Pricing leaf removal / How i charge for leaf removal

Man hour rate x total man hours = service price man hour rate should factor in dump fees and time spent at the dump. If dump related cost is not factored in to your man hour rate then an additional charge should be applied to the job in addition. Always try to fully communicate all pricing with customers before starting the job that way there are no surprises for the customer. You don't want to spring on an additional dump fee without letting them know that there will be an extra cost up front....don't be like large cable companies no one NO ONE! Likes that.

[@nickhussle5208]

When you said, “I worked for free a lot” I felt that in my soul.. these videos will help you step your game up for sure💪🏾

[@roedee742]

Great video, good explains about pricing. I too felt I worked so long for free, for so long, keeping hustling & keep, keeping on, good for you, many blessing

[@billbradleymusic]

I shook my head knowing that's not how this works.

[@lawnandbeyondllc5663]

I started the man hour bidding this year and it was definitely a game changer! Went from $25/hr lol to $60/hr in 3 years. Overhead has increased 300%, but it comes with growth. 😀 Thanks for sharing! 🙌

[@ryannino1281]

Is that 60 per man per hour. I been billing 60 for 2 man crew a hour

[@campushands]

do you charge $60/hour per person or $60/hour for the service

[@shaunsmuder1637]

This is probably one of the best lawncare/leaf videos on the market listen, people this guy knows what hes talking about listen to every word this guy is telling you and you will have a successful longterm lawn business if you don't if you don't then he is exactly right you will not be back the next season to do somebody's yard. A person has to get paid for the work that they do and if they have an employee they need to be able to pay that employee a livable wage.

[@LawnCareJuggernaut]

100%

[@christinegilbert1078]

I think we all start out all bright eyed, just really wanting so badly to work for ourselves and build something and that’s where we make pricing mistakes. But hopefully you learn quickly that either you’re building a sustainable business or you’re not. It’s not just working for a decent wage, but for better tools to do a more efficient job and to take on bigger jobs. Enjoying your videos and can really relate to what you’re saying.

[@topflightlawncarelandscape316]

you are right on wth what i charge.And when people start with "thats too much" i move on to the next. Yoo have to get that man hour rate to make it worth your time, to be able to pay your people a decent rate, to buy better equipment to make the job easier and more efficient, which allows you more profit and that grows your business. Thanks for sharing, there are definately alot of people who will learn from this.

[@shaunsmuder1637]

This is the best leaf cleanup price video I've seen.

[@tomthomas4444]

Great VIDEO really appreciate the fact you are concerned about not over charging. You seem like the type of person that would make a wonderful friend. Great VIDEO. 😊😊😊😊

[@LawnCareJuggernaut]

Thank you for the awesome compliment brother

[@27neverlose]

GOOD VIDEO.... HERES A TIP, FROM A 35YR LANDSCAPE COMPANY OWNER. TO COMPACT THE LOAD, DON'T HAVE SO MUCH VENTILATION COMING FROM YOUR LEAFBOX. COVER THE TOP MESH TARP WITH A SOLID TARP, LEAVING APPROXIMATELY 1/4 OF MESH TO DO THE VENTING. YOU WILL FIND THE LEAF SUCKER WILL COMPACT THE DEBRIS WITH LITTLE TO NO AIR LOADS. U WILL FIT WAY MORE DEBRIS ON THE TRUCK AND MAKE LESS TRIPS TO THE DUMP.... HOPE THIS ONE SMALL TIP HELPS...

[@LawnCareJuggernaut]

Dude awesome tip!😎🤘💯

[@CASG93]

I had no idea! 😲

[@jesuschristfirst5775]

Never thought about that. Does it cause more strain on the engine though?

[@27neverlose]

@@jesuschristfirst5775 Not at all, The air is still venting and the engine over revving with no resistance. The stain comes from stopping and starting your engine from loading it so fast, instead of continuing to work the machine as it was designed to do. Hauling air loads to the dump will end up costing a ton of wear and tear on the loaders as well as the trucks along with increased labor cost, not to mention the amount of fuel being wasted. We run Giant Vac/ Scag loaders with 30 and 60 horsepower engines. One machine is close to 20 yrs old with the same Wisconsin engine that only needs starter motors every few year's when they fail. You will see a huge difference this fall if you decrease your area of venting.... Hope this helps, good luck.

[@jesuschristfirst5775]

@@27neverlose thank you so much for this advice. Will definitely give it a try as this is soon to be my first year doing this with a loader. May YHVH Bless!

[@southeastga.softwash4082]

I just bought a small lawn care biz from a buddy who moved out of state. I don't know what I'm doing . Couldn't pass up the deal. Now I gotta learn all about lawn care. Definitely gotta speed up the leaf removal . Thanks for your videos dude

[@shannonp4037]

Mow/mulch a time or 2 before bagging on your riding mower. Also, you can attach a folded tarp "envelope" to your mower chute to help things go faster.

[@LawnCareJuggernaut]

How was your first year?

[@omarcastro2586]

This is a good video for someone who wants to start there small business no matter where even in construction Wise words for having an awesome team

[@WeAreStrongwithJesus]

I love how you show the leaf blowing on the video while you talk. One can learn some techniques for blowing while learning from what you’re saying! It’s also calming to watch! Pretty cool. Love your humor in the beginning as well. God bless you and your brother and the other guy. I hope he found his keys! I wonder where you put all of the leaves at the end of the day! 🍁

[@justincosby2258]

I was curious about that too. My guess is a tarp underneath to help slide it all out and a trip to the dump. I know my local dump charges next to nothing for all organic material.

[@eugenelary9208]

You are one honest employer we like that

[@gregoryyoung9314]

I love the vacuuming

[@mlayton1904]

You did a very good job on those leaves. Better than most I have seen.

[@ScattMatt3000]

It’s fucking leaves you rake them up.

[@alansmith3984]

I used to make a killing in my younger days picking up the jobs that were too expensive for people. Mostly older people on a fixed income. $200 yard I’d do for $50-$75, but it was just me with no overhead. I wasn’t getting rich but definitely getting by comfortably but I was push mowing and hand trimming and raking.

[@clterry07]

well thats the problem im having in the detroit area of michigan ... poeple have tonz of leaves and debris from fall and you give them a quote and you think you were robbing them ... especially with gutter cleaning ... i understand the economy is still struggling for people but you also have the undercutters out there with no insurance ... i have had to play LETS MAKE A DEAL to keep customers .. LMAO !!!!

[@kath5201]

You wont find that nowadays. Kids would rather play video games.

[@alansmith3984]

@@clterry07 I wasn’t undercutting the landscapers. I was picking up jobs that otherwise would never get done. Got started by asking a landscaper for work and he pointed me to houses that couldn’t afford his quotes.

[@lunch_box794]

I live in Enid. I'm planning on starting a lawn care business this spring. Glad I found your channel!

[@2Years2Farm]

How is it? Mines been pretty good

[@peterb.seldon6669]

The hometown of Mark Price!

[@johncunningham3039]

Good morning to you sir. I have recently stumbled upon your channel and immediately clicked the subscribe button. I appreciate your words on pricing as that is killing my business right now. I am new to the industry and looking to go full time. The stopper is little business and health insurance. I want to keep watching and learn more so please don't stop sharing.

[@turfteklawncare2472]

Would you mind checking out and subscribing to my channel...?? I'll do the same for you.

[@sandysamuelman9205]

Dang I wish you lived in my neighborhood I had sticker shock when I tried to find a yard care person after my stroke. Enjoy your lawn care videos I used to love to do my yard.

[@Beachnative42]

I appreciate you honesty and integrity with openly sharing a very important part of business- Billing. Bravo and continued success

[@jerryslawnservice2589]

That’s a lot of leaves. Nice clean up! Your channel is real. The videos have a “geek” vibe to them. Thanks!

[@JesseJackson-m8b]

I agree if your good at what you do charge you price and live well needed that affirmation thanks man

[@MBGAdventures]

Great video as usual. I think I will do the same next fall with leaf clean ups and bill out total man hours. It makes sense as it's fair both ways to the contractor and client. I ran into the same situation that I quoted, got hired and when I did it, leaves were soaking wet. Ideally we want to do this when leaves are dry but when we don't have a choice with weather, we just have to get it done.

[@jesseperezonedeep]

thanks from Austin tx really help man hours like you videos thanks 😎😎

[@FastEddieQ]

You are an honest and good man, god bless!

[@saf5800]

God*

[@caroleroseburgh1344]

Hello Kevin 🙋🏽 AND James 🙋🏽. be careful and safe out there 🤠.

[@BLL215]

A lot of great sayings by you here! I had the same setup last year for cleanups. My one recommendation would be to throw a bagger on that walk behind and try to suck some of those leaves up before throwing them in the leaf loader. I noticed that it takes up maybe a 1/10th of the space in the truck bed if u mow them up first. Obviously the one with the oak leaves thats not feasible but with the smaller cleanups you maybe could do it

[@martinneps9387]

I do we landscape in for live in I have smaller lawns and I charged them from 35 to $45 a lawn each week it's not by the month it's not buy the year and leave time I charging by the hour you're doing it the same way I do thank you for this video

[@LawnCareJuggernaut]

Ya I don't think many people realize how much work is involved. Sometimes one property will take twice as long as one the same size. Its always good to hear that i am not alone in the way that I bid and bill out the work

[@martinneps9387]

@@LawnCareJuggernaut What would you want to put it in For the motor and your time

[@martinneps9387]

@@LawnCareJuggernaut No one knows how long it takes until they do it themselves and they're out there for A-day and get half of it done in a gotta go out the next day and do the other half no 1 understands and then you have to pay to get rid of it it takes trucks it takes equipment it takes manpower that all causses money takes fuel people do not realize that Go far in business I started cutting grass when I was 11 I bicycle a wagon alone more and hand cutters and a broom I am 53 years old now and I am still going

[@martinneps9387]

@@LawnCareJuggernaut And I also do not except checks I want cache cache does not talk it does not leave a trail and that's good for me I will pay Uncle Sam Uncle Sam is not going to know what I make that's my business and that is my prerogative to do it that way

[@doodlegoose2262]

Holy cow, I made like $6 an hour as a lead when I was 17-18 years old, doing 20 yards a day by myself

[@TheWhitetailrancher]

Thats just great that you can make that money! Specially on a job that has zero need to be done at all! Good for you!

[@shannonp4037]

So essentially, it took 1 man hour per tree. Easy pricing would be to count the number of trees (5), multiply by a per man hour rate (say $60) and that is your minimum, so $300. Add dump fee and and a "buffer" fee and now the charge is $375-$400. Your rates may vary as will the size of the trees and the weight/wetness/ice of them. If it is late in the season, you'll have to decide if you need the job and charge a normal rate or if not, charge extra for the wet/ice difficulty.

[@JC-zh3qf]

Hi guys, there are valid points to both sides, and there is a place and time for everything , nothing or nobody is perfect in this world , so as we all know, everything has pros and cons , so we all have to weight the risks vs the rewards, of all that we do in life and in business , no need to offend each other and accomplish nothing in result, an open discussion should always be welcome, because that’s how we learn and grow and how great things get accomplished !. Europeans and Americans are the same people , please don’t forget that! Let’s learn from each other and exchange ideas, but please , in a respectful manner, Life is to short and precious, for all this non sense .

[@MulloMullo-gx5rt]

Leaf cleanups are such easy cash jobs..on my own I can earn 3k or more a day.I spent 5 weeks doing fall clean ups seven days a week flat out and I made just under 100 k..easy money

[@gregoryburkhead7813]

Great video. The part that made me laugh. Is when u give a price .. their response is my old landscaper charged me this amount.. I say what happened to him .. they throw up their hands all the time .. idk 🤷🏾‍♀️ exactly... end up going with the price 🤣🤣🤣

[@Mj-hl9dl]

Your like lays potato chip's...l can't Stop watching you guy's...l love the intro...😂

[@btd246]

Here in Long Island NY we have lots of lowballers cut grass for $35 for 4000sf. Told my neighbors, I will take care your property for $45 and she laughed at me🙄 . Keep up good work my friend.

[@biggus6633]

Same thing here in Southern California. He put $300 for leaf clean up in the thumbnail and I just instantly rolled my eyes because NO ONE will pay for that here in Southern California. But that’s how much it should cost. Lots of illegals immigrants charge low because they dump in abandoned areas so watch out for who you hire.

[@eazyc404]

@@biggus6633 facts i live around dc and 300 for leaf cleaning is simply not happening lol, and people make a lot of money in this area but somebody will do it for 1/3 of that or hell even less. is what it is though

[@LuisRodriguez-sb1nb]

@@biggus6633 here in Arizona i own a landscaping business. The highest i charged for a clean up was $1000 and right away they agreed and payed me. Me and my helper finished the job in 4 hours

[@LuisRodriguez-sb1nb]

Here in AZ i have clients that pay me $70 to cut there grass and i get them done in 25 minutes each property

[@jsh111]

This is the price the common man pays for illegal immigration. The rich love it because they aren't competing with artificially cheap labor!

[@GrassCutterPinoyTV]

Nice video Sir, It's easy to work in your place Sir, Because you have a lot of machine, From leaf blower to vacuum the dry leaf

[@LawnCareJuggernaut]

😎🤘its crazy that I was doing this stuff a few years ago with just a push mower and a hand held blower.

[@BoneYardLawnService]

NIce video! like how you calculated those hours up ✂💯

[@glennevitt5250]

Yes Kevin you are Right about Billing your Time pricing is the Key to make your Business Grow as Always Great Video 🤩 And Merry Christmas to All Your friends and family

[@esquetzal]

Thanks for the video. It helped me a lot your man hour charge explanation.

[@LawnCareJuggernaut]

I am glad it helped. when i implemented that in to my business everything got much easier and I never loss money on a job

[@tystan1122]

Great video, just started my Lawn Care Business and am bidding out leave removals every couple of days. I was trying to do all these equations on leaf removal and it was very frustrating. My wife just told me to bill by the hour like i normally do for Hardscapes, and thats made it much easier to bid. Thanks for the videos and affirming my pricing, ha.

[@toddhacker1061]

And what did you come up with?

[@powerram92]

Dam man you're paying way better than companies in pa. If I could I would come work for you for that kind of money. At least you know how to treat your employees unlike companies here.

[@pedrogutierrez4872]

It's an excellent video, brother, thank you for sharing, it is really necessary to know how to charge and have the right tool to do the job with a team of workers like the one you bring, that's very nice, thank you, I also do some of the gardening stuff. 🤜🤛 here. north Carolina.thanks

[@htown8529]

You and your brother did a good job and thanks on the Bidding and pricing

[@daniellegodard1756]

Great job, video. Thank you for sharing 😊

[@Commanderrabbit]

Hey! I live in broken arrow and am 17 years old. I would like to work for you! I have alot of experience btw.

[@roscoebuns5264]

I bill at a high hourly rate 100 per man hour but with my technique and the best equipment money can buy I am able to get it done fast and efficiently with no complaints at that rate.

[@LawnCareJuggernaut]

100% thats the way too do it!!! sometimes people dont get that i am going to save them money when they go with me

[@LongIslandRealtor631]

I just started doing that hourly I charge 50 a hour for myself but raised it to 75 hourly sometimes I have a guy working with me but I estimate how long it going to take because I try my best to do a really good job and get the property clean I lost money by trying to charge cheap.

[@RavensHardCore]

Love the video! Thanks for all of the great information!! 👍

[@lancemoulder939]

Subbed just because of the intro.

[@waltmooredanwilson8754]

Thanks for sharing your video. I enjoyed watching. Take care and God Bless.

[@kitkatcats3360]

Nice work. Thanks for the video!

[@GetItDonewithGunn]

Great video brother. Charge what you need to charge and stand behind it. Competition wont stand the test of time when they realize they wernt charging enough! Know your worth! ie know your numbers. Rule #1 Employees make you money.

[@GetItDonewithGunn]

Love the voice over. I need to do more of it. Thanks for the motivation!

[@TrailDogTrainer]

Hook your key ring with keys and car fob) to a strong, like CLIMBERS, carabiner (not the cheap ones). Then clip to pants pocket or other. Don't recommend putting on belt loops. Try it. They will not come off if you've hooked them right. Been doing this for 10 years and never lost my set of keys. Friends who've lost expensive key fobs now take my advice. Cheers

[@billfeldman3234]

Way to go you Wild Juggernaut Very GOOD JOB!!!

[@banksboy6806]

Did my first one today it worked the hell outta me

[@LawnCareJuggernaut]

Ya it is hard work. Leaf clean ups are no joke

[@victorcruz8488]

You guys awesome! Thanks for the advice!!!

[@blackwolfnews1722]

With your 3 man team that took 5 hours, if you were by yourself how long would the same job have taken you? Some people like to go solo, but they forget that a job that takes them 8-10 man hours, could be done in 4-5 man hours. And instead of only being able to charge $40/man hour they could charge $60/man hour. They get paid more, the client pays a little less, and everyone is happy, plus they get to hang out with some fellas or felleretts that they trained how to do just as good of work as they did.

[@jswyka8]

Leaf plows is the thicket for mobing the big piles...sucks even with the big br700s...use them to makw the pile and push it into a big pile at the road...and then usw the vac to pick it up

[@shaunsmuder1637]

Here where I live I charge 85$ per man hr the competition is around the same 75 to 85$ per man hrs plus I charge $100 to take the leaves and debris with me

[@imagelawnservice1348]

You should have WAAAAY more subscribers my dude! Love your vids man

[@davidelder9106]

I’m coming in to my six year and lawn care. It’s funny in my area when I tell someone I charge by the man hour. I’ll tell them two hours 60 bucks an hour 120 bucks. I’m not paying $60 an hour. The Same people I can show up and give a bid for 120 they’ll have no problem paying it. What I have to do now is in my mind if I think you’ll take an hour I always add 20 minutes for every hour I think it’ll take.

[@angelsanchez1545]

Not to brag or anything and I respect your hustle but I also work with my pops in Landscaping and we have houses in santa Monica and Hollywood area in Los Angeles and I pick up those amounts by myself while the other worker blows the leafs into small piles and I have to fit it all in 3 to 6 green trash cans and bbn I have to stomp on top of the can to make it all fit and we get it done in an hour or less ! But good thing I can eat it up with the lawn mower most of the time but when we cant mow the lawn man its sucks but work with is work lol shout out man

[@devonwideman1159]

Love the videos. Great job guys

[@Travvy2Savvy]

I live in lawton! Great job man

[@watchman4j]

hey, great video, thanks for taking the time to record and produce this! Provecho brother

[@25-8]

I been helping my dad's business forever since a kid and I'm 29 now. Sometimes I think about starting my own but every year during leaf season isee the pain of shortage of work and cheap customers and why it always holds me back because I know how ppl can be and not wanting to pay but expect their property to be flawless not knowing how much effort and experience is put into play in work smdh.. and now we are dealing with the government being so dumb wanting to ban gas blowers smdh.. it's like everyone is against the work we do, cheap customers, the weather the government the damn thiefs

[@Izaiahrich4life]

Bro do it ! I just overseeded and fertilized a fence line the was a dead garden bed along the fence, Maybe 320square feet on each side of the yard . I cleared and mulched a bunch of leaves in the beds and pulled weeds and trimmed maybe 6 - (8 foot pine hedges. It took 18 hours on my own , but I’m charging 840$ for the seeding fertilizing and leaf clean up in the summertime and the trimming plus I’m dumping a bunch of wood that was piled up . 2 days and half Not bad

[@freedomisntfree_44]

Leaves fell early this year, looked at last years books and we were still mowing grass 😂

[@banksboy6806]

Like your style King

[@artdogg50]

Very impressive work.

[@robertmccully2792]

Who cares what customer says someone else charges? Your you not them. I worked for a construction company , all jobs where time and material. The more jobs and guys you have the more you make. Decide how much you need to make off each man and equipment per hour.

[@arnoldfonar4199]

Excellent clean up!

[@jannooney8672]

I had my lawn care guy come every 2 wks. come mid Oct he did house lawn that had 3 trees down.did nice job.billed me 450$.I pd it no grief.but I had 11 more trees not yet dropped.And I thought how much is that gonna cost me.?So I kindly let him go and started doing it myself cuz I was able.

[@ninjapirate9503]

I’m in Tulsa! Just started this year...so far solo but I’m working on Marketing for growth.

[@LawnCareJuggernaut]

Thats whats up man. Its a great market plenty of work out there.

[@ninjapirate9503]

@@LawnCareJuggernaut I’m loving it! $500 in 6 hrs solo!

[@jeanleedolls]

I had a lawn care business years ago. All girl team.. we sure made a mess o money. Lolol

[@LawnCareJuggernaut]

There was an all girl crew here called divas lawn care. They got decked out like they were going out to a club. That a really good branding move.

[@24BLUEELMO]

Hardest part for me is pricing .

[@dj-dq4lr]

I hear you regarding charging by the hour vs by the project, I have been burned by the hour charging

[@Lnewfie]

Love the vids. Quick tip. If you have access to a non busy road blow the leaves on it. They move easier

[@LawnCareJuggernaut]

I agree that works really good.

[@tylerreed9252]

Great videos man they hit home keep up the great work

[@brianfullerton5603]

I don't get this whole "man hour" thing that you're talking about ... When my wife works with me, should I bill 77 cents on the dollar? Just having fun here :)

[@LawnCareJuggernaut]

No way man that other 23 cents is owners profit you just don't pay her as much hahah

[@jaiphotosoho173]

@@LawnCareJuggernaut You’re an idiot

[@LawnCareJuggernaut]

​whatever you say man. wish you the best and what not

[@franciscosaca2767]

@@jaiphotosoho173 you should have respect bro especially on KZbin guaranteed you will not say that in person no matter how big or bad ass you are just remembered there's always someone more crazy than you and that's a facts 💯 stay humble and respect this man hussle. lawn care juggernaut keep up that good work brother.

[@smallengines1018]

Omg nice dude

[@silvestregallardo3572]

Thankz for the application,truelly helpz.

[@annakane916]

Nice work

[@LelaE34]

The lawn care guy probably bailed out before leaf clean-up time came.

[@LawnCareJuggernaut]

this is one of my weekly lawns. The oaks at this place have a really heavy drop all at once and then shed for months really slow after that. I like to come in weekly for leaf clean up but this client ops for 3 clean ups one in nov, dec, and feb for the spring clean up. MAN THAT First clean up is always WILD!

[@barbarabrooks4747]

Why not make them an attractive walk-in composting area made of wood fencing? I paid my handyman $33/hour plus materials. It took him 4 hours to make on 20' by 8'feet, 4 feet high. Then I pay high school athletes $20/hour to vacuum up the leaves, put them in the composting area and mix with manure. Then water and wait until spring. Depending on the climate and how moist it is, it should be mostly broken down and ready to spread. The homeowner gains a better yard, needs less or no fertilizer and can put kitchen waste under leaves. You gain getting paid extra for spreading compost and a happy customer. Plus, you don't have to haul away leaves! This is a good option for anyone with a little extra space. Its neither unsightly or smelly if everything is under a foot of leaves.

[@Wk32eze]

This was great

[@shadownessy1147]

Why blow it when you could ride on mower with a catcher???

[@mers1084]

I was thinking about taking neighbors yard and going around just knocking on doors and asking people if they need work for raking leaves. I agreed with my friend to work together but I don’t know how much we should charge people. We would be working with rakes, brooms, etc. what do you recommend? great video and thank you

[@shannonp4037]

How'd you do? Small bagged mower, rake, trash can and dispose on site or in paper bags for trash pickup works wonders. Charge by the hour or job remembering that it'll take at least twice as long maybe 3 times when bagging leaves. So if it takes you 1 hour to push mow with no bagging, it is now 3 hours. If you charge $50 per hour, that's $150 for the job. Remember you should have insurance. Rocks FLY. Also gas, oil, blades, vehicle gas to get there, paper bags if necessary and general wear and tear on the mower. Plus taxes. So if you charge $50/hour it probably cost $7 in miscellaneous expenses leaving $43. Of that $43, you need to pay about 30% to the IRS leaving $30 per hour to you after taxes. $30/hour times 40 hours/week is $1,200. $1,200 times 50 weeks is $60,000 per year. Is that enough? That is a pre-tax gross average of about $85,000/year if you could do that year 'round or about $57,000/year working 8 months/year.

[@vivienbassiray5617]

Here in Melbourne Australia our front and back lawn mow is $90.

[@justincosby2258]

I think thats equivalent to about $60 American?

[@vivienbassiray5617]

@@justincosby2258 It is around $70.50 USD.

[@vivienbassiray5617]

Also we have lots of deciduous trees and there are lots of leaves. We blow them into gutter in the street and our local council sends a truck to vacuum them up.

[@soonersfan96]

Didn’t know you were In Tulsa! I’m right down highway 33 in Guthrie!

[@LawnCareJuggernaut]

That is awesome man. not to far at all. do you have a lawn business as well?

[@briandenning4478]

I hear the voice of Dave Ramsey when you're talking. I can guess you've been listening to his podcast show?

[@LawnCareJuggernaut]

I have never listened to Dave Ramsey. I have seem small clips and agree with pretty much everything he says but for some reason I have never listened to his long-form content or read any of his books. I really should though. I think that what I will listen to tomorrow at work.

[@natezubler3970]

*me this whole video* “THATS WHAT SHE SAID”

[@dionsmothers7330]

Great video very detailed

[@silverwing4222]

Oh man I have had jobs with way more leaves and ending up I only got paid $150-200 imma start charging real cost cause they don’t wanna pay dump fee !! Or they have me do the job when the leaves are soaking wet so it’s harder for me and weighs more

[@silverwing4222]

I was listening to the rest of your video I had SOOO many $35/40 jobs that didn’t pay for my actual labor and I went over lawns multiple times with mower edging weeding pruning etc everything and I can’t believe every single person was so surprised when I ask for more they think it’s a necessity not a luxury ! Ughhh

[@ftowles2001]

And we do work for free a lot even after we know our numbers :) Those year round scheduled customers don't pay anywhere near the going rate for leaf removal but that is because they are real special :) I just worry about them and anything coming in afterwards is gravy. Don't listen to me though, everybody knows I am crazy :))))

[@5159.]

Great vid bro subscribed

[@AnnaD.sScratchandcraft]

Like the way you stressed "in my area" cost of living for the area you live in makes a big difference. I left Colorado for a year to work in NC and couldn't believe how cheap things were while one of my coworkers couldn't believe how expensive it was compared to where he lived before. The area matters.

[@rossjordan211]

The more you pay within reason, the more you can expect and the more loyalty you garner from your employees. If you combine a decent wage with treating your people with decency and you respect you will have lifetime employees and your business will enjoy a more positive customer experience because of it

[@elliot3147]

I notice you have massive piles of leaves and you're blowing them to the front. Wouldn't it be more efficient to grab a garbage can flip it on its side, fill it and then bring it to the truck. Then blow the remaining?

[@alexjohnson6462]

You are correct that blowing gigantic leaf piles libg distances is inefficient, but garbage cans are not the answer. Tarps are. When I first started out, I sort of specialized in leaf clean-ups and made all the same inefficiency mistakes I see all these KZbinrs make. The worst, by far, was large trash bags. Literally quadruples the time it takes you to do large leaf jobs. Then, I tried 55 gallon landscaper cans. Total waste of time - and also, try humping a 120 pound can of wet leaves across a giant yard 450 times. Almost as bad as bagging, but with the added element of being exhausting. Then I bought a powerful blower and did what this guy did, which was better, but still a big waste of time (increases job time by 40 percebt at least). Finally, I started using tarps and experimenting with different tarp sizes depending on if I was solo or working with others and also how wet the leaves were (small tarps are almost always better - its just more efficient to make s few extra trips than to hump giant tarps with 300 pounds of wet leaves). You divide the yard into sections and just blow each section into a pile and then rake it onto a small to medium sized tarp real quick and run up front with it. It is sooooooo much faster than trying to blow the entire yards leaves into the front -- I mean, that's just dumb, but I guess we all have to learn the hard way.

[@BobbyBowker]

Last year was my first for leaf removal as the owner. I found it challenging to come up with a price that both the client and myself weren’t taking it in the shorts. Usually if I lowballed, they’d end up paying me some more out of the kindness of their heart. The only time I really got screwed was when a cop talked me down from $150 to $100, it ended up taking 2.5 hours with a helper. But we dumped the leaves in their woods.

[@pierreplantagenet5228]

Dumping leaves in the woods actually do a lot of good for the forest's ecosystem. That cop might not know or understand it, but you improved his forest and you did it for free! :)

[@rkafulani]

Great information ❤

[@brianesters5180]

I like your leaf setup. I totally get man hour rate. How do you dump or remove leaves out of truck be?