Thinking about starting up a small lawn mowing business on the side

thinking something like a 1/2 ton with a 5x8 trailer ( but not 100% sure)

anyone in the business/have any recommendations

Any half ton truck with s trailer hitch will do. Just preference. Your not pulling thousands of pounds, so yea.

Go get a rake, shovel, wheel barrel, you know the rest. Throw some flyers and online ads. Have at er, lots of people would much rather pay to get it done then do it themselves


Oh lawnmower with the attached bag is a good idea imo.

Just get a civic

99-03 silverado or sierra 5.3L 2wd cheapish, reliable, easy to work on

Always buy twice as much trailer as you think you need. At least a 7x16 equipment trailer. A riding mower with a bagger and all the other shit takes up a lot of space.

in my area there are a lot of steep hills so a ride on would be impossible for some locations


Currently working for a property management company as there maintenance tech. ( looking into doing something for myself where i could make some money and be my own boss)

They use a F350 with a 7x18.5 Trailer with a 42'' ride behind


I was thinking of getting some rig like this but instead of a ride on it would be a ride behind 48''



This post was edited by RPG5621 on May 22 2014 07:13pm

sounds good till you hit the 2wd

Live in New Hampshire where we can get 12-24+ inches in one snowfall may also look into snow plowing

also saw this layout ( not sure how it would wear on the truck)



This post was edited by RPG5621 on May 22 2014 07:28pm

Ok. You said lawn mowing. 4wd isn't necessary for lawn mowing.

This
and the price between 4wd and 2wd is huge.

We can help give our opinions on things, specific things. But we need specific questions with wants/needs

Because if one wanted to do this, lawn Care, snow plowing, etc. It wouldn't take long before your looking at a easily 15k price tag for everything, and decent quality. cuz who plows in a gas truck? After 2 years you start losing money you would have spent on a diesel l. Fuel cost is massive. ( my boss does roughly 30-40 driveways on $80-100 in diesel vs his buddy with a gas truck spends $160++ doing roughly the same amount of pushing)

Regardless if you just want basics for lawn Care your looking at a few grand for all tools. Truck trailer moawers it adds up very very fast


Sorry for edits, just sharing information as it comes to me.

This post was edited by IB0T on May 22 2014 07:54pm

well im still in the beginning stages of starting it barely on step 1

i was told today from someone that has started there own business that if you dont plow the people you mow they will leave you for someone that does both

and whats the difference?

also does anyone know if by having 1000+ lbs in the bed all the time would hurt the truck in anyway? ( never owned a truck)

Depends on many things. if the truck is sacked out bad, b
put overloaders in. Cheap and easy proper fix. Well proper compared to buying a heavier duty truck

This post was edited by IB0T on May 22 2014 07:56pm