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I am looking at starting a mowing service that involves speciliazed mowing equipment. The mowing will be concentrated in a very narrow market segment that to my knowledge, no one is servicing in my area. The equipment, excluding tractor, it rather expensive ($25,000 - 28,000) to get started. 95% of the customers would be commercial property owners. The state (Texas) has started to crack down on their previous method of over-growth control. The tracts to be mowed are not very large (> 10 acres). This business would require me to carry General Contractor Liability Insurance, 1 million coverage, 10 million aggregate, not cheap !!!!! I will be the only employee.
My question involves what kind of price (per acre) are folks getting for normal acerage mowing (brush hogg style). I have found a couple other threads where guys were charging anywhere from $30.00 to $65.00 per acre for mowing. I am not looking to break the bank, but would like to be able to charge an honest price for services rendered. Understanding that a conventional tractor (CUT, or Normal size) CANNOT do this mowing outfitted with traditional tires. What type of price sounds "fair" considering the state is looking over their shoulder's. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif
I am looking at starting a mowing service that involves speciliazed mowing equipment. The mowing will be concentrated in a very narrow market segment that to my knowledge, no one is servicing in my area. The equipment, excluding tractor, it rather expensive ($25,000 - 28,000) to get started. 95% of the customers would be commercial property owners. The state (Texas) has started to crack down on their previous method of over-growth control. The tracts to be mowed are not very large (> 10 acres). This business would require me to carry General Contractor Liability Insurance, 1 million coverage, 10 million aggregate, not cheap !!!!! I will be the only employee.
My question involves what kind of price (per acre) are folks getting for normal acerage mowing (brush hogg style). I have found a couple other threads where guys were charging anywhere from $30.00 to $65.00 per acre for mowing. I am not looking to break the bank, but would like to be able to charge an honest price for services rendered. Understanding that a conventional tractor (CUT, or Normal size) CANNOT do this mowing outfitted with traditional tires. What type of price sounds "fair" considering the state is looking over their shoulder's. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif