couple of ?? about price

[sullylawn]

i worked for my father part time i took over business recently , 2 ??
how do you guys bill for cleanups (fall) dad always charged a monthly say 160.00 for the month (once a week ) not by the cut . in fall he did not charge anymore for leaf removal end of oct thru thanksgiving does this sound right ?? please help me out

[spotremix]

the going rate where i'm from which is IN is $35 an hour for leaf removal. thats blowing them to the curb and letting the city pick them up.

[sullylawn]

in ma ss we can't leave them , do you charge this extra if cust has been with you for years , i have guys that charge 100.00 a month to cut 1/3 acre lawn then 300-400 in nov and dec to clean up??

[spotremix]

i would charge extra for hauling them away. whatever it cost you to dump them somewhere and a little extra for your time and gas.

[steve-o]

i did one today. i charge my hourly rate plus $100 a 16' trl. load. today i was able to blow them in the woods. i do charge more than $35 per hour.

steve

[suzuki4life]

for those of us who have to take them away/ bag them what is the best method for picking them up? Rakes? Bag with the mower? Im just wondering what the pros do


-zach

[TTLC603]

I have a leaf vac that I shute them into a box in the back of my landscape body...but you can always suck them up with the mower if you have a vac and a bagger...or you can bag them by hand....Garbage cans work well too

Evan
TTLC

[spotremix]

i plan on putting up "walls" on my trailer this year and blowing the leaves right to the ramp of the trailer then raking them in. i'm thinking of 3 sides out of plywood and the ramp will be the forth, oh and a tarp over the top if it gets really full.