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Driving Distance for Lawn-Care

Dec 8, 2014#1

Ric

How many miles do you guys that cut lawns for a living drive in a season and how much does it figure into the price you charge for your lawn fees?

Dec 8, 2014#2

Carscw

I drive around 30 miles a day.
I get a extra $5 per yard on the bank owned homes.

On my residential I just bid them high enough to make it worth the time.

Dec 8, 2014#3

exotion

This year I've put on 7500 miles since Jan 1. If I have another customer less than 5 mins drive time away I don't charge for travel if they are more than that I tack on a few dollars. My whole city is about 20 sq miles and my furthest is 9 miles away but most of my customers are in clumps

Dec 9, 2014#4

M

mowerman05

19 lawns all within 3 miles of home. About 3500 a year, grass and snow.

Dec 9, 2014#5

Ric

I run between 70 and 80 lawns a week and for the year Sept to Sept I drove around 2000 miles for the business. I only drove 3928 miles totally, that includes all my personal driving.

Dec 9, 2014#6

Z

zmister11

Ric said:
I run between 70 and 80 lawns a week and for the year Sept to Sept I drove around 2000 miles for the business. I only used 3928 miles totally, that includes all my personal driving.

Must be nice! Lol

Dec 9, 2014#7

Lawnboy18

Not sure for work, but I do 25 000 KM in one year. That is personnal and work. I drive a lot. I have to.

Dec 10, 2014#8

Ric

zmister11 said:
Must be nice! Lol

Yeah it's nice, I get a lot more mowing accomplished but it does have its draw backs though. Mowing on a route like mine doesn't give you any breaks. If you have a route where you have travel time between clients you can get a little breather. It does save me a lot of time and gas though.

Dec 10, 2014#9

Carscw

Ric said:
Yeah it's nice, I get a lot more mowing accomplished but it does have its draw backs though. Mowing on a route like mine doesn't give you any breaks. If you have a route where you have travel time between clients you can get a little breather. It does save me a lot of time and gas though.

And nowhere to stop for coffee.
Guess you could just run home for some. LOL

Dec 10, 2014#10

Ric

Carscw said:
And nowhere to stop for coffee.
Guess you could just run home for some. LOL

Well yeah, I start cutting at 7:30 to 8:00 and if I stay out I'll generally speaking I'll get done with my 10 to 12 lawns and am home by 11:30am. If I come home for a coke I'll finish up by noon.:smile:

Dec 10, 2014#11

exotion

Ric said:
Well yeah, I start cutting at 7:30 to 8:00 and if I stay out I'll generally speaking I'll get done with my 10 to 12 lawns and am home by 11:30am. If I come home for a coke I'll finish up by noon.:smile:

Prolly saves a fortune not having to stop at a convenience store lol

Dec 10, 2014#12

Ric

exotion said:
Prolly saves a fortune not having to stop at a convenience store lol

LOL....The only time I go to a convenience store is when I buy gas at Sunoco station and I pay at the pump, I never go inside.

Dec 10, 2014#13

exotion

Ric said:
LOL....The only time I go to a convenience store is when I buy gas at Sunoco station and I pay at the pump, I never go inside.

I probably average 30$ a week at convenience stores

Dec 10, 2014#14

Lawnboy18

exotion said:
I probably average 30$ a week at convenience stores

That's a lot after a while.

Dec 10, 2014#15

Carscw

exotion said:
I probably average 30$ a week at convenience stores

I do that every day between 3 people.

Dec 10, 2014#16

Lawnboy18

Carscw said:
I do that every day between 3 people.

Someone is hangry

Dec 12, 2014#17

X-man

exotion said:
I probably average 30$ a week at convenience stores

Same here.

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