimum? Yes, if not Free
9. What is your cheapest lawn? $25 if not Free
10. What is you largest $$ lawn? $160
11. Are you a member of any professional associations? No, but I associate with members of the Best Group Of Professional Lawn Guys here on Lawnsite :)
12. Are you certified in any grounds management programs? No

[yardsmith]

7yrs.
1
of course
1 million/2 million aggregate
of course
commercial
by the cut/some weekly/ others monthly
$25 minimum- otherwise I don't bother
$15 for older lady I've had for years
$175 for lawn & back field at one place
no; never helped me get any biz, so dropped it. If I want info I look it up on the net or get a book- I do consider this forum a professional association :)
not yet

[jrblawncare]

1. 13 years part time - 1 full time.
2. Me and a part timer for installs.
3. Yes
4. Yes 500,000
5. No
6. Personal for now,this will change soon.
7. By-the-cut...billed monthly..for now.
8. Yes..it was 25.00,but now is 20.00..too many low-ballers.
9. 20.00
10.50.00
11.No
12.NO

[thelawnguy]

Im surprised at the number who have personal insurance on their trucks-this is almost the same as having no insurance at all, when going from route to route. For myself, the commercial policy was also less money when I started up.

[KirbysLawn]

Wow, Bill I agree. Having personal insurance on your truck is a no-no, if your trailer were to break loose and you loose all your equipment your SOL. Also, if it or something fall off your trailer or truck and strikes another car/truck you again are SOL. Having your truck under a commercial policy is not much more $$ and is a write off.

I may not have made it clear on the first post above, I was not really looking to take the survey here, now, I was looking for ideas and suggestions on what to put on the survey. I posted some of the questions I had thought up, but I was looking for your ideas also.

So, if you have any ideas to put on a survey please share them here, I will do the survey later.

Thanks,

Ray

[gusbuster]

How many years in the industry?
Since age 8, except for 2 years, so over 27 years
2. How many employees?
1 full 1 part
3. Are you licensed?
Yes
4. Are you insured for liability?
yes
5. Is you equipment insured?
no
6. Is your truck covered by a commercial or personal policy?
commercial
7. Do you charge by-the-cut or monthly all year?
By the month
8. Do you have a minimum?
yes
9. What is your cheapest lawn?
$12
10. What is you largest $$ lawn?
$400
11. Are you a member of any professional associations?
yes
12. Are you certified in any grounds management programs?
no

[Poplen]

Ray, would commercial vehicle insurance be written by your insurance(vehicle) or your liability ins. carrier?