Posted by redforlife on March 25, 2023 at 11:50:48 from (174.213.210.247):
In Reply to: Cemetery mowing posted by nuttsaboutFORDS on March 25, 2023 at 10:37:15:
Around here, they bid on the cemetary mowing jobs per season, and not per time they mow it. And that leaves a big unknown to the bidders. A dry year, you might not be mowing it that many times. But on a wet year, you might be mowing it alot of times. So, some of the bidders will put in a bid by taking a chance that they won't have to mow it very many times. Or based off of some sort of average. Makes it kind of hard to bid on the job.
In your case, sounds like you are only estimating your efforts for a single mowing, and not trying to estimate how many times you'll be mowing it for all year. That part might make it easier for ya, but who decides at what point you'll be mowing?? Are you at your own dismay on that? Or on a schedule? Or somebody else tells you when to mow? You might want to make things clear on that. Otherwise you might not be mowing it enough times for your liking, or for thiers. Or the same with to much. The cemetery board might not like the idea of you buzzing in there and mowing it every time you feel like making some quick cash. So you and the cemetary needs to be clear on the arrangements of when to mow. And you might want to make it clear that you won't be hauling your lawn mowers over there just because of a single person with a complaint about a couple dandy lions on thier great aunts grave. By the same visitor who incidently hasn't been to the cemetary in years. Maybe not since the funeral. That's what you run into when mowing a cemetary.
Some cemetarys aren't to bad. Tomb stones all lined up, and a good job on the dirt leveling over the years. But other cemetarys are horrible. Sink holes all over, tombstones all out of line, trees and shrubs all over, and flower bushes, and fences. If it's one of them, be sure to bid extra, because it will take longer and be a bigger burden than you think by just looking at it. You won't know alot of things till after you mow it a time or two. Your riding mower won't fit between the stones going crossways, or that wire fence eats off all your string on your weed wacker. That kind of stuff you'll often times find out later. So if it looks like a pain in the b??? job, be sure to account for those things in your bid by bidding extra. Because if you don't, you'll be reminded everytime you ask yourself why you bid the job so low.
There's a couple cemetarys around here, that I just plain wouldn't want to mow.
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