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  1. Eric McCarthy

    Odd mowing question

    If you really really really want to stripe a lawn the proper way you can buy a roller kit to mount on the rear of the deck. Just Google lawn mower striping kit. Heard of some guys taking a mud flap from a truck and bolting it to the deck too.
  2. Eric McCarthy

    Lawn Care Error

    Is is an expensive screw up from some jackwagon who didn't read a label.
  3. Eric McCarthy

    Lawn Care Error

    NOPE wasn't me....
  4. Eric McCarthy

    What trailer to buy?

    Kaufman has excellent prices on brand new trailers. http://www.kaufmantrailers.com
  5. Eric McCarthy

    trucking costs?

    www.uship.com THEY compete to bid on your load.
  6. Eric McCarthy

    Future Farmer...

    I was figuring the plowing would need to be done in order to get out roots from anything the dozer left behind. I walked quite a bit of the land and I can see dozes of spots where roots are still roughly at the surface. My guess is the dozer used a 6 way blade and pushed. Then I figured a disc...
  7. Eric McCarthy

    Future Farmer...

    Virginia Tech is the East Coast largest ag collage. That and a local store Souther States can do soil samples as well. I had planned to mention to the customer to send soil samples off to be tested and have the results explain indetail everything needed for a sucessful run. Dude needs to make...
  8. Eric McCarthy

    Future Farmer...

    Haul it on a goose neck trailer and one ton truck. I figured a 50hp tractor and a disc, thats why I'm here asking. Send soil samples off to be tested so we know exactly whats needed. 300lb broadcast spreader on the 3pth and runs off the pto.
  9. Eric McCarthy

    Future Farmer...

    It's almost 2:30am on the east side. I'm not really focused at the moment. Again my train of thought is still residential lawns and the rate of grass seed for new lawns or over seeding for established lawns. It takes 50lbs per 5000sqft new seeding and 10,000 per 50lbs over seeding. I just...
  10. Eric McCarthy

    Future Farmer...

    Around my neck of the woods small hobby farms are booming and people are paying big money to clear land and put in pastures for live stock. The land owners don't want to invest in equipment or take the time to do it themselves. Area farmers are too busy tending to their own land and don't have...
  11. Eric McCarthy

    Future Farmer...

    Yeah I knew my numbers are off. I'm trying to cross over seed rate for residential lawns to acreage for farm and orchard grass. And with your numbers at 629.70 an acre TIMES 15 acres comes out to $9445.05 for just orchard grass alone. Here is what the current plot of land looks like.
  12. Eric McCarthy

    Future Farmer...

    The customer didn't seem to bat and eye or freak out when I told him he'd be looking at about $2000 and acre to till and seed. He told me he had a general idea thats what he'd have to spend to get the job done, soooooo....
  13. Eric McCarthy

    Future Farmer...

    Well after looking at orchardgrass at $104,95 a bag and needing 200 pounds an acre and about $7871.25 in orchard grass seed alone. It's an expensive project. The land has already been cleared by a dozer. So 95% of the big junk such as stumps and nasty roots are already out of the way. The dirt...
  14. Eric McCarthy

    Future Farmer...

    The price I came up with for $2000 to $3000 an acre would be based on dirt working and seed included in that price. Figuring its going to take a few hundred dollars an acre in seed alone to plant orchard grass. The customer had a ball park idea thats what it would cost him per acre to do what he...
  15. Eric McCarthy

    Moving Day.....

    My ass has been busier then a plunger in a test factory. So far whats been working for advertising is Craigslist. Which is free and in my budget but not the best means in the world to advertise. I plan to put away some money soon and do a full on marketing campaign with a web site and search...
  16. Eric McCarthy

    Future Farmer...

    Well I'm trying something new and I'm pushing hard and advertising alot for farm and acreage work with a tractor for hire. Within an hour after listing an ad for farm work I got a phone call asking to put in 15 acres of pasture land. The land has been cleared by a dozer and now just needs to be...
  17. Eric McCarthy

    For sale***l175 kubota*** like new ***

    Re: Sold Lemme know when you wanna sell the L245!!
  18. Eric McCarthy

    Moving Day.....

    Oh sorry guys... I'm just seeing this on 4-23. I've been busy working and enjoying the peace and quiet in MY OWN HOME... I forget to check on here. Now that I have free reign of the remote and what tv channels I WANT to watch I get lost in classic movies. In the past I was glued on here nightly...
  19. Eric McCarthy

    In Thanks

    OH damn...we're doomed now! can't get rid of him LOL!