Guides

Short, practical notes for shops running a few trucks.

• How to Price a Multi-Round Lawn Care Program

  A simple way to price a multi-round lawn program: materials per 1,000 sq ft, labor, drive time, overhead and margin, plus a worksheet.

• Route Planning for Small Lawn and Pest Shops (2 to 3 Trucks)

  How small lawn and pest shops can build tighter routes for 2 to 3 trucks: zones, service days, hour and mile caps, and a weekly zone grid.

• Lawn Care Prepay vs Autopay: Which Should You Offer?

  Prepay or autopay for lawn customers? Pros and cons, how to set a prepay discount without losing margin, and how to split a program monthly.

• Pesticide and Fertilizer Records per Property: A Simple System

  A simple way for small lawn and pest shops to record products used at every property: capture at the stop, fix mistakes cleanly, total it monthly.

• Running Lawn and Pest Techs With No Cell Service

  How to keep lawn and pest techs working in dead zones: load the day before you roll, what an offline app should do, and a 10-minute sync drill.