{"id":4597,"date":"2024-02-02T07:47:49","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T18:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lawnmowing101.com\/?p=4597"},"modified":"2024-02-02T17:31:38","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T04:31:38","slug":"make-big-money-mowing-small-lawns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lawnmowing101.com\/make-big-money-mowing-small-lawns\/","title":{"rendered":"Make Big Money Mowing Small Lawns Lawn Care Business Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Make big money mowing small lawns<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Not all lawn care businesses are equal<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When I started mowing lawns, I didn\u2019t care about the lawns I was bringing on board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Big lawns, small lawns, Flat and bumpy. I loved them all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was just happy to be self-employed and earn a buck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I started going down the bigger road as time went by. I wanted bigger, better lawns, and I started wanting more than a simple lawn mowing business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I wanted an empire, and I set my sights on world domination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m only half joking there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bigger is better<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

My first thoughts were that larger equipment would bring me more income, so I bought a large trailer ride-ons and self-propelled mowers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That brought in a bit of money, but I was determined to earn more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Becoming employers. <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Then I had a brilliant idea<\/a>. I would bring on some workers. Then I could sit on ride-on jobs all day while my workers mowed the smaller stuff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once I had five vehicles on the road, I started to see a few gaps in my master plan. Managing all those workers and vehicles was hard work. There was always some fire that needed putting out and margins were thin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I couldn\u2019t sit on my ride-on all day and run my business. Apart from the fact that I was constantly out of cell phone range quoting was difficult.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I soon found out that if I wanted to step away from the business and earn my current income I would need over 1000 lawns. Unfortunately, I was just under halfway there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To be honest, the thought of a business twice that size terrified me. I was having enough issues now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A change of direction. <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The ride-on and self-propelled lawnmowers were always breaking down. When a self-driven mower breaks down you cannot complete the job. A real-time killer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We downsized the business and sold off our excess lawns. Now it\u2019s back to my wife and I mowing small lawns with small mowers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We kept the best 100 lawns and our turnover dropped by 50% and our workweek dropped to under 20 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our take-home income remained the about same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This may not work for everyone, but it worked for us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are happy in our small world with our small lawns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Why did we decide to stick with small lawns?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Every business is different but this is why we decided to gravitate our marketing<\/a> toward the small lawn market. It seemed to make the most sense when we thought about where we were with our business. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Small lawns are a lot easier to manage<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Because you are on each job for a small amount of time. This makes it easier to shuffle the day around. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s great for a one-person business as I sometimes find that two people are a crowd on the really small lawns. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This kind of business model is best for a sole operator. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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