Mowing a football field

[dmk395]

I was just curious what you would charge to mow a football field, which measurements including endzones and sidelines is 120 yards x 70 yards? I figure I will have to do about 15 minutes of trimming and blowing off of a sidewalk which sits behind it. Seems like it will be a nice job with my 48".

[Greenman2ooo]

I'll say $90. If it was just the mowing, no trimming and blowing, $75. If it is being mowed every five days, maybe somewhere in between.

[lsylvain]

just a suggestion but if the field belongs to a high school or middle school. You might want to concider doing it for free or cheap for the PR benifiets. A lot of people help out with school sports local businesses ect. Getting in with that crowd can be very advantages to your business.

[luckylawnboy]

That is about 1.7 arc so I would say about $60 -$80 you ought to be ok. I just took your figures times 3 to sq.ft. and $35 per arc=$60 have fun making stripes 10 yards wide in between each 10 yard line.

[lawrence stone]

Originally posted by lsylvain
just a suggestion but if the field belongs to a high school or middle school. You might want to concider doing it for free or cheap for the PR benifiets. A lot of people help out with school sports local businesses ect. Getting in with that crowd can be very advantages to your business.

Yeah right everybody should work for nothing. Get a clue buddy this is the Commercial lawn care forum.

[Randy Scott]

I was thinking the same thing Stone, I just wasn't going to be as harsh about it as you, the guy is new to the forum, although he is a business man.
I would consider some kind of discount on an already inflated price, like every other business does, but for godsake, DON"T SAY THE "F" WORD! Good luck with whatever you do.
Randy

[dmk395]

LOL STONE

[TJLC]

Leave it to Mr. Stone to spice up a post.LOL

[Vibe Ray]

I don't have any experience with football feilds, but wouldn't they want more than just mowing? You know it IS a foot ball feild! They will probably want aeration and fertilizing and other services. So, it might have potential....

[Turfclippings]

i have 60 inch Dixie Chopper that i could cut a football field in about 30 minutes. so i could do it for about $50-60. But your using a 48 so i am assuming your walking it?? There cant be a whole lot of trimming unless you have a fence all the way around it.

[zipp669]

Originally posted by lawrence stone
Originally posted by lsylvain
just a suggestion but if the field belongs to a high school or middle school. You might want to concider doing it for free or cheap for the PR benifiets. A lot of people help out with school sports local businesses ect. Getting in with that crowd can be very advantages to your business.

Yeah right everybody should work for nothing. Get a clue buddy this is the Commercial lawn care forum.


It may be commercial lawn care but it worked damn good for me. I was just starting out years ago & our football team was doing great(made it to the semi's) I offered the AD & superintendant to manicure the field for free for the football season only...it looked terrible, school was mowing with a cub cadet & a 955 deere.
well anyway I was asked by the super what it would take to mow the whole school (25 acres). he thought the field looked great. i have mowed the whole school since 96, get paid 12 months of the year & have a spending account to treat the grounds & fields any way I see fit, I also aerate the fields too.
It has been a great PR for me cuz I do do it a little cheaper than I should but get lots compliments & alot of jobs from it.
this year the first 8 man championship football game in IOWA was played on it, we won & it will be here next year also, we still would have had the game on it even if we were not in the game.
I am not from some big city with bunches of tax money to support a school. We have 300 kids in the whole school, as you may have figured out going to 8 man football so i have to do what is best for the whole thing.
just my 2 cents thanks

[Eric ELM]

Since I grew up near a small town in South Dakota, but now live one of the biggest cities, I have seen both sides of this situation. Small town midwest people are a lot different than the big city people in a lot of ways. I think all this traffic around here gets them up tight. :)

If I had business in my old home town, I would probably take care of lawn part of the city park if they furnished the supplies I would need. Around here the city has their employees do this work. You have to drive a stake next to them to see if they are moving, which is another subject that I won't go into. If I volunteered to do a city park here, I would put about 10 city guys out of a job that I could replace by doing it by myself. :D