Mowing a New Lawn with a Hayter 41 Pro

[@stevendcruze7395]

I'm completely with you on that mate, if I had my way we would take on no new customers that require anything more than cutting the lawns, in my area(Merseyside) the time it takes you to properly weed borders and trim hedges is worth much more than the average customer is willing to pay, we must be loosing money every time we do them because the time spent trimming the hedges and the cleaning up we could have done 2 or 3 smallish lawns and made 3 times as much!

[@jasongardener3425]

per hour or fixed price think theirs pro's and con's for both, hope the more lawn plan work out. think I must be the only gardener that don't mind a bit of weeding lol. Great video and great work mate 👍👍

[@uklawncare8505]

jason Gardener you're right Jason sometimes I can only do hourly rate for customers especially my older customers, I have a good mix of both at the minute, I need to have a catch up on some of your videos mate, I've been so busy this weekend. Thanks for watching mate hope you're busy

[@jasongardener3425]

think your right (a good mix) is spot on, its that time of year busy busy, if the money is there we have to grab it. don't work to hard mate, happy mowing 👍

[@maxwellsgrasscuttingservices]

What’s is the best Mower you use, the Hayter 41 pro or your Honda hrx 476 rear roller. Can’t make my mid up, any advice is appreciated. Thanks again Rob

[@timward3912]

Love your posts top man. Your work looks brilliant. A difficult summer here in Chester. My lawns have been really badly affected.

[@prestigelawncare6657]

Two years ago I stopped weeding jobs and only advertised for lawns and hedges, it worked and I now have 74 lawns. It's also very dry here in Kent, some lawns look like we are into August! I've never experienced this before where the grass didn't grow like F#*c in spring!!! Hourly rate.... your so right as people always ask, I always reply with "I don't have one as I price jobs" Hope it rains soon take care buddy.

[@uklawncare8505]

Prestige Lawn Care my lawns were all very dry, safe to say now the drought is over, we've had nearly two days of non stop heavy rain in my area, everything is now going to be growing like crazy. Thanks for watching mate

[@TKG]

cheers, its raining now, love the work, thinking of getting one of those mowers now, good price and ideal for some of my lawns. I have done a few scraifying jobs recently with over seeding, had to explain if the lawns aren't watered they wont come back as quick. and now its raining for over a week, can't win.

[@uklawncare8505]

RJC-Services you'll never win when the weather is involved mate, thanks for watching, I hope you're busy.

[@elijones5174]

Great video as usual. Do you think you'll buy the hayter 41 or save for a bigger mower like the hayter harrier 56?

[@uklawncare8505]

Jones Lawn Mowing thanks for watching mate, I am going to be buying this Hayter, I'm sorting it out this week.

[@mikesoutfishing]

I like that wood fence, looks nicely done.

[@uklawncare8505]

Mikes Lawn Care it's a very new fence and it's been done by professionals... not by me, it wouldn't look like that if I'd done it, it'd probably have fallen over by now if I'd built it. Thanks for watching Mike.

[@thegeordiefellwalker8878]

nice little vid curtis. my customers never know my hourly rate it just ends up as either fixed price or price for what was required on that visit. my fortnightly customers will always get better deal than one off jobs as your regulars keep you in work year after year.anyway as you know the more you get established you part company with clients that don't fit your way of operating & them annoying ones we just can't please or get on with LOL. keep up the good work. cheers.

[@uklawncare8505]

thegeordiefellwalker your dead on mate, it is taking some time but I am starting to get there now, thanks for watching mate

[@leesgardeningservices5533]

Hi Curtis absolutely the right thing to do I'm in the process of changing to that...

[@benmorrison5985]

Nice video. I'm starting out and there is two jobs that I am doing an hourly rate, one is weeding and one is cutting and weeding, I find it really hard to do set prices. Can you please do a set pricing job maybe using a clients garden or lawn as an example?

[@uklawncare8505]

BenYaMan I'll see what I can do for you mate. Thanks for watching

[@glenroberts8699]

Dude charge a pound a minute regardless of the job 😁

[@greengreengrassuk4966]

another good video Curtis good to see the dog out keep up the good work pal paul

[@uklawncare8505]

Green green grass uk thanks for watching mate.

[@yannickfleurant2644]

What sort of height level do you adjust it to on your lawnmower please 4 or 5? On the hayter 41 pro

[@terrycrowley8933]

Great video thanks Curtis

[@uklawncare8505]

Terry Crowley cheers Terry.

[@MOWTOWN]

Another good one Curtis..... can't stand weeding, hard to make good money from it as well. Do you poison, I try to push them towards a monthly spray. I prefer to do just lawns, in and out onto the next job

[@uklawncare8505]

MOWTOWN I can spray on driveways and patios but when it comes to flower beds it's all hand work, I didn't think you got weeds in Australia. Thanks for watching Martyn.

[@gregjones4829]

Nice to see Juno looking well! I've posted previously that you're better off keeping to mowing only. Weeding and hedge cutting is hard work, often quite strenuous with tons of waste to take away, not much money in it either. Lawn mowing always will be more costly to the customer compared to general gardening due to the operating costs ie. petrol, repairs and servicing, diesel in the van etc., they never see the hidden costs. Only when you bunch the gardens in close together can you hope to make even a modest income. Avoid travelling long distances as this loses vital production time. Stay good!

[@uklawncare8505]

greg jones This year most of my jobs are very local to me, there's not very much traveling which has helped me out a lot. Thanks for watching mate

[@vidsvids5378]

Love your honesty in this vid. Can I ask what weed and feed do you use and do you buy it in bulk?

[@uklawncare8505]

James Powell I will show you in my next video, thanks for watching mate.

[@B1cam]

Lovely bit of kit. Very nice. I just bought the new hatter osprey 46. Cheaper model but I must say I'm loving it. I'd like to ask a question if I may. Do you use a fuel stabiliser ?

[@uklawncare8505]

B1cam thanks very much mate, no I don't us anything in my fuel apart from my 2 stroke oil for my cutters and blowers. Thanks for watching.

[@nippinkoi8924]

I get the same mate 😩 but some time it's nice to chill weeding with music 🎶 on for a good hourly rate 👍👍

[@uklawncare8505]

NIPP in garden Service I don't mind weeding if the soil is good, lately everything is so dry the ground is either like rock or like dust. Thanks for watching mate

[@rejuvinategardenhandymanse3652]

Hello Curtis, hope your well bud. Just want to add my bit here, I k ow how you feel about the weeding it is a pain but it's apart of our industry I suppose :) i have stuck with hourly rates cos then if the customer wants grass cut or strumming then it's money still but they get a quick fix, but on the flip side when it's the wedding side it will almost always take longer so then I'm more in profit. I think it's swings and roundabouts, what I have changed is I tell all my customers I won't take their waste away otherwise it's likely to cost more as it's my time having to go to the trade site plus petrol and waste cost so when I tell erm this they are happy to let me use their own green garden bins. I'm totally honest from the off and so far it's working well. obviously every customer is different but I find it I tell them from the off then there is no confusion. I'm not very good with doing price jobs as I tend to find I'm losing out so for me I'll stick with the hourly rates.

[@johnmacrae9208]

9 years ago when I started I did landscape gardening at an hourly rate and made very little profit for the first 2 years then changed to just doing fencing and grass cutting some hedge trimming at set prices its defiantly better. But I think I needed to learn how to price things figure out what not to waste money on and how to deil with customer's to be able to run things the way I run them now but you know what it's like I'm still learning.

[@uklawncare8505]

John MacRae that sounds very similar to what I'm doing now, the priced jobs are the way forward for me. Hope you're busy mate and thanks for watching.

[@chrooo2036]

I've started doing set prices on hedging an mowing but I'm quite happy to take on weeding jobs an I've picked up a few other jobs just from weeding someone's beds.

[@Dave82012]

Great vid as always. I've started doing the same pricing as a whole rather than hourly. I always feel they're watching my every move hourly and if priced correctly you make more money charging per job. Wet and miserable down here in Devon been out and done 5 quotes today but unable to cut grass due to being too wet! Forcasts a real crappy week down here. Days like this I wish I had an office job lol

[@uklawncare8505]

Green Hands Gardening Service it's been a funny old week in my area as well, heavy showers followed by hot humid weather, things will be growing like mad now, hope you're busy mate and thanks for watching.

[@davidhamilton8068]

Green Hands Gardening Service I price per job and if they are watching a do it as fast as I can and if they say anything like you was quick I say Thank you I'm a professional lol

[@jaynesmith2542]

Very good video again pal ,, your customers sound the same as my customers,, iv STOPPED doing hourly rate ,, I did find if you did the job they wanted doing 10mins before the hour was up they would find you more and more work to do and it would go over the hour by 10min or 15mins but they still wanted to pay you for the hour ???😂😂 So it's just price work for me now ,,, Keep video coming pal 👍 Steve

[@uklawncare8505]

Greenkeeper Lawn care yes mate I totally agree, I could do a video on some of my customers getting me to do extra jobs with 5 minutes to spare it's very annoying. Thanks for watching mate I hope you're busy

[@d.gentry3086]

Yes it is nice to roll in trim,mow, blow and go most of the jobs here that is all you do with a quick trim of the bushes every now and then

[@uklawncare8505]

D. Gentry do you guys in the states have many weeding jobs to do? Over here the jobs are mostly lawns bushes and weeding flower beds.

[@d.gentry3086]

Not really many at all I think last year I did weed like 15 times about it and not weeded any this year yet

[@EighthSphere1]

So after the recent wet weather in the UK,does anyone have any feedback on this machines performance in the wet? Thanks.

[@gowersponger1]

Great vid and good info

[@uklawncare8505]

Gowersghost cheers mate

[@paulmiles9911]

Yeah watching your video that happens to me sometimes we go to the customers house and they say leave the lawn today can you do your more in the borders on the borders of not been done with awhile but it’s hard work Feel like you should be getting more money for it but I just do it keep the good work up Paul Green Miles garden services enjoy watching your videos

[@titianobsidian6549]

Would a tiller attachment for you combi help with weeding?

[@paul.maplelandscaping1004]

We are starting to work on set prices now,its the only way to build in any profit. lf you work on hourly rate you might as well work for a company. lt does take a while to learn how to price correctly though.Love your vids.

[@uklawncare8505]

Paul. Maple Landscaping thanks for watching Paul, I hope you're busy mate.

[@DavidC1]

please upload more i love watching your vids. for more frequent vids you can just do raw video...i'll be happy to watch

[@uklawncare8505]

David C cheers mate I'd love to do more, it just takes up so much time and I am so busy at the minute, thanks for watching

[@GregsMowing]

Think more uk guys are getting into quotes prices than hourly. Definitely the people I know. I had one priced it a bit high and it went from 40 min mow to hour mow and tidying up the garden seems fair. Draught is ridiculous. The wash port is handy if u do it every job? Also waters that patch of lawn :-). Take care bud

[@uklawncare8505]

Gregs Mowing I was glad to get some rain today mate, it's been ridiculously dry lately, thanks for watching bud

[@gregtruscott5193]

Rain forecast for this week...i'm curious to see what the new Hayter picks up like when it is wet. that is the litmus test for that one. The Honda engine was a good move by Hayter and the upgrade looks like it has had some thought but everyone knows 48s and 56s are dreadful when there is the slightest bit of moisture in the grass so it will be interesting to see how this one bags.

[@uklawncare8505]

greg truscott I'll mention it in a future video once we have some rain, hopefully have some heavy rain through the night. Thanks for watching mate

[@GregsMowing]

greg truscott completely agree Greg. I'm looking forward to c how my 41 pro performerss in wet

[@Haytermowers]

Look forward to seeing how you get on in the wet.

[@gregtruscott5193]

Hayter Mowers...when do we get a pro spec 48 with a honda engine that can pick up in the wet? I like the look of the new pro 41 but it is on the small side.

[@GregsMowing]

greg truscott greg even if they know I doubt they will say. Seems they announce things at saltex. I have asked them on twitter and no answer. Haha. I got rid of my 48 pro to get the 41 pro. It's quicker than the 48. Bags more so depending on the size of lawn. It doesn't make much difference. If it's wet and ur always stopping on 48 you may not on 41. Turtle and hare scenario. Hare is 48.

[@leejones7803]

If you buy the anti scorch stuff you will be fine get it down Pal , what weed and feed do u use ?

[@uklawncare8505]

Jonesy Boy I normally buy the cheapest bag I can to be honest, it always does a good job, I can't remember the name though, thanks for watching mate

[@mattseymour8637]

How do you find the Hayter pro?

[@zarrow50]

What is your main way of advertising?

[@jhou34]

I got a Dollar a minute rule, lucky for them they never ask that. Yards at $40 a cut takes me an hour a lot of times instead of the $60 I would be getting. 😉👍

[@uklawncare8505]

Flipping Grass nice one mate, thanks for watching

[@chrisevansgardenservicesjo8093]

Your know your leaf blower I find if you take the flair part off the blower it works better

[@waynecurtis7057]

Shocking! So you basically cut lawns and do easy jobs! Anybody could do that

[@OatmealDonk]

Don't know why, but seeing the mower leaning on its side annoyed me a bit. Always been brought up leaning them back towards the handlebars as tipping them on their side can lead to fuel going where fuel shouldn't be going, such as the air filter.

[@chrisevansgardenservicesjo8093]

I allways stey at a set price

[@uklawncare8505]

Chris Evans garden services jones Jones I prefer to also if I can mate, thanks for watching

[@billyd9205]

I never do hourly work.always price the job.

[@uklawncare8505]

billy d all my jobs I'm picking up now are set prices which is much more profitable . Thanks for watching mate

[@glenroberts8699]

Over price weeding jobs that Way if they don't wanna know then ssswweettt if they do then quids in and again Sweet 😎

[@zarrow50]

Watering is the worst job,lol

[@tonycritcher3419]

Having been a gardener for over 40 years, I do find the habits of 'mow n go's' quite annoying. Some don't even do the edges or around shrubs getting only as close as their mowers can get. I also don't believe that they should call themselves 'gardeners', to dislike weeding or 'trim the odd bush' . Gardening is not just mowing! By all means become a 'Lawn Specialist' but that does not entail a quick strim and a fifteen minute mow before heading of to the next job. I was rather surprised to see this mower tipped onto its side on the grass (not yet a lawn) where a petrol leak will kill the grass you will need to cut next time, making unsightly patches. Good to see how you run your business though and see you using a great mower. Don't let this clients' bushes get leggy, embrace the chance to do some weeding listening to the birdsong and deadheading as required....there is always something to do in a garden and only a small part of it is mowing!

[@Khayyam676]

These lawns are in a terrible state (not a reflection on the hayter)