Comments on: How much would it cost to start a lawn care business with the insurance and all? http://lawncarenut.com/how-much-would-it-cost-to-start-a-lawn-care-business-with-the-insurance-and-all/ Your lawn care questions answered Sun, 06 Feb 2011 12:09:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: ranger_822nd http://lawncarenut.com/how-much-would-it-cost-to-start-a-lawn-care-business-with-the-insurance-and-all/#comment-32 ranger_822nd Fri, 12 Dec 2008 06:55:33 +0000 http://lawncarenut.com/how-much-would-it-cost-to-start-a-lawn-care-business-with-the-insurance-and-all/#comment-32 depends on what equipment if any you already have - for doing the landscape design portion - it won't cost much - at all for the lawn care - if you want to start with good equipment - you'll need at least one walk behind mower, and a good tight radius mower - figure about $6000 - $8000 a trailer - $2000 ? Pickup truck - used/new??? tools - rakes, shovels, etc..... $300- $400 chain saw - $300 trimmers- $250 ea for the deck building - unless you want to dig footings by hand figure on either renting a power auger for each job - or buying one - if you buy probably around $1200 then saws, hammers (manual - pneumatic??) levels , compressor, generator- etc... $300 - $4000 depending on how much you buy and you better have some operating cash as well - at least $2000-$3000 for your lawn cutting business - you should get paid weekly - or try to set up contracts where they give you a downpayment at the begining of the year - and then pay you monthly on your landscaping business - they should pay you something for the design - if they give you the landscaping job tell them you'll deduct the design fee off the cost of the landscaping job - for the landscaping you should get 1/3 up front - 1/3 after all the beds are prepped/top soil in and shrubs delivered - and then 1/3 when you complete same holds true for your deck jobs - 1/3 up front - 1/3 when materials get delivered - 1/3 when complete depends on what equipment if any you already have –
for doing the landscape design portion – it won’t cost much –
at all
for the lawn care – if you want to start with good equipment –
you’ll need at least one walk behind mower, and a good tight radius mower – figure about $6000 – $8000
a trailer – $2000 ?
Pickup truck – used/new???
tools – rakes, shovels, etc….. $300- $400
chain saw – $300
trimmers- $250 ea

for the deck building – unless you want to dig footings by hand
figure on either renting a power auger for each job – or buying one – if you buy probably around $1200

then saws, hammers (manual – pneumatic??) levels , compressor, generator- etc…
$300 – $4000 depending on how much you buy

and you better have some operating cash as well –
at least $2000-$3000

for your lawn cutting business – you should get paid weekly – or try to set up contracts where they give you a downpayment at the begining of the year – and then pay you monthly

on your landscaping business – they should pay you something for the design – if they give you the landscaping job tell them you’ll deduct the design fee off the cost of the landscaping job – for the landscaping you should get
1/3 up front – 1/3 after all the beds are prepped/top soil in and shrubs delivered – and then 1/3 when you complete

same holds true for your deck jobs – 1/3 up front – 1/3 when materials get delivered – 1/3 when complete

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