Archive for the 'Pressure Washer' Category
There are lessons to be learned from every job you do. In this discussion from the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum, we hear from one landscaper who was providing pressure washing services to a home owner. As he was doing so, he ran into some mechanical issues and then a few other business owners responded [...]
December 1st, 2018 | Posted in Pressure Washer, Pressure Washing | No Comments
The more landscaping equipment you collect, the more of a target you become to those around you when it comes to requests to borrow. How you handle borrowing requests is up to you but here is a great learning lesson from the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum, on how lending landscape equipment can go wrong [...]
July 20th, 2018 | Posted in Pressure Washer, lawn care equipment | No Comments
Have you ever purchased a used landscape trailer in rough condition and wanted to improved the way it looks? If so, how did you do it? That’s what one member of the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum was wondering when he started this discussion. A good pressure washing and treatment of the wood can really [...]
September 2nd, 2015 | Posted in Pressure Washer, Pressure Washing, Trailer, lawn care equipment | No Comments
No matter what size your lawn care business is, there is an ideal size and selection of equipment that will maximize your profitability. Having equipment that is too small or slow will limit your ability to finish a job within a reasonable period of time needed to make a profit. Having equipment that is too [...]
July 30th, 2013 | Posted in Business Failure, Business Plan, Growth, How to Estimate - Services To Offer, How to Estimate Jobs, Lawn Care Business, Lawn Mowing, Mower, Mowing, Operational Costs, Pressure Washer, Pressure Washing, Pricing, Start up, lawn care equipment | No Comments
Nothing can be more frustrating than trying to start a business. If you do decide to take that step, you need to be prepared to stay the course. Giving up too soon will not only take away any chance you have at finding success, it can also effect your chances at success in any other [...]
June 12th, 2013 | Posted in Business Failure, Free Lawn Care Flyer Template, How to sell, Lawn Care Business, Lawn Care Customers, Lawn Care Marketing, Marketing, Newspaper Ads, Pressure Washer, Pricing, Scheduling, Start up, Upsells, lawn care equipment | No Comments
When your competition zigs, you need to zag. If there are a ton of uninsured, unregistered lawn care business owners in your area, why not look to expand the list of services you offer. That way you can find more services that have a higher profit potential than simply offering lawn care. That’s what one [...]
March 14th, 2013 | Posted in Growth, How to Estimate - Services To Offer, How to sell, Insurance, Lawn Care Business, Lawn Care Customers, Lawn Care Employees, Pressure Washer, Pressure Washing, Pricing, lawn care equipment | No Comments
A lot of money is wasted on poorly chosen equipment every year by entrepreneurs who don’t spend enough time investigating what they should purchase. If you are looking to provide power washing services, consider these tips shared to us on the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum, before you go out and spend any money. Knowing [...]
September 18th, 2012 | Posted in Pressure Washer, Pressure Washing, lawn care equipment | No Comments
Depending how many competitors you have in your area, making serious money in the lawn care business can be tough if you simply try to go out there and stand out on price. Sometimes a better way to go about things is to offer additional services that your competitors don’t. Such upsell services can really [...]
August 22nd, 2012 | Posted in Back Pack Sprayer, Brush Clearing, Chipper, Compact Utility Tractor, Edging, Excavating, Fall Leaf Cleanups, Fertilization, Growth, How to Estimate - Services To Offer, Landscape Project, Landscaping Business, Lawn Care Business, Lawn Care Customers, Lawn Mowing, Line Trimmer, Liquid Organic Lawn Spraying, Marketing, Mini excavation, Mower, Mowing, Mulch Jobs, Pet Waste Removal, Pressure Washer, Pressure Washing, Sod, Spring cleanups, Tractor, Tree Removal, Upsells, Wood Chipping, Word Of Mouth, bed edger, bed edging, lawn care equipment, leaf clean up | No Comments
Pressure washing and treating wooden decks can be quite an involved process. If you are looking to offer such services, you need to do more than show up to a job site and spray the wood with as high of a pressure as you can get. There are many ways you can mess up a [...]
January 25th, 2012 | Posted in General Business, How to Estimate - Services To Offer, How to Estimate Jobs, How to sell, Lawn Care Business, Pressure Washer, Pressure Washing, Pricing, lawn care equipment | No Comments