Hiring neighbor's kid to mow lawn

[fenrir]

A lot better chance at 25. There is no way a 16 year old is worth 50 dollars an hour. None.

Jared Fogle disagrees with you.

 

[MtnMan]

Have him sign some kind of waiver?

Since he is not an adult, that would be as worthless as the paper it is written on.

 

[highland145]

Most become lawyers not to help people, but to cash in. Not only is it greedy, they can easily screw others too.



Heh, low finance didn't require a degree to do that.

 

[JM Aggie08]

Clearly you do not care about your lawn if you're having a 15 y/o do it for you, OP.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Getting a self-propelled mower changed my life. What used to take me over an hour only takes me 20 minutes front and back and hardly a sweat. I ain't paying nobody no $100/mo. to do something so easy.

BTW, yes, lawyers suck. Most become lawyers not to help people, but to cash in. Not only is it greedy, they can easily screw others too.

I find going from bagger to mulcher is what saved a lot of time for me. I can just start it up, and go, no need to stop to empty the bag. Might have to stop for fuel, but I usually top it up before I start if it's low. ugh I used to hate mowing my parents' yard, as my dad insisted we bag it. Made about 40 packed garbage bags then had to go bring those to the dump. So wasteful to put organic material in plastic bags. Would take about 4 hours to do his yard. Now he hires people to do it, I don't really blame him... lol.

 

[snoopy7548]

I find going from bagger to mulcher is what saved a lot of time for me. I can just start it up, and go, no need to stop to empty the bag. Might have to stop for fuel, but I usually top it up before I start if it's low. ugh I used to hate mowing my parents' yard, as my dad insisted we bag it. Made about 40 packed garbage bags then had to go bring those to the dump. So wasteful to put organic material in plastic bags. Would take about 4 hours to do his yard. Now he hires people to do it, I don't really blame him... lol.

Unless your grass is really long, you should always mulch rather than bag. The clippings will put nutrients back into the soil. If there are any clumps, I just pick them up and throw them in front of the mower for the next pass.

 

[highland145]

4 hours to do his yard.

Eff that.

Plant Christmas trees.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Unless your grass is really long, you should always mulch rather than bag. The clippings will put nutrients back into the soil. If there are any clumps, I just pick them up and throw them in front of the mower for the next pass.

See that's what I used to always tell him, but he wanted it bagged. Though at some point I just went out and bought a mulcher mower myself as I was planing on moving out soon anyway, and I just did it with my own. Brought it down to like an hour.