Overgrown Garden // Pricing // Husqvarna 520 IRX

[@jvenema86]

so wonderful beautiful video friend Jay i love it see so nice

[@ringsidejudge4302]

Brilliant transformation . The job looks like a bargain at your price , I am sure customer was pleased . Happy for all concerned .

[@JayRockGroundsMaintenance]

Thank you ! Still managed to make a really good profit but these jobs could easily be double the price with a different company that’s for sure 😄. Yeah they were over the moon indeed ! Thank you for tuning in 😄🌱

[@Hagearkitektur]

Nice vid and good tips, thanks 🥳 I see you’re running both harnesses and backpack battery, so in case you didn’t know there’s a hip pad you can attach to the backpack harness so you don’t have to wear double 😎 Edit: oooo, that’s a nice rake 🤩 And the pad lets you slap a leaf blower (530ibx at least, possibly other models also) to your hip as well 🥳 Super chill to lock it on cruise control and just guide it as you leave it hanging 🪂

[@camledward]

Great vid, the result was fantastic from where the property started. customer should be super chuffed especially for the price you did for them! keep up the good work.

[@JayRockGroundsMaintenance]

Thank you Cameron ! Yeah looking at it there definitely could have been some extra money in it ! But we live and learn.. onto the next one 😄💪🏽

[@JP1THUG]

Impressive battery kit. Do you rate the husky stuff jay. Thankyou

[@TheFullyChargedGardener]

Great video chap, that property is in a beaut location - those views are awesome 👍

[@JayRockGroundsMaintenance]

Thank you very much pal 😄 it really is lovely around this way, very grateful for these clients 🙌🏽

[@inderjitsandhu4332]

Great video with good advice. Many thanks

[@HoopersGardenMaintenance]

Fantastic job mate & great video 👍🏼

[@JayRockGroundsMaintenance]

Thank you very much pal! It was a decent effort mind, I was happy to finish when I did 😄💪🏽

[@neilmoye588]

great job!

[@JayRockGroundsMaintenance]

Thank you neil!

[@froot4409]

Well done and great vid as always 👍🏼

[@JayRockGroundsMaintenance]

Thank you very much 😄🌱

[@dodge7679]

Great results Jay..

[@JayRockGroundsMaintenance]

Thank you very much 😄 bit of a graft but this one was an enjoyable one in this location 🏞

[@dodge7679]

A stunning location and a beautiful day always makes it easier.....

[@JayRockGroundsMaintenance]

@@dodge7679 your right there ! Jobs like this would be a nightmare if it was all soaked through 👎🏼

[@chriseverington9699]

Agree….. I price on a comfortable margin for the time I think it will take me to do the job. As long as you walk away with you’re labour cost plus use of equipment & fuel then that’s fine.

[@JayRockGroundsMaintenance]

That’s exactly it chris, a company could charge £500 on that job and make half the profit I did, each to their own with it 😄, hope you enjoyed the vid💪🏽🌱

[@MICHAEL-wg2lh]

Great effort bro looks excellent , 👌

[@JayRockGroundsMaintenance]

Thank you ! It was a rough one for sure, hopefully the new owner has got straight on top of it🌱🙂

[@w.d.hamilton3429]

That’s some work you packed in to a day. The place is transformed. Do you find the Husqvarna battery strimmer uses up the batteries quickly?

[@JayRockGroundsMaintenance]

Yeah I was well ready for it to take a few hours longer than it did - happy to get it nipped in the time frame I did 🙌🏽. It’s not too bad at all really, on eco mode you would get about 30 minutes constantly with a BLI 200. About 20 minutes if it was on full power. 2 batteries would get you through a full day I think of light maintenance, edges etc 😄

[@kevinogrady9446]

It’s so hard to appreciate the power of the strummer without a loud growl from an engine !! I made an example for my mate with the battery hedge trimmer by running it with the petrol one on beside it and it’s the quiet noise that makes it seem weaker in most of our heads 😅😂

[@JayRockGroundsMaintenance]

Hi Kevin ! I know exactly what you mean 😂 I feel the exact same way when I run the chainsaws ! Takes some trust to get going with some of the battery kit 😄🌱

[@josephcoagrove580]

Great video jay

[@JayRockGroundsMaintenance]

Thanks Mate!😄🌱

[@zarrow50]

Nice work

[@scottellwoodgardening287]

Great job mate. Very nice location there.

[@JayRockGroundsMaintenance]

Thanks Scott! It was a fantastic place to have a brew break for sure!🙌🏽 could have done with one of your grillos ! Crossed my mind a few times to say the least 🤣

[@willieoctavian7382]

How are you liking the husky battery products. Want to switch over but been hearing bad reviews of the battery not lasting or recharging after a period of time

[@JayRockGroundsMaintenance]

Hi there pal ! I love them ! They have knocked through every job I have needed them for, only husqy kit I’ve had a problem with actually is the mower where the clutch keeps going. Battery wise I’ve had no problems but I know others have. I would recommend buying from a dealer and building a good relationship with them🙌🏽. Also the battery lasts for hours with the hedge trimmers, strimmers you get about 20 minutes from a bli 200, unsure on the blowers but they are pretty thirsty too🌱

[@SuperTruebrit]

Hi Willie. ive got huskie blower strimmer, long and short hedge trimmer and chainsaw on battery now. All last all day, using bli200's(5amp). the biggest drain on batteries is the blower, but i use bli300(9amp) on that and get a days work out of it!

[@bchgardenservices]

Ooohh pricing this....difficult to get the exact scale from a video. Somewhere a little over £200 BUT I would have strimmed just the very edges then started in the middle with my zeroturn and side discharged the clippings into the first stripe... a quick walk round the outside with a backpack blower would mostly finish the clean up, picked up into builders bags then repeat as needed, probably would not need to clean clippings from the thinner bits. The bigger machines would have killed it in more like half a day. Just goes to prove you use what you have to get the job done. I get very bad hayfever and utterly hate jobs like this.....had nearly two acres for a first cut mid August this year. Cant collect the waste from that very easily.

[@JayRockGroundsMaintenance]

Hi pal thank for commenting ! 😄 yeah exactly, that would 100% be the best way, I was originally going to hire out a rough cutter for this job what your right, probably would have turned this into a half a day job! Decided to go the harder route and take a bit more net profit away from the job 💪🏽. 100% if I had a zero turn it would have been deployed onto this job !😂🌱 thanks for watching mate 🌱

[@bchgardenservices]

@@JayRockGroundsMaintenance 🏇🐴🐎power is always good 😎. Watch out for a second-hand push mower that side discharges and lifts up high - something like a toro recycler- with care and not pushing too much through them they can make this sort of job much easier. Even starting with the strimmer in the middle of a lawn and then swinging the waste into the centre helps enough with the clean up to be well worth it. Hire has never worked out well for me, there has always been hidden extra costs and usually the time used getting tools and returning them makes the whole job unprofitable.

[@JayRockGroundsMaintenance]

@@bchgardenservices yeah definitely, I have been looking into a couple that bags and side discharges, that would make these so much better. With the hiring I always add the fee to the customer, in agreement before the job is taken on, they are usually happy 💪🏽

[@sylviacheve7837]

👍beautiful place to live

[@JayRockGroundsMaintenance]

Thank you, the countryside up here really is something else 🌱

[@sylviacheve7837]

@@JayRockGroundsMaintenance whereabout are you in Scotland? I personaly used to spend my summer holidays in the Highlands. Congratulations you do good work and you have great tools

[@JayRockGroundsMaintenance]

I work a 10 miles radius roughly around Elgin, about 40 minutes from inverness 😄. Thank you it really is a pleasure working in some of these beautiful areas

[@sylviacheve7837]

@@JayRockGroundsMaintenance oh yeah I went in this area, lovely there, lucky man you are 😉

[@kevinogrady9446]

Id have been closer to 500 for this. Our minimum for a garden clear out would be 300. Considering this is just grass id have said €350. Hedges bring it to closer to €600

[@JayRockGroundsMaintenance]

Hi Kevin, thanks for commenting!😄 it’s exactly what I was thinking and I tried to get the hedges thrown in as there was quite a few - they weren’t interested. Even though it was still very profitable I do think it could easily sit at £350 even by my rates if I had a second man it would be £450-£500🌱🙌🏽

[@caloianantonio]

Please tell me what is the machine you hold on your back? I've never see this before, and i work in landscape too...

[@JayRockGroundsMaintenance]

Hi Antonio, that is a backpack battery to power the equipment 😄

[@caloianantonio]

@@JayRockGroundsMaintenance ah, of course 🤦‍♂️ thanks man, i apreciate what you do, your videos, your skill and ideas. Keep it going bro! 👍

[@jaabirphillips4464]

Great Work, Pricing is one of the most difficult aspects of this trade, I think you havn't under priced but I think you could of got a bit more. but for one man for a day its still good

[@JayRockGroundsMaintenance]

Thank you Jaabir, I totally agree! In some peoples books this would have been double the price, but as you say for a solo operator it still made a good days profit 😄

[@richardgould1978]

Great video......lot of graft! Sound's cheap 4 the amount of graft? I'm not a fan of petrol but wouldn't it be easier with a petrol strimmer? Fair play to you using battery, that's what I use in my garden 👍. The place looks 100 times better now.....well done pal.

[@JayRockGroundsMaintenance]

Hi Richard ! Thanks for commenting 😄🌱. Yeah in hindsite it could have easily of been a £300-£350 job. But I was happy with the take away non the less 😄. A high end petrol would probably have done it quicker not going to lie, but the battery gear served me well 😄. Thank you 😄 glad you enjoyed the video 🌱

[@richardgould1978]

@@JayRockGroundsMaintenance I've really enjoyed watching your video's pal,keep up the good work. I think battery power will eventually take over petrol , only down side for me is the lack of power I guess? Looking forward to the next installment pal 👍

[@JayRockGroundsMaintenance]

@@richardgould1978 thank you very much that’s great to hear ! Yeah I think it will one day, but fuel definitely still has its place still, especially across the bigger kit, but yeah I reckon you could get another 20-30% power out of the commercial fuel kit.

[@JohnsProjectBuild]

Awesome mate 💪🏼

[@JayRockGroundsMaintenance]

Thank you buddy !😄🔋💪🏽

[@hardgraftgardenservices]

Cracking video! How long did the big battery last? Probably just over the 600 mark for our team of 5 for 4hrs. That’s including her majesty’s cut.. lol

[@JayRockGroundsMaintenance]

Thank you Lewis 😄 Oh yeah your team of 5 would smash that out ! Wish I had a second man on the job purely debris collecting. Big battery lasted roughly 3-3.5 hours on full whack, was really quite happy with it in all honesty, it’s a 2017 model too🙌🏽

[@hardgraftgardenservices]

@@JayRockGroundsMaintenance yeh good to have someone on the rake straight away and get bagging it up. Can you get a blade for that model, our stihl strimmer lasts longer with a blade on it although not the same finish as cord. Just picked up the new pellenc strimmer and big battery so we can run it for days! Cheers.

[@JayRockGroundsMaintenance]

@@hardgraftgardenservices nice ! Yeah you get a 3 tooth blade with it, I actually considered sticking it on, just thought it would be a waste if I changed it, it never worked well, then had to change it back. Heard good things about the Oregon mulching blade too!

[@jonnevill07]

Oregon mulching blade vote from me. I would usually reserve it for a thicker brush though.

[@JayRockGroundsMaintenance]

@@jonnevill07 yeah definitely, definitely something I may invest in for the bigger stuff 😄

[@Ray_ray11]

Another great video. A couple of questions. Who does your drone shots, and don't you worry about hitting rocks Etc and damaging your mower?. I know that this can cause a lot of damage. Thanks. Ray.

[@JayRockGroundsMaintenance]

Thanks Ray! I do all my own videoing and editing 🙂. As for rocks etc it’s part of the job, I try and check the area over best as possible before starting and then when strimming prior I keep an eye out for anything that could cause a problem. Your right though if you hit a big rock it could easily break the mower.

[@Ray_ray11]

How do you control the drone while you are strimming Etc. Does it have some kind of auto pilot?.

[@JayRockGroundsMaintenance]

@@Ray_ray11 yes mate, basically when your not changing direction etc it just hovers, so I just stick it up in a set location hit record then put the controller down and crack on 💪🏽

[@dmented8738]

hi. roughly how long does the bli200 battery last on the 520irx please dude

[@JayRockGroundsMaintenance]

It lasts around 20 minutes on full, 25-30 on eco, depends on the strain of work also 😄🌱

[@jonnevill07]

Where are the trousers from boss?

[@JayRockGroundsMaintenance]

Hi there Jon ! They are from revolution Race the model is “GP” in forest green. I highly rate them 🙌🏽🌱

[@jonnevill07]

@@JayRockGroundsMaintenance thanks! Looking good.

[@cathtf7957]

Swinging that camera around too fast makes it blurry and the viewer dizzy.

[@JayRockGroundsMaintenance]

Thank you for your feedback cath, I’m constantly working on trying to make the viewing experience better, investing in better mics and practices, I hope you have a merry Christmas and a fantastic 2022!

[@zarrow50]

You could rent a rough cutter maybe

[@JayRockGroundsMaintenance]

Would have been a whole lot easier but rough cutter would have been an extra £150 onto the price at least, which may have meant I wouldn’t have got the job (who knows) after tackling it like this though I’ll definitely be using a RC in future where possible, check out the grillo video that was used knowing how difficult this job was 😄👍🏼 kzbin.info/www/bejne/jqaZc3d9fKd4ock

[@letsgetdigging7418]

Mate your some grafter! And cheap as chips, that was worth 600 all day every day.

[@JayRockGroundsMaintenance]

Thanks mate! It’s crazy looking back at some of these videos, my prices have definitely changed but so has my equipment I suppose!😄