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[osc]

May of 2000 was a milestone for osc. We did over $20,000 in lawncare in this month with one day to go.<br>We don't have any mower over 61&quot; and we did it with only 2 employees plus me makes a 3 man crew.<br>I thought this may be encouraging to the newbies and start up guys. <br>I started this business 5 years ago and the growth has been nice.<p>June could very well be a 30 k month with the 2 landscape installs we are going to do in addition to daily lawncare.<br>I know there are some heavy hitters out there in this biz but for 3 guys I feel good about this.<p><br><p><font size="1">Edited by: osc

 

[eagle lawn services]

Congratulations. It is good to know that there are those in the lawn care business doing as well as you. Keep it up.<br>Chris H.

 

[little green guy]

nice

 

[grasscapeinc]

great!

 

[Toroguy]

osc,<br>Thats a lot of money, you should be proud. Any plans for the profit? I would be willing to help you spend it

 

[AB Lawn Care]

Ya if you can handle all that money I could take some off your hands!Glad to see you are doing well.What mowers do you use?????<p>----------<br>from:Adam<br>AB Lawn Care

 

[Jim White]

That sounds like great news!! tell us though, How many days or hours did you guys have to work for that? and are you using one truck or two.

 

[osc]

Scag 61&quot; walk behind<br>Great Dane Chariot 61&quot;<br>Pathfinder 61&quot; walk behind x 2 <br>2 trucks w/trailors<br>3 Stihl FS-80 string trimmers<br>1 Weedeater brand piece of junk blower<br>3 man crew avg. 50 hours per week <br> my solo efforts, another 10 hours per week<p>As far as profit, well it will go into the business and bills and storing up nuts for winter.<br>We have other equipment but it stayed in the barn.<br>I guess my point for sharing is to celebrate and to give some of you guys an idea or an example of what one business is doing in this industry.<br>You see a lot of people on the road and see the their accounts but sometimes it's hard to guess what kind of numbers they do.<br>Since we're practically anonymous here, I figured what the heck, grin and share it.

 

[steven Bousquet]

it maybe hard for many people to see those numbers as real most guys working alone may only do a litte more than that for the year. your just getting a taste for the big numbers. whats your next level? sounds like you'll end up around 200k for the year, very good for a 3 man crew. anything between 160k-200k is good for 3 men crews. when you get to the 75-90k per month is when you start to see the six figure income, which is nice. congrads on you hard work and success.

 

[osc]

Steve:<br>I know there are some heavy hitters who pass through this forum. Some people do a frightening amount of business. <br>Actually, for me I'll probably end up less than 150 K for the year. I could do 30 k in June if we can keep up the pace and pick up 2 more workers for install grunt work. <br>July through early November will probably be more like 15-17 k per month.<br>I'm wondering what the next level is for me. I don't have the labor force to grow much more. That is my single biggest problem, labor.<br>But I want to grow at a pace I can handle. I'm not too sure I want to grow much more. I just don't want to fall on my face. I definitely see how chemical apps and landscape installs can increase dollar volume and profit quickly, but while I turn my back for a second, lawn maintenance dept can get sloppy.<br>One nice thing is that most of my customers are becoming so dependant on me for various services, I don't think a competitor can blow me out of the saddle very easily.<br>I remember from previous discussions that you company does one heck of a business. What do you think my next step should be?