Weekly and every-other-week mowing routes, rain delays, crew balancing, per-cut and monthly billing for mowing companies.
A practical guide to a residential mowing business: building weekly routes, sizing crews, handling rain days, pricing per cut or monthly, and getting paid.
When biweekly mowing works and when it hurts the lawn, how to price the extra time, and how to keep weekly and biweekly customers on the same mowing routes.
How to assign neighborhoods to days, order stops to cut drive time, handle customers who do not fit, and keep a weekly mowing route dense from spring to fall.
How to divide mowing territory between crews, when to add a second crew, balancing large and small lawns, and keeping each crew's day close to the same length.
Three ways to handle a rained-out mowing day, the cost of each, how to tell when grass is too wet to cut, and how to tell customers without calling them all.
How to price a mowing account from square footage and trim time, set a minimum, quote fast from satellite, and spot the yards that look easy but are not.
How to work out what each mowing stop really costs in crew time, drive time and equipment, spot underpriced lawns, and fix them without losing good customers.
The trade-offs between billing mowing per cut and a flat monthly price, setting a monthly price that holds up, and handling skipped cuts and cancellations.
How mowing workload shifts from spring through fall, when to hire and when to stop selling, filling the summer slowdown, and booking fall leaf jobs early.
How to size mowing crews, split roles between the mower and the trimmer, match crews to the right routes, and keep every crew's workday about the same length.
Daily checks, blade sharpening, backup machines and parts on the shelf: equipment habits that keep a mowing crew from losing a day to one broken mower.
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