Lowballers

We just won a municipal contract again for 2 more years, went up $1k a year to get it up closer to what it should be. They went with us even though we weren't the lowest bidder. It came down to service and the fact they had no complaints about us from the past two years.
 
We are also bidding on another property that consists of 63 total acres! They are using us on two of the properties this year with a total of 30 acres(if we win the bid) and if it goes well the rest next year.
 
BHLC said:
Acre on these two. Discounted acre
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Allright. I guess by the acre for big flat areas and by the hour for that complicated lot. Around here it is 50$ an acre, but I have never mowed that big! I don't have the mower for that. Only in the suburbs they have that like at my GF's house, but most do it themselves
 
Lawnboy18 said:
Allright. I guess by the acre for big flat areas and by the hour for that complicated lot. Around here it is 50$ an acre, but I have never mowed that big! I don't have the mower for that. Only in the suburbs they have that like at my GF's house, but most do it themselves
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I had a yard last year that was 4 acres. Most of it is centipede but it has some Bahia. We cut it for $125. Two Kubotas and we are outta there in a little over an hour.
 
jekjr said:
I had a yard last year that was 4 acres. Most of it is centipede but it has some Bahia. We cut it for $125. Two Kubotas and we are outta there in a little over an hour.
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That is a good price! If that would of been by the acre it would of cost about 200$. But, you did finish the job after an hour, so 125$ for 1 hour of work is good.
 
Lawnboy18 said:
Allright. I guess by the acre for big flat areas and by the hour for that complicated lot. Around here it is 50$ an acre, but I have never mowed that big! I don't have the mower for that. Only in the suburbs they have that like at my GF's house, but most do it themselves
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We have one that is over 7 acres. We actually cut it way too cheap but we cut it for $180. We were out of it yesterday in a little over 2 hours and it was verrrry wet.

When we can run flat out for an hour or more without having to load up and move we take it if we can get $40 an hour or more. We seldom take anything under $35 either unless it is on the way to some where else or right beside something we are unloaded for.

I would like to get a property big enough to run all day to see how many acres we could cut in 10 hours.
 
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