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OFF season ideas in Florida

#1

C

Carmineb48

Had my business 8 years now and never really had to work too hard in the off season to get by, and never had help full time, just a couple of freinds that would help me when they were not working.
Got a great kid working with me this summer, and need to keep him busy. Lawn work isn't enough as I have a
lot of season only accounts, I am trying to eliminate as I increase my yearly accounts. Besides lawn care, what
do you folks do for revenue in the off season. Thanks for any ideas.


#2

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zmister11

Carmineb48 said:
Had my business 8 years now and never really had to work too hard in the off season to get by, and never had help full time, just a couple of freinds that would help me when they were not working.
Got a great kid working with me this summer, and need to keep him busy. Lawn work isn't enough as I have a
lot of season only accounts, I am trying to eliminate as I increase my yearly accounts. Besides lawn care, what
do you folks do for revenue in the off season. Thanks for any ideas.
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I would like to know as well


#3

gfp55

gfp55

When is the off season in Fla., Summer, winter?


#4

Z

zmister11

gfp55 said:
When is the off season in Fla., Summer, winter?
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Winter, pretty much November - late march


#5

gfp55

gfp55

I don't know if I can give you any ideas because I a snowbird. Do you do pool maintenance? Maybe tree trimming, driveway sealing, packing lot striping, house washing, motor home washing/detailing, equipment repair. I'll have to think on that, I'll be watching you thread.


#6

grumpygrizzly

grumpygrizzly

Might be a good time to add a little sidework to your lawn maintenance business. How about window washing? Couple ladders, long poles, buckets, the squeegee's and blades. I've seen people selling pretty much all you need in one package on CL for a couple hundred bucks plus or minus..

Start it out in your off season so you can get everything figured out, customers lined up, contacting your current year round accounts and adding it to them.. Then when lawn mowing season rolls back around, you'll have it ready to go..


On the small engine repair side where I'm at, I primarily switch from keeping mowers and weed eaters running to getting leaf blowers and chainsaws running. Still do maintenance on the mowers and weed eaters, getting them ready for next season and when that season rolls around, I switch to maintenance mode on chainsaws and leaf blowers..


#7

exotion

exotion

grumpygrizzly said:
Might be a good time to add a little sidework to your lawn maintenance business. How about window washing? Couple ladders, long poles, buckets, the squeegee's and blades. I've seen people selling pretty much all you need in one package on CL for a couple hundred bucks plus or minus..

Start it out in your off season so you can get everything figured out, customers lined up, contacting your current year round accounts and adding it to them.. Then when lawn mowing season rolls back around, you'll have it ready to go..

On the small engine repair side where I'm at, I primarily switch from keeping mowers and weed eaters running to getting leaf blowers and chainsaws running. Still do maintenance on the mowers and weed eaters, getting them ready for next season and when that season rolls around, I switch to maintenance mode on chainsaws and leaf blowers..
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I do window washing on regular houses total investment was less than 100... Just gotta keep buying window cleaner (I like using windshield washing fluid dries fast no streaks)


#8

Ric

Ric

Carmineb48 said:
Had my business 8 years now and never really had to work too hard in the off season to get by, and never had help full time, just a couple of freinds that would help me when they were not working.
Got a great kid working with me this summer, and need to keep him busy. Lawn work isn't enough as I have a
lot of season only accounts, I am trying to eliminate as I increase my yearly accounts. Besides lawn care, what
do you folks do for revenue in the off season. Thanks for any ideas.
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Off season, I wished I got an off season. It seems like it slows down some in the winter months but I don't think we ever stop.:smile: In the slower times we generally work flower beds, Hedge Trimming, tree trimming and do all of our mulching work along with some pressure washing of driveways. There's always somebody wanting something done.


#9

Lawnboy18

Lawnboy18

Ric said:
Off season, I wished I got an off season. It seems like it slows down some in the winter months but I don't think we ever stop.:smile: In the slower times we generally work flower beds, Hedge Trimming, tree trimming and do all of our mulching work along with some pressure washing of driveways. There's always somebody wanting something done.
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That is how I see it in FL in December. Landscape trucks all over the place, crews mowing (every 2 weeks). I think it also seems to be the time to prune the palm trees (remove there dead leaves). Atleast that is what I see when I am there. They also do mulching.


#10

Ric

Ric

Lawnboy18 said:
That is how I see it in FL in December. Landscape trucks all over the place, crews mowing (every 2 weeks). I think it also seems to be the time to prune the palm trees (remove there dead leaves). Atleast that is what I see when I am there. They also do mulching.
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That's it, it's called getting caught up :laughing: About the only time off we get is the first three weeks of February because that's when we get frost if we get any at all. During the summer months it's Mow, trim, edge and blow off and on to the next client that's about all you have time for.


#11

Lawnboy18

Lawnboy18

Ric said:
That's it, it's called getting caught up :laughing: About the only time off we get is the first three weeks of February because that's when we get frost if we get any at all. During the summer months it's Mow, trim, edge and blow off and on to the next client that's about all you have time for.
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I believe it! It is incredible how things grow in the south!


#12

grumpygrizzly

grumpygrizzly

exotion said:
I do window washing on regular houses total investment was less than 100... Just gotta keep buying window cleaner (I like using windshield washing fluid dries fast no streaks)
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When I was really looking into doing Window washing, I read the best windshield washing fluid is Joy dishwashing soap.

Have you ever tested that out??


#13

exotion

exotion

grumpygrizzly said:
When I was really looking into doing Window washing, I read the best windshield washing fluid is Joy dishwashing soap.

Have you ever tested that out??
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Seems to thick may make the pumps work to hard


#14

grumpygrizzly

grumpygrizzly

exotion said:
Seems to thick may make the pumps work to hard
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Yeah but, it's good for your hands.. You're soaking in it now..

(How's that for an old reference??)

Or was that Palmolive..


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