Scraper
LawnSite Bronze Member
- Location
- SE Pennsylvania
I've been planning on giving a shot at going at this full-time next season. I regrouped this year and after letting go 20 lawns (mostly townhomes and a few residentials) in a distant market, I have made back what I gave up in the area I plan on servicing. All was made up without advertising, only word of mouth. <p>Question is...for those of you who jumped the corporate ship or whatever ship you were on before you decided to give this a whirl how long did it take for you to get up to full speed with enough work to keep you busy for a full week and felt comfortable with being able to cover all expenses (i.e. one season, two seasons)? And before you say anything Charles (please take no offense for my singling you out, but you seem to dig at these kind of posts discouraging people!)
I understand that this is a tough "field" to get into as there are many people to compete with, but I have been doing this on my own for the past 5 years and prior to that I worked for another LCO for 7 years so I know what I'm getting into and I like what I'm getting into. <p>It's just that the wife and I bought a new house and I don't want to lose it. I totally hate my day job and dream of Fridays when I'm out doing what I enjoy. Not to mention the money is a lot more than I make at my "full time" job. I understand benefits and 401k is lost, but the upsides seem to be more than the downsides. I have actually been going along as planned as I wanted to get the house while I still had a job that the bank wouldn't question when applying for a mortgage. Now that I have the house the bank can't take away the house....unless I can't pay for it, but the wife has a job that takes care of that so I guess if things are slow going at first I just get a second job to help out during the slow period of starting full time in the field.
<p>Thanks for any and all responses! <p>And SORRY for such a long post it's just something that has been bothering me for a long time and I want to do this change soon as I'm not getting any younger!!!<br><p><font size="1">Edited by: Scraper