How To Do A Fall Leaf Clean Up - $145 In 1.5 Hours, Bagging Leaves | Simple Basic Clean Up
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- Опубліковано 19 лис 2017
- Here's a quick video on how to do a leaf clean up. This was a basic leaf clean up for a lawn customer of mine. It only took about 1.5 hours, and we charged them $145. Nothing crazy, but still good money doing leaves on a simple property.
I tried to throw in some leaf clean up tips and suggestions to help you guys when doing leaves. Whether it's your own property or you run your own business, there's definitely smart ways to save time and be productive while doing a leaf clean up.
Do you guys want me to capture footage on a few more? Let me know, leave me a comment down below!
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I love land scapeing and want to do it when I grow up because I'm 8 in a half.
That’s awesome!
You can make good money, it’s also a good accompaniment to a career based job that way you can move companies if you need to.
You don’t wanna do it your whole life tho. Work with your head not with your back.
8 and a half doesn't type like that
Wow really setting the bar high aren’t you Jon?
Brian that was cool of you to show this to others and talk about pricing. I dump leaves in fields, woods, pastures, etc. leaves are part of the soil cycle. They provide food and cover and help insulate plants during winter and reduce soil erosion. Great job.
Swimbait1 thanks pal
I was relieved to see you have the big old driving mower. When I started watching the video I thought... "I would cry if I had to clean up all those leaves in an hour and a half."
Good strategy. Hey, woods need mulch, too!
I did lawn care for 25 yrs and I hated the fall clean-up part ! I did use a leaf rake on the front of an old school 61'' Bobcat Jaguar and it worked pretty good for dozing the leaves into the wood line on the customers that allowed it. I did pretty much the same as you, blow out the beds into the grass, then vacuum up and dump. Get a helper, everything goes 4 times as fast, not just twice ! I always pushed as hard as I could for the highest price but also did a superb job. My thinking was, I would rather have 20 - 50.00 lawns than 50 - 20.00 lawns and then pick up other types of lawn/home maintenance jobs. Good luck to you and a very nice job sir !!
Ty!
One tip, and it isn't always applicable, in larger areas I mulch leaves once without bagging then make another pass bagging it, it tends to chop them into finer pieces and you can catch more without having to empty your catcher as often.
Great tip!
Common sense if you’re a pro 😅😅
Good work! I've seen a trailer like yours used and they hung a big tarp off the walls and dumped the leaves out of the mower into that (ike a kinda hammock)
I like this and can be used as a training video. Everyone and their business is in process. Seems like you’ve embraced the grind and are gracious enough to share it. That’s what it’s all about! Thanks for making this video. It’s encouraging and informative. Have a great day!
nice to see your process Brian. I vary depending on how the lawn is laid out and how many leaves there are. sometimes i will mow first then blow the leaves out of beds and into tree lines or i will blow first then mulch everything. i've never had to haul off leaves yet
Makes me wish I lived up north... in Florida the only thing that happens is cancellations because of one week of cold weather... leaves barely fall. Lol. Love your content man!
Ha I feel ya, but you don't have to deal with snow :)
i prefer to tarp and move leaves the old school way ( using a blower, that is...in fact, i blow the leaves onto the tarp, i barely use a rake ) i do it fast, and the money's worth it.
and don't feel bad about your pricing; you got your sweet new truck, trailer, equipment, and so on....sounds like you're doing something right.
Ha were making "good" money, not worried about a thang! Thanks pal
Say kodiak wild , this was my first year to mow & I don't have anyone wanting leaf pick up right now but I'm curious. Do you charge more for leaf pick up than for mowing ? Say if you have a $75.00 yard , roughly 1/2 acre ? Hopefully I get a few next year but this year all my yards were country yards and a few small places that don't have any leaf problems. Guess I still have time to put an add in the local paper, might even get hooked up with some new customers for spring ! 8 ) Thanks
mowing is a recurring service, so it makes sense it isn't higher priced, but leaf cleanups are specialty jobs, 1 to 3 times a year, so you can charge more ( especially if you leave it looking sharp when you're done ).
i go by an hourly rate based on business costs, and my own personal experience and productivity, and if i have a helper, i charge half that for him ( or her ). so, if it's x per hr for me solo, then it's x.5 per hr for two of us ( unless the helper is slow, because you can't charge a good hourly for someone who's not working up to snuff ). but i don't tell customers the hourly, and they usually don't ask for a quote for leaves.
long story short, wrangling leaves is definitely worth more than a single mowing--unless you're going to use a mower to bag them. even then, you charge more for blowing out beds, handling material and dumping, etc.
come up with an hourly you're comfortable with, & be confident in your pricing, & personable with your customers.
Thanks much Kodiak Wild ! Being personable with customers comes natural. I had great customers this year , the ladies all sent me home with cookies and cakes and stuff. Those ladies like having their yards looking good ! It was the most gradifying job I've ever had . Looking forward to spring. Gotta buy a new ztr but looking forward to that too ! The hard part is deciding what to buy ? ? ? ? ? ? Happy Turkey Day !
just pull the hastas up by hand...it so much easier then cutting...hella good job tho
Leaf mould is a valued compost. You could probably sell that waste once decomposed.
find local gardeners to get rid of the mulch for free to feed there compost needs, would be doing them a favor an making more contacts
Your are young, but you ain't afraid of a hard day's work. You will do just fine in life. Learn as you go. Sometimes you will eat the bear and sometimes it will eat you. That's life.
Wayne Tang well said 💚
I do roofing and this guy mad more for that than I made in a day.
Tip for you to try.If you have an extra line trimmer around, set it up with a 8 tooth or so steel blade for hosta type junk that doesn't cut well with your hedge trimmer, it's quick drama free just finish with your blower like normal.
Actually, I trimmed and edged before the mowing. I pretty much only used mulching blades or I bagged. The way I did things prevented having a nicely cut lawn with trimmings and edging debris all over the place. Yes, it pretty much meant using the blower twice, but to me, and apparently to my customers, it was worth it.
Nothing wrong with your leaf cleanup style to me, just the pricing where my business was, is much different. I started out at the higher end of pricing in my area, but I knew I could deliver the goods. I learned that lesson from watching my brother with his excavation business. He had a great reputation in the area as an operator, so when he hung his own shingle, he had top-tier prices. His first month netted only 9k, but his second month netted over 50k. It only grew from there.
As of right now all I do is mulch up leaves. I have been looking at getting a mower with a bagging system but haven’t pulled the trigger yet. Nice video man!
Thx pal 💪
Bad move Fall River Lawn Care! You need to bag them or pull that trigger for the bagger. Many species of leaves are acidic (especially oak) and by mulching them into the lawn you are making the soil more acidic which is going to wreak havoc with the microbial activity in the lawn. Acidic soils kill off the grass and promote fungus and moss growth. Unless you are dethatching and aerating on a regular schedule you are doing harm to the lawn and inevitably your business when the grass starts dying and moss starts growing heavily in the shaded areas. To help you raise the ph of the soil to counteract the acidity your causing add dolomitic lime in the spring. only do thid in the spring as dolomitic lime also ups the magnesium witch will promote snow mold if you are in a snowy area. Hope this helps.
TheJamestat2 A study out of Michigan state proves otherwise. They found no change in the soil ph after 6 seasons of mulching oak leaves into grass.
msue.anr.msu.edu/news/dont_sweep_your_leaves_to_the_curb_mulch_them_back_into_your_lawn_or_garden
and besides...if your lawn is too acidic, just LIME it for pennies.
The modern ZTR mowers with them lift blades shred leaves to bitsy bits. Been doing it for years. WALNUT trees on the other hand... They kill everything under them no matter what you do unless you chop them down. I try like heck to get anyone with that type of tree to remove it before it gets big if they want a lawn.
A lot of similarities in cleanup styles. I have used my adjustable hedge trimmer extension on my Kombi system to avoid having to bend over to save my back when trimming back the landscape plants. The saw blade on a weedeater works well also. I use a Cyclone Rake and it is great, just takes a little getting use to with the extra length that swings behind you. On another note, if you have to haul away, the Cyclone rake can be a pain to back onto or into a trailer to dump. I have never owned or used a leaf plow, but the only time I see it being beneficial is if you can take the leaves to the woods or a have a leaf loader. Otherwise I find it is better to fan the deep leaves out like you mentioned when bagging. I have pushed leaves with my deck and found it effective, but also be sure they don't all cram up under your deck and try turning on the PTO. Smoked and broke belts are no fun. Great videos! Need to hire a camera man so the filming isn't so tough!! Lol!! (Next years budget!!!)
I've been picking up leaves ..(and sticks !) my entire life !lol I live in an old New England farmhouse. Only 2 acres but a lot of maples, pines, nut trees, and lawns. I have always cut my own lawns. Never have bagged leaves. 30 + years ago, I bought an Ingersol tractor, with a hydraulic vacuum attachment ..to a trailer which holds quite a bit. As you know, Its a continuous job, vacuuming leaves...until the snow flies, or a heavy frost.. I dump all the leaves in a wooded area on our property, and spread them around every year. I just finished last week. (some trees are still holding on to their leaves). I used to work year round on a golf course too...as a mechanic and I mowed fairways, tee's, aprons, roughs, greens, etc. during the spring summer fall. The fall was tough. It was a huge area to clean every year. I'd hitch up, a Jacobson Leaf Blower, 5 feet diameter ...to one of the Ford tractors. Even that monster, took a while to clear off all the area's a golfer would play. TONS of leaves !. Of course we had push leaf blowers, and hand held blowers. Vacuums. It all ended up in the woods, or in a dump on the course's property. I worked there for 6 years, seven days a week. As a teen, I worked there during the blizzard of 78" ! I alone took care of 75 golf carts..that had to start every single day..all day!..or the golfers would get pissed off. I top dressed greens, seeded fairways, plowed snow, rebuilt all worn equipment, grinded every reel, replaced ground every bed knife, for the 7 gang mowers and the 7 reels on the Jacobson F10, the triplexes , Toro greensmaster's, chain saws, etc....during the winters. I worked my ass off, for 9 bucks an hour !! Spent YEARS painting, greasing, driving, cutting trees down, and chopping the wood for heat, in a stove my boss and I made from a 275 gallon oil tank ! I had to fill, 75 golf carts, twice a week, and clean the air filters once a week ! That sucked ! I worked myself so hard to this day I have scars, and a destroyed back to prove it...then for 30 plus years, I was an auto tech...that sucked too! I had many many cars, a few dirtbikes and road bikes...now...I'm in my 50's..bad back, bad knee, ringing in my ears, broken finger I never had fixed...God !..all those years!..I wish I could start over.
I️ know it’s a pain making videos while you try to work but these type of videos are awesome. Seeing how differently people handle the same job is pretty cool.
Osvaldo Salinas I'm glad you guys appreciate them! It was 20 degrees that day lol
I’ve not read all the comments here, but I work for a council here in the UK and to save your back we use a Stihl long arm hedge cutter with it adjusted so you can stand upright and the cutter blade is level with the ground........just a thought
Great video, the only things I would suggest would be to use a weedeater to cut the hostas, then blow them into the lawn and vacuum with the ultravac. The ultravac has stronger suction when you mow lower. I've used mine to pick up hedge clippings no problem.
Leaf plows work really well once you have established a solid pile. Obviously they do not grab everything, but they can knock out the bulk of the leaves. One guy running the leaf plow and one with a backpack is a good strategy to run.
Use to make good money partnering up with buddy who also mowed yard during leaf season. Run his mower with a mulvh kit over leaves first, then ran my machine with a bagging unit. Cuts way down on the amount of times needed to empty hopper.
My first lawn mowing job, ran grasshopper front mont, had the power broom attachment and would send leaves flying into the woods. Use blowers to make a pile and power broom them away. Finish with a final mow and bag and didn't have to empty Hopper more than 2 times for a quarter acre yard.
Nice video, tight beds with evergreens take forever to blow out solo.
The pushers are ideal if you live in a heavily wooded garden boarders the grass, they take the bulk and allow you to push it deeper into the forest for dumping but don’t clear the bottom layer so you still have to vac mulch to get the best
Brian I have four of those X Mark mower‘s with the bagger system first thing I did was I took off the weights off the front you don’t need them they were giving me grooves in the lawn it is way too heavy
The leaf pusher on the mowers work really well for leaf clean up, shaved 30 mins off of our time, highly recommend
Great work, Brian!
Blades of Grass Lawn Care, LLC you the man bro.
I’ve been using a Jrcho leaf plow for a while now and absolutely wouldn’t do cleanup’s without one. I can blow leaves into large piles a move it wherever I want in minutes
Just had a full day of this. Wind wasn't in out favor tho. I have one of the leaf pushers for my 60 in lazer and I find it more of a pain. Once we get the leafs in a pile, I just drop the deck all the way down and push them. It's easier and faster for us that way and you don't have to keep taking it on or off, or having it folded up and in your way. Also it's expensive and the aluminum bends easy.
Yeah windy days and leafs aren't fun.
Yea I push mine with my deck as well. Built in pusher!
We pretty much do everything like you do. We trim bushes and cut back hostas and lillys with a hedge trimmers. Then we blow everything into large piles or pile depending on the size of the yard and layout. Sometimes we just blow out to the ditch and maybe make a pile or line of leaves. Then we have a truck loader on one of our dump trailers. Back up to the pile and or line of leaves and suck up 95% of them.One guy runs the truck pulling ahead if its a line and the other rakes towards the 10" diameter suction tube. While the piles are being sucked up one person vacuums the yard with our Trac Vac collection system and cleans it up real nice. We live in Northern Ill. If we have a crew out (3-4 guys) and equipment we typically charge $40 per man hour and usually about $50 an hour to cover the mower, trimmer, blowers and vacuums running. Then we charge $75 per load in our dump trailer to dispose of leaves and trimmings. Our shop is in a rural county. So we have a huge fire pit and just keep burning the loads as we drop em off. Prices here are all over the board. There are companies way cheaper than us and there are several more expensive. In my mind I don't care what someone else charges. I know what I pay my guys (which is high for the industry) as I want them to appreciate the job and feel that this opportunity is worth while to them. I'm always on the lookout to find a better and more efficient way of doing things as labor costs are my biggest expense. Between wages, overtime, unemployment insurance, workmans comp, payroll taxes (half of employees social security) and everything else I have to charge what I charge. I started in 2002 with a pickup, mower and a wheel barrow. Now its a different story. Over the years I've seen so many guys get into this line of work and for one reason or another they last 2 or 3 years and thats it. Theres about 6-8 other companies that were either in business before or about the time I started.The rest have fallen on the side of the road so to speak in the Rockford and Roscoe area.
Weed whacker for the hostas and tall weeds, blow all to the middle of the lawn, mulch the leaves first then vacuum with the tractor (much less volume) then throw in the veggie garden for best fertilizer and soil treatment, in your case bag it and sell it :)...
I mulch and then vacuum, saves a lot of vacuum space condensing the leaf size first.
So much easier to trim those hostas when they are just about to turn yellow. I like to do them beginning of October. Like you said only takes 15 min, just much easier and cleaner when they are green
I enjoyed this video. I think that you are the only one who can judge on how much you charge. You know all your overhead and charge accordingly. The income for the area should also be a consideration. The good Karma for not gouging the customers will be rewarded in the end. I know this video was awhile ago, but, thanks for sharing. All of you guys probably don't know how satisfying it is for us to watch this.
Haha thank you!
Nice job mate. Stay warm.
During leaf season you should consider just getting the bulk of the leaves. Once leaves are all down,then do a final clean up and pruning and your set for winter.
Over the years of doing this type of work. I deal with fall cleanups etc... I wait until Spring to do the hostas, grasses, daylilies. With the new growth pushing out the old, it takes seconds vs minutes trimming and bending.
I first started watching lawcare vids - because of your channel.. your channel is by far the most informative... just trying to get my biz off the ground... your a big help
Thanks buddy!
The front attachment for the toro is called a dethacher and it works really good for leaves and grass
Brian, that's how I do my fall clean up's to good work
dont know how i got here but for your camera situation you could just run a head cam or body cam style setup and double time the clip in post, if you have the space for that ofc.
I did a leaf clean up job this year and am considering doing more. First I blew the persons leaves into their woods because it would cost less but then we had a big storm and they all flew back on so I blew them into piles and put them on a tarp into my 5 by 8 trailer with 2ft2 sides. So it’s pretty time consuming when you have to make a lot of trips back and fourth
I don't know if you have one yet as this is an older video. But a Stihl (Kombi) KM 131R with HL-KM145 adjustable hedge trimmer would make short work of those Hostas. Great tool for cleaning out beds. Plus you don't have to bend down or risk putting your trimmer in the dirt. I've switched just about all of my equipment over to the Kombi gear. Easy to switch out the motor if something goes down. Great channel! I found you through Keith Kalfas.
Jo Mama I really would like the 131 but I have the 190 right now and just can’t justify getting it since my 190 works perfectly fine
Your bagger is amazing. Sucks those leaves up so well.
Hasta tip. Push mower with a bag attached - carefully lift over hasta and it cuts and bags in one step!
I watch your videos back to back mixing it up with Keith Kalfas. I've learned a lot from you guys!!! Definitely a inspiration to me!!
I have the same hedge trimmer. I found my first fall clean up job. Lots of pruning and trimming and leaf cleanup. $380 and the customer said yes.
Leafs in my yard made this look like a picnic!
I always try to blow the leaves off the tops of the bushes you don't have to get them all but at least out of sight out of mind
Just an FYI when the Hostas get really limp and yellow like that you can simply pull them, they break off right at the surface with virtually no effort. Its a lot faster than cutting them down and doesn't use your fuel up or get your blades in the dirt. I get similar prices up West Bloomfield way.
I have the same x series. This year ive opted not to run the caster weights. I kept the suit case ones on but i just felt it was too front heavy and would leave ruts
Brian -- always love & appreciate your videos, how to's, equipment, & just what you do day-to-day.
You start the project with trimming the dead growth on perennials (Hosta) -- You may want to bring a can (or, you use bags) & hand yank that dead growth. Most of it is so dead & weak at this point -- If lightly/gently tug, it pulls right off & put straight into bag/can -- instead of extra gas of hedge trimmer use, and time going over it multiple times. If you have hand shears or pruners in your pocket -- you can clean up any stalks that wouldn't rip off, or any stalks thicker or branchier on different perennial varieties.
I love it when your client's let you dump in their woods. Easy to hide / conceal leaves & CleanUp brush easy. Plus, it all composts & biodegrades over winter. You would never know it got blown back there, unless you pile it all together sloppy. Great way to save yourself time & dumping costs -- which is exactly how you do & should sell it to customers (savings).
Thanks mate! Great tips.
a trick i use disposing of my leaves on my 1 acre lot. i’ve tried every tithing catching , blowing, sweeper, even a rake. BUT the best thing i’ve found is getting on your mower , chop them up , and then block your chute and start mowing , the leaves seem to disintegrate. i’ve found that if you start in the center and start going around in tight circle and keep going out . it is faster and easier then anything i’ve tried .
Where I am in Canada a lot that size I’d charge 350 to 400. I like videos where ppl talk about pricing since it’s the hardest part of starting out in the property maintenance business. Keep up the good videos.
Just watching all these videos so I'm more efficient with my new house. If you guys need a transmission or engine replaced on a car, that my expertise lmaoo
😄 ayye resources never hurt. What state are you in?
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@@DC-8-8-8- and no they don’t lol
Brain, thanks for the videos. I know this one is older so I’m Curious as to how much your rates go up every year. Also if you had a guy on the clock how do you add him into your hourly rate ?
Only thing i find most guys miss is the leaves that build up along the street. I blow them up on the grass and collect them as well. Nothing worse then dealing with that mess in the spring time, not to mention customers notice that a great deal.
Exactly!
For this year I'm wondering if it's the year I get a vacuum on my gravely. I can't be leaf blowing entire yards clean.. can I really go wrong with a vacuum? I am in New England so leaves are about as bad as they get...will I miss mulching?
That's how we did them last year, and will do the same this year. We have the backpack blower now so should be easier. Only issue is our baggers... They are on riding mowers. Wish we had a setup like yours on our zero turns....
That is amazing , my pops definitely needs to invest in one of those big mowers he recently got a clients with a huge yard and a lot of big trees throughout and this fall was horrible
just wondering since there are still leaves on the trees do you come back for a final cleanup or is that it for the season?
Not unless their paying!
Great video my friend. I’m In the process of starting up my lawn care business and should be up and running by spring. I’m really thankful for all the vlogs that you put out as well as all the other lawn care guys that I follow on UA-cam. You guys really give me the inspiration that I need to go head first in this business without looking back. Keep up all the great work my friend👍
Leaf rake is totally worth the investment, Brian. Really nice at an account in late fall that has a wooded area where there is too much to mulch & vacuum. Especially if you’re able to push them in the woods. :)
What we do is have a guy blow everything off like you did and have another guy chopping up leaves with one mower and another guy using the bagger. Just chopping them up makes for less trips with the bagger just a little tip for ya. Good work man.
Hey Brian do you know if scag makes this vacuum for zero turn mowers? Thank you in advance
Sometimes what ill do is drop then deck down (take the pin out) just gotta be careful and use that then to push the leaves seems to work pretty good on a pinch
One suggestion I heard from a guy doing grading/harley raking. Always rake backwards and forwards, twice the work done. In your case, anytime you have to backup, steer so you are covering new, leave covered ground if at all possible. Fewer wasted equipment travel time. Even better is to plan your path so you are always moving forward, and when 95% is done go back and hit those one-off areas directly.
Great job Brian. We are still grinding up here near Flint. Building up our snowmobiling winter fun money.
I normally just keep all clients on their weekly mowing schedule and add a discretion based fee. Gator Blades and a chute blocker are the way to go. Some choose to only have 1-2 actual cleanups and I charge accordingly. How many cleanups do each of your customers get in the fall? You can just pull Hostas when they turn yellow. Just make sure you're not pulling roots.
There's no money sitting at the dump multiple times per day to dump leaves. I like to mulch leaves down as much as possible and then only pick up what is necessary. Worst case scenario, I have my subcontractor come through with a vacuum truck.
Just once at the end of the season, usually 2nd or 3rd week of Nov!
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Sounds like a solid plan. So how does your discretion fee structure usually work, if you could give me an example. I think I would like to emulate that strategy. Seems very realistic, as most of my customers don't want a large clean up fee.
@@ousamaabdu794 a discretion fee structure is variable. figure out what you want for the fall clean up, and offer the customer the service of extra up keep, in lieu of a large cleanup bill. You can pretty well double your money, and often still have a final cleanup, or at least a spring cleanup.
I would have you in my area anytime Brian! You do a. nice job and you recognize you could do. more, but it does not matter, you do a good job for the value and costs that you charge.
I wish someone would start that job here in the uk there are tree surgeons I get everyone's leafs front and back and I spend at least 2 hours everyday I would pay good money for that kind of work I get tried but I just crack on you deserve the money you work hard my husband has ordered me a blower that straps to my back cant waite to get it then I can get to finish of for another year good work
5:13 what are those tings that you guys always trim. I feel like i should start doing that but I have no idea what they are...
Great video man, like mentioned before using the string trimmer to grind down those perennials will save your back and save you a lot of time. Keep up the good work!
Keep it up love watching your video helping me how to do thing the right way for the start of my business next yr finally got a zero turn getting really excited about next yr still a lot of work to do but i just cant wait
Great content! Being in the Metro area, we are the having the same battles this year(rain). My operation/expenses are not as costly as yours and is reflected in my pricing(alittle less, but not a lot). I try to mulch/mow leaves first visit and than mulch and either bag or blow into woody areas, as well. The one major difference I see, is I will do alittle more blowing to start, I always blow a smaller area into a bigger area, than mulch everything into a small pile and compost bag it or tarp. I do a lot of deadheading perennials and cleaning gutters(a great money maker), ask Keith, lol. This will be my first year of snow, with a dozen accts and a 721, yippee!
Nice pal!
Super dope dude Bri great attitude 💪 best of luck. I’m watching all vids. Keep grinding 💰💰💰💰
I starting a softwash and pressure washing company soon and will add hedge trimming because I enjoy it. I do not want to cut lawns but I assume people may want leaf cleanup.
I have to rake because i have trees at my house and they drop sticks nuts and leaves year round. Its a workout but if i want grass to grow i have to keep the yard raked monthly and clean
Get a nice and big backpack blower. It took me a couple years to do pull the trigger but im so glad i did. I have the same problems as you but the backpack is so much better than a rake. Its a life saver. I even get up on my roof a few times a year and blow that off. I love it
Awesome video as always and good technique! I do pretty much the same thing but I always whip out the edger and go over it really quick just to freshen things up, also, if you include it in your service, and a new client for cleanups has an overgrown edge there is more money to be made. Just an idea! Thanks for the video!
Great tip!
In mass at my company we do cleanups with a hurricane and a few guys with backpack blowers and walk in a line and get everything sticks acorns pine needles then go over it with the mower afterwards so tedious but comes out nice
Good video. I am new to the lawn care business and this will be my first season doing fall clean up. Your tips and techniques seem right on the money.
Wish you the best buddy. Well do a bunch more this fall for everyone. Be safe!
I've just moved over to echo from husqvarna really happy with the products not that popular here in uk have you any echo machines n what's your opinions on them thanks Chris
Always more Brian!!! Always love your Videos dude!
I prefer the reverse between the legs hosta cleanup approach with the trimmer. But to each his own
Nice work! So, I see leaves on the trees still. Will you have to do this again on the same property? Same price again?
Brian great to see you grind it out! Outlining property.
When hostas wilt down like that the leaves release from the bulb. Its a lot easier to just grab a handful and pull them out by hand.
I was just gonna say that. Plus, you'll save your blades
When the X-Mark is sucking up the leaves is it also cutting the grass? Just a question as a friend
Great vid man keep up the great work!!
Those blades are really easy to sharpen on those pruners, we use them at my company too. I've never seen someone to those plants like that, usually we just go under one side of the leaves and just slice all the way through, do a quick blow off and then do the tiny left over bits if any. Also if you ever have a guy with you have them pull them all up in the air to make it easier to slice through without having all the floppy dead leaves in the way. Also we wouldn't be doing it alone of course so sucking it up is the best be there, usually we have 4 guys and 3 on redmax 8500's and one on the Hurricane ride on blower and if theres wood deposit allowed we would blow every inch of the property straight back into the woods, if they want it taken out we blow it to the front of the property instead and use the leaf vac to suck them up and or a front end loader and dump truck.
Not sure if Stihl is the same way but those Echo's hate the cold. I noticed that hedge trimmer start up had to have a cutaway to allow to warm up, my weedeater is the same and takes forever to get going in the cold.
Oh yeah, it takes a good 30 seconds when cold start. First time I used it that day, it was definitely a cold start ha
Hey Brian, thanks for the video, I just wanted to know what’s your current setup on the zero turn (brand + model) and the leaf pickup system (part number) if you could? I’d greatly appreciate it since I’m going to start here next year. Cheers!
This is exactly what I do with the leaves. It is nice when a customer allows to dump the leaves in the woods.
The Leaf Plow is a whole new level!! It saves so much time. Combine with a Little Wonder Blower. Excellent!! Those bags fill up so fast ... ur just in up wasting time. But u could try some Gator Blades just for Leaf clean up. That’s what I do to mulch them up finer to fit more in the bag when their not loads of leaves. I don’t like those blades cutting grass thou
How do I keep the mulch from getting moved around when I blow in the beds
Quick question- hope you can help...
Can I use mulching blades on my zero turn along with a bagging system so that I can get more leaves in my bagger?
Yes of course!
Keep hustling my man and definitely raise those prices that yard is pretty big , good job 👏 👍
Yeah I was thinking that but you have to reel in the customers sometimes introducing all the different services you can provide for them I 🤔
Haha. Same. I totally use my mom's curb side pick up too. Lol. About 400 gal every month.
Ron Hughley
I need to start using my township for leaf pick up, after all of the taxes I pay on it. Ron, do you leave the leaves in the Him depot style paper bags, or what do you store the leaves in for curbside pickup?
we used to just tarp them all to the street, push in green barrels with lawnmower, etc, then my dad would come along with a front loader and stuff the whole pile into the back of a giant roll-down dump truck bed in 5 minutes. kinda miss it.
Brian....When you blow out the mulch beds, are you blowing out (or removing) the mulch?
Nah very little material when you feather it out
What mower and bagger system you using....kinda looks like an exmark?