So I am in California visiting this week and every landscaping truck does not have a trailer.. It's just a pickup truck most with ladder racks and equipment strapped to it and all in the truck..
I am just curious as why no one uses a trailer like we do down south or what laws restrict the use? I am in the Los Angeles area.. Posted via Mobile Device
In the LA area my truck and trailer gate down would be too long for most residential lots. Add in issues of a place to park equipment at night (at home or rented facility) and it makes sense to keep it small.
Yea its kinda crazy, i live in CA and i have never seen a residential yard ever mowed with a 36" or bigger mower.....ever!!!
You would be surprised at the massive lawns that are mowed with 21" mowers. Some of these are huge mansions and they will have 3 guys mowing for hours at a time. IMO, a huge lawn mowed with a 21" looks ugly.
But the majority of lawns are small so i understand why most wouldnt have a trailer.
Yea its kinda crazy, i live in CA and i have never seen a residential yard ever mowed with a 36" or bigger mower.....ever!!!
You would be surprised at the massive lawns that are mowed with 21" mowers. Some of these are huge mansions and they will have 3 guys mowing for hours at a time. IMO, a huge lawn mowed with a 21" looks ugly.
But the majority of lawns are small so i understand why most wouldnt have a trailer.
I had lawn business in Simi Valley/ Thousand Oaks area in the early 1990s. I used a van and it worked out well. I miss the days of cutting everything with a 21" mower. My expenses were next to nothing.
I do much nicer homes her in Bamaland, but bigger mowers and bigger trucks add up real fast, I mean real fast.
Theft in California is out of control, a trailer would be stolen before you knew what happened, not to mention the lots are real small and parking is a problem.
I see guys around here with trailers all the time. Probably depends on which part of the state you're in though. As for me, I still don't have a trailer I can use, so I'm stuck making due with just the back of the F150.
What's the price of gas out that way?
IFF one can get by w/o a trailer...then it is a more efficient way to run a mowing business.
I don't use or need a trailer...and hope I never want one.
The price I saw today was $3.75 per gallon for regular unleaded. I imagine it's a bit more in SRT8's region since he's in the bay area.
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