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Originally Posted by dpg
He has to get rid of the debris, pay for truck, fuel, trailer, tools, advertising, taxes, etc so that "125/hr" gets eaten up pretty quick. So many guys come and go in the landscape business because they lowball and then figure out they aren't making any money.
$125.00 an hour is about right and gets eaten up pretty quickly???? Assuming someone (again assuming) can earn that and can keep busy 40 hours a week that's $5,000/week, sign me up!!! Guess I never should of bothered with college and my desk job. If I could keep busy even half the year at $5,000/week I'd pull down a cool $120,000 a year. I don't currently make that working ALL year. At that kind of return I'd manage a truck, equipment and gasoline somehow.
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And this is classic example of not understanding the lawn care industry. The season if very short for starters to you already knock down the figure quickly.
Then, it's not all profit. You have to pay for the truck, tools, etc. Taxes, insurance, etc.
May sound like a good deal but many guys low ball price to win a bid and notice how you see so many "companies" come and go in the lawn care business?
There is money to be made but it's not the guy doing budget clean-ups
