TRANSPORTATION

[lawn mower fanatic]

I have a small lawn care business and most of my customers are in my neighborhood. I don't have a truck and was wondering if there are any other ways to transport my mower/weedwacker around the neighborhood than just walking with it.
OR
Is there a way to hook up a weedwacker to your lawn mower for easier transportation??

 

[Blade Runner]

Mowed lawns with a push mower for cash, when I was a kid. Sometimes I used a "garden cart" to haul the mower, gas, etc. I am talking about the kind of cart that has only 2 large bicycle wheels/tires. Its designed like a chinese rickshaw, in that you use the leverage built into the design of the cart to haul a lot of weight easily. I think we bought a cart hardware kit from a magazine called "Organic Gardening". We supplied the wood and wheels. It was cheap and easy to make and lasted over 20 years. I found a pic online, see below. Note: A critical part of the design is that the handle should be at the base as in the pic. If you have not used one, you will be amazed how much you can push or pull and how easy you can do it.

 

[lawn mower fanatic]

Great! I might do that! Just wondering, how did you get the mower up into the cart?

 

[Blade Runner]

I picked the push mower up about a foot in height and put it in the cart. If I was too tired after mowing, I would tilt the cart forward and roll the mower into it.

 

[earthworm]

Mowed lawns with a push mower for cash, when I was a kid. Sometimes I used a "garden cart" to haul the mower, gas, etc. I am talking about the kind of cart that has only 2 large bicycle wheels/tires. Its designed like a chinese rickshaw, in that you use the leverage built into the design of the cart to haul a lot of weight easily. I think we bought a cart hardware kit from a magazine called "Organic Gardening". We supplied the wood and wheels. It was cheap and easy to make and lasted over 20 years. I found a pic online, see below. Note: A critical part of the design is that the handle should be at the base as in the pic. If you have not used one, you will be amazed how much you can push or pull and how easy you can do it.

And, I'll bet that you are one healty dude..
Way to go:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:
I can easily transport a regular lawn-mower in my Saab hatchback, but the tractor will not fit....lol

 

[Blade Runner]

....yeah, I did it from age 12 to 15. My mother became very ill and my father got injured on the job so I had to help bring in money somehow. I built up over 20 regular customers and I eventually had a work crew composed of 2 other teens. As hard as times were for us then, it was one of the best times in my life.:smile:

 

[Two-Stroke]

This thread is bringing back some memories for me. :laughing:

Mowing lawns was probably my most lucrative job when I was a teen. Before I was old enough to get a car, I pushed my mower from job to job and carried a pair of hand clippers (which nobody uses anymore because you have to get down on the ground) to do the trimming.

By the time I turned 16, I had saved enough money to buy my own car -- a used Mini Cooper S (the original Minis were much, much smaller than the ones they make now ). I was able to strap the mower in the trunk of the Mini -- only the lid wouldn't close -- but that was OK.

I still have the B&S engine from the mower I used starting in the early 1960s. I has lots of hours but is basically sound. The steel deck cracked beyond repair long ago.

I regret not having bought a Lawn-Boy or Jacobsen at the time and kept it all these years. Back then, as now, I considered those brands the best but they were out of my price range.

 

[Blade Runner]

Oh yeah, I can relate to your comments....I was a teen in the 80s. After I got a car, I got a job in a grocery store. What a let down. I stopped being my own boss and I made less money. Infact, I did not start making more money than when I was 15 and mowing lawns, until I got out of college.....but at 15, I also had no debt:laughing:

I have noticed one thing over the years with people I have dealt with in my personal life or in business....those with a background in mowing lawns for money as a kid or an adult, have generally been very good people.:wink: