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    Hey Guys,

    I Havent posted in a long time (been busy) and well me and my partner are in a business and well im 12 and hes 13 and we have about 8 customers which most are every other week. Well him and me r best friends, partners, like brothers. Well this season we really got into the business and well now i know neaver to get into partnerships with your best friends because well we argue about stripes, mowers and everything else and well he has really got me thinking MAN I WISH I COULD MAKE MY OWN DECISIONS well i own a craftsman GT our 5x10 trailer and alll the racks and tool box, a push mower in which i wanted to get a toro but he had to have craftsman so i got one so we would match a STIHL trimmer ,blower andhe has a JD tractor and our business just bought a 54in John Deere wb for $700 and we split the bagger. well he yells at me all the time "he says i do something wrong" and well he calls me a moron and is like ur a retard and i just laugh and b like just wait and he always yells at me and says stuff and he acts like he's always right and im always wrong and well i do all the billing and keep track of all the customers so i was thinking next year get away from "MR RIGHT" and go solo and get some new equipment now that i dont half to match like a backpack blower in which he dosent want to buy, a 6x12 trailer with a side gate with a front shelf in which he dosent want, a Toro 20037 personel pace push mower... and an edger with other attachments and get striping kit for my tractor (im 12 and im gonna try to make a deal with my parents about their Toro Z150 COmmercial mower) and alot of other things i want but " Mr Right " dosent. I Bought the trailer in case of this happening and i bought all the racks and the tool box. Heres my plan (been working on it since April but dad said to wait til next season) He likes the wb I HATE IT its junk but if i would of said no to buying it he would of chewed me out and been like ooo that wb could of came in handy he can have it but i get all the hand tools $40 the wrenches,sockets tools, $25, the trimmer stihl fs 55rc and $200 business money. I didnt know when i started a partnership what would go down but heres an example Yesterday were mowing our subdivision lots and i had just put the push mower on the trailer and bungeed it down and our bungee cords arent heat proof and they always get fried on the muffler he comes up to me with it while im trimming under the fence ( he cant do it bc his knees are bad HAHA yea right) HEY MORON im like what??? and hes like good job nice im like their my bungee cords so why u complaining dip **** and i just start laughing and get back to my trimming. I Also bought a striping kit for my pm and its cool hes like ill make one im like my god lets see another example is well were mowing my grandmas with the walk behind and im mowing and hes trimming ( i wanted to trim) i go around the flower bed and im like ok ill do a stripe coming around in a half circle and then straight i think different stripes are cool he comes back and i stop im like hey go ahead and mow ill finish trimming and hes like oo no im like i want to trim and hes like WHATEVER first u wine about trimming and then u F**K up the stripes and im like there not F**Ked up i like them differently and im just like ok something is going to happen so hes all grumpy and i like trimming and doing little things bc that walk behind is tooo big for a puny yard and im like when he was done hes like huh and im like u know what u complain about everything and its always negative and in basketball he always yells at me not anyone else just me and he goes out there and messes up and i just sit there and dont yell i tell him like nice shot Not GET THE BALL OR MAKE UR SHOT so do u think when leaf clean-up is over i should take my equipment and start my own business bc i have a name and everything.!! Please help! o yea hes also president of our student council and guess what he does he bosses me around and no one else so i dont listen most the time and well everyday hes mad and if he yells i yell back!!

  • #2
    and yet according to the beginning of your post you two are best friends? Get rid of him as a partner so you don't loose him as a friend. Your only 12 don't worry about the business as much as friendship, friendships are what hold you together in this world, without them, life would be very boring. A 'friend' I used to have got caught up w/ a girl, needless to say he has no friends now and she controls his life. When she dumps him, he's gonna be f$$$ed. Get a few of your own lawns to cut and go from there.
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    • #3
      I C

      Anybody Else Got Any Input. O I have another story yesterday we were mowing my neighbors (down the road) and wel they have these side lots and well the new guy next door owns one so we just mow it as one so i mow the front and he mows the side lots and then when hes done he usually does a line in back and ill do the back and we'll meet up in the end. Well he started doing lines like l and i went that way last time so he kept doing more and i stopped him and im like hey we did that way last time and hes like SO and im like your suppost to motivate directions everytime he just gives me a look like im stupid and im like were going this way------------- and im like u usually do ur lots and trim and hes like not all the time and im like ya ya do. So hes like well im in a hurry im like GO just go i'll finish up so he throws a fit bc he wants to go 4-wheeling (he has a 250 and i have an 80) and we finish up and i won the argument and we take the stuff back to his house and well they dont leave for another hour so im like u dont care about how it looks do ya and im like i would rather go soooo slow but make it look great rather than fly through and make it look like crap to please the customer. Well i talked to my dad about mayb using the Z next year he said he'd think about it. And i told him all my equipment plans and hes like HmMmMmM the whole time. I designed my card, flyer and even invoice and letter and estimate sheet last night. Anybody got any input.

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      • #4
        Yea, i was in a partnership with a good friend during part of middle school and high school, and we went through things just like what you explained. We both had standards that were different from one another, so we would dissagree from time to time. Hey man, its most likely only gonna get worse! We split up our senior year, and i kept mowing, and he went to work for his dad. We didnt fight as much as you do, but we had our differences. Anyway, we are still best friends to this day, but i dont know if we would be if we stayed in business much longer together.

        Get out on your own, find another "friend" but dont partner up with him, just pay him and hourly rate and have him trim for you. You will find that you will make alot more money, alot less headaches, and you will be much happier. Trust me on this man... Trust me.

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        • #5
          Thanx

          Hey Sasquatch52 thats great info. Umm im thinking that we might not talk for a while but i know that we will eventually just end up being best friends eventually. Well i dont know how to tell him. Wait til leaf season is over i almost told him the other day i was gonna say i hope you know im not mowing with u next season but i didnt. Im in basketball season but hes in 8th grade and im in 7th so he cant yell at me much but im not doing track this year to mow more. Im just wondering what his expression is going to be like bc he will have a jd 316 and a walkbehind and his dads truck but the 54in deck wont fit so i dont know what he'll do with out a trailer but thats ok. Anybody know of any ways to tell him, (get his brother to tell him why the equipment is gone, make him mad and tell him, just tell him, write a letter (mayb not), show him my new flyer in my room and say figure it out umm anybody got anything else??? O Yea i have this friend hes a freshman hes like the most hilarious guy i know i might half to train him a little but what the heck he mowed one yard this summer so he knows and hes like a good friend i might hire and i have this friend who said he would work for me he knows trimming and mowing and he said hed work for me for a soda a yard!! yea right so of my yards are 5 acres on a garden tractor YEA RIGHT!lol

          Mitch And Nicks Lawn Care (soon to be Dream Cut)

          Craftsman 22.5hp 50in GT w/ plow and chains
          John Deere 316 48in w/plow and chains
          (2) Craftsman 6.5 hp bagger mowers
          5x10 Carry On Trailer w/racks and custom tool box plate
          STIHL FS55 RC Trimmer
          *NEW* 54in John Deere Walk Behind 17 HP Kawi 1700 Hours/got it for $700
          2 parents to haul everything around!
          8 customers most bi/weekly


          Hopefully Going Solo Next Season!!

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          • #6
            It doesn't sound like you have an official partnership to begin with since you both keep tabs on what equipment is owned by who. Sounds like you both would be better off going your own ways. I've always heard you should never go into business with a close friend. Your still very young. Keep the friends you have and work on your own.

            I'm just curious, why don't you like the Deere walk-behind?

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            • #7
              JD walk behind

              Hey Great input! I dont really like the walk behind because i think it is too big for the yards he wants to take them to and i think that we really dont have too big of a use for it. I didnt mean i hate the thing i just would like like a 44in or a 48in deck not a 54in its got a 17 kawi which is a great engine and gator blades which are awsome i think what i meant was its too big but i do like how its setup. ive been thinking about going and just telling him now and get the season over and then get advertising!


              THANKs! Keep the replys coming!


              O and also i just havent got to use it too much and this is my first walkbehind so its different after sitting on a tractor for 3 years

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              • #8
                I Told Him

                Ok last night on the bus ride to our basketball game i told him.... After that he didnt talk to me and still isnt but i know hes just shocked bc he thought he could get away with trying to be the boss but i cant wait to get my new business going. We have one more clean up to do and then were done so im gonna start hauling my stuff back to my house tomorrow and then when were done ill get the trailer back here and rearrange the garage so my trailer might fit... He's most likely not going to talk to me for a while but im glad i got it out and finally told him and stood up. REPLYS?

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                • #9
                  Wow. Shows like your friend is bosses. Have you tried to tell him that he is bosses? Some people are just like that till you tell them. I think you should see how it goes and maybe try to make it work you never know. write back.

                  JohnDeereGuy

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                  • #10
                    I Tried

                    Hey John Deere Guy thanks for the reply well i tried to tell him earlier in the season and then he was ok but now that wore off. u wanna hear another story on why i am doing this well he did some jobs when i told him i coundnt but he didnt listen he took my trailer and went and did 2 jobs without me when i told him earlier in the week i coundnt do them and well we get the checks and hes like ill take more since i did those jobs well im like if u do ur screwed with me bc its a PARTNERSHIP 50/50 i dont care if u did the jobs i do jobs all the time and i still give u half he didnt listen so i cussed him out bc i was pissed and well now hes still not talking to me but i really think hes being a baby over the whole thing.

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