Can You Make Money Mowing Lawns? Solo Lawn Care 

Damn that's an average of 1min 30secs drive time in between each yard. How do you advertise to consistently get customers in such a small radius? Thanks, and God bless

@@locked3009 Maybe he lives near Home owners associations. I live in Melbourne Australia, the homes here are quite small and compact. Door knocking here is legal so we do that, we also hang doorhangers on peoples properties. We haven't looked into lawncare signs yet but that's also a viable option. There is a technique called '5 arounds', whenever you do a property, go knock on the neighbour, cross the street and talk to those three homes then cross back to the other neighbour next to the home you just completed. I'd also encourage getting company uniforms, have trucks detailed and painted with logos and the company brand and also simply waving at people walking past. Being genuinely nice to people, servicing on time and doing high quality work will also get you alot of referrals, some of those will be close. It takes a long time to build up route density so don't feel too bad if it's taking some time. Once your business is established a good website with SEO 'search engine optimization' is critical, as well as making sure your google reviews are doing well. It can be pretty intimidating because there is no correct answer and there are many ways to advertise, but door knocking and flyers/door hangers work well. Let me know if you have any other questions.

Sometimes if you have more jobs in an area you tend to cut the others deals… sometimes we charge that much but other times we charge less cuz we got like 10 jobs in the neighborhood. Sometimes we charge more cuz we got nothing around that area so we need to make sure gas and other things make sense

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Thanks Curtis!

One idea that comes to my mind is this could be a great way to provide jobs to friends and family or the community in general. Really looking into this right now!

Best of luck to you, and thank you for the comment!

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Thank you!! What other content would you like to see?

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I believe in you man! With God, anything is possible

I think that’s a great idea. Thank you!

Will do, thank you!

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Awesome!! Thank you. Any content you would like to see in the future?

Do you use any battery powered equipment?

@@TheSamGustin Maybe videos on how you started from scratch i.e. past and present advertising methods

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Nice! How much are you making per day on your solo route?

@@TheSamGustin Im usually around $350 to $400 per day sometimes $500

I mow, trim, and blow every property

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The SCAGs are awesome! For smaller residential properties, we are loving our 32 much more than the 36!

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I'm in east TN also. When I watch these videos, I'm always wishing my properties were flat cookie cutters. I'm solo and a long, hard day for me is $350 tops. I spend much more time holding a weedeater than I do mowing, and I utilize a 21" mower to cut back on trim work. I'd be curious to hear your thoughts Josh.

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Absolutely

Thank you. Simple set up with a GoPro and iMovie

Hey Robert, We mow, string trim, edge, and blow on every property. The video was just condensed. We are currently mowing M-Th and keep Fridays open for bigger landscaping jobs or rain day rescheduling slots.

Thanks for the kind words! For our stand on mowers, we are using the Scag V-Ride II. We have a 36" and a 32". Haven't had much issues with the mowers, just the normal headaches that comes along with using equipment every day all day. I wouldn't get too caught up on the brand of the mower though. My recommendation would be to find a solid dealer close to you and go with whatever brand of mowers they are selling.

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That’s what we do as well

Hey Sam, This video was from a few years ago, but the hours from start to finish are all baked into the price. I would say if it takes you 25 minutes to load and 25 minutes to unload, you might want to take a look at your processes. That seems quite inefficient

When I very first started off solo, I only bought the equipment (cheapest equipment I could from Lowes) and created a Google My Business profile. It wasn't until I started to pick up some traction (around the 20th account mark) where I eventually created an LLC and purchased some general liability insurance.

You would send one flat rate to the customer for your lawn mowing service. Mowing, edging, trimming, and blowing

If you’d like, we could do a Zoom call and record it and post it for others to learn from. If so, please email me at sam@troopsmowing.com

Hey Sterling, Great question. I will make a video on that to answer your question.

No, all of our pricing is baked into the final price the customer sees

I think that’s coming next. Right now it’s a 36. But we are going to introduce a 32 to some routes

The largest city close to us would be Austin, TX

This video is with our 36"

We don’t run into the issue often, we typically remove them prior to service. If there’s a house that consistently has debris in the lawn, we would then have that conversation with the customer.

Both of our trailers are roughly 6’x10’

This was a few years ago, not horribly sure. My guess is I had around 20% waste in my day as a solo operator.

You got it!

@@TheSamGustinthat’s wassup new subscriber here and I wish you best of luck this season!

We don’t bag, we use a mulching kit in all of our lawn mowers.

We have two Scag Stand On Mowers. The 36" cost us around $8,500 and the 32" cost us around $7,500. These prices are after a military discount was applied

Hey! Yeah, absolutely. Shoot me an email sam@troopsmowing.com

@@TheSamGustin sent!

We do not do any paid advertising. We invested knowledge into learning how to create a good website and Google business page presence.

I don’t service “x” amount of times per month. I either do weekly or biweekly frequencies throughout the growing season and monthly in the winter. For biweekly visits there is effectively 2.165 visits per month and weekly would be 4.33 visits per month. I forecast my revenue by using those multipliers

This video is a 36” Scag V-Ride II and a 30” push

Thank you Alec! We do not bag any of our clippings. We used to offer this last year, but moved away from it for a number of reasons. Instead, we use mulching blades / kits on our mowers. While we do keep our services simple and limited, we do trim bushes and clean up flower beds as well. I hope this info helps!

@@TheSamGustin Appreciate the response, I also thought of another question. Given you are a lawn care business, does that mean you are responsible for keeping their grass green or just groomed and looking good?

For the lawn mowing service, we focus on mowing, edging, and blowing. For a green healthy lawn, lawn mowing does play a part in that; however, that would primarily rely on fertilization and weed control services. Two different services.

@@TheSamGustin Gotcha! I am thinking of starting something small and very simple on Sundays since I have weekends off, so I am trying to wrap my head around certain scenarios that may pop up. Thanks for your time and responses.

We mow, trim, and blow

We have two Scag Stand On Mowers. The 36" cost us around $8,500 and the 32" cost us around $7,500. These prices are after a military discount was applied

Texas

Would you be interested in booking a coaching call?

We have our mowing routes schedule Monday - Thursday and big project work scheduled for Fridays

I eat the cc fees. I basically wrap them into my variable costs which include gas and the cc fees. Right now, I’m at around 8.5% in variable costs per visit.

ok thank you

Those were biweekly

Suburb of Austin, TX

@Troops Mowing LLC awesome I am in Kyle just south of you