jmk007
LawnSite Member
- Location
- Central MN
I'm currently putting together my budget and equipment list for this season. I need to find the right equipment to speed the spring & fall cleans along while saving my back! I have some pretty nasty lawns to clean (Large and lots of leaves). I'm leaning towards getting a large lawn tractor to pull a big trac-vac bagger. (This lawn tractor would have double duty as I would use it to prep seed beds (tiller) in new housing developments so I can seed or sod. Along with this tractor and trac-vac I was thinking about getting a leaf loader for my truck (Loading leaves into the truck by hand really wears a guy out!). I saw one in landscapers supply mag. for around 1500.00 bucks. Is anyone using something similar? In the past, we have used 2, 48" Toro mowers with grass gobblers attached and I just can't go another season with that back-breaking method. I'm currently bidding on some large commercial properties (1.5 - 3.5 acres) and if I use my current equipment I'll never be competitve! In my situation, considering what I will use the tractor for, would you consider this set-up appropriate or are there better and equally economical avenues? If this seems like a good equipment consideration, are there any products to be wary of? What do some of you other small to medium businesses do to keep competitive with this labor intensive task? Thanks for your input.<br>