It did ok, these were very wet and stomped down with a good amount of sticks mixed in. When I do the cleanups the piles are way more fluffy and easier to suck up

I was waiting for someone to point that out

@@KenMrKLC You know we think the same with things like that lol

I charge flat rate with a $125 minimum. However I only do a handful of curbside pickups as a single service. I use it more for my own cleanups. If I were you I would do a cleanup, measure the pile at the end (even if you take extra time to make it a pile this one time) then measure it and then time how long it takes to suck up. That will give you great information in setting your rates. Keep in mind picking up the leaves is the hard part so as much as people say "I blew them all into a pile to make it easy" Pickup and disposal of the pile is 75% of the job in my opinion.... If they try and downplay its significance from the beginning I start with an explanation of why the price they are about to hear is not low.... Good Luck! Just because you have the equipment and are excited to use it don't make the mistake of pricing too low. I like to price my worth and give good value, maybe take that extra 5 minutes at the end to blow and cleanup the little debris left over 100% .. The job that you leave will be remembered longer than the price that they may be unhappy about.

@@KenMrKLC Excellent! Thank you sir!

I wouldn't go any smaller than the 18hp (use to be 16hp) size... It works well, if you really do more than a trailer or 2 full a day I would go bigger int the 20/30hp size range.... I don't want to deal with the weight and size of the larger ones so the 18hp is all I will ever have... Does fine. The little 8/12 hp deals are almost useless though.

@@KenMrKLC Thank you, that is what I needed to know.

What A "Sucky" Comment bwaaa haa haa Thanks Jon

@@KenMrKLC 🤙

Yes I can understand that..... There are lots of people who say just mulch up the leaves with the mower, Not happening around here... And these are very small piles actually compared to most of the ones I do.

@@KenMrKLC I had my biggest leaf clean up yet 4 bags lol.

Your pricing seems to be in line for me, I have been doing a $190 minimum to show up, and that covers about 75% of the piles I remove.... Usually 30 min or so to suck up... I was doing without a min charging like $100 $125 etc for small piles but I found the $190 min to work to my advantage.

@@KenMrKLC Awesome! good to know!

Yea thanks for yelling at me Shawn, I'll try and improve upon my leaf fullness checking procedure. HAHA Anytime I know my time is limited I seem to overlook the simple things. After the camera died the loader ran out of gas also, I had to take the mix from my blower (like 2 cups of gas) to finish the second pile and barely made it.... I got it done before the rain however so all good

@@KenMrKLC that’s what I thought was going to happen the first time instead of trailer being full that you were going to run out of gas