I had this tosser ring up a few weeks back and said:
"I've been away on holidays for about 6 weeks I just got back and the grass has got a bit long, and my ride on won't handle it"
Point #1 :
DUUHHHH!!!! W.T.F. do you expect? In tropical N.Q. in the wettest wet season in over 35 years.
Point #2: That's not my effing problem.
Point #3: If YOUR ride on won't handle it, MY ride on probably won't handle it either.
Point #4: He doesn't want to trash his mower or bust his arse in the hot sun so he wants to get someone else to trash his gear and bust his arse instead and is probably looking for the cheapest quote.
Point #5: Once I get it back under control I will never see or hear from him again.
Point #6: Why would I want to do a back yard jungle when I can mow my regular jobs with 2 inch long grass instead?
I told him I was fully booked out for the next 2 weeks, obviously it wasn't soon enough for him. Been there done that I'm getting wiser every year,
This is a job for the "Just starting out" 6x4 box trailer, Greenfield Cox or cheap $hit Bunnings Ride on and two planks of wood, Big W mower, bent shaft snipper, fly by night, cash in hand only with no public liability insurance clowns (did I miss anything?). They can have these jobs.
I learnt the hard way, so can they. I'm well and truly over these ****ty one off jobs.