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20 Lawns by 1
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Приєднався 18 січ 2021
In my efforts to make mowing easier and more profitable per hour, I have found myself mowing 20 lawns per day solo, and home by 1 when I have a helper.
EZ Lawn Care Set-up in Action
This is how Hakeem and I mow 20 lawns from 8AM to 1PM. If needed, either one of us can mow solo for the day. Route density, easy commercial equipment, and proper technique all help. Look at the little Stihl backpack blower with the Gorilla tape holding the air filter together :D
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Відео
Stihl Hedgers (Review). Why single-sided is my Favorite!
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My favorite hedgers, plus information on how I offer on-going hedge-trimming as a service for lawn care customers. I like to be as quick and efficient as possible with great results, while reducing fatigue and injury risk to my shoulders and back, etc. I would like to hear what other use and what works for them, I am always learning.
My $2.55 Uniform for Lawn Care
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In this video I briefly discuss my low cost uniform strategy, and what uniformity really means for professionals, without all the expensive custom logos and branding. I get large and XL 100% premium cotton shirts for $2.55 each (about five bucks for the XXL). Here's where I got them from, I don't get paid for the referral. wordans.com/gildan-5000-heavy-cotton-t-shirt
My Open Trailer Set-Up for Lawn Care
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In this video I explain the 6x10 open trailer set-up I use for my lawn service business. 52" Scag Turf Tiger Tiger II, Stihl Handhelds, Xtreme trimmer rack, Fast Straps.
The Exmark 30" Mower (Review)
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In this video I review the functionality of the Exmark 30" Mower, which is also similar to the Toro Timemaster. The goal of my channel is to help you mow faster and easier, and more profitably.
I have 6 exmark 30" for commercial. These machines are the best machine for clean once per week grass cut. They have a very nice finishing,,,Specially on very dense grass such zoysia grass. There are not good for shitty or wet lawns.
good advice thanx
You guys that wear cotton and short sleeves sound crazy to me down here in south east Texas.
I love you Mike. And whatever it is therein resides, if I could then I would fix. (I guess this is a part of a different conversation… Urgh! I guess my gym buddy and I are over. I said something in ballpark of "whiny bitch" and he could somewhat cast himself in that light so he was just done with me. Really we both had broken lives in some sense but I'm not the one broadcasting every bad thing that had ever happened to me and dragging every fucking conversation down. He kept calling me his therapist and really I don't want to be that unless someone is paying me. I was just listening to lex fridman's interview with Andrew hunerman and Andrew said, "it has to be 100%." I think with Fernando and me, it was 2%. I'm really good with people according to personality tests and will accommodate accordingly. I forgive people their flaws and work around whatever it is. I really wanted Fernando to be a friend or more if it ever got to that but I'm a very precise kind of person. And maybe only certain kinds of people can understand me or get my sense of humor. Fernando was into wrestling since he was 14 years old. He was very attractive and incredibly but when I look into his soul, it was a wasteland of emptiness and chaos and we've all been there. It's just this repeating loop that recycles in our minds like a broken record and all we want is for someone to fix us. We just want that loud blaring, interminal sound that is blaring in our brain that says, "you're nothing" to stop talking. We just want to find ourselves at the end of the maze. I've had therapy off and on since college and Fernando has had nothing. I love him as a human being like lex Fridman loves all people. I AM UGLY AND IMPRECISE. And since Mike, the thing that approximates Steve Scott, that I've reapportioned every moment of every second of life over to try to be a value add as opposed to being a value takeaway over, then I say, "Thank you for making me, not a scorge." To Emily… At least you're my friend. Thank you for that. I really appreciate you. I'm just really smart emotionally, have read a lot of psychology books and maybe people just want to use me to fix their lives without wanting to be a value add in my life. It's a chasm Emily. I wanted beyond everything for Fernando to have had it with me because I'm incredibly valuable and if he couldn't see that then I don't want to be any part of it. Telling people to kiss my ass is not really my style. I'm just not like that. I wanted Fernando to break it off on his terms. It's just that I cared about him a lot. I just didn't know how how to be with him. It's against my philosophy. So, I guess I'm just trying to pull myself together after allowing something in my life that... I don't even know, Emily. I don't even have the words.)
Any changes for the new year? Getting mine all set up now.
What song is that anyone knows ? 0:02
I’m an electric guy been so for 4 years. The bigger electric push mowers are finally coming out this year and I’m trying to remind myself that there’s going to be pros and cons to the bigger mowers and I think they will be a similar weight the their gas counterparts.
I'm solo I like the camo shorts and light shirts that's my daily uniform✔️💯
Nice setup, what size trailer are you running?
6 X 10
Grew up around this mower with my dad i acknowledge it’s pros and cons and I would still stick to it. Appreciate you telling me your experience with it though
Awesome hustle guys what size is the trailer ?
6X10
My wife uses our 30 inch all day for our accounts. She loves it. It’s her mower. I’m buying her another one this year for back up. She handles it just fine. We do 12-14 yards a day when we work together. I do 9-10 solo the days she isn’t with me.
Парни молодцы! Два раза пересмотрел с удовольствием. Лишних движений нет, всё с толком и с умом делают! Ребята, а как называется это дело, которым вы занимаетесь ?! Лайк ставлю и подписываюсь!
What size trailer is that?
6 X10
Avoid these. It's much worse than this video shows. They are lemons. A 32" Belt Metro is better. They do not last.
At first it was heavy but got use to it! A 48 inch walk behind is known better!
HONEST review..... thanks! So it's good for beginners, but watch hittin stuff underneath, can throw off the alignment. Ps. For some reason was assuming it would turn like a SNOW BLOWER, were you squeeze one side of the handle, and it would turn left/right for you. And could definitely see.... havin to do WHEELES for each turn, gettin exhausting.
Hello from South carolina.. Your videos have helped me with my lawncare business tremendously.. Keep them coming
Glad to help!
The video mimics you set up, simple and efficient. Great video.
Good video. Ive always worn collared shirts. I like the idea of t-shirts but I sweat too much and it just sticks to my skin more than i like. 2.50 a shirt is nice though. This year I purchased 4 button up short sleeve collared shirts made by Wrangler. Got them at Walmart for about 16$ a piece. Been really happy with the quality. They've held up great and I'll get another season or two out of them. I didn't opt for uniformity in color but that might be an option going forward. Just trying to be professional with my attire. I enjoyed your hedge trimming video but comments were turned off. Im in Atlanta so I do ongoing shrub trimming for my customers as well, which comes out to monthly or at least every 1.5 months. So much easier that way. Less tiny leaves to clean up. Do you know the pinestraw bed leaf clippings trick? Lol
The color uniformity is mostly just for when you have helpers. When I am solo in winter I just wear my hat, nicer shirts, and stuff like you mention. Small trimmings decompose and blend in usually with the pine straw; I didn't realize comments was off, I will go to that video and turn them on and reply re hedge trimming feedback there, thanks!
How much do you net on your lawn business?
Depends on the day, but twenty lawns at 35 each is 700 gross. 15 lawns at 40 each is 600. Etc. Subtract what you think would be gas and supplies, plus a helper. Plus tools & equipment, truck expenses, trailer. When I first started my loan payments were about 200 per month total for all my stihl handhelds, a 30" exmark, and a 48" exmark walk behind with a sulky. Hope this helps.
Love your setup, pretty simular to mine 👊
The air plane comparison was awesome
I got that 30 I wish I had a bigger one with a sulky for the simple reason , that when I do a ride on mower, you are saving your body for another task ,cause for the most part you are kind of able to rest a little bit
Me in central florida who just bought a 30” toro turf master hdx as my main mower and one client. I want a stand on mower but I’m 6’2 and I’m worried about tree clearances. After opening the actual business and buying equipment and bank account, I have 250$ so here’s to grinding out these lawns until we get a nicer mower! I still can’t help but feel blessed for the opportunity to mow for $ even if Florida is HOT
Sounds like you are on track !! I began the same way. Don't worry, by the time you start getting tired from mowing a lot of lawns with the 30" is the same time you can afford to upgrade with those accounts helping you to finance. Prune those low branches if you can :D
When you did that first edging near the car, didn’t you kick stuff back at the car? I have a different weed eater and mine would have sent it all into that car. Great work otherwise, simple easy set up. Do you happen to run locks on your trimmers or leave them? I have heard stories of people just stealing them when you go out back to mow. I am looking to start a business next spring, have had any hustler zero turn, trailer, trimmers and blowers for about 5 years now to do mine and a few neighbors lawns but thinking of making it into a business instead of free (they would still be free for the neighbors). So just checking with a few people to see what has worked best for them. Looking at doing 15-20 lawns a week as my current full time job is 45-50 hours a week but I want to transition out of there.
Go for it! For the stick edger I let back on throttle, but the best thing is to run backwards a few feet when close to a vehicle or garage, etc. Transitioning is an awesome solution, it reduces much risk and it builds confidence and a base, and you can do the math and figure how much you can make full time. When I first began, I was a full time teacher. I would mow a few after work before it got dark, and on Saturdays. I got up to 27 lawns that way and knew I could do well with full-time mowing. I will never be an employee again if I can help it :D
@@20lawnsby19 awesome, yeah I’m usually at my day job from 7-6pm so it doesn’t leave much time for mowing after. I would mainly be doing weekends, but I would keep it in a tight area and already have a few referrals. Thank you for the information!
Thats my set up with a 54" hustler, 2 Honda Mowers a weedeater, edger and Blower. My 16 yr old Son works his ass off with me and we love it!! Quality time and quality work! Cant beat it.
Of my three daughters, my oldest will come out and help. She rides the Scag like a boss :D
20 lawns that were already cut.
Yeah it looks like it. I should have waited a few more weeks when we shot this. The centipede grass comes out of dormancy slowly until May. These shots are compiled over multiple lawns, I need to make a video where I just stay on one in real time.
Get it in!
Mowing lawns keeps u young. 👀
If someone pass near you can steal the trimmer... i use a van for that
I was told that, especially closer to the cities. These racks have a locking mechanism, I may need to use that feature if one gets taken. Hopefully it will be the FS 111 they take so I can replace it with a lighter model :D
De profesionales poco👎😒😥
perdón :D
0:21 Nice edge you laid but I'd try to be careful aiming near cars I've done it the same way you did and broke a car window now I edge starting from the other end.
Yeah, I go backwards when the spray would t-bone a vehicle at a right angle or hit a garage, etc.
👍🙏👊😊
Damn...Ol boy pulled on that string on time an she fired rite up... My weed eater takes bout 5 minutes to cranked...but she a champ when she's going
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Nice setup
Great vlog video make more lawn care vlogs
Thanks, I need to make time for them!
I have two 30in x mark they are 7 years old I have put a great deal of repairs in them this year. They have a great deal of hours on them I do not put a rider on residence lawns.I am 63 and the weight doesn't bother me at all and yes I do sweet a great deal but that keeps me in shape the yards look groomed not just mowed I will use them until I retire in two years
I run 3 of these 2 of the older ones and 1 new toro. Once they break I’ll never get them again too much maintenance and a pain to work on. Do they cut great absolutely. Being heavy you do get use to it BUT the maintenance on them cables and the belts don’t last.....
He is 10000% right. Horrible mowers. Do not last.
Im 53 yrs old .... i live in Texas .... It was 98 degrees yesterday ....its August ... i dont even want to push my weedeater anymore ...
seriously hahaha I had to do 21 solo last week, one was also new so I had to do a clean-up too :D I bought about $200 of financial/business investing books hoping to find other ideas
@@20lawnsby19 Mowing lawns definitely can turn a great profit, but what you mentioned is exactly where I am at in life. I'm determined to learn how to make the money that I make doing lawns work for me by investing in stocks and anything else that I can learn.
@@mr.reliable8123 I have been shoving any money I get into my Roth IRA, my Health Savings account, my SEP, which is about 20K max each year plus my individual stock account. I have been researching silver and gold miners for several years, that's where I am :D
Hey what's that wheel lock information?
Fast Straps
I purchased a 30" Toro Timemaster from Home Depot it's a 1000.00 but usually if you apply for a HD credit card, you get 100.00 off
Thanks for the video helped a lot
Like the trailer good advice
Yes Sir! really enjoy how you don't explain anything, just looking at your set up I know its grind time. Swift, harmonious, get the job done, no games.
Thanks! Once I got over 15-20 lawns I knew I had to simplify steps unloading and loading the equipment, getting a hydro, etc.
@@20lawnsby19Travel time is a big issue too, so if those lawns are all in the same neighborhood that's awesome man.
Good review. Have a 36 belt drive and a 21 for back yards (28" gates here). Dovetail on lowered long box, no trailer as the streets are super tight for parking, very little room available. It's a good system but I would love a hydro for that instant reverse.
Sounds like you have the right set-up. The 21 should be a lot easier to get on and off the truck and to maneuver in and around tight spaces. Funny about the instant reverse, almost the main reason I wanted a hydro.
@@20lawnsby19 yeah that's the best benefit of the hydro drive. Also much more power to the wheels in general. My belt drive loses a little friction when it's really hot and dusty. Otherwise it's a machine. The 21 I have is the Ariens classic with kawasaki and casters. It's 120lbs sitting still but the casters make all the difference.
I agree.... this machine is pure shit!!!
What kinda gate latch is that on your trailer??
Jungle Jim Rapid Latch, but I was not able to install it with a precise fit for my particular trailer, even after making some adjustments and modifications. When I latch it from one side, I often need to walk around and bump the other side to get it to latch securely, this defeats the one-side latching mechanism. LOL, I try to reduce as many steps as possible, even walking a few feet :D
@@20lawnsby19 your right my friend every step count if can save one step her and there throughout the day u saving a lot of time at the end of the day
Keep them vids going man!!!! Love what you got going!!
Not sure what happened to your other post, but I use jungle jim's latch system. The only problem is that it is not lined up well with my particular trailer and gate, even after some modifications, so I need to walk over to the other side and bump the latch into place (defeats the one-side operation).
Sorry I had two different comment