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[bullitproofranger]

Hi everybody, I know I ask alot of questions, but this one I need pure advice on. Here is my situation, I have no rent to pay, or a family to support, I only have auto insurance and gas to pay for, but I have no job, I have applied many places, but things don't seem to work out, but I need $$$. So I had an idea, may sound simple and stupid but it might just work for me. I want to mow lawns for cash, dress in a proffesional manner be flexbile with people, ect.. My truck is currently broke down, but fixable, and I have all the parts. I have access to a decent mower, rakes, and possibly a weed eater. The town I live closest to has about 2,500 or more people in it, it's growing slowly but it's growing. Once again I know this sounds stupid, but I've got to start somewhere, and really don't have much to lose financilly, and I figure I should make some money. Please I need advice

 

[red93terror]

Dude, I would totally do that. I love yard work, but thats just me. gotta pay the bills somehow, and just advertise something like: get the job done right the first time by a responsible adult. friendly courteous and always on time. try some stuff like that

 

[danger_ranger05]

I think its definetly possible during the spring and summer months to do this but there are only two problems your gonna run into

1. Weather - if we run into a drought this year, not grass to cut and no money to be had.

2. Fall/Winter - once fall gets here your work will stop almost completly unless you switch to raking and getting rid of leaves.

All in all, Id say its a solid summer job at best but would still keep my eye open for a another job.

and if you get real desperate, come work on the farm for me lol!!

 

[Original_Ranger84]

Put out plenty of applications, follow up calls ect... and until you get something you can mow lawns for the summer.

 

[hwcoop]

I went to high school with a guy that started cutting grass in the summers and snow removal in the winter. He now has a successfull landscaping business with a fleet of trucks. You just never know what can happen

 

[Clay Lorance]

Nothing wrong with farm work, I worked on the family farm all through high school, helped build fences, tear down fences, hauled hay, hauled feed, and got real good at driving the old farm truck and 4240.

 

[straycat]

I did this when I was a teen. I worked at a hardware store for about 3 1/2 years. I started the summer before my 9th grade class started. I worked part time during the school year and full time during the summer. I mowed lawns on the side and made good extra money. I had two guys working for me doing the lawns by the next summer. We mowed about 12 lawns every week. We split the cost of gas and maintenance and the take home pay three ways. It was good honest work and if you treat people right they will treat you the same. Go for it!!!!


Straycat

 

[Irokranger93]

I think its definetly possible during the spring and summer months to do this but there are only two problems your gonna run into

1. Weather - if we run into a drought this year, not grass to cut and no money to be had.

2. Fall/Winter - once fall gets here your work will stop almost completly unless you switch to raking and getting rid of leaves.

All in all, Id say its a solid summer job at best but would still keep my eye open for a another job.

and if you get real desperate, come work on the farm for me lol!!

100% I think he has Reason

 

[Quartermile]

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2. Fall/Winter - once fall gets here your work will stop almost completly unless you switch to raking and getting rid of leaves.

The lawn care people around here do landscaping also, and in winter scoop out driveways and sidewalks

 

[LIMA BEAN]

Earl and Valentine started off doing that, never know might be some Graboids around to be had.

 

[feellnfroggy]

A good proffesional dress for a lawn guy would be a polo type shirt and jeans. I have a friend of mine in florida and hes the cleanest lawn fellow I know. He also does pressure washing trash removal. Any man that cant find a job and still gets out there and does something (even helping people for free just because he has the time) is a man of character in my book. I was 5 months without a job and I started at Texas Roadhouse making 8 an house 18 hrs a week making salads. Its 4mos later I work the entire line as well as some cold prep and hot prep. Im the salad trainer and my 90 day review netted me another 30 cents an hour. I had no home and only my truck and living in a travel trailer with no heat or electric through december in tennessee. (i use the term no home loosely) Now I have an apt, and everything paid for completely. I had a little help frmo family members, but Gods help and getting out and working hard is what put me back in the saddle. Load up the mower and start knocking on doors.

 

[C_Root]

Another thing to add to your list of services is cleaning window. Especially 90 second story windows if you have access to a ladder. "Proffesionals" up here (canada) charge up to 10 dollars per window commercially! A house with say 30 windows, at ONE QUARTER THAT PRICE, will net you roughly 75 bucks. And if you get good, its not hard to pull off a house an hour. Made 450 bucks in one weekend, last bit of the down payment for the ranger.

 

[Legend]

A town of 2,500 people in MO will likely have 200 or more houses that want to buy lawn care. You will HAVE to have a good reliable (sharp) mower, with bagger, good string trimmer and good leaf blower to clean up with. Empty homes with realtor signs in the yard will be desperate for lawn care. Give the realtor a call to find out if the owner would like someone to take care of the yard. Quite possibly the realtor will have other customers for you. Once you get just a few customers, if you do a good job, they will refer more work to you than you can handle by yourself. Make sure before you start there is a free place to dump grass cuttings.

 

[wvfarmboy]

i dont think i would ask i would just do it gota be some money in doing it

 

[dbp]

My one buddy back in highschool started cutting lawns on the weekends in 12th grade. After HS everyone went to college, etc...not him, he bought a F350. Now, 11 years later, he has probably 3-4 dump trucks, a tree shredder, a nice F250 that he drives, a staff of like 5-6 people, and a nice little piece of land to keep it all on.

He works hard enough in the summers that he takes off winters.