accounts per week,mowed

[northeast]

My girlfriend and I have a lawncare business<br>that we started in April,we have a new Exmark lazer hp with ulta vac system,and two toro personal pace trim mowers.we currently have 30 good accounts,what is possible for a two people to do in a week?we would like 50 accounts,does this seem high for two people?<br> how many lawns per week are you all averaging per week with two people working??<br> not trying to be nosey,just need to know if our goal is attainable. thanks for any help.<br> Nick

[greenlawncare]

Depends on the size of your lawns and what you are doing. Mow & Go - probably 80 - 100 4000footers. Full service - 40 to 50 7000footers.

[BRL]

The key is to get those accounts as close as possible to cut down on lost time travelling. I know a guy who mows 13 - 15 big & small a day and he is by himself 90% of the time. Me and my one guy can get 15 or so a day with a couple of 40,000 - 60,000 SF commercial properties mixed in. Multiply that times 5 days if you're just mowing and you can get a lot done. Good luck!

[Acute Cut]

i mow like 80 or so lawns a week with two ppl. I could probably push it up to 100 if i was so inclined. The hard part is fitting it into the &quot;areas per day&quot; schedule i have. Our are is somewhat spread out. The main town and a few sub towns. Last year i was driving like 200-250 miles a day. OUCH! I am not even remotely close to that these days. I divided all my lawn care jobs into areas. Now i have cut down on drive time tremendously. I would say that you should place all your customers into days via where they live. it will save time and money. By doing that you can take on more jobs. I remember when 12 lawns was horrendous 12 hour day for me. Now i do 20 in 10 hours or less. (Upgrading from ariens 21&quot; (2X) to a 52&quot; hp Exmark and a 36&quot; hp exmark may have something to do with that as well.)

[Richard Martin]

Like everybody else is saying, it depends on the size of the lawns, routing, conditions of the grass (is it wet?) etc. I cut, trim, edge and blow 30 lawns a week by myself. The sizes vary greatly from 1/16th acre to almost 2 acres. Right now I am averaging about 8 hours a day. If I added a helper I should be able to do 45 lawns a week.

[Lazer]

My 1 man crew does 52 by himself, including a school w/ soccer field, etc and also a 3 hour hotel complex. Most of the others are small commercial & mid-size residentials.<p>I did have a guy who worked for me and bought out another lawn business, he did 110 lawns/week by himself, maybe 7-8,000 sq. average.

[southside]

Lazer,<br> Sounds like he was a good worker.<br>Thats moving! Shame he is now your competition.<p>Karl<br>

[HOMER]

You guys must have some small yards!<p>Homer

[TGCummings]

I do about 70 lawns/week by myself, with a 21&quot; Toro Proline. My lawns vary from teeny weeny to fairly big. I don't have any of those big industrial corner lots that chew up a half day (yet!), but I also rarely take a lunch break. ;)<p>I'm easing my new 36&quot; Exmark into the field this week, and it promises to save me enough time to fit more jobs in every week (whether that be 20-25 new lawns or simply additional services for my longtime customers). <p>On the other hand, I've been eyeing all those commercial lots around town that don't seem to be getting enough attention, so one never knows ... ;)<p>-TGC

[Lazer]

Karl,<br>He sold out since and it took 2 guys to do that work now. I'd say a 2 person crew around here averages 100 lawns/week, 8-9,000 sq. ft. average.<p>Homer,<br>I think it's somewhat relative as to the lawn size. Obviously, you couldn't cut that many if they were all 2 acres each.<br>I'm always amazed when I visit my cousins in Phoenix at the 500-1500 sq. ft. front lawns and no back lawns in that area. I wonder how many of those you could cut with your 72?

[Toddppm]

I have 2 guys doing 65 lawns / wk. kind of spread out, but all within 10 miles and divided by area. They could probably do another 15-20 if in the right areas. There is a company here with about 1,000+ lawns, with 6- 2 man crews doing about 100-120 a week apiece. They use only Toro 21&quot; mowers on all of them, the owner won't even think about bigger mowers, likes the lines the small ones make. I don't know how he pays those guys but he'd have to pay me a fortune to push myself that hard for him! A friend of mines wife's brother is his right hand man, i told him to ask how they pay, i'll let you'all know when i find out.

[RYAN]

I mow seventy lawns a week myself, my girlfriend helps about 20 hrs. I put in around 50 hrs. a week or so an average day is around 15 yards. I edge, trim, and blow off evey yard. I mow with a brand new 48&quot; exmark metro (LOVE IT) as well a an old POS scag for the days I have my girlfriend helping. Just thought I would give you some numbers to help you out. <p>PS most of my lawns are average size With a couple of small and big ones mixed in.

[Lazer]

Is she stuck using the POS Scag?

[JimLewis]

Our 2 man crews do about 20 per day, or 10 per week. I agree with most of the people above. It all depends on lot sizes. In our area they are an average of 2000-4000 sq. ft. each house. When I push them, two guys can do 25 per day, but you can't give them that kind of workload for very long. We work 10-12 hour days almost every day this time of year. <p>The most imortant thing is to schedule lawn mowing jobs each day as close to one another as possible. The bigger you get the easier this is to do. We have some days where we mow 25 lawns all within less than a mile of each other. Drive time is like 30 seconds between each house. That's your goal. <p>----------<br>Jim Lewis - Lewis Landscape Services<br>http://www.lewislandscape.com

[MOW ED]

There are so many veriables to your question that it is hard to give a good answer. Some of my smaller lawns are harder to cut than the big ones because of trees, pools, fences ect. Some of my larger lawns are on a river with a nice hill sloping down. It also depends on the condition of the lawns, fertilized or not , bagging or not, all figure in. You should also consider rain days and pad for this. Only you can get a feel for how much you can do. Good luck.