This fall leaf clean up job was big. Tons of leaves fell from a recent storm. I try to give tips on pricing leaf cleanup work. I also share some strategies I have used for leaf clean up jobs in the past. Paul Jamison and I are blowing and mulching leaves in this video. We had a great time and the lawn looked much better though not perfect by any means. Thanks for watching and I hope to see you in the next video.
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31 Comments
$3.44 per gal.? $2.75 at Sam's Club.
IT'S AN OAK!
Some blow it across the street.
Thank you for poisoning mother nature with your extra quarter guy 🤔🤔🤔🙊
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I always divided the yard up into sections and blow all the leaves into the center with the mower. Then bag them. Either run over them with a bagging mower or tarp them. I also would get the gutters and roof. Bagging the yard weekly is pretty easy if you have the right equipment. The people that wait until they have all fallen are the people that really don't want to pay. Usually, that ends up making the job harder because they get wet and stick to the ground.
What blades are you running?
I try to get my customers to let me come about every two weeks until they all fall. I cut the lawn in sections instead of one big yard. I use a chute blocker for the most part and go in reverse to make small windrows.
Looks good!!! I can’t decide if I want to bag with mower OR blow and use suction equipment. I’m on a tight budget for equipment. Need to do it as the northeast is filled with leaves!!! Money maker.
That big ass tree needs to go, accident waiting to happen.
Wow
Never use regular unleaded. Only premium.
I think it's funny you getting gas with your ear plugs in.
Fun times!!
Kia makes a great work vehicle 🚗
Tell your editor my name is Paul Jamison, not Paul Jamerson
i loved this!! thanks for sharing!!!!
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Enjoy it now, if the libs get their way you'll be using nothing but battery equipment and good luck with a job like that.
I use a bagger mower for leaf jobs. I find it is better to blow the leaves from around edges and obstacles after I bag most of the leaves so that I am not running through those big piles. Mulching them prior to bagging for big jobs is a great idea. Thanks for the video Jason. I've learned a lot from you.
Question! I tried spraying glyphosate on some active weeds( rest of yard is dormate), they’re not dying! It doesn’t look like a sedge blade if I am looking right… any suggestions?!
The hardest thing to do when it comes to leaf clean ups is to convince the customers to let you mulch them every 2 weeks. I usually charge based on a double cut as if you were cutting the grass. A couple passes and the leaves have disappeared and chopped up fine enough to (once decomposed), benefit the soil. If the customer doesn't understand the advantage and wants me to wait until most of the leaves are down then that's usually way too many leaves to mulch. You do multiple passes, plowing leaves and still end up with a big mess. In that case I blow them to the street, or drag with a tarp, and let the city suck them up. The price for that can and should be a wallet flattening experience. BTW, Jason. nice change with the classical music. You just elevated your status and sophistication!
We continue every 2 weeks for most mowing customers. Big leaf jobs get charged per man hour, this is only fair way in my opinion because of all the variables when doing leaves.
so do you charge the same for leaf clean up as grass cutting the lawn for the customer?
That method in the business!
U said you don't mow full time anymore. Did you get an 8 to 5 job or just cut back.
Looks like a sycamore tree….. Typically found near water sources….
What brand blades are you using?
I'm a big fan of just keeping on a regular bi-weekly (or weekly) schedule, and handling the leaves as they fall. Good stuff, Jason!
Jason's a guru.. I wonder if there is a championship for lawn mowing? NZ.