goal of 60/hr?

[eddylc]

i am only in my third year of business and i am learning as i go. i have been learning much from this sight it is very helpful. my question is about the rate goal 50 to 60 dollars per hour. is this the goal before paying for equipment ins etc or is this the goal for net. thanks

[MASTERMOWER]

Usually........

[PNA]

How did you arrive @ $60/Hr goal?
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[MASTERMOWER]

How did you arrive @ $60/Hr goal?
PNA

Probably read about the generic $1 per minute goal somewhere.?

[eddylc]

I did read about it on this sight and the numbers of that rate seem to be what i see the most. is it a bad idea to try and make that kind of money mowing res or should i try to go for something smaller right now i am in the neighborhood of fifty but that is before any expenses. i am going to raise my prices next year and i have been crunchng the numbers the best i can because i want something bigger mower w2ise. thanks for the help.

[boazcat]

I am starting to average $40-50 per hour before expenses. That is only because I realized that people are willing to pay more and I was just cheating myself by not charging more.

Michael

[PNA]

On a regular basis, by myself, I've not been able to gross $60 hour mowing. Yes, I've gotten that and more on a few misc. mowing jobs (last week I did a 35 minute mow and got $100 CASH!) but not often enough to brag about. Depending on the amount of men in your crew and distance between accounts, maybe... But by myself, can't say that I do even 5% of the time....
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