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post 1642836493 07-14-2021, 12:43 PM
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Originally Posted By Johnez⏩
Well OP you got a chit ton of ideas lol. My suggestion is to keep your focus on what can be accomplished most easily with the least amount of equipment/time. Throwing landscaping in with a pressure cleaning business would be nuts, however if you build up a landscaping business, adding a pressure wash service or haul away is a piece of cake and nice add on. My old man was a landscaper, it's not easy money and takes a lot of equipment to separate yourself from the guy with a mower undercutting everyone.


Edit-chit, you're in MS? Hmm, I'm not sure how to make landscaping a full time gig in snow states. Maybe offer snow related services, get a plow....chit now I'm contributing to the thousand ideas lol ...
MS stands for Mississippi and snow sticks like once a year up in Tank's neck of the woods. On top of that it could be 75 degrees 3 days after a snow storm there. Up there January and Feb would be dry times but March through December yards need to be cut.

OP, my step dad quit working as a lineman to do landscaping and he loves it. His body was broke down as fuk after having 4 back fusions but he says he could do the landscaping job till he's 70. It can be hot and hard but its not back breaking work like most manual labor jobs.
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post 1642837073 07-14-2021, 12:51 PM
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Originally Posted By TuskV⏩
good advice here, get really good at one thing. Definitely dont want to become a 'handyman' type



what size dump trailer, and what do you charge the customer if you leave it there for 2-3 days
It’s a smaller one I forgot the dimensions, but the fees are usually $40

Flat fee of $340 for 2-3 days

I usually pick it up at my convenience
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post 1642837103 07-14-2021, 12:51 PM
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Originally Posted By SwagMorris⏩
Something I think is important to keep in mind: when someone calls you to re-clean something… just do it. Doesn’t matter if it’s legitimate or not. That’s part of being a premium service and having return customers.

If they’re getting outrageous with it and repeatedly calling you back and/or doing it a few months after cleaning you have to tell them to kick rocks at that point, or charge them to come back.
Have them sign the initial quote citing completion of the job.
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post 1642837513 07-14-2021, 12:57 PM
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Originally Posted By hendrixfreak70⏩
We aren't a snow state, fam. Mississippi is a tornado, hurricane, and mosquito state huehue.
Lol. Confused with Missouri. Mah bad.
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post 1642838883 07-14-2021, 01:22 PM
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rake up dog chit from peoples yards . srs
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post 1642842023 07-14-2021, 02:05 PM
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Not sure of stated but could always get a contract going with commercial property managers
post 1642873053 07-14-2021, 09:24 PM
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Originally Posted By hendrixfreak70⏩
Mobile snoball stand. Or even a fixed one. Your area probably doesn't have that many. We have one here in Hattiesburg and there are literally two other really popular ones within a three mile radius and we STAY busy.
Originally Posted By 300Lane1⏩
Solar panel cleaning?
we have one, technically 2 (same owner but on different sides of town. But they arent mobile. Well, sort of mobile i guess. SMALL buildings that can be moved with a truck and maybe a forklift i guess.
Originally Posted By MrBourbon⏩
Make sure to get up to speed on Google My Business and start using it - nobody is finding you using ********. Get your location set up asap, so you start showing in Local Search (searches that use a location descriptor i.e. "chinese food near me").

I handle GMB among other online marketing/reputation aspects for several companies and would be happy to help (not for free) but honestly you should be able to figure it out.

Get a website even if it's just a single page of who you are and what you do.
good suggestion for a simpleton.
Originally Posted By Johnez⏩
Well OP you got a chit ton of ideas lol. My suggestion is to keep your focus on what can be accomplished most easily with the least amount of equipment/time. Throwing landscaping in with a pressure cleaning business would be nuts, however if you build up a landscaping business, adding a pressure wash service or haul away is a piece of cake and nice add on. My old man was a landscaper, it's not easy money and takes a lot of equipment to separate yourself from the guy with a mower undercutting everyone.


Edit-chit, you're in MS? Hmm, I'm not sure how to make landscaping a full time gig in snow states. Maybe offer snow related services, get a plow....chit now I'm contributing to the thousand ideas lol ...
yeah we will probably just focus on pressure washing and windows at first
Originally Posted By hendrixfreak70⏩
We aren't a snow state, fam. Mississippi is a tornado, hurricane, andmosquitostate huehue.
Can confirm. That is me going for a walk yesterdya and I forgot to take my 12 gauge anti-mosquito deterrent with me

Originally Posted By TBO1313⏩
MS stands for Mississippi and snow sticks like once a year up in Tank's neck of the woods. On top of that it could be 75 degrees 3 days after a snow storm there. Up there January and Feb would be dry times but March through December yards need to be cut.
if it sticks, we will get like .25"/ Just like OP. wait wut?
OP, my step dad quit working as a lineman to do landscaping and he loves it. His body was broke down as fuk after having 4 back fusions but he says he could do the landscaping job till he's 70. It can be hot and hard but its not back breaking work like most manual labor jobs.
no chit? ive always heard that lineman beat the fuk out of themselves but holy hell....
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rake up up? i'll gently collect it and add it to my assemblage
Originally Posted By Shysty021⏩
Not sure of stated but could always get a contract going with commercial property managers
that would have to be down the road a ways
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post 1642881123 07-15-2021, 12:32 AM
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Originally Posted By wincel⏩
Trash disposal as well if you have a large truck. A lot of people would pay for help to throw stuff away like old furniture etc.
Junk removal by itself has so much potential to make money. People are always throwing away stuff that could be sold second-hand, or stuff that can be repurposed. Take some care when loading the truck, and you could hold a yardsale periodically, or open a second-hand store...could even consign stuff with an "antique" store, and let them do the selling.

Then you have the scrap metal. Charge the customers to remove old appliances, then sell them to a scrap yard. Same with metal shelves, electronics, rusted grills, battered pots and pans, etc...all stuff the individual wouldn't find worth scrapping, but adds up for someone cleaning up 50-100 customers.
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Originally Posted By John
Junk removal by itself has so much potential to make money. People are always throwing away stuff that could be sold second-hand, or stuff that can be repurposed. Take some care when loading the truck, and you could hold a yardsale periodically, or open a second-hand store...could even consign stuff with an "antique" store, and let them do the selling.

Then you have the scrap metal. Charge the customers to remove old appliances, then sell them to a scrap yard. Same with metal shelves, electronics, rusted grills, battered pots and pans, etc...all stuff the individual wouldn't find worth scrapping, but adds up for someone cleaning up 50-100 customers.
Sounds like something a hoarder would do
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