Plowing question

[fishersofmen]

We maintain properties around Lake Minnetonka, Wayzata, Edina, Plymouth. A ton of high end stuff, bankers, pro athletes etc. One thing with maintaining properties like this is there is a constant money flow from the same customers and they will pay very good money for not having to lift a finger. One house we do pays out $1,300 per fert application.

Before Denny Hecker went to prison we did over 30,000 in business annually for him alone.

[Moose]

I've been in the business since 1990. Started the year of the Halloween Blizzard and worked for a private firm till 1997 then went to the public end of it in Park Maintenance for a local municipality. When I was young I loved the Maintenance end of the business but as my family grew I started to hate the hours. I like the hardscape end now although my hardscapes are play systems and pools. I still do the maintenance with fertilizer and herbicide but also get involved with sport field and park irrigation. I love the variety and love that I can only plow 12 hours at a time now per MNDOT rules for commercial drivers. The pay is less on my end but so is the headache. I think it's good for young guys to know the ins and outs of the business. As far as hourly/per inch/per time. I always did better on salary with a bonus at the end of the season for time worked over an amount agreed upon at the beginning of the season.That way I had the security of a weekly paycheck and was still rewarded for hard work during the season and a back up if it all goes down the tubes like in 1991,1997,2013 just my .02.