mow or trim first

[dancom]

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hey Zack why don't you just cut the side of your deck out of your mower and expose the blade then your yard monkeys won't have to cary a trimmer at all. Then they can cary the blower push the mower and trim all at once. well speed up your time, although i would not want to pay your insurance prems. do you let these guys get a drink when its 100 degrees out there or will slow them down.

Dan Comer
Comer's Lawn

[Bryan]

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Mow, Trim.

Green is good !!

[Scott]

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Glen your a nut! But your right, these rednecks down here are kinda verbal like that.

Quality control? Cmon??!!?<img src=icon_smile_dissapprove.gif border=0 align=middle> Sounds like you're a control freak demanding so much out of a poor little primate. Oh I forgot you do 5,623 yards before most people get out of bed and uphold "Quality" as a major factor. If your people are properly trained, equipment is well maintained, they should know the mowing pattern, and know where your mowers can and not go, you shouldn't have to drag a trimmer in your left hand and tote a bp. I still see the fatigue factor setting in. Your employees might be peppy for the first few hours but carry on in this fashion throughout the day and your guys are just singing praises about working for you near midday. I bet you have a high turn over, but you'd never admit it if you did.

Hey I think you guys are on to something with the 21incher.
Picture this:
A murray 4hp bought at walmart, (not that there's anything wrong with a murray 4hp mower for homeowners)
add the spreader to the front,
5 gal gas tank straped to handles with duck tape,
attach a velke,
and have lawn monkey equipped with bp, trimmer in hand, extra spark plugs in his front pocket, spare blades in socks, wrenches tied to a string around the neck, extra trimmer line prewrapped around waist, and a swig of 2-cycle in his/her mouth so when their whip or bp runs out they can just spit-pour and go. NO DOWN TIME HERE.
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I know,, bad call Mr Administrator, I will try to refrain from further comments like this on the lawn maintenace topics.

<i>(goes to the other side of the room, turns and faces corner, after two mins, starts to draw on the wall)</i>
<img src=icon_smile_blackeye.gif border=0 align=middle>



Edited by - scott on Aug 08 2002 02:25:48 AM

[dancom]

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I almost forgot mow, trim, and blow, unless there are two of us then one mows the other trims and whoever is done first starts blowing,

Dan Comer
Comer's Lawn

[rkbrown]

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Ebony and Dean:

I have heard about Jims franchise through another forum. One of your countrymen has a franchise and he listed all the different franchises available from the Jim's conglomerate. Just a funny feeling, though..."Jim's Proctology" does not instill much confidence in me...although I'm sure that if they messed up, I could probably sue them using Jim's Legal. <img src=icon_smile.gif border=0 align=middle>

Rob
Taybritt Lawn and Landscape Services

[indmowing]

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lol rkbrown, trust me you wouldn't be the first to sue them! They are becoming rather unpopular with a lot of people and finally customers are beginning to move away from franchises! We shant be popular with the franchises this year I think as we are running a quarter page ad ($17,000 worth) in the yellow pages and up the top of the ad in BIG BOLD writing we have
<b><font size=4>
<center>DON'T CALL A FRANCHISE</font id=size4></b>
CALL THE INDEPENDENTS</center>
Then in smaller writing we have:
Why use independts? 1. We are small family businesses that care about our customers. We don't build rounds we build relationships 2. We don't pay royalties, percentages or commissions to some stranger you'll never meet. 3. We love what we do and take pride in how we do it! 4. We are fast, efficient, prompt and competitive

Then a whole load of other stuff follows that! Then right at the bottom, being as cheeky as we are, we have: thanks for your support, speak to you soon!

Independent Lawn Mowing Contractors
Working together to benefit all.
www.indmowing.com.au
Email info@indmowing.com.au

[Zack]

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Having your blower guys carry a 10 lb trimmer in their left hand (grasped on the shaft, between throttle & handle) while they blow the hard surface does not exert much extra effort on their part. They simply let the blower tube fall to the side & fire the trimmer if there is a missed spot. I supose it could be an issue if you have women or children in your employ or use a heavier brand of trimmer.



Edited by - zack on Aug 08 2002 4:21:05 PM

[lawrence stone]

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Zack to make it easier for your lawn monkeys just take an Echo hand blower, and duck tape it with the end of the blower tube by the trimmer head to the shaft of a string trimmer (with the guard off of course).

"The Frugal Agronomist"

[Scott]

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Yeah that's the ticket, <b>DUCT TAPE</b>, and that 21in mower I listed too.

One more modification to that 21incher, cup holder.

[dancom]

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<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>Having your blower guys carry a 10 lb trimmer in their left hand (grasped on the shaft, between throttle & handle) while they blow the hard surface does not exert much extra effort on their part. <hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size=2 id=quote>

I am now convinced the person who wrote this has never cut grass for more than an hour on hot day in his life. probably sits in front of a computer surfing the net all day giving out advise tring to fill important.

Dan Comer
Comer's Lawn

[Scaper-S2k]

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Yes, that has been the consensus I think. Funny, yet sad!

&lt;&lt;Don't Fear the Green!&gt;&gt;

[Zack]

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Actually, last week I was out in 112 degF with Humidex for 9 hrs because we had fallen behind. I worked the blower & carried a trimmer in my left hand for the entire day when blowing. My employees do the same and neither I nor they have a problem with this practice. Kaw's weigh in a 9.3 lbs & if you can't handle a BP & 9.3 lbs in your left hand perhaps you should join a gym.

[Scaper-S2k]

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You probalby fell behind because the guys were getting tired of lugging!

It has nothing to do with IF it could be done. It makes NO SENSE! You claim to have all these little lawns (40 cuts per day). I would imagine it must take....what.....about 30 seconds to walk to the truck?? They lose more than that because the trimming is slowed down by a blower hanging off their back.

Zack, you should drop this and get out while the gettin's good. You claim to be a time miser and effecient, but this idea would actually slow down the trim tim.

&lt;&lt;Don't Fear the Green!&gt;&gt;

[alcpi]

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Zack, for your benefit perhaps you should restate your comment. Did you mean that on a rare occasion, if one of your employees happen to miss a spot in the rear of a lawn that's next to a patio, walkway, etc. then and only then you would tell them to take both the weedeater and blower back to finish that one area? We would moreless understand that scenario.

[Zack]

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Trim with bp on (front & back) only if VERY light trimming.

Trim with bp on (backyard only) if long drive or single prop.

Allways blow with trimmer in hand AFTER trimming is completed.