Excellent video, and one of the first of its kind that I've seen. You pointed out a host of hidden benefits and advantages to bagged mulch that aren't immediately apparent. Thank you and well done!
I love your video! I'm a petite woman so spreading bag of mulch it's easier for me, I've done it and think it's easy and quicker. Thanks for an awesome video 👍
Man, this was just what I was looking for! I have two pallets of bagged mulch showing up today, and traditionally I would do as you started out saying--place bags around area first. I was thinking there had to be a more efficient way--and there you go--you "laid" it out how to doing it!! Thanks, and good luck with your business!
This is brilliant! Just bought a bunch of mulch. I've never mulched before. My dad always used to do the mulching. This is super helpful! We got the Scott's brand. Is Scott's an okay brand? Thank you!
Awesome! Yes, I like Scott's and we used to use it exclusively. It's just more than double the price it was and hard to get customers to pay the extra so we switched.
Bending to spread may limit you to 2cy / hr. I spread 3--4cy / hr. and have a 16cy / day limit so that I don't wear myself out. I've been laying mulch for over 30 years. One thing worse than lifting material is lifting it twice.
I've done it both ways and this is much easier for us. shoveling into a wheelbarrow is a lot more work than sliding a bag onto it from above and then pouring that bag out. Much less mess and easier cleanup. To each their own though. 16 yards by yourself is impressive.
man I don't see how mulch guys don't have a dingo are small mini excavator if I own the company I would definitely invest in one and pay itself off in one season
I've been mulching for years and I will say bagged mulch offer some benefits for small jobs, but I can't see it possibly being more efficient than bulk in the long run. Those pallets are taking up more space than a trailer would. You're having to load the bags by hand before getting to the job unless you have a machine to lift them. Bulk mulch requires some extra cleanup, but throwing away all those bags takes a little time too. Bulk requires more upfront cost because you'll need a setup to haul it. With bulk your estimating has to be spot on. With bulk you're getting way more for your money's worth, especially if you buy from the same place often. Bagged mulch is really hard to do in my opinion. I would never attempt to do more than a yard of bagged mulch at a time. Meanwhile I do 12 plus yards of bulk mulch by myself and still feel good at the end of the day. It could be a mental thing since 12 yards worth of bagged mulch looks more overwhelming to me than a pile of loose mulch. I don't even think you could haul 12 yards of mulch on pallets to a job without a large trailer and a forklift to load it before heading to the job. I've also never seen bagged mulch that's meets my quality standard.
I think we're close to that now. Prices went up a good bit last year. We switched to Scott's Premium mulch since the price wasn't much different and there seems to be a good bit more mulch packed in the bag. The 1.5 cu ft bags have more mulch than the 2 cu ft bags we bought before in the generic brand.
Like how you teach and learn and research best practices to better your business while educating others. Thank you
Great tutorial, thanks for sharing!
Excellent video, and one of the first of its kind that I've seen. You pointed out a host of hidden benefits and advantages to bagged mulch that aren't immediately apparent. Thank you and well done!
really surprised how simple installing bagged mulch, thanks for the video!
UA-cam and the American working man.Amen.Knoweldge is good business. Thank you.
Thank you!
I love your video! I'm a petite woman so spreading bag of mulch it's easier for me, I've done it and think it's easy and quicker. Thanks for an awesome video 👍
Thank you very much and I'm glad to help!!!
Man, this was just what I was looking for! I have two pallets of bagged mulch showing up today, and traditionally I would do as you started out saying--place bags around area first. I was thinking there had to be a more efficient way--and there you go--you "laid" it out how to doing it!! Thanks, and good luck with your business!
I used to do the same thing. Glad to help and good luck
Great advice about tamping down the mulch! Thanks.
Thank you. It really makes a big difference in the look
I learnt a lot. Thank you 😊
Great! I'm glad I could help and good luck.
This is brilliant! Just bought a bunch of mulch. I've never mulched before. My dad always used to do the mulching. This is super helpful! We got the Scott's brand. Is Scott's an okay brand? Thank you!
Awesome! Yes, I like Scott's and we used to use it exclusively. It's just more than double the price it was and hard to get customers to pay the extra so we switched.
Thank you for this video - simple and amazing!
Good advice! Just ordered 60 bags from Walmart....$2.48/bag. 2 cubic feet
Nice
4:36 for anyone looking to get to the point... Spoiler Alert** he cuts open the bag at the top and dumps it...WOW what a solution
I disagree. The idea of using a wheelbarrow makes it much easier on the back…and much quicker. I like his bag solution as well.
Bending to spread may limit you to 2cy / hr. I spread 3--4cy / hr. and have a 16cy / day limit so that I don't wear myself out. I've been laying mulch for over 30 years. One thing worse than lifting material is lifting it twice.
I've done it both ways and this is much easier for us. shoveling into a wheelbarrow is a lot more work than sliding a bag onto it from above and then pouring that bag out. Much less mess and easier cleanup. To each their own though. 16 yards by yourself is impressive.
man I don't see how mulch guys don't have a dingo are small mini excavator if I own the company I would definitely invest in one and pay itself off in one season
Would it?
I've been mulching for years and I will say bagged mulch offer some benefits for small jobs, but I can't see it possibly being more efficient than bulk in the long run. Those pallets are taking up more space than a trailer would. You're having to load the bags by hand before getting to the job unless you have a machine to lift them. Bulk mulch requires some extra cleanup, but throwing away all those bags takes a little time too. Bulk requires more upfront cost because you'll need a setup to haul it. With bulk your estimating has to be spot on. With bulk you're getting way more for your money's worth, especially if you buy from the same place often. Bagged mulch is really hard to do in my opinion. I would never attempt to do more than a yard of bagged mulch at a time. Meanwhile I do 12 plus yards of bulk mulch by myself and still feel good at the end of the day. It could be a mental thing since 12 yards worth of bagged mulch looks more overwhelming to me than a pile of loose mulch. I don't even think you could haul 12 yards of mulch on pallets to a job without a large trailer and a forklift to load it before heading to the job. I've also never seen bagged mulch that's meets my quality standard.
The sad part is, now Bull mulch cost more than bagged mulch near me
Just curious what depth do you do for your customers.
Best my manager could do was $3:18 per bag... That's ordering 4,000 bags. We always run bags, much easier.
I think we're close to that now. Prices went up a good bit last year. We switched to Scott's Premium mulch since the price wasn't much different and there seems to be a good bit more mulch packed in the bag. The 1.5 cu ft bags have more mulch than the 2 cu ft bags we bought before in the generic brand.
If I were a young man this would be a wonderful tutorial for me. Sorry, 74 year old woman looking for easy work! No such thing😢.
No easy way to do this unfortunately
How long notice you gotta give Lowe’s to deliver this much mulch?
Usually just 1-3 days. They're pretty quick
Did you see the huge waste from the plastic bags as opposed to your eco friendly model?
Exactly what I was thinking too. Way too much plastic that is likely not recyclable too.
No way that's faster
Than?