Lawn Care is HARD...

[@larrybrandonii269]

Probably the best lawn care video about lawn business I’ve ever watched. This is literally my everyday life

[@trentneville2273]

Agreed

[@hernannavarro9390]

Hey Mike, just wanted to say you have no idea how helpful it is to hear the negative side of the business aswell. Im making the transition to employees and it feels like im the only one experiencing lower quality, longer job times, call backs, etc. as I expand. You knocked so many things I needed to hear in this video, making it seem like nothing, and im pumped to take on the challenge 💪

[@MikeAndes]

That’s why we do it. Thanks for words 💪🏻🙌🏻🔥

[@_frivolousteddy_5924]

Lawn Care is an ART, hard to find people who like to make yards look good for the customers reaction rather then the money. I like being solo although the days get longer as you progress…..also definitely wasn’t expecting Connor to look like Mr Clean

[@trentneville2273]

🤣🤣

[@brandonwynn3965]

I think it’s sunshine and rain but mostly sunshine I’m crushing it because if you and Florida turf pros you guys are the best.

[@seattleprowash5464]

how's business

[@brandonwynn3965]

@@seattleprowash5464 boooomin

[@seattleprowash5464]

@@brandonwynn3965 let’s go , mainly Lawn care ? What’s the weekly rev looking like

[@brandonwynn3965]

@@seattleprowash5464 mowing 85 clients for about 4500 weekly mon-thurs. Friday landscape projects/ lawn renovation add about another 2k also have 40 yearly fertilizer clients that pay upfront 2nd year in business 1 employee im working about 40 hours in the field with another 10 or so doing estimates/ office work.

[@seattleprowash5464]

@@brandonwynn3965 damn

[@mcgee1864]

You have no idea how much I can relate to this. I'm a Foreman and my boss (owner) and I had finally had enough of the one guy he hired to help me with the lawn maintenance routes. It's funny that you posted this video today. Because yesterday was his last day and today was the new guys first day!!! Lol 🤣 This video is almost exactly what I've experienced over the past few weeks!!!

[@chainsawman7485]

‘REAL LIFE WITH CHUCK ‘ I love it!

[@999benhonda]

Solo lawn care isn't that hard. Running any business with employees is always hard.

[@timothywells8229]

Solo lawn care is easier, but still a ton of work. Especially if you are trying to grow. I'm talking 40+ yards, and adding in extra services. Lots and lots of work, but it's worth it.

[@seattleprowash5464]

if your'e doing routes, it's one of the easier jobs to hire. Completely different than project based work

[@thepressurepack3777]

Lawn care is so easy🤣, it’s mostly teenagers lol

[@mcgee1864]

@@thepressurepack3777 LOL 🤣 You obviously have no long term experience being in the professional landscaping industry. Ive worked at about 8 different landscaping companies. All the way from the owner and me type of "mom and pop" operations, all the way up to multi-million dollar companies that send out half a dozen crews every day. I have been doing professional landscaping for a dozen years. There is honestly only about 20% teenagers. Seriously, only about 1 out of 5 employees are under 20... Were you just assuming that it is mostly teens, or do you have any professional landscaping experience to base that off of?

[@thepressurepack3777]

@@mcgee1864 Someone’s triggered, go cut grass with the kidos. The equipment… I have now, requires a CDL. Your equipment, any 15 year old can/does 👍

[@jtmcfarland3512]

50* is freezing? I'm in Texas and would throw a party if it was that beautiful outside. Here it's a blessing when it's below 100! Haha

[@Esco2A]

This is an amazing video for people who want to expand their lawncare business and see the pros and cons of the business🔥 keep it up

[@bryanawilson1983]

50 degrees? I started this season early March it was in the 30s outside when we started this year

[@eddiereyna2998]

Tis why I never bag . Sharp mulching blades and it seems that y’all double mow while bagging . I too , will somewhat double mow but it’s to an advantage that helps to have a fine shred of the clippings by doing so . Having the right equipment will also produce faster results. When I first started lawn maintenance, I worked alone and taught myself how to do it only for the season to end for the winter and I didn’t have enough work nor did I have experience to do landscaping jobs , so I went to work for a guy down the street from me . See , I only had a 22 “ push mower & one of everything that I needed . He had a 60”Stand on mower Great Dane , a 48 “ Stand on mower also a Great Dane and a 36” Gravely walk behind . So when he and I went to do yards we could easily knock out about 20 -22 yard per day . Yet , when I first started with him , at the end of that 1 st day , he told me that he’d give me 2 weeks to learn how to use the weed eater. So , I asked him to show me his methods and he did and I learned em in one week . I eventually bought my first 36” Gravely walk behind from him and upon my departure, I picked up a subcontract to mow fuel stations . The company that was mowing em had 3 push mowers with teenagers that didn’t know what they were doing , and after I mowed 7 properties for the guy , he paid me and said thanks but he’d continue with his crew . I contacted the actual owner of my check and he agreed to go and look at the properties that I’d completed and compare em to this guy . He was impressed with my work and he gave me 14 yards . So , yeah what a solo operation has is simplicity till ya hire more then 1 employee and then either have to train em up or here’s the catch , pay them more then the average pay for a great worker . My best employee had 35 years in the business when I started doing the gas stations and he walked up when I was at a store mowing it and talked to me about working for me . At the end of our first day , is when I learned that he had been doing this for 35 years and his professionalism showed for it . I didn’t have to tell him anything to do and he trimmed the bushes faster and better then I could do . He was also from Mexico but he had been injured while inside of a truck that was hit by a reckless driver and he had pins in his knees . Slow they are , pay em less . Fast and great pay em more and above the average pay scale .

[@HowToGuyChannel]

I feel like the owners and manager expectations are forcing the rushed jobs and pushing too many jobs onto your staff and hence the employee are quitting, quality work over quantity and pushing your employees to meet quota

[@Baddicalfcare]

15:21- mow and bag dirt. Check.

[@myscapes]

I have an idea. What if you chose one of the crewmembers to go around and pick up the other guys? You can give each one of the crewmembers a chance to be that guy that goes and picks everybody up. If they can pick up everybody within a certain amount of time and let’s say 10 consecutive days then you can give them a bonus.

[@jtmcfarland3512]

I would have said the estimator is being cheap and that's why the whole crew isn't making P4P, but when you said they're also not blowing off and missing trimmer spots...seems like 2 issues. I'd tell them focus on quality then privately if all jobs are still ccming in slow, fix the estimates.

[@floridalawnacelandscaping2873]

We no longer do maintenance because now its all projects. While i did maintenance guys didnt last even a day out here in this heat. Now with projects ive had the same guys with 0 knowledge to begin with for a year and a half. Pay well, treat well and show appreciation will go huge amounts in my personal experience.

[@prestoncraner4624]

Doing the work is the easiest part, the damn office side is frustrating. mainly the taxes, and employee payroll, unemployment, workers comp. If the state could just put tabs under whatever type of llc that would be so simple.

[@cooperalger34]

What is P4P money, if anyone could tell me?

[@MikeAndes]

Pay for performance … employees get a % of labor revenue they earn for business

[@cooperalger34]

@@MikeAndes ahh, thank you. Love your content brotha, and respect the grind as a young landscaper myself from southern Michigan.

[@Augustalawncareofreddeer]

Lets goo Conny Boy 💛

[@thomascassidy1]

What do you guys do for callouts and employees taking time off? Do you reschedule jobs? Or do you have one or two extra employees who can fill in?

[@myscapes]

Or what if there was a body system to where each guy calls each other in the morning to meet up or to motivate each other to get going? I’m not sure how you would get bonus incentives for that but I feel like that could be something that can be done to. What I mean by buddy system is you break the guys up into pairs. They don’t have to work together but they can just make sure to text each other or message each other in the mornings.

[@Tx.1987]

😂

[@zeroguhravity]

Right ^ lol

[@trentneville2273]

Back to the drawing board!

[@patboatwright8085]

Do y’all provide equipment in the franchise model hard work doesn’t bother me

[@knoxoswald]

What is that device called that u guys run on the back of your pickups?

[@tingleslawnservice]

The Ramp Rack I believe is what you’re talking about.

[@GVA787]

Not having money is harder

[@Likethetacosauce]

People don't get that money and work are synonymous

[@michaelCarydakis]

if there's an accident or heavy rain and their late not fair

[@tennesseesawmillguy1590]

Hey, Kevin from Evans Blue and Parabelle is back. 😂

[@magicfairydust906]

obviously people will talk a good game in a job interview about how they are money hungry but their actions on the job speak volumes. The money hungry people are out there, you just have to run through a few, or a lot, till you hit the right one. when times get hard, the slackers will be in a bad spot. And believe me, times will get hard, again. perpetual cycle, start anywhere you like: good times create soft men soft men create hard times hard times create hard men hard men create good times ^all of recorded history.

[@ProudyTY]

Hmm are you the one always parking around Edmonds??

[@myscapes]

By the way, all your ideas here are great.

[@ral3178]

Central Ohio here Chuck O-H

[@camleborgne6121]

Absolutely hate to be that guy, but people quit bosses, not jobs. Self reflection may be necessary.

[@shaneh931]

Not always true.

[@deekenner]

Not 100 percent true .. some guys are not cut for outdoor work

[@mikethomas4570]

Yeah not always, but definitely does happen and needs to be addressed. A supervisor can be the issue

[@paytoncrawley8667]

I’m just putting my opinion out there, I would never fire a good working employee, that is 1-5 mins late, cause in my life it’s always been instilled into my work life that 15 mins early is on time, and on time is late, but driving in Florida is fucking nuts and almost always is there something making my trip twice as long

[@carolmitchell49]

Really? you have never been in business?

[@slatt3046]

I have to disagree I’ve been cutting grass since I was 14, now I’m 22 and it’s so easy. I started my business, I got 25 small residential yards I charge them 35$ weekly. I rather cut grass for 30 plus years then work for someone else

[@Jhernandez898]

8hr days 250days a year , @50k a year is $25 per/hr Not bad just for mowing

[@landonmillett4717]

It’s not hard because you have 25 yards. I push mow 15 yards a day lol

[@locallandscapers3257]

My man you're doing 3500 a month with those numbers, these guys are aiming for 5,000 a week.

[@slatt3046]

@@locallandscapers3257 I work Mon-fri also, I’m not trying to over work myself

[@slatt3046]

@@landonmillett4717 how many yard you got total ?

[@maxgreenlawncarellc3678]

If your pulling 70hours and plus, just imagine how much you make when you run your own business. Is really not complicated to run a lawn and landscaping business. I been running my lawn and landscaping business for 5 years now and I already bought my 2nd house and both 2020 truck, and car is paid off. All my equipments, lawnmower and work truck is paid off in my 3rd year .

[@MikeAndes]

Good work ✅👍🏻💪🏻

[@Notmuchhutch]

Impressive max!

[@maxgreenlawncarellc3678]

@@MikeAndes after 5 years I’m burn out Mike! Lol. But it feels good not being in debt. Now I’m working or planning for the next 5 years.

[@johnnie5wreckingyard]

So it really is chuck in a truck 😂

[@johnnycasteel7]

NC and 50 degree? I’d be in shorts 😂

[@ChrisFiore1]

Push mowers are demoralizing that kills the efficiency, I only push if I cant get a regular rider back there I would never Push mow if a stander was an option. Also bagging clippings as well. You need to think and get in the mind of a lazy or unmotivated employee. Hard to go to go to work knowing your going to push a mower for 10 hours when you can go work a mindless simple job for 15-18$. Like you said moneys not the factor its the labor. But if that employee is waking up knowing he's can throw in his headphones and ride a mower all day and get paid now that sounds a little more bearable. But Plain and simple you will never have an employee work harder then the business owner.

[@MikeAndes]

We use stand on mowers

[@ChrisFiore1]

@@MikeAndes nature of the beast lawn care is high turnover rate for employees. It cost time, money, and peace of mind

[@eddiereyna2998]

@@MikeAndes do ya mean now yall use stand on mowers because this video clearly shows walk behind Home Depot mowers and not a 36” commercial walk behind.

[@paradisepointlandscapedesi4886]

Tell me about it,I do it by myself every day💯💪🏽😎☝🏽

[@acfuller86]

It’s crazy these days you gotta give out gas cards just so they show up on time

[@jasonely9410]

Lawn care is a hard job specially when you live different states, but also you have bumps down the road and ups also,I use to lawn care and tree care yes its hard to find right people to fit in once you find that team you know what has to done ,yes some have dreams of owning a business that can be fully accomplished you put your energy into to it most two important things is your employees and your customers they come first once you show them you care and together has a team anything is possible, the reason why am not doing it is I had sun stage cancer that change my life around, I love the outdoors work if put your mind ,heart soul in something you love so much has I did ,I had 8 employees we were 7 days weeks and holidays off with pay ,than I always work also in packing plants like orange,grape fruit and I also work in the feild of it tractor, heavy equipment, sparying the trees mowing harvesting it yes if had that chance again I would do it again for myself and my family know what it takes run a lawn care and tree services, I would give u an estimate how much in lawn and tree care I use to make ,5,000 to 10.000 a month, since now am really thinking about it have alot on my plate but I always kp positive and kp my head up high am use to Florida weather that's where am from right am sc trying get things right mind ,knowledge is keyword how you show support to your employees and your customers they are loyal to you yes your videos are greatly influenced and appreciated thank you

[@Dodderyfeline31]

I hate those stihl weed eaters lol

[@eddiereyna2998]

I still rock with the ole school Shindaiwa T27 and mine are over 20 years old. I used Stihl with Brightveiw and those machines just can’t last , nor did they have the torque to do what a Shindaiwa T27 could do . Most lawn maintenance companies will buy all of the same brand when most solo companies will only buy the best of the each tool . Redmax blowers , Stihl chainsaws and pole hedgers , Shindaiwa weed eaters . I don’t talk with the sales representatives, I speak with the mechanics about the units and their durability and longevity.

[@Mr.MoydTV]

I’d love to connect with these guys to bring this to the Greensboro, Whitsett, Summerfield, Oakridge, Jamestown area in NC. So much opportunity.

[@mindsnacks9068]

Mr. Andes, are you hiring?

[@MikeAndes]

Always. Check the Careers tab on Augusta’s website ✅👍🏻

[@therealjeffg1838]

I want to work for Augusta

[@MikeAndes]

AugustaLawnCareServices.com/careers

[@slatt3046]

Honestly i wouldn’t work for companies like this, they really don’t pay that much if you really think about. I have my own lawn care business, I got about 25 yards and i only charge 35$ a week. Making 15k a month by cutting grass

[@carolmitchell49]

What is your hourly rate?

[@wavyflow454]

If you don’t have money to pay then work for your self not hire employees

[@jaymeyers950]

Problem is nobody wants to work there waiting for that check to come from the government that was promised during his campaign from the basement

[@AQLawnAndTree]

If yall spent less time making these videos and have this free time, go and run with the crew for a couple days, sucks going away from getting jobs and quoting but you'll be able to see what they are truly doing on the clock

[@MikeAndes]

I guess time will tell the true story ✅

[@seattleprowash5464]

4 tardies in 6 weeks isn't that bad....

[@Iam_jardow]

I haven’t been late for work in 25 years.

[@seattleprowash5464]

@@Iam_jardow I’m always late

[@samheninger505]

This guy chunks is a control freak .I've owned my own business for 34years ,in the summer time yer lucky if the guys show up .Too get bent out of shape over a few minutes late is basically shooting yer self in the foot

[@ironmike7339]

You want to see hard work , come work for a Fence contractor for a week. I’ll gladly cut, trim and blow grass all day. Nothing to think about, it’s a brainless occupation just like painting. Give me a break !

[@cpm2024.]

I am kinda irrated here. I worked for 3 different lanscape companys. And still... no one wants keep me. I would work for chuck anyday.

[@whooptywoo1112]

These guys keep complaining but need to be in the field and have certain days for quotes

[@WhiteShelfProfits]

This is a fake account

[@short0811]

Haha. Oh yeah? Tell me more!

[@mranderson245]

The world is fake buddy