Anyone use their popo for work outside of personal use?
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I have a landscaping company on the side. I use my popo for mowing fields and empty lots with my swisher rough cut mower (pull behind). I also use it to spray weeds in large areas. In the winter I use it to plow snow. It is much easier to get in areas a truck can't, or won't for risk of damaging buildings, etc. It definitely makes working more desirable knowing I get to ride my popo, even if it's just riding in circles in an empty field! LOL!
CaptQuint has some good advise there for marketing. You aren't going to make a million bucks, but it will put food in your mouth. I do landscaping on the side more for fun and stress relief. Fortunately, I don't rely on the money as my main source of income, so I am picky about the jobs I take. I turn an aweful lot of them down. I mainly do commercial accounts. One of my most profitable ventures is mowing fields and empty lots, especially in the city. The city will fine property owners if their vegetation grows over 8" and forces them to have the field mowed. That's where I come in. I get a few hundred bucks for mowing a field, depending on the size of course. I've been able to knock down sagebrush as large as 2" in diameter with my swisher! Empty lots are a good market as know one has the right equipment, either too small of a mower or a tractor/brush hog, but they can't get into small areas like my atv and leave a lot of cleanup to do behind.
CaptQuint has some good advise there for marketing. You aren't going to make a million bucks, but it will put food in your mouth. I do landscaping on the side more for fun and stress relief. Fortunately, I don't rely on the money as my main source of income, so I am picky about the jobs I take. I turn an aweful lot of them down. I mainly do commercial accounts. One of my most profitable ventures is mowing fields and empty lots, especially in the city. The city will fine property owners if their vegetation grows over 8" and forces them to have the field mowed. That's where I come in. I get a few hundred bucks for mowing a field, depending on the size of course. I've been able to knock down sagebrush as large as 2" in diameter with my swisher! Empty lots are a good market as know one has the right equipment, either too small of a mower or a tractor/brush hog, but they can't get into small areas like my atv and leave a lot of cleanup to do behind.
Last edited by firehog; 04-03-2009 at 07:44 AM.
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