News and Press from Super Lawn Trucks
Skeptical Landscaper Questions Retention Plan
The message began like this, “Wait just a minute Tony! Do you expect me to believe that by making people feel important and having a consistent stop time we can REALLY get our landscaping employees to stay longer? I’m not buying into this. Our employees are asking for...
Keeping Lawn & Landscape Employees Longer? Is it really possible?
Finding, recruiting, hiring, training and retaining superstar landscaping employees is the toughest job in the USA today. At least…that’s the feedback we continue to receive from lawn and landscape business owners.With an unemployment rate nearing 53 year...
Keeping Landscaping Employees Longer?
Dear Lawn or Landscape Business Owner,Is the Spring season starting to feel more and more like a burden than a huge opportunity?Frankly...we are concerned about what's going on.In three recent conversations, I’ve had to talk landscape business owners off the...
Solving Employee Problems-Responses
Double Landscape Employees Wages? Really? Are You Kidding?5-14-22We were surprised by the questions and comments on the subject of doubling landscape employee's wages this past week.It seems that a growing number of lawn and landscape business owners are seriously...
Solving the Landscaping Employee Problems?
Dear Lawn or Landscaping Business Owner, It’s a frustrating conversation…we had another one on Wednesday. Sure…finding good help is a real challenge these days. No doubt about it. But complaining about how hard it is to find help…well…that’s not helping the situation!...
Skeptical landscaper feedback on hiring teens…
Landscape Business Owner, It’s 100% true that the unemployment rate for teenagers in the USA is now at 10%. That’s double digit unemployment. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) report released this week (April 26, 2022) on teenage employment in the USA,...
Finding Landscape Employees?
Landscape Business Owner,There’s a troubling trend growing inside landscape companies. A few owners are giving up and shutting their doors! Why?Finding employees is tougher than ever! In fact, some think it is impossible to find affordable, dependable help...
Fuel Prices Skyrocket…What Landscapers Should Do About It in 2022
Two Important Topics - First - Consumer Price Index (CPI) data was released on Thursday.The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) report that prices have risen 7.9% over the past 12 months. It's the highest inflation rate our country has expereinced since 1982. That's 40...
State of Super Lawn Trucks and Availability of Isuzu Chassis Units
(Download the audio file above by clicking “Download…”, then right click the audio bar itself and click “Save Audio As…”) As of 3-10-22 Background Since 1998, Super Lawn Trucks has been building highly customized work trucks specifically designed for lawn and...
Should You Grow Your Landscape Company?
Grow in 2022? Get big? Should YOU add more lawn and landscape crews? Should YOU, the owner of your lawn or landscape business, get out of the field? There are entire landscape conferences dedicated to the idea that if you don’t GROW your landscape company, you’re not...
2022 Pricing Guide for Lawn and Landscape Business Owners – Executive Summary Update 2-17-22
From - Tony Bass Urgent MessageThere’s a storm coming. Not a snow storm or a hurricane, but an economic storm. One that you and I have NEVER had to deal with in business.As I write this message, inflation is growing rapidly and infecting our country. Prices are rising...
Three HUGE Lawn and Landscape Pricing Mistakes
The landscaper at the gas station told me he was charging $45 per hour for lawn maintenance services. So I decided to use his price! After all, he had a nice truck and he’s been in business longer than I have…Let me get this off my chest right here: $45 per hour...
