How to Make Big Money Mowing Small Lawns. - book reviews

Whole Earth Review, Summer, 1991 by J. Baldwin

This is absolutely everything you need to know: equipment, technique and how to set up and run the business. Written for, but certainly not limited to, the average 15-year-old. It'd be hard to imagine a better book on the subject. Sneer not -- as a teen mowing New Jersey turf way back in the fifties, I made enough money to buy a brand-new Volkswagen beetle, drive it all over the USA, and still have some left over for college.

From 0.24 acres (one hour of mowing time) up to 0.34 acres (two hours of mowing time) the payments remain relatively constant, at $10 [in 1981 dollars]. Or, in other words, customers are willing to pay about the same price for house lots that range between one hour and two hours of mowing time. This is an interesting trend to be aware of. You can make the same amount of money in one hour as you can in two hours. This trend alerts you to put an emphasis on trying to get more of the one-hour jobs than the two-hour jobs, as a means of maximizing profits.

STATISTICS

* LOT SIZE - 0.12 ACRES * MOWING TIME - 15 MINUTES * PAYMENT - $3.00 * HOURLY RATE - $12.00 PER HOUR

COMMENTS

* LEVEL PROPERTY * CUSTOMER PROVIDED A MOWER. * JOB CONSISTED OF MOWING ONLY.