wow so long!

Very bold of you to assume what that number entails. Wrong and strong! :D

No, I've covered why in previous videos. There isn't any infrastructure at the landfill to allow it (their recycling facility is a 7*10 dump trailer) and there wouldn't be enough locally interest to justify the purchase of new cans or a new route.

Recycling is a scam anyway. Majority of it ends up in a landfill anyway.

I would disagree. The limiting factor isn't the truck, it's how many cans I have placed. The next stage of this business isn't getting a new truck, it's putting out 600 cans then re-evaluation of numbers and goals. For recycling, there isn't any infrastructure at the landfill for me to offer that even if I wanted. It wouldn't make me any money and would only hurt the business.

Yes. If you watch from the beginning of the playlist that was my original desire but they are too expensive so my wife and I settled on a much cheaper rear load that she would drive for me.

Oh man if I had caught that I would have had a serious debate of whether I could have drank it or not😂

No thanks, I liked what I did and so did my customers. The cookies were closer to $500. It averaged out to $4.50 per client. I'm happy to give that back to the folks who make this business possible, and it also turned into organic marketing as half a dozen Facebook posts were made of folks taking pictures of the cookies and telling others about them.

Also, just realized what you said about unreported tips😂 I can tell based on this we are very different folks and our philosophy on how to run a business will NOT align, but I do appreciate you watching and commenting!

I covered in previous videos why a used under cdl was not an option.

I get where you are coming from but it doesn't matter when the insurance started, I will always have a full calendar year of paying for it moving forward. When a term end midyear I have to pay for another at that point.

@CopperCreekCuts that makes sense, I didn't think of it as year from the start of the policy, I was thinking calender year.

Thank you for the kind words!

The credit cards are all under Baker County Trash Pickup LLC. The first card I applied for was from the same company that I have had my CCC card with for 7 years, so I am assuming my history there is what led them to extend credit. Once someone did, others were more likely to.

The issue is the type of work, pricing, and everything else the trailer would require is not something I want to get involved in.

Okay, fair point. Good luck on your endeavors!

It's onscreen starting at 9:24. ~$250.

Not when I started it, no.

Good tip!

I appreciate that, thank you!

No worries at all, I know this won't be for most folks. I have made videos on why I don't make lawn care videos as much anymore. "A long overdue mowing video. Some comments seem to think I have abandoned lawn care for my new trash pickup endeavor. I am still mowing every single week, but it is just my regular maintenance customers. Not worth filming or watching. I haven't had any tall grass jobs come my way in quite some time. I suspect a large part of that is the growing number of local individuals who do lawn care on the side and are usually very cheap and easy to get a hold of on a local Facebook group." That was from the last tall grass one I did in August, which performed fairly poorly. Long term I would expect the branding to transition as the trash company grows. I appreciate you watching the past videos and trying these ones out, no hard feelings if you part ways!

It is a bottle of dunkin donuts creamer. Think of the plastic jugs with a screw on lid. The pressure of compaction smushed the bottom flat and through the crack, and then the bottom flared open again. I'm not strong enough to push it through the crack, not gonna try to pull from the inside (since I'd have to crawl in the hopper for leverage), and can't pull it through from the outside because the mouth/lid gets caught on the back! I had to cut it out :D

I appreciate the feedback! Depending on what you need there are definitely cheaper options. I was quite content with Yardbook until I started valuing my time more. Then I opted to try out the mobile app that jobber had and it was quite a time saver!

amzn.to/41RNeKJ I am sure there are a dozen other chinese ones that do the same thing, but this has worked well so far.

The few times we have vacationed in past years at a week length we hated it and got homesick. 3-5 days is our max for vacations. We would just have to plan the vacation around the trash. Theoretically once a year or so I could probably get away with moving a pickup a day in either direction without making customers mad, but again, I don't think we would ever take a vacation that long.

I don't think the monthly spend is worth it at only 10-20 lawn care customers. The free Yardbook plan would be awesome for you if you don't already have it.

Generally you won't see much support unless your state/county/city makes it a priority, none of which have locally. There is no money to be made in recycling, nor is there infrastructure to support it even if I wanted to offer it.

Calendar year, technically. Closer to 7 months!