Since 2012, I had to work with all sorts of professional sawyers, mowers and gardeners. I selected professionals – two people, we talked and decided to take action. We bought two mowers “Partner 454”, one professional saw “Husqvarna 365” (in a pawnshop), and the second, the Chinese “Champion” was inherited. The remaining equipment and tools can be easily rented. For example, a garden roller for rolling the lawn can easily be rented from the store and the evening after work, return.
How it works, or how we got started
The first job is pruning and taking down trees. After researching the procedure for obtaining an official permit through the municipality, I advertised using all known groups and websites. Little by little, orders began to appear: two or three a month. In other words, a person wanted to take down a tired dry tree, but the municipality and the private sector billed them.
We sawed the cuttings into small pieces of wood for a small additional fee, and the customers gladly took them for themselves. The removal is always negotiated separately.
Additional income from cooperation
Work with homeowners associations and companies turned out to be very profitable. They always order from 3 to 20 trees, and it is possible to earn money within a couple of days.
Some people don’t want the whole tree, but one branch. In this case, several addresses are gathered, a truck lifter is hired, and a detour is done.
In the remaining time you can, for example, hang an air conditioner, cut down a lamp post, get the ball from the roof – the money can be earned on anything. The demand for tree trimming is year-round.
Is mowing grass profitable?
The next earning item is grass mowing. Two trimmers that easily fit into a car, a can of gasoline and a bay of fishing line are all you need to make money.
Again, going to small orders from grandmothers mow in the yard, as well as large orders, such as mowing the entire area homeowners associations or children’s parks. The main thing is not to inflate the price.
There is one secret here: trimmers are Chinese, but consumables are professional, namely Husqvarna T35 and Husqvarna T45 reels. Special oil for two-stroke engines is also “Husqvarna” or “Stihl”, because cheap oil warms up and you have to take long breaks. It is also better to choose a blade with a “Square” section and, preferably, not the cheapest one.
Lawn mowers for mowing the lawn were taken for rent. There is much less demand for them.
Lawn planting and installation of an auto irrigation system
There are almost no people in the city who are ready to do this work, and to invite specialists is not at all affordable to local residents. The work includes digging, adding sand, fertilizer (and materials are a separate cost), leveling the layer of soil, seeding the lawn (at the choice of the customer), and watering. The main thing is not to skimp on lawn seeds. At this time, there are no grass planting projects that do not grow or do not make money.
Another prerequisite is to pay attention to soil composition and discourage the customer where planting doesn’t make sense.
The accompanying service of combing out last year’s lawns also brings a small income, but it is very labor-intensive: for 5 hours on average it turns out qualitatively combed 4-5 acres.
Arrangement of automatic irrigation
At the moment, I have experience in two small projects. Due to the fact that in my work I have had to create irrigation systems in parks and traffic circles, I have gained a lot of experience. On this, as it turned out, you can make good money. The main thing is to make a pressure calculation. Once we chose a smaller pipe, 25 mm, instead of 32 mm. As a result, we bought the right one, and re-pipe, as not enough of the flow capacity.
Model shrub shearing
Here in the business are gasoline scissors, we took them from work (with permission). Clientele – music schools, private parks, well, the rich residents. The price depends directly on the amount of work. In the notebook about 15 addresses, 3 times during the season we get a call that makes us richer.
The most interesting is the project of cutting large trees (ash trees) under the ball.
The business is complicated, so it’s expensive. Sometimes even a Karagach (aka elm) tree can make a real sweetheart.
