How early do you start mowing

lawnpro724 · Feb 9, 2007

7am commercial 8am residential

B&M · Feb 9, 2007

9am if I am lucky

mkwl · Feb 9, 2007

Depends on what day it is, what season it is, what temp it is and what the weather is.

Last summer, when we had highs around 110*, I called by clients and asked if I could start at 6:45AM before it got too hot...they all said yes, they understood the situation.

Normally, when mowing after School, the earliest I can start is around 3:30PM (when I get home), and work until it gets dark (or I finnish the days route).

Weekends, with normal (good) weather on saturdays, I start at around 8AM, unless it's going to thunderstorm in the PM, then start at 7AM.

There you go!:usflag:

Mowman16 · Feb 9, 2007

Hi,
It all varies, on wed. 6:00 AM all other days 7:40 - 8:00. Only one mad neighbor so far, but she was worth ten mad people!:laugh:

J&R Landscaping · Feb 9, 2007

I am loaded up by 7:30 am and usually waiting out-front of my first customers house by 8 am.

ProStreetCamaro · Feb 9, 2007

We start at 8 because its the law. On a very very hot day we may start at 7 but thats very rare.

Budget · Feb 9, 2007

I have a country mill that they want cut weekly. I start that as soon as the sun comes up, but no home around to complain about it. Other times 7:30 am..

Groomer · Feb 9, 2007

jeeezz, what a bunch of early birds! We start at 10, been doing that for years. I guess having all my lawns within 4 miles and grouped together make a big difference. We(3) can have 25-30 accounts done in a days work.

dwlah · Feb 10, 2007

When I work with my neighbor we leave his shop around 8 usually get turning around 815-830
When I do my yards Ill start at a commercial prop around 7-730 then hit the res.stuff the rest of the day

Woody82986 · Feb 10, 2007

Monday-Wednesday: 7:30 AM. Thursday: whatever time the sun comes up because it is a church in the middle of nowhere. Friday: back to 7:30 AM.

Patriot Services · Feb 10, 2007

I do more before 4am than you guys do all day. I bought one of those real quiet electric mowers and mounted halogen lights to my peltors. I'm thinking about welding 4 mufflers together for the Dixie Chopper.:laugh: Actually I start at 7am and find most of older customers have already been up for a couple of hours. AAHHH! retirement.:usflag: :usflag: :usflag:

cutbetterthanyou · Feb 10, 2007

I think it depends on the account. I cut for the state this year when it was really hot we started the highway under the lights @ 4:15. I have Also cut commercial @ 4:45-5:00 but no ones house is near by.If you have summer homes w/ no one around you can start that early too . I start on things like this then move to more populated areas between 8-9 but no earlier than 7:30. I know rerouting sucks but if it getting you out of the heat earlier it is worth it. Not that i don't like the heat, but i am talking about like end of July- August this year, i am sure you remember

Groomer · Feb 10, 2007

oh, and sometimes we start in early march.

casco73 · Feb 10, 2007

7:00am I talk to the customer for preference and arange first cut to those who don,t care or who aren,t home that early

How early do you start mowing

lawnpro724

B&M

mkwl

Mowman16

J&R Landscaping

ProStreetCamaro

Budget

Groomer

dwlah

Woody82986

Patriot Services

cutbetterthanyou

Groomer

casco73

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