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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 555809" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>We don't have any real "landscapers" in our little town but we have a few lawn services that do a pretty good business, including the one that does my yard. These are small businesses but they have a fortune invested in their equipment! They have several of the huge commercial mowers and other smaller equipment. Then they have a large enclosed trailer to haul it all around in and a big truck to pull the trailer. In addition, they have several employees who work for them. When they do my yard, there's at least three of them working on it at the same time - one mowing and two using the weedeaters so they can get it done quickly. If it was just one guy trying to do it all, it would take hours. But with three of them, they can knock out my HUGE yard in less than a half hour. And that's not counting their other expenses like gasoline and maintenance. They get between $35 and $50 for each yard they do - minus expenses and divided between three of them. Nobody is getting rich.</p><p></p><p>And then in the winter when there's no grass to cut ... Just for fun, one day I asked the owner what he does in the winter. He kind of chuckled and said that he sits in his recliner drinking beer and watching football! So they have to make enough during the summer months to tide them over the winter - not easy to do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 555809, member: 1883"] We don't have any real "landscapers" in our little town but we have a few lawn services that do a pretty good business, including the one that does my yard. These are small businesses but they have a fortune invested in their equipment! They have several of the huge commercial mowers and other smaller equipment. Then they have a large enclosed trailer to haul it all around in and a big truck to pull the trailer. In addition, they have several employees who work for them. When they do my yard, there's at least three of them working on it at the same time - one mowing and two using the weedeaters so they can get it done quickly. If it was just one guy trying to do it all, it would take hours. But with three of them, they can knock out my HUGE yard in less than a half hour. And that's not counting their other expenses like gasoline and maintenance. They get between $35 and $50 for each yard they do - minus expenses and divided between three of them. Nobody is getting rich. And then in the winter when there's no grass to cut ... Just for fun, one day I asked the owner what he does in the winter. He kind of chuckled and said that he sits in his recliner drinking beer and watching football! So they have to make enough during the summer months to tide them over the winter - not easy to do. [/QUOTE]
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