North carolina

[BigALsLawnCare]

Owner/ Operator Alan's Lawn Care INC in little Washington....Anyone close?

[twilkins7]

WILKINS Bush-hogging & Box Blade Work
ELKIN NC. I go were the work is with in reason.

[LTONFIREMEDIC]

hey daughtry

gators work good even with side discharge. been using a couple of years. the highlift blades were sucking up all the topsoil. may have to slow down a little in the tall stuff. doesnt do much in the way of "mulching" so you have to make a couple passes.:weightlifter:

[DaughtryLC]

hey daughtry

gators work good even with side discharge. been using a couple of years. the highlift blades were sucking up all the topsoil. may have to slow down a little in the tall stuff. doesnt do much in the way of "mulching" so you have to make a couple passes.:weightlifter:

Thanks, I use a high lift and cut most accounts every 10 and im thinking the gators will help with the grass clippings. Also I cut a cem and am thinking this will also help with clippings. How do they do in the early morning (dew)??

[LTONFIREMEDIC]

work good any time. works good on commercial apps as well as residential. bahia is a breeze. i cut from 7am until and have no problems.:weightlifter::cool2:

[DaughtryLC]

I hate bahia!!!! It seems that the state LOVES it. It starts at the ditch and in no time it has taken the yard over!!! Thanks td

[earthtrends]

driveshaft you still looking for work

[LTONFIREMEDIC]

one word for the bahia, CIMMARON. WORKS GREAT APPLY IN MAY.

[driveshaft06]

what ya have in mind???? srry earthtrend....my spelling sucks lol...

[RRF]

Wondering if anyone out there could help me find a wholesale stone company. I did searches on the internet that didn't seem to help me. I am looking for a stone wholesaler (possibly a quarry) that wholesales larger riverstone (5-8", 8" & bigger). The color is white/grey with black pock marks (sort of salt'n'pepper look). Does anybody know the company and/or contact info?

Thanx, -Gary Hoffman
RiverRox Farm

[earthtrends]

hey driveshaft looking for someone on my crew. What kind of maintenance experience you have. Pm me if you want

[Mike's LawnCare Landscape]

Hendersonville ,Asheville (WESTERN NC)
Mike's Lawn care and Landscaping
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[LandscapeSteve]

Hello LawnSite! Long time reader, first time poster. I am in the Raleigh area. Been looking for employment since September. Seems I used up some luck earlier on, and now someone wants their payment! Anyhow, I've been landscaping for over 17 years, and been a Branch Manager, Operations Manager and Production Manager, mostly focusing on Installations. I've even been looking in other states, but I think everyone is waiting until after the new year. I have even considered going into consulting, and offer first time applicants a free consult. Then, by expanding by word of mouth, slowly start to charge. I have surfed the web for consultants, and they always seem "distant", and only marketing towards the $5 million and larger companies. I would like to focus on the smaller, single owner companies, and share my experience gained from my previous large employers. And if somone has a system that works, why not share it witrh others. Obviously, in other areas and towns, so as not to make everyone in the same area too equal. If anyone has any thoughts on this, or if you have a position open or will be opening, I'd like to talk. Thanks for everyone's time.

Steve

[Superscapes]

If you are interested in working on the coast of north carolina, please send me your resume at superscapes@atmc.net . Im in dire need of a landscape and landscape maintenance foreman.

[LawnSharks]

Matthews, Charlotte and Monroe

[readycutlawncare]

Raleigh, NC here!

[dnc19694339]

How bad is the weather down there in the winter. IS it still warm enough to do hardscapes? Does the ground freeze? How many weeks of mowing do you get?
Im wanting to get away from the new york snow, and be able to work most of the year if not all of it? I can take a couple small snowfalls a year, but thats it.

[Envy Lawn Service]

How bad is the weather down there in the winter. IS it still warm enough to do hardscapes? Does the ground freeze? How many weeks of mowing do you get?
Im wanting to get away from the new york snow, and be able to work most of the year if not all of it? I can take a couple small snowfalls a year, but thats it.

NC has a very wide range of climate actually.
Beaches to the mountains....

So it really depends on where you go in NC.

In general though, in my opinion we are in a really mild winter trend. Have been for a long time. But still it's like 17 degrees here right now. It comes in cycles though with the weather patterns. It will be mild, then turn bitter for a little while.

But even in the elevations, it's not like it would be in western NY. As the trend has been, only the high elevations see much snow and/or extended periods of deep ground freezing.

I operated in the foothills to the mountains... mowing seasons could vary as much as 3 months sometimes from year to year... like with a late spring and an early freeze. I've seen it start into May and end early on October. But many years I've seen it start in March and run until Christmas. Many years I hardly had time to turn around from one season to the next, using those off weeks to do the books/taxes and work the renewals, etc...

The handicap with moving from NY to NC is the economic gap and the population density gap that exists. It's a totally different market down here. Way poorer and way farther spread out.

[readycutlawncare]

I moved from NYC to. It was a rough adjustment at first but I am starting to get used to it.

[AFH Sod]

I am with a sod farm in Mooresville, NC (just north of Charlotte).

[The Cutterman]

Is anyone looking for a full time employee with 22 years experince in landscape and tree service. I am going to be moving to the Durham area April/May. I had my own company for 20 years. Im very reponsible and tustworthy.Thanks ironwoodlandandtree@yahoo.com

[TXNSLighting]

Im contemplating moving to good ole N Carolina. Whats the market like there guys? All the help is appreciated.

[fiveohpoepoe]

Where are you looking? Its going to depend on what city.

[TXNSLighting]

The city is Zebulon. Its east of Raleigh.

[DaddyRabbit]

I reside in Louisburg which is very close to Zebulon and I think you'll like it. I think the market will come around towards the end of the yr which will in turn give you ample time to at least get your foot in the door so to speak.

[BrandonV]

Hey guys I'll be moving a tree to Lake Norman here in a couple of weeks and will need somewhere to drop a plug. It's our 90" spade so we're talking a piece of dirt that's about a 6'x6' cone. Anyone know of somewhere I can drop it? Its a bit of a haul for me (2hrs) so I don't want to make 2 trips. Thanks!

[Mark B]

How is work going for ya? I am slow here in the big city.

[BrandonV]

Well usually towards the end of the year things slow down. We're keeping busy on the whole... Will actually be in your region hopefully stating tomorrow for a couple of weeks.... patio/landscape/irrigation. Have a driveway to rip up and redo and maybe a commercial thing. Also a little tree moving thing with the zoo, but I'm really hoping for a uptick in the spring. I'm just glad we're built to travel because there isn't much going on here locally (as usual)

[Mark B]

Where will you be in my area? I have seen a few decent size jobs going on. But not alot. I am still waiting on some paper work so I can take my NC Plumbing license.

[BrandonV]

Lake Mackintosh sp?

[JohnnyRocker]

Is this North Carolina thread dead?

[BrandonV]

Yes! As is the NC landscape industry ;-)
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[Mark B]

Brandon I see you are enjoying the snow, now maybe more ice. Since you posted from your Iphone. I have been snowed in for 2 days now.

[JohnnyRocker]

Yes! As is the NC landscape industry ;-)
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Yeah, it's like this everywhere. Are you still in the business?

[bigviclbi]

Hey guys I'm coming down to Asheville from New Jersey the week before Easter for my brother in laws wedding. Anybody have an inside scoop on cabin rentals close to asheville? I've been looking on the internet but figured I post here to see if anyone has some leads. Looks like a cool area to explore. thanks.

[Mark B]

It is a cool place. I have had luck on craiglist and vrbo. I don't think craigslist is real big in that city. But you might have better luck with vrbo.

[KMD Landscapes]

We are located in Durham and we service Chapel hill, Raleigh and Cary

[BrandonV]

Ok the wake this thread up... I have some potential work for someone. We did a pretty nice install over the winter to a home in the Alamance crossing area in Burlington, NC area. I stopped by last week to crank up the sprinks and fountain and just happened to be there when the "maintenance" guy was mowing. Now granted this is bermuda, and still quite dormant, but the HO told me it'd been mowed once already. But to make a story short there is not much grass, maybe 2000'sq. But it is going to look nice, I do afterall do a bang up job. The gent was mowing it with a 62" grasshopper SD... I was furious, I've calmed down a bit. I would like to give the HO a list of people in the area that mow, and mow preferable w/ a bagger or mulcher and I personally don't think anything bigger than 42" needs to be on this lawn. If you're interested please PM me name/email/website/phone. I'll forward to the HO. If you're not committed to making me look good than please don't PM me. I love installing in the area but its too far for our maintenance crew to service so help me out. Sleepyhead, you might have a name you'd drop since you used to be in the area?

[Envy Lawn Service]

Wow... someone is being overly efficient... big deal.

And if it's bermuda... even bigger deal.

You can't really hurt the stuff... hell it's hard to kill when you are deliberately trying...

Not everything needs to be bagged with a 21" mower.

[BrandonV]

I'm all for 60" mowers.... but not on 60" grass strips. He was blowing grass all up in my beds, makes me made.
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[Envy Lawn Service]

I can see the thing on not blowing bermuda in the beds.

It's not a strong idea to install and maintain landscapes where you don't maintain the turf.
Or have a sub that does it at least.

[BrandonV]

are you suggesting that I only work where I maintain? I'm a installer first, we travel from Martinsville to Myrtle Beach. We do a very small amount of maintenance in our local area. Dollar wise maintenance isn't 12% of my income.

[Heavyduty1]

are you suggesting that I only work where I maintain? I'm a installer first, we travel from Martinsville to Myrtle Beach. We do a very small amount of maintenance in our local area. Dollar wise maintenance isn't 12% of my income.

Brandon, I travel throughout NC for business too. I mainly do tractor work such as bushhogging cell towers and Air ports lots. We also have a boom mower for the hard to reach areas such as storm ponds etc. If you need my services, I would be willing to travel.

[koster_irrigation]

Lets bring this thread into 2011!

How are all my fellow NC'ers doing out there? Ready for spring to arrive??

[Mark B]

Why do I always forget about this part of LS??

As I said in the lighting forum, things are great right now for me.. All I need now, are a few large lighting jobs to make this a super great year..

Anyone here doing any misting systems?
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[koster_irrigation]

For February we're suprisingly busy with repairwork & alterations to systems.


We're also starting back with installations as of this week.

And starting a large scale apt. complex installation on Feb 21st. which will take about 4 weeks of install time.

[koster_irrigation]

Never seen much demand for misting systems.

Talking about bug misting or people misting?

[Mark B]

Misting systems for cooling.

[Penscape Landscaping]

Ready for spring! Starting to get the early spring calls! Lets do this so ready!

[Heavyduty1]

Can anyone in the NC area give me the lowdown on getting a pesticide lics. so I can spray a little roundup here and there. Is raleigh the only place to take the test? Thanks

[BrandonV]

Check with your local extension service. They'll know, plus they need the work.
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[PowerstrokeWalker]

Belews Creek here..we service Kernersville, Winston Salem,Walkertown,Greensboro,Stokesdale,

[lildevil_66]

Gastonia and surrounding areas. Mostly residential with a few commercials mixed in. 20 total on top of a 50 hour work week keeps me and my son plenty busy. Been doing it for 30 years and ready to hand it over to him. Be glad to get some rest over the winter.

[Bunton Guy]

Anyone know what happened to the CGMA website? wanted to become a member but the've left me know way of becoming a member.

[Snapper Pro]

Columbus,Brunswick,Bladen,and Horry County SC