Consider Offering a Reel Mowing Service

In August 2008, I wrote a post about the pros and cons of using a reel mower. However, in that post I did not delve very deeply into offering reel mowing as a service to your customers.

Offering a reel mowing service is a great idea for you to expand your business for several reasons, including increasing your client base as well as making more money. This will overall help your business to take steps towards being the best it can be.

This year, a woman called my friend and I about mowing her lawn with a reel mower. We took her on, and now we make $40 pop, which is really only an hour of (kind of strenuous) work. ($40 an hour! Good, huh?) So, with a reel mower, you can get more cash for the work you put in.

Also, a reel mower service may attract more customers to your client base. These kinds of customers include those who may be more environmentally-conscious-- gas mowers are very polluting. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, gas mowers account for 5% of U.S. air pollution (source). Also, you may attract customers who don't like the sound of a loud gas mower. The hum of a reel mower cutting the grass is far more pleasing to the ear than the roar of a gasoline-propelled engine.

Offering a reel mowing service could put you ahead of local commercial lawn care services. I doubt most of them offer reel mowing, so the before-mentioned customers will either have to perform the job themselves, or hire you.

Lastly, reel mowers can be just plain easier to deal with. There is little maintenance involved compared to a gas one. Also, you can mow in the morning, which could increase your productivity.

If you do a reel mowing service, I can guarantee that you will be rewarded handsomely for your effort. It can increase your productivity, make you more money, and lengthen your customer list. These are exactly the kinds of things we are looking for in our teen lawn mowing businesses, right? Good luck filling the full potential of your teen lawn business.

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