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Offering yard work as a part of your services can fill in the gaps during less busy times in the spring and fall. Yard work can include a wide range of services such as raking, planting, weeding, trimming trees, cutting, aerating and fertilizing lawns, pruning, trimming hedges, removing junk, building decks, laying patio stones, assembling garden sheds, tuning up lawn mowers and other power tools, and more. Often the homeowner will have all the necessary tools, so you won’t even have to transport a lot of equipment.

Here are a few things to keep in mind as you plan your yard- work service:

Try to bundle services together for several customers. For example, rent an aerator for a day for about $45 and line up several aerating jobs. Customers will pay $40 to have their lawn aerated, but won’t want to rent the aerator themselves. By organizing your work in this manner, you can make a good rate of pay and offer a great service to your customers. Rent the equipment for a week and your costs will go down even further. You can use the same principle for fertilizing lawns by renting a spreader for several jobs.

Cleaning up after yard work can be a nuisance. Use a large tarp to gather branches and leaves, which can be dragged or lifted for easier removal. Instead of bagging debris, we suggest loading it directly into an open trailer ready for a run to the dump or recycling depot. Branches and brush can be cut up in the trailer with a chainsaw (using all the necessary safety equipment) to compact the load, thereby requiring fewer loads.

Be cautious about offering to trim or prune large trees. This job should be left to the professionals. A tree service can assess the condition of the tree and the danger to surrounding property. Some customers think that trimming a big tree is an easy job and the cost should be low. On the contrary, tree service companies are expensive for good reason; the work is dangerous! Tree services are insured to cover damage from falling trees and are well equipped to handle the heights and other dangers associated with the business.

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