Fall Clean-up Leaf Removal Tips plus help bidding Woodbury MN

[Music] whether you're taking on a leaf cleanup job or a landscaping project you're not always going to have the right tool to accomplish that specific job but don't let that slow you down after 32 years of being in this industry I still don't have all the equipment that I need to get every project done that I have to tackle it doesn't stop me and it shouldn't stop you so today I'm only going to show you two ways that you can bid a fall cleanup job we're also gonna teach you how to make a leaf burrito I'm going to show you how we handle doing jobs when we don't have all the right tools and equipment so without further ado no further ado without further ado we're gonna get this video rolling I can't believe I said I'd do I don't have a leaf vacuum but you got a trailer and a tarp we call it the leaf burrito putting another tarp and you can haul a lot of lead when you don't have a leave vacuum you get creative so he pulls plenty of slack over the front and the sides that way he can wrap the leaf burrito and contain all the leaves as he goes down the road well it's an easy way to get rid of the leaves would be to leave just a little opening in the top of the leaf I don't know how many people be too happy about that but we wouldn't have to dump so many leaves now another cool trick is you can put a pallet in the front of the leaf burrito with a strap through the middle and then you can just back up your Moore hook up hook it up to the strap and pull the whole leaf burrito right off so what he's doing right now is he's blowing the leaves away from the structures so that the the vacuums can come in and suck everything I mean it speeds up the whole process he'll come right in grab all these leaves and go so let's talk about bidding this job in particular took us three hours shop to shop time from start to finish and we charged this customer $50 an hour plus $40 to drop the lead so the total bill this customer experienced was a hundred and ninety dollars that's how you're gonna formulate your bids whether you use $50 an hour 60 65 whatever rate you can possibly afford the first few leaf cleanups you're gonna do on an hourly basis and then you're going to watch your times you're going to make sure that you understand exactly how long it should take you to do a project like this and that way you can start to switch from an hourly basis to a lump-sum basis customers are a lot more comfortable and ready to sign on the dotted line when they have a lump sum when it comes to doing leaf cleanup so you'll be able to look down the road at a job just like this and go hey the last time I did this job it costs one hundred ninety five dollars this one is very similar it should cost one hundred ninety five dollars now these are the very basics of bidding if you need more help we have advanced formulas and programs available at dirt monkey University and if you really want to take your education to the next level we have one-on-one coaching for contractors to help them understand how to fundamentally bid each and every project where we will walk you through the steps quickly get you to that place where you're going where you're making immense profits there's a difference between companies that are struggling and that are successful and our one on one mastermind group will get you to the point where you can sleep easy at night knowing that you no longer living hand-to-mouth and you have plenty of money in the bank for a rainy day that's my daughter getting creative and trying to figure out an easier way to speed up her work and make her life easier encourage your crews to think outside the box because it will ultimately lead to greater profits for you the business owner doesn't seem like that hard work share with me in the comments down below when one of your crew members became creative and solved a problem that ended up benefiting the entire company I love hearing these kind of stories I didn't teach you that we're going to unfold the lead to redouble that's a pretty cool strap you like those I like whatever those are the arsy easy straps I think aren't they they self lined up quick loader we should put a link to that in the down below so do you like them better than regular straps though oh yeah that is it you just flipped it over and it's a rounded sidewalk you don't always have to have the absolute right piece of equipment to still tackle a job just because you see another company having that one piece of equipment doesn't mean you can't handle that job you got to believe in yourself you've got to start thinking outside of the box and become creative in ways that you tackle projects eventually you'll be a reinvest in your business and grow and purchase the equipment you need but until that point don't let it slow you down now god bless go get up I want nothing but the best from you guys and gals believe in yourself what do you think of that I actually said adieu like like what is the what is the definition of a do like if you were going to Google I do hey Julie if you're going to Google I do what do you think you'd see anyway without further ado here we go so gonna help we're gonna teach you how to get creative [Music] and it pulls out all the debris with it so you'll see that in a second don't want to be like that guy he's been here since before I came I'm already headed out still there [Music] [Applause] [Music]