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04-13-2011, 01:32 AM | #1 |
Donating YT 5000 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Ohio
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| How much to have the lawn mowed? I was curious what people pay to have their lawns cut. Our lawn guy raised the cost by $10 a mow + state tax. So I am trying to see if this is average or high. Thanks!
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04-13-2011, 03:49 AM | #2 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: With my yorkies
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| Mine costs $35 to mow, weedeat and edge. It's another $5 to have the clippings bagged. That's pretty much average rates around here, and it's sooooo worth it!
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04-13-2011, 04:10 AM | #3 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Longport
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| going to depend on 2 things, location and yard size. Landscapers up here consider a 100ft by 100ft lot an average lot, going rate is 45-50 for cut, edge and blowing. But with gas going up, the landscaper is NOT going to eat that cost.. so expect increases
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04-13-2011, 05:02 AM | #4 |
♥ Love My Tibbe! ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: D/FW, Texas
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| $30.00 and that is very low here.
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04-13-2011, 05:13 AM | #5 |
YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Long Island, NY USA
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| Wow I didn't realize it cost that much to mow the lawn. I am so glad I do it myself. I actually don't mind doing it at all. See how much money I save by doing it myself. I will have to tell Hubby how much I save us!! hehe Maybe I will put $30 in an envelope everytime i mow it and then I could buy something nice.
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04-13-2011, 05:22 AM | #6 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Longport
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| Yes and no, depends on what your free time is worth to you... For my yard it takes 2.5- 3hrs by myself to do... I have this discussion every year... that is time I could be on the beach, or on the water... so like most things in life it is a subjective thing. Kinda like this scenario, up here in the North we have to have our sprinklers blown out in the winter... it generally costs 50-60 per year... Why pay that, when I can buy my own compressor for 200, and in 4 years I will be in the positive.. Now, just make sure you bank that money!!!
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04-13-2011, 05:26 AM | #7 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Mt. Sinai, New York
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| We have about 1/2 an acre that gets mowed, edges trimmed, the yard gets blown out and the clippings get carted away for about $35/week.
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04-13-2011, 05:28 AM | #8 |
I ♥ Armani & Chloe Donating Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Upstate NY
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| $25/ mow and that is cheap for the area, because it is not a big company just a small business guy.
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04-13-2011, 05:28 AM | #9 |
♥ Love My Tibbe! ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: D/FW, Texas
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| Oh, much better pay than do it myself!
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04-13-2011, 05:32 AM | #10 | |
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04-13-2011, 05:37 AM | #11 |
♪♥ Jazi & Izi's Mom ♥♫ Donating Member | I have a wonderful retired neighbor that mows most of our properties. $50 per month. He mows 2 x per mth in the winter and once a week in the summer and does all the weeding. I'm blessed to have such a good neighbor
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04-13-2011, 05:39 AM | #12 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Longport
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| Mowing in the winter is fundamentally wrong in NJ ... We need to remove ice and snow first.. That guy is a nice neighbor to have!
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04-13-2011, 05:56 AM | #13 |
I Love My Yorkies Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
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| My front yard is the only place with grass and we mulched one half of our front yard so the yard is pretty small so it costs $10 for a neighbor kid to do it. We are getting rid of all our grass this year though and putting in a stream and just put mulch and hostas and flowers in the front yard.
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04-13-2011, 05:57 AM | #14 |
Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Michigan USA & Sheffield UK
Posts: 4,119
| Last year, it was $100 to mow 2 acres & trim around the house. Clearing the culvert was extra. This year, I plan on getting my riding mower fixed or buying a new one, cos I'm sure the prices will have gone up with gas so high.
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04-13-2011, 06:00 AM | #15 |
Ringo (1) and Lucy too! Donating Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: On the Edge of Glory
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| At our old house - with 1/2 acre of fenced yard in the back AND on a slight grade - it cost $35 to mow, weed-eat; and clean up. NOW, we have a smaller yard and it has only cost me the price of a mower because my teen-age son will be taking over those duties! Much to his dismay.
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