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Eric
02-16-2002 04:38:22
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Re: anyone have a rototilling buisness with a lawn garden tractor in reply to drew, 02-11-2002 21:20:35
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I'm almost 15, and i'm starting out doing lawns and gardens and drives
I have:
5x10 tilt trailer, new this next saturday (when we get it)
1964 Bush Hog V3-6 garden tractor, much like a JD 110 but built alot heavier, weights 660 lbs empty. Same tranny as 110 with Vari Drive also. For this I have a 32" mower deck, 48" Vplow for snow i made it, 40" box blade on back, i made, cab, i made, 6 1/2" Brinly garden plow i made adjustable to 12" in about 1" increments. Brinly disc, 48" grader blade, i made, and a 10 cu. ft. wagon i made. This can do about anything, but for mowing i prefer my:
1989 Toro 8-32 Professional rear engine rider, 8hp B&S I/C key start i just put new rings in, 32" cutter deck and 9 bushel collector i made for it, does leaves great have not tried it on grass.
push mower
weed eater
And my parents have a 1992 Wheel Horse 520H (20hp Onan, hydrostatic) with a 48" mower and 36" tiller. The tiller does great but i'd rather it be 4' than 3' as it misses a couple inches of wheel tread, but this way they only had to make one tiller for all models... but i don't like the hydrostatic unit in this tractor, it may just be this tractor but at a slow speed it lets the tiller control most movement. It's not very solid motion if you know what i mean. It's full of the correct fluid. IMHO, a 8 speed Wheel Horse thrown in low range would be awesome..Anyhow i won't be using this much in business. It's got 85x hours already! Still going strong too... They also have an old Craftsman 16" 3.5hp Tecumseh rear tine tiller, works great. For my Bush Hog and attachments see my webpage: http://www.geocities.com/bushhogtractors or click link below. I will charge about $20 minimum (for 45 minutes or less) to plow/disc and $25 an hour after that. Example: 2 hours gets $50. 45 minutes or less gets $20. One hour gets $25.
Lawns and drives will have to have a custom price. Like someone might have a plain yard and another person might have a small orchard or something. I wouldn't even do an orchard unless it paid good. I have mowed one before for a friend with his JD 316 and 46" deck, not a great thing. A ZTR mower would do better but it still takes along time to trim. Maybe if the ZTR had a flex deck or string trimmer attachment on the deck. That would be better but a string trimmer on deck is at least $400 and a flex deck is more like $1,500. Anyway, do NOT take too little for your work. I may be alittle steep on my prices, but i'm in it for money not tractor time (that's just a bonus!) but don't undersell yourself and equipment, it will take a toll on the equipment.. Also i recommend raising tiller outta ground before doing any turning except a curve in landscapings. Lot less stress on tiller and tractor this way. sorry for rambling!!!!
Eric
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