PART #1 Mowing a Overgrown Backyard | Mowing tall grass (REAL TIME & SOUNDS)
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- Опубликовано: 22 июн 2019
- Mowing this overgrown backyard was a tedious task, we found lots of hidden dangers cutting this tall grass like cloth and hoses their lawn mower was also buried to the top, but our lawn mower came out like a champ!
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Sadly, yards like this are bread and butter for me....
That's why I put a big block Briggs 37 hp on my customer mower he does over grown one cut and makes good money. You would be shock at his pictures of these yards. Just makes no sense to me why they only cut one time a month.
Hey how do I wrap a wired weed eater bc I can’t do mine correctly can you please help me
Blades of Grass Lawn Care, LLC -what range of price you charged to do that ? I would have charged around $250-$375 on time
A good rule-of thumb; whomever is on the mower needs to walk the property with a Trash Bag, pick up all trash, and remove all loose obstacles --- it's not the guy using the Trimmers responsibility. A good Crew-Leader, on the mower, should be trained accordingly...
Some people just don't care what their yard looks like....you guys did a great job getting it cleaned up.
Before people start judging- i’ve mowed several lawns like that and you won’t believe the amount of people whose yards are like that because they’ve gotten sick, disabled, or the person who has been living there is deceased.
Various if you’re sick 🤒 or disabled you can’t “call” a lawn service? Bs
You forgot lazy. Some people are just lazy.
The point is don’t always jump to being judgemental and negative especially not knowing a person’s situation of why things are the way they are. It’s as if people enjoy just being judgmental and negative about things that they have no idea.
Dude there was a BMW with not a speck of dirt on it
tommy mays what does that have to do with anything? Why does it matter?
Your comment about charging for cleanup then weekly being separate is totally correct. We get hit with what we call "one time wonders" all the time. And always at the start of the season when grass is full of leaves and damp with objects hidden inside for that added engine stalling surprise.
Great job on that yard, its hard to make anything like that look nice on one visit, you take pride in your work and it shows!
You are correct. I currently do this work and was want to start my own business. I work for someone else and it's hard trying to save up money for this type of equipment and pay bills. If you can donate anything would be a blessing. If not thank you anyway.
I think in this case you should clean up the junk befor mowing
Have do done one of these cleanups? It sure dont work that way!
@@canyonstinky7817 oh yes it does....you would have to be an idiot without walking the entire yard before ruining your equipment
@@covaluxx my yards are quite big. also the grass is like a foot tall and is buried in.
@@canyonstinky7817 an obvious solution would be to mow it more often so it doesn't get to that point.
GT Abraham depends on customer thoughts tho
Whenever you see dead lawnmowers thats being over taken by the grass you know you are in it for the long run!!
When I see a tall yard like that first thing I look for is a choked out mower
@@aleemsmith9507 Until they became so prevalent I started looking for the nearest exit!
@@Kicks80 dont disrespect the people who pay you.. lol
Rob King keep disrespecting your customers and you’ll have no one TO pay you, regardless if it’s my mom.
No shit homie...
"You get what you pay for."
Truer words have never been spoken.
Like the saying goes... "you pay peanuts, you get monkeys".
I know one thing that mower hasn’t skip a beat. You guys are the back bone of America, thanks for all your hard work !
I currently do this work and I love doing it. I do it for someone else. I want to start my own business but it's hard trying to save money for the right equipment and pay bills. If you can donate anything it would be a blessing and if not thank you.
Great video. I always do a walk through, front and back and remove anything that could damage my equipment.
I currently do this type of work. I want to start my own business. I love it. I work for someone else. It's hard trying to save money for the equipment and pay bills. If you can donate anything it would be a blessing and if not thank you anyway.
Ive mowed grass to tall to be able to do a walkthrough with
When the car out front cost more than the house🤣🤣🤣
That is like the neighbors around me.
When the house is paid for
You guys did a good job and it was really a lot of extra work. It looks 100% better than it did. There’s a lot of potential there for the homeowner to give it some much needed attention and it can be brought back to life fairly easily thanks to you guys getting it to this point. Thanks for sharing - blessings to your continued business. May you prosper in your honesty and hard work.
This was a task at hand which was conquered 😂now the homeowner have us maintain it for them, Thank you very much 😃👍
I do this work also. I work for a company but don't make enough to start my own business after paying bills. Especially for this type of epuipment. No this is not a scam. I have videos of me working to prove. If you can donate to help would be a blessing. If not still thank you.
@@Bladesofgrasslawncare I love this type of work. I work for someone. You know how it go. They don't pay enough to save up for the type equipment you use after paying bills. I really want to start my business for myself.
Hi there, lawny/gardener from Adelaide, Australia. Gotta love people that don't even try cleaning up their yard before you come over. I've gotten busy enough recently that I avoid these jobs if possible. Also I used to them cheap but people just take advantage of your generosity so now the longer the grass the more I charge regardless of how long it takes.... Enjoying getting a USA perspective on how you go about your business!
First thing that came to mind was the song by Guns-N-Roses welcome to the jungle
Lol
That's also my backyard theme song. Especially the first mow of the season after a long, wet spring.
Allways walk the ground before starting
Yes a very good idea
I always walk around the property with the customer before every job and has saved me from hitting some otherwise buried stuff like hoses and drop cords that you cant see
Same I always walk around in case I see tree stumps or rocks or buried things or if there’s a pit of water somewhere.
not much point if you can't see the goddamn ground because of the grass.
Chris Evans garden services jones Jones great tip thanks
Sometimes when I cut lawns like that I cringe. Usually I have the client clean up prior to cut. Or if I do it, it’s an extra $35 above the cost the service.
@@hownoto1212 Its common practice to always charge a good bit more for overgrown lawns. Takes far more time, harder on equipment. You also risk damage to blades and mower from things hidden in tall grass
@@hownoto1212 you pay several thousands for good equipment just to risk damaging it on overgrown properties like this. If I'm going to increase the chances of damaging my equipment you best believe I'm going to make it worth it. Don't want to pay my price then by all means take your shot. Just don't be surprised when it kicks you cheap butt.
I think a scythe is more appropriate sometimes. You're covering 48 inches or more in a swath - way more than 18 inches on your 36" zero, and you can work closer, slower and safer to see cinderblock, cans and jugs that may be hidden in the tall grass while completing the job possibly faster. You would have been able to collect the cuttings, too. That healthy yard doesn't look like it needs more mulch.
I currently do this type of work for someone else. I love it. I want to start my own business but it's hard trying to save while paying bills. If you can donate anything would be a blessing and if not thank you anyway
When the guy keeps going backwards on the stand-up, I was like, why doesn’t he just loop around? And then I realized, ooohhhh, he probably learned that lesson the hard way, don’t want to kick a rock up and break out a window. LOL. Especially in that mystery yard.
I do this work also. I love it. I currently work for someone else. I want to start my own business but it's hard trying to save and pay bills especially for the right equipment they use. If you can donate anything would be a blessing and if not thank you.
When I first started I did lawns like that. Be sure to charge appropriately people. You can definitely mess up a mower on something like this. That’s like x3 or 4 price yard.
I have been doing this for 20 years. Y'all have the best name ever. And I like these jobs. If I dont have yards in an area I'll use yards like this for advertising my work. Well done guys💪
I also do this work but work for someone else. I love but you know when you work for someone else you don't make enough to do it for yourself and pay bills. I want to start my own business. If you can donate anything would be a blessing and if not thank you anyway.
Yikes! What a nightmare. My husband used to let our lawn go like this because it was a large yard with annoying slope. I tried it but couldn't man handle the crappy mower over the uneven sloped terrain. I finally convinced him to let a lawn service do it. We got some landscaping done, evened out the craters.Regular service. It was so nice. Now we are in a place with the flat yard front and back and I love doing the work myself. Great video!
Seriously.. i don't know why i watched this video, but i watched it start to finish.. must be the satisfaction of cleaning up the yard that gets me every time.
😂👍
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I love it. I currently do this work for someone else. I want to start my own business but it's hard trying to save up and pay bills especially for the equipment they have. If you can donate anything would be a blessing and if not thank you anyway.
Backyard lawnmower saw the mess and decided not to start! Lol!
Lawnmower was like fuck this shit im out
It looked like one of those newfangled battery-powered ultra quiet and environmentally friendly mowers.
You know, the kind of mowers that get you laughed at...
A casualty of war.
The owner was like..."now where did l leave that lawn mower?...oh right. Bye."
@@lemon-iu7bo LMAO
I just started my lawn maintenance service a month ago, after being a owner operator truck driver, sold my truck and happily mowing lawns, making them look beautiful. Mow, edge, blow...
Never been happier, I took a big pay cut, but never been happier. Just picked up a 50 gasoline store contract... only been in bussines ONE MONTH!! Got lucky I guess..
I also do this work. I love it. I currently work for someone else. I want to start my own business but it's hard trying to save and pay bills especially for the right equipment they use. If you can donate anything would be a blessing and if not thank you.
The irony of the lawn mower sitting there is classic!
Don’t you love that state of the art security lock they got on that gate in the back yard. 😉☝️
We see lawns like that and majority of the time we tell them we can't do it. Its hard on the engine first of all and secondly a lot of folks don't want to pay the price to get it back down. They see big mowers and figure that you can just run over it once and be done which is surely not the case. I commend you guys cause got out and tackled it and it looks 100 times better. Keep up the good work!👍👍
Thank you very much!
I love yards like those. The Wright eats them up easy and they are good money makers.
I love them to. They seperate the men from the boys. I Would of hit it with the scag vride on 4.5 and came back with the walker on 6, But just like he said you get what you pay for.
the first job is remove all bricks,stones, woods,chairs, hose, etc,,,,and later u can work without obstacles
That's the owner job....
@@edissoncabrera8753 Well, owners don't always do a good job, that's why this yard is such a mess. It's YOUR job to pick up before mowing, or you could damage your equipment. Make it part of the quote, if the yard is a mess. Charge an additional 15 or more minutes to pick up all their debris.
@@alan30189 i dont agree with that.
Edisson Cabrera the owners a lot of time don’t do their jobs
Not owners job to clean up yard
Hello Johnny, Well Said, is Accordingly & if Later they don’t want to use you, your Clean Up was Profitable 👍🏻 If they do give it to you, Well then Great. Thanks for Sharing, Take Care and Be Safe Out Their 🇺🇸
another great video you guys have done an excellent job on that property. And guys let's keep up the support and do not skip thru the ads on his channel.
Not too shabby. Definitely a huge improvement on what it was like previously. Nice job, guys!
Us viewer love to see tall grass = )
One of the best vlog I've seen this season. Great job Johnny I hope you're paying Qwest well that dude a beast!!💯
Johnny, I think I saw Bigfoot run out the gate! LOL
Nice job, those real tall ones are a killer
It was aunt bunny
@@davidmaclean3984 nju8
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It’s funny how many people are telling you how to do your job when y’all did amazing. I just would’ve bagged the grass at the end but that’s more time and effort
Thank you gentlemen for your time
The dynamic duo back at it again ‼️
Wow what a great job hope that cleanup turns into a yearly customers. You'll make that nice doing a weekly. Great job again gents
Love your videos man. I'm new to the buisness but doing well. I learned so much from this channel. You guys rock.
Damn that grass is tall. Teamwork makes the dream work.Good luck guys.
Watching all your videos really made me en step up my own personal lawn care
I agree, Johnny has been a model for me in beginning and growing my business. I was so caught up in him mowing an overgrown yard because it seems that those are what I get often and I wanted to see how the professional man mister Johnny Blades of grass does this. Awesome job brother keep mowing
@@TTScott-gg4kv I also do this work. I love it. I work for someone else. I want to start my own business but it's hard trying to save up and pay bills especially for the right equipment they use. If you can donate anything would be a blessing and if not thank you.
I also do this work. I love it. I work for someone else. I want to start my own business but it's hard trying to save and pay bills especially for the right equipment they use. If you can donate anything it would be a blessing.
I find mowing long grass like that extremely satisfying.
Me too I do this for a living in FLA and I look for the tall yards I love seeing it disappears
Only nice if you charge right. I've found some people who allow their yards to get like this don't like to spend the money it takes to get a proper clean up
Strangely fascinating watching this. Reminds me of lawnmowing as a kid.
Great job Johnny !
I can bring up 7 goats from Tampa to help you out in that backyard
LOl!!!
Goats dont really eat grass, sheep would be a better fit
@@MichealAEdwards yes they do their are other types of goats.
Tarkus 75 😂😂😂
Kool I need Goats.
Yepp I had to stop taking them jobs on. Hurt my equipment so much. Great job for how tall in a confined area.
I just love watching these guys work,they friendly,efficient and do the job right the first time,i stay in South Africa
I love to see that you took the time to edge out the back patio
This reminds me of what on of saving greens previous employee use to say, “ it’s always harder in the rear”
My ex said that too 💦
Lo habeis dejado perfecto soios los mejores en jardines
Ah, look at all the pretty yellow flowers!😄
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I like watching your channel. Thinking about adding this to my pressure washing business in about a year or two. So I'm glad I can watch you do your thing in real time without the time lapse so I can really see how you do things. Keep up the good work
I also do this work. I love it. I work for someone else. I want to start my own business but it's hard trying to save up and pay bills especially with the equipment they use. If you can donate would be a blessing. If not thank you anyway.
Not withstanding this first mow, and if you’ll be mowing it regularly, this is an easy account. Flat, no trees, no shrubs, etc. By the same token, the way it initially looked, I won’t put too much hope in that customer and charge on this initial job with “hope” out of the equation.
Y’all did a great job, hope customer appreciates it.
Amen
Yeah you guys did a wonderful job 😂 gotta have mad skills to cut grass
Nice operation you have.
That was a big job. You did well. Im watching your channel all day today. I do light landscape jobs for neighbors. Im learning. Thanks for sharing. 😊👍🌻
Great video and great job on that overgrown property.
I like doing these kind of jobs the best.nobody else in my area will do jobs like this.they won’t even give a quote.i like the buzz it gets going around the neighborhood after I do one of these jobs and the before/after contrast.
Keep the videos coming
This was awesome
Almost as awesome as tacos 🌮
Ahhh yes that's more like the kind of overgrown I'm used to. Not all this sill 3" growth thing lol. Great work mate ;D
Yall two did a heck of a great job on that yard as a cleanup
My father was an arborist and a landscaper, we had a landscaping company that I grew up in. My mom did the office stuff, ran the books/payroll and placed the client list and work for my dad for the week. We regularly, (in the Winter when my dad was "off") go to the Morton Arboretum here in Chicagoland to do research. He never stopped learning, and I went to work with him from when I was a small child. My job was flower planting, I'd plant edges of begonias, petunias, and the like. My mom taught me how to plant flower pots with good combinations of flowers; design and balance. At any rate, when I saw this, I was like OMG. There needs to be new turf setup. You can save this, but it's a lot of work, better to cut it down and take it out, put new turf down, or place several shrubs, and low ornamental trees. Put in raised beds for veggies/herbs. Maybe some fruit bushes along the fence, and a perennial garden on one or two sides. I'd cut down on the lawn area unless this is a fixer upper for young families that might want grass as a play area and have a swing set/sandbox setup for the children to play in.
We lived near a big easement field near a railroad, so my dad always had my uncles and family friends out to play horseshoes. He also laid out another area for volleyball. Then, on our driveway, we had a shuffleboard he spray-painted on the cement. We also had a croquet set for another area in the backyard grass area. Downstairs had a ping pong table. If you could not find something fun to do at our house during a birthday party, etc. it was your own darn fault. But that is what having a good big backyard can do for you. Thanks for keeping it up!
That’s the type of people that cut the front and not the back
Exactly only the front yard
If the HOA or people see the front yard bad they can fine you but no one sees the back so no need to cut it until you want to sell it 😂🤣
yard like that, you're almost certain to run over something. that's when i whip out the string trimmer and rough cut the whole thing. that way the customer also can see the rest of the junk they have to move out of the way for the next mow, because i'm not 😂
I used a weed wacker on my backyard that looked just like this, lol. It kept raining all spring & I fell behind on my first of the season mow. But I know my yard & there's no junk laying around.
Awesome job
As someone that used to do this, this is just awesome to watch
You guys did a great job. I have learned a lot from watching your videos may God continue to bless you and yours business
Touch job I get these all the time smh. Great job guys
Wow! That was a great job.
Thank you!
Had to rewatch this👌
I salot to all the landscapers in the world watching all the way hawaii..
Keep I'm up boss man.
Owners should have picked up all that crap in the back, I’d charge them extra for having to clean up after them
Your so patient people ask the same questions or tell you the same things if they read other people’s questions you have already given the answers. Your very polite best wishes from the UK
Thank you very much!
Great job on the yard it look good after all the hard work you put in it. When I get yards like this I mow it as high as I can then pick up the stuff in the yards then cut again
You opened that gate and went around the corner and the first thing that came to mind was "Welcome to the Jungle!"
Where they have fun n games lol
1st thing came to my mind is this dont make no dayum sense 😩😩
Wow ! Been there before with 1st time cuts, gotta walk it for things in grass like bricks,chains,toys,ropes, and poopy.lol
Crazy!! That mower didn't slow up a bit. Good job guys.
Great job
That lawn was in rough shape Q did a good bush hog. In time y’all will have it in good shape!
jonny, that ain't no lawn, that's a jungle. when you have to move cinder blocks to open the gate, it just gets worse from there. I hope you charged appropriately, risk vs reward. your risks are high, could seriously damage your equipment and yourselves too. I mean dayum, that's some crap right there hey! did one heck of a job, all things considered.
I had a realtor complain the yard was almost 2 feet or more in areas. And there was bricks angle iron in the tall grass. Luckily I did hit something. Still after over a month of service I still find things in the yard. Endless!
My favorite part in the last line so satisfying
This going to look amazing 😎💪👍
I appreciate it
Looking at the car, compared to the yard, that's definitely a bachelor's pad.
Lol, No it's not
I like how his speechless as he goes threw the gate
😂✊👍
He was cursing he just muted it 😂🤣
Awww man you had a great employee
I guess it's fair to say the customer didn't like their back yard or wasn't using the back yard. What a huge difference it made after the grass was cut...they got what they paid for..1 hour of service.
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That was a dangerous backyard.
Glad you managed safely. Also, great job!
Thanks!
I have done worst. I currently work for someone else but want to start my own business. It's hard when you are working for someone and trying to pay bills and trying to save up for this type of equipment. If you can donate anything would be a blessing and if not thank you anyway.
Curious to know how much would you guys charge just for the back yard alone
Truly riveting experience, thank you.
Exceptional work ethic
Dam I know, I’m getting old is when I’m starting to watch mowing lawns lol
and we appreciate you!
I always charge more if I have to pick up junk and move objects.
1 cent for eat object
Why like all your doing is picking up one or 2 things
And that is why you have no job. You want to charge extra for your "job"
jimmy jokes exactly
@@jimmyjokes763 I get plenty of jobs, part of it is being upfront and honest about my charges. Also I usually double my normal rate for yards egregiously overgrown mainly due to unseen hazards.
You guys killed it...looks great
first thing I do when presented with a new property to mow is inspect for condition which allows me to determine how much I will charge for the job. and set customer expectations.. then before I start I walk the lawn looking for any hidden items that might damage my cutting capability (single most important consideration) then clear any obstacles . the broken blocks at the rotting gate a warning that there may be other obstacles in the long grass. Oh yes with a property in this condition insist on payment in advance.. and stay away from amateur house flippers who might be tempted to screw you out of payment.
.take pictures before and after.. purpose being 1) prove you completed the job... 2) real reason proof that you have not damaged anything during the cutting example in this vid the satellite dish..
thanks for taking the time to make and post this :-)
on a job like that I always walk the entire area before I start the mower.
True.
Johnny thanks for the video. Been so long since I've seen one it seems like it lol. I hear what your saying but that yard was heinous and it was a massive clean up job that put your equipment at risk. I would of said hey this is our clean up fee $$$ but if I get the contract then the services are $$ but hey it's your business you do you. I'm glad nothing was wrong with the mower when Q hit something I was like oh hell no lol.
I currently do this work. I love this work. I work for someone else. I want to start my own business but it's hard trying to save up while paying bills for the right equipment they use. If you can donate anything it would be a blessing and if not thank you.
It’s customers like that that keep y’all in business thank God for them🤑
Such great advice! A great clean up
7:50 I understand that feeling, I hate how people let there yards get out of control and leave stuff sitting in the overgrown grass
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I agree
I've done worst yards than this and made peanuts. When you work for someone else you not making anything they do. I want to start my own business but it's hard trying to save up for the right equipment they use while paying bills. If you can donate anything would be a blessing and if not thank you anyway.
There goes the 1/3 rule out the window lol
Thanks for the great videos
A metal toilet snake you use in plumbing stopped me in my tracks like that once. It was fun getting it un tangled