Lawn Mowing Day JAM PACKED with RIDICULOUSNESS
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27 күн бұрынA lot happening on this day out mowing lawns. I deal with a typical "complaint" from a client when the yard isn't looking its best... "It's being mowed too short" No, mam. It's not being mowed short enough, actually... We need to go to a weekly mowing service. Also, I run out and do yet ANOTHER landscaping estimate (I am doing what seems like dozens of these right now), and I share a tip for using video to document all the things you and the client talk about when on site. This helps me when I am preparing an official estimate to send to the client... I can remember all the little details... the things that were very important to the client this way. Finally, I run into another frustrating situation where yet another lawn care company is paying their employees by 1099 instead of putting their employees on payroll. Look, I'm not going to cause grief over this, but I can tell you this... My accountant said 100% you can not 1099 employees if they don't have their own business license, and are using ANY of your equipment; truck, trailer, mower, stick equipment, shirt... OR if you tell them what time to start each day... Man... I would always feel like I was having to look over my shoulder if I ran my lawn care business this way... When I put my head down to sleep at night I want to know we are by the book. Do it right, guys. Do better.
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@FloridaTurfPros 25 күн бұрын
What a weird day... I know we all have these.
@kevinabley4512 24 күн бұрын
Every December I send out my breakup letters to my problem customers. Dog poop yards, push mower yards, "I can only afford once a month" yards, slow payers, complainers, and yards I just don't like doing. It frees up my time in the spring to do all the mulch and spring cleanups, and by the time I wrap those up, I've usually built my lawn customers back up to the previous year level.
@Jc23812 24 күн бұрын
LOVE THIS
@FloridaTurfPros 24 күн бұрын
💯 !
@kevinabley4512 24 күн бұрын
@@FloridaTurfPros Another one that's kinda tough is the elderly customer that wants to chat for 20 minutes every time you come over. I feel bad about dumping those but bottom line, that's 20 minutes they're taking away from my wife and kids when I get home.
@alanruechel2240 24 күн бұрын
You just have to mow the dog poop yard right before the refuse to fertilize yard so it gets a free application every week
@PuBearsticks 24 күн бұрын
How are those letters worded and what reason do you give?
@user-ks2jt4fp8p 25 күн бұрын
I had a client want hers shorter. I was already cutting at 2.5. Told her there is nobody that will cut below 2.5 up north.
@FloridaTurfPros 24 күн бұрын
Same.
@byronrobinson8633 24 күн бұрын
I never go below 3 and a quarter. Spring you can get away with cutting shorter but as soon as the rain stops and gets warm that yard is burnt!
@jessiecole659 24 күн бұрын
I'm in North TN and I will not cut below 3in
@procutslawn 24 күн бұрын
Same
@jamiechristian9710 24 күн бұрын
Can’t wait to join the landscaping team!
@kylecrisman9230 25 күн бұрын
I run a pressure washing company and had a lady question me why her house was still wet as I was leaving. I guess I need to use dryer water 🤷🏻♂️
@FloridaTurfPros 24 күн бұрын
That’s wild 😂
@upscalelawncaremonroe408 24 күн бұрын
I have had ridiculous days!!! Good stuff man!
@Scott-cu8nf 23 күн бұрын
One of the quickest ways to go out of business is to try to undercut people who cheat the system. It is like racing to the bottom. Know your numbers and your worth, then charge accordingly.
@user-ks2jt4fp8p 24 күн бұрын
Lost a client today bevause we are going through wet season and the grass is growing 6-8 inches a week. So in two weeks we are cutting a foot or more off the lawn. She didnt understand that. She wanted it biweekly and wanted us to kill ourselves and the machines and take longer for a price that doesnt account for that. And this same client complained 4 weeks ago that the grass was two long and it was only 10 days into the 14 day cycle.
@FloridaTurfPros 24 күн бұрын
Ya it’s better to lose a yard like that than to go backwards.
@_frivolousteddy_5924 25 күн бұрын
Here in NC we have customers who want a nice TALL fescue yard cut at 2.5 inches
@FloridaTurfPros 24 күн бұрын
😂
@Whats.thissa 24 күн бұрын
Not happening
@travismorrison904 24 күн бұрын
Dang I’m not crazy! I thought I was the only one in NC with insanely intelligent customers
@leadershiphelpdesk510 24 күн бұрын
I used to go months without getting paid, WHY? If I see the owner, the conversation starts and my momentum falls into a hole, same with lunch burgers, those burgers cost me $150 because my truck drives it's self home. ( Hoping for rain).
@coreythomas7 24 күн бұрын
@floridaturfpros I have to disagree on the cutting the Zoysia lower. In the summer it needs to be cut higher too so the yellowing and browning. Mowing it weekly is a must to maintain the look. I have Palisades Zoysia and I have to cut it about every 5 days in the summer. So much for Zoysia being less labor intensive. In the winter I cut it way shorter
@FloridaTurfPros 24 күн бұрын
strange.. all the lab coat guys at UF Florida say 2.25 - 2.75 max for zoysia. every lawn is different i guess.
@coreythomas7 24 күн бұрын
Texas A&M Ag dept. recommend the same thing but real life experience has shown me different. I wish I could share pics of my grass. Love the channel brother!
@sethvann5751 23 күн бұрын
Anyone else seem like no matter how hard they try, you can’t get through a season without clipping a shadow box fence or something silly like that?
@Hillsidelanscapemanagement 24 күн бұрын
That's totally illegal to 1099 those guys. The ONLY way to get away with 1099'ing your guys is if, A, they use their own equipment OR B, they RENT ALL of the equipment from the business. We both know that neither of those are happening. That type of thing really ruins it for all of us
@Scott-cu8nf 23 күн бұрын
Guess they forgot about all those IRS auditors who were hired to catch that type of activity.
@gcturfpros 25 күн бұрын
I like cutting nice fescue yards at 3.5-4 inches weekly. Helps with weeds
@GardenerEarthGuy 25 күн бұрын
1:47 ever used a Fly Mower? I used to use one on a fishing roda and reel. No tracks or soil compaction...
@FloridaTurfPros 24 күн бұрын
Never used a fly mower
@GardenerEarthGuy 24 күн бұрын
@@FloridaTurfPros They float on an air cushion and can be deployed using a fishing pole to reel them in while moving side by side. I have used them on very steep hills, they are something every LCO needs to know about, and how it's window of service can be extremely helpful to handle specific locations. Cheers, GEG
@evangoshert5817 25 күн бұрын
I was wondering what you think. I am a solo operator at max capacity in southern pennsylvania. I want to take my business south maybe alabama or florida. Do you think i could pick up business if i move late october? I dont know what you guys do in winter tbh is the grass still cut? I want to be able to work year round without relying on snow removal.
@FloridaTurfPros 24 күн бұрын
You need to go to south Florida. Grass shuts down from the panhandle north about November. South Florida cuts year round.
@evangoshert5817 22 күн бұрын
@@FloridaTurfPros thank you and i appreciate all the advise you put out there. Especially about staying healthy. Pretty much saved my business with that advice. Having a 6 mo old and another on the way due in november. I felt burbed out almost all the time. You advice has really saved me from devastation. I have the work but it almost seemed like way too much. I started to sleep hydrate and eat better, i feel like i could take care of 20 kids now and an extra 10 yards on top of the 70 i do weekly solo. 7 days a week of course.
@ecnogamers 24 күн бұрын
How does a house not have gutters i don’t understand I thought that was against housing code maybe it’s not in Florida but that’s crazy it rain every day for like half of year I believe.
@danielc7737 24 күн бұрын
Man zoysia likes to be cut high, that is primarily what I cut in my area and I keep them at 3.5 inch. I've never seen brown happen from cutting it high id say that's either thatch or if its been raining alot in your area it could be a fungus because zoysia can get brown patch or it could be chinch bugs so check for that as well. Could make some extra money off a fungicide or bug treatment
@FloridaTurfPros 24 күн бұрын
strange.. all the lab coat guys at UF Florida say 2.25 - 2.75 max for zoysia. every lawn is different i guess.
@danielc7737 23 күн бұрын
@@FloridaTurfPros oh yea for sure buddy those heights work totally fine I'm just saying I've never seen browning from cutting high. I don't know if it makes a difference but I use mulching kits on my mowers and a 3.5 inch cut on zoysia puts down some awesome stripes. Normally what I do is cut it at 2 inch in the beginning of the season then ill let it grow to 3.5 and maintain
@4u2nyc 24 күн бұрын
Could it also be too much water or not enough water
@FloridaTurfPros 23 күн бұрын
It's just spongy from being too high... i think the root system can not support all the upward growth that has accumulated over the years.
@Natureboy1457 25 күн бұрын
I was wondering how much do you charge to cut 1.5 acres and trim and blow in your area of Florida?
@FloridaTurfPros 25 күн бұрын
I would not cut a property that big most likely... I could probably cut 6 properties in the time it would take me to cut 1 and a half acres, so I would have to charge close to $300 for a property of that size. Most homeowners would never go for it, which I totally understand from their perspective.
@Natureboy1457 25 күн бұрын
@@FloridaTurfPros I was thinking of charging the customer between $150- $160 per cut . I cut it today but wasn't able to cut all of it because areas in the backyard retain a lot of rain water. I did about 2/3 of it and it took me 1 hour to do it. I only charged her $100 for today's cut. I'm thinking if I cut the whole yard it's gonna take me about 1.5 hours or so. Do you think that's a good price? I'm in Wisconsin.
@chriswest8147 25 күн бұрын
Charge her your man hour rate for 1.5 hours. If your rate is 100, charge 150 if it takes 1.5 hours. @@Natureboy1457
@louieevans9125 24 күн бұрын
What type of grass is it? Flat or a lot of terraces? How much weed eating is required? Any obstacles in the yard? I know you already said that you have standing water, but all of these play a factor in pricing, along with your driving time. I would say Johnathon is ball park on at 300.00. It isn't worth the struggle if the pay isn't right.
@Natureboy1457 24 күн бұрын
@@louieevans9125 Hey louie thanks for the response. It's mainly flat but there are water trenches shaped like a V around the perimeter of the property, also there are about 10 trees that I have to trim around also. They are staying at this property until there other property is finished with a complete remodel of the entire house which I used to cut weekly for $90 and the lot size for that house is Just over a half acre at .56. It's also far away from my other customers on my route, but I have extra time on that day to do it
@chriswest8147 25 күн бұрын
What made you switch from the F250 to the GMC? I've heard nothing but bad things about GMC's V8's. I've had a decent uptick in landscape estimates too, but it's frustrating when you do all that leg work and they don't get back to you, or realize how expensive things are and change their minds... SMH. Hate wasting my time.
@FloridaTurfPros 24 күн бұрын
I have a diesel
@chriswest8147 24 күн бұрын
@@FloridaTurfPros Ahh! Smart man.
@rulyboobear 24 күн бұрын
So gmc 2500 diesel?
@FloridaTurfPros 24 күн бұрын
@@rulyboobear Yes
@FloridaTurfPros 24 күн бұрын
@@rulyboobear Chevy
@5.3david17 24 күн бұрын
I think he was planning on dropping her because it was a pain ass mowing that thick crap I can only imagine the overgrown and the clunks in 100 degrees weather 💀
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