How much does a person make mowing yards?
Question:2 or 3 acres
Answers:
Geographics and Demographics will determine this question.
My family transplanted south and live down in Blountville TN, on 4.5 acres. 2 need to be mowed. She supplies a ride on mower, and the "local" mows. When he walks out with a fifty, he's thrilled. Takes a couple hours.
I live up near Boston. My lawn care crew comes in weekly. I have about 8000 sq. ft. That's a fifth of an acre. I pay $35.00 + a $7.00 gas surcharge. So $42.
Up here in Boston's burbs in the upper middle class, rich, lower class towns a 2 acre, manicured lawn could be calculated this way to see if you make money.
In this example, we'll be using a 54" zero turn deck mower with sulky, on a level lawn, with a straight run row (NO OBSTACLES).
We will have to make 66, 295' long passes with no margin of error to finish the lawn in the quickest time. This is a one pass job. If the client wants a double diagonal pass for that "baseball" field, effect, the final fee will go up at least 50%.
Assume the lawn is a perfect square of 295' x 295', or 87,025 sq. ft. in total.
The mower and driver will travel at 5 mph or 5280 ft. per mile. At 5 mph, the mower and driver are traveling at 26,400 ft per hour.
Each row mowed will reduce the total by 295' l x 4.5' w or 1327.5 sq.ft. By the time the entire lawn of 87,025 sq. ft. is finished, the mower and driver will have traveled 19,470 ft.
Divide 19470fph/26400fph =0.7375. Round this to .75 to tidy the math.
.75 x 60min = 45 minutes of mowing time, and that's hauling butt, and assuming no stops, breakdowns, cell phone calls from the boss, nature calls, etc...
Add in drive time to the job, unloading, mowing, string trimming, reloading, fuel, insurance, wages, workman's comp, fica, futa, etc... and you can charge about $175. Ho much did you make? That is always the magic question.
that is one big yard. my dude gets 10 each time he does my yard... and my yard is tiny. at least 20 to 30 for some kid who's willing to do that. it would be more for a pro.
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