Welcome to the forum :welcome
Type: Posts; User: Sandgroper
Welcome to the forum :welcome
He has a couple more questions if anybody can help out ? cheers,,
Thanks for the info. I have increased my budget to $5500 and am now looking at ZTR mainly Ariens Zoom 42" (Kohler Twin 22hp)...
Cheers fellas will let him know,,
A friend on a fishing forum asked me this question,,i don't use ride ons has anybody got any advice that i can pass on to him ? cheers,,
As you are a lawnmowing contractor I thought you might be...
I had one very fussy customer that never wanted to pay much and wanted top servivice with not a leaf out of place,she would ring every 6 weeks or so that seems to defeat the purpose ,it would look...
He might be that busy but he is mowing illegally that time of day on a public holiday.
Last week was my busiest week ever and my Aunty was saying today her lawnmower man said the same, so some...
I think weed spraying and so forth is for licensed pest controllers mainly,they are licensed and have access to the best chemicals, but if i do get into it a bit in the future and i have thought...
Got today to go in my biggest week of lawnmowing ever,seems most of my customers wanted to get squeezed in,i decided not to have next week off but i think i have done them all anyway,lol,it will be...
Yep to early for that bloke, 8am/9am/10am's to early for others,,had one neighbour abused me at 1pm saying it was to early as he was alsleep after night shift.
Actually had a bloke warn me...
What i hate is getting ready to cull a few PITAS and have a fresh start for 2012 and a couple good lawns cancel,been doing them a couple months to rave reviews (much better than last bloke,fantastic...
Same here next week will be the busiest of the year,,it will be crazy and i bet i will get plenty of calls to fit more in before then,,
You might get a few at $30 a month,,forget about trying to get $500 upfront.
No theres never any chance of getting xmas to new year off and if i did probally could not enjoy it knowing i have to work twice as hard to catch up a week later,lol
Winters the best for lawnies...
Welcome along i mow in Safety bay a lot i probally see you all the time, watch out for the smash and grabbers on or near Safety bay rd its been bad lately,,
If would cost you more than 8 cuts ,,then theres the costs involved in mowing them 8 times its not free.
My take is probally 90% that start there own business from scratch fail within a year where...
It sounds like a free tip for the public,you being a commercial enterprise you might normally have to pay but it sounds like they let you off if you take your signs off ?
Fuel filter weight,spark plug,repair kit (Carby?),gasket rocker,air filter,connector fuel,primer bulb,workshop supplies,clean cooling fins,labours around $123
I guess they are major services but...
Cripes it costs me up to $250 to get a Stilh serviced,just got a bill for over $400 today for two i put in,,a weeks time they will be running like crap no doubt they hate summer (i should have...
This is the best place because it gives contractors a good idea about what they should be chargeing, contractors that have taken the time to do research and visit a forum such as this would generally...
Things in the West are going better this coming up to summer than they have in a long time,,i think its because a few lawnies have dropped off,it shows the importance of getting to know all the other...
Thats exactly where i am at as well after the same lenght of time, i told myself it takes about 5 years to build up a good business i have fell a bit short but its a poor area around here,i think at...
I helped my father on a job yesterday arvo and a couple women are going are you going to trim all the creeper on the fence by the pool(i thought they might be trying to get extra stuff done for...
I was thinking about this thread today and i was thinking the main problem is that most of these are causal customers not regular ones,,nothing wrong with that in fact i have a few that ring up every...
When i did a lawnmowing type course over here in the West we were told never ever ring anybody before hand its to easy for them to say no and put it off, also i would advise on some of them take your...
Well i guess potential customers see the hourly rate and think its the going rate for that area,,