[AT] somewhat OT--skid steer vs tractor for mowing

[Stephen Offiler]

Ditto here Charlie ("here" being southeastern New England, the greater
Providence RI area)  Most are 16-foot open trailers and almost all are
pulled by a Ford Superduty mini-dump.  In the cab you normally find a
capacity crowd of some ethnicity... I understand Guatemalans are
heavily represented around here.  I mostly see them out on the road,
never see them working.  All that means is that I don't ordinarily
travel through the suburban residential areas where their clients
live.  There seems to be a LOT of them.

Steve O.


On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 11:14 AM, charlie hill <chill8 at suddenlink.net> wrote:
> It's the same here Farmer.   30 something guys in Ford F350 powerstroke
> duallys pulling all sorts of trailers.  Some are fancy enclosed rigs, some
> just open 16 foot utility jobs.  They have one or two ZTRs, a bunch of
> string trimmers and a blower or two.  I bet there are 10 or so companies
> like that in this area of less that 50,000.
> And most folks around here still cut their own yards.  All of them seem to
> be making a good living.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Francis Robinson" <robinson46176 at hotmail.com>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 9:18 AM
> Subject: Re: [AT] somewhat OT--skid steer vs tractor for mowing
>
>
>>    Speaking of mowing grass... I have been watching things locally since I
>> used to have a small yard and lot care business and I am beginning to
>> wonder if there are as many yards as there are grass mowing businesses
>> around here. It seems at times like every 10th vehicle is hauling a zero
>> turn mower or two on a trailer also loaded with walkers and string
>> trimmers.
>>   I guess everybody isn't broke...
>>
>>   I have to chuckle when I see what looks to be a 60" ZTR mowing a yard
>> too small to park our minivan in.   :-)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> farmer
>>
>> Francis Robinson
>> Central Indiana USA
>> robinson46176 at hotmail.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
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