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i made a bracket to hold my gps on my mower and started recording the data onto sheets for all my accounts, it'll keep track of your average mowing speed, top speed and most important distance traveled. at the end of the year you can see how far you walked or rode for each lawn. one yard for instance it took 37 minutes to mow at an average speed of 2.3 mph and covered a distance of 2.4 miles, at 32 mowes for that lawn thats 76 miles of mowing for the year for that one lawn, now i know why i keep in good shape. when bidding a new lawn you can look at a lawn you already do thats close to the same size and i can tell approximatley how long itll take to mow that lawn.
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That's awesome!!
I've never heard of doing such a thing...
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I am a techie at heart, if there is a new toy on the market i am interested in how it work. I wear a timex on my wrist, didnt spend alot on it, tells me how long i spent on mowing.Sometimes the simplest device works.
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Simple math
Tells me that if you covered 2.4 miles in 37 minutes, your average speed was almost 4 MPH. That's a pretty fast walking pace when you factor in turns and obstacles. Damned right that would keep you in shape if you did it all day!
2.4 miles / (37/60) hours = 3.89 MPH
How did you come up with you average speed? From the GPS?Comment
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I've thought about doing this also.
Does the gps unit give the info, like mph immediately, or after the job is done?Comment
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My GPS has a one second refresh rate. It will show the current MPH and elevation changes too. It might make your lines look like you were drunk if you keep looking down at the GPS while mowing. Probably better if you just look at the GPS when stopped and blades off. It will store your info and you can look at it at an appropriate time.
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Hi Kevin,
Do you think will help in bidding new jobs, perhaps just by walking the parimeter of the property youre bidding on and comparing it to others. Of course you will have to consider trees, slopes and other obsitcles. I have a hand-held Gps and am thinking this could certainly be a great tool to use for something OTHER than hunting.Green is good !!Comment
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It might work for job estimating, but so does the old tried and true measuring wheel. Keep in mind you need clear view of the sky to receive satellite signal. This may be a hindrance. I’d say, just try it, if it works for you, than great. If not, stick to traditional methods.
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I have a wheel but often times dont use it and am guilty of the old "umm yeah I could do that job for about 40.00 per cut" . I need to get away from that !!Green is good !!Comment
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To be honest, on residential I do the same thing. I hardly ever under bid a residential property. I’ve been in the business for a while, and I can just look at a job and compare it to other lawns that we have. Commercials are usually a bit harder to estimate and there is usually more money riding on your decision. I say if you want to be accurate and have no worries about underbidding, use the wheel. It’s your friend.
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What kind of GPS are you using? I have a Garmin Etrex Venture and up here it tells me I'm within 21' of where I'm at. Actually thought it would be closer than that. When it gets nicer up here we are going to compare the GPS & measuring wheel. I do like the techie gadgets if they work for what I want them to do. Anybody else using GPS? What do you use for record keeping out on the job? Paper notebook, laptop or a handheld?Comment
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