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Well here is the photo.....all of my equipment together. Mowers, handheld equipment, snowblower, and trailer.

What do you think?

Nice. Might easier to do edging if had Mantis tiller setup with edging attachment. Does that snowblower have the heated handles?

davbell22602 said:

...Does that snowblower have the heated handles?

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No it does not, but it's still a decent snowblower.

WHAT'S A SNOWBLOWER ha ha can you use it for blowing sand off my patio :wink:

Looks good gotta add my new stihl blower into my pic man that thing is a beast blows my old echo far far away

Tombstonebilly said:

WHAT'S A SNOWBLOWER ha ha can you use it for blowing sand off my patio :wink:

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I'm guessing most people don't have a snowblower living in Florida! :laughing: You can see some snow in the background of the pic in post #1.....I had to shovel an area just to put my trailer so there was grass visible!

lawn mower fanatic said:

I'm guessing most people don't have a snowblower living in Florida! :laughing: You can see some snow in the background of the pic in post #1.....I had to shovel an area just to put my trailer so there was grass visible!

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Nice looking setup LMF now you need a rider.

wjjones said:

Nice looking setup LMF now you need a rider.

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I disagree I don't think a rider is necessary. Unless he's got huge properties. I want the 30" walk behind I think that will last me years before I need something bigger. Oh man can't wait until spring

wjjones said:

Nice looking setup LMF now you need a rider.

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Yeah he needs a ZTR

The yards I do are pretty large......around 0.25+ acre. I would like a larger mower, but I don't have a large budget.

lawn mower fanatic said:

The yards I do are pretty large......around 0.25+ acre. I would like a larger mower, but I don't have a large budget.

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Yeah, it's like the old saying goes, It takes money to make money. The larger mower would make you more money. Ever think about financing?

Ric said:

...Ever think about financing?

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Not really.....I don't want to be one of those pros that buys like $25,000 worth of equipment he can never pay off.

lawn mower fanatic said:

Not really.....I don't want to be one of those pros that buys like $25,000 worth of equipment he can never pay off.

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Know what would suck buying a really expensive mower in hopes you'll get enough customers to pay for it. Then either you don't get enough customers or a drought hits or something silly that's my fear

exotion said:

Know what would suck buying a really expensive mower in hopes you'll get enough customers to pay for it. Then either you don't get enough customers or a drought hits or something silly that's my fear

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Well to begin with you don't and nobody's telling you to spend 25K on equipment. You can spend half that and have really nice Commercial stuff. The individual I had working with me just did that same thing, he spent 13k on equipment without a client. Two weeks later he has 19 and by the end of March I look to see him running at least 30 if not a few more. If you have the equipment it can bring you clients.

Ric said:

Well to begin with you don't and nobody's telling you to spend 25K on equipment. You can spend half that and have really nice Commercial stuff. The individual I had working with me just did that same thing, he spent 13k on equipment without a client. Two weeks later he has 19 and by the end of March I look to see him running at least 30 if not a few more. If you have the equipment it can bring you clients.

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Oh ya I realize that but I'm far to much of a chicken to invest before I know. So my plan is to upgrade every year and eventually I might need some form of z

In our part of the world there are not that many yards less than a half acre. Therefore a push/walk behind mower is out of the question to compete. I bought Kubota zero turns with zero down and zero interest. Then I paid cash for my trailer and other equipment. It looks like we are going to start up with about 34 yards and hopefully can double that number. We are outside of a town of 500 or so. One town within 8 miles of 5500 or so. Every where here you have to drive a distance to work... Every are of the country has different variables.

Every business is different.

exotion said:

Oh ya I realize that but I'm far to much of a chicken to invest before I know. So my plan is to upgrade every year and eventually I might need some form of z

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The problem with that is the fact you will spend three times the money upgrading rather than just getting the proper equipment to do the job the first time. Its like the guys who want to be a Ham Radio operators and buy a dozen CB radios to get there and for every one of those wannabes 1 out of 10 actually makes the grade, all the others ever do is waste there time playing on the Children's Band.

I think your grass is mighty green for winter. Is very brown here. Is very cold here. How many hours on that snowblower this year? I got sick and tired of running mine not to mention all the shoveling. Your trailer work out ok? Your stuff looks good as always.

possum said:

I think your grass is mighty green for winter. Is very brown here. Is very cold here. How many hours on that snowblower this year? I got sick and tired of running mine not to mention all the shoveling. Your trailer work out ok? Your stuff looks good as always.

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I don't know how many hours, but it definitely got a workout! It performed well on the snow "boulders" at the ends of the driveways that were just as tall as the machine. During a snowstorm I work for anywhere between maybe 3 and 8 hours, the majority of the time with the snowblower. The trailer works great.....even in the snow.

lawn mower fanatic said:

I don't know how many hours, but it definitely got a workout! It performed well on the snow "boulders" at the ends of the driveways that were just as tall as the machine. During a snowstorm I work for anywhere between maybe 3 and 8 hours, the majority of the time with the snowblower. The trailer works great.....even in the snow.

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I sometimes want a ZTR, but it would be useless. Almost all my clients have gates and yards less that 4000-5000 square feet. Probably like 3000 square feet. It gets done real fast with a 21".

I would like a Toro 30" or walk behind 32"-36" instead.

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Well here is the photo.....all of my equipment together. Mowers, handheld equipment, snowblower, and trailer.

What do you think?

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My back starts to ache looking at that curved shaft trimmer :laughing: