While the rainy weather in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (it was the fourth-wettest July ever) continues to make performing maintenance on yards difficult, Hess is pushing through and trying to get to them before they grow too long and damage mowers.
“We had some places that grown up to a foot and you know, we're out there trying to mow it,” Hess says. Most of the week, Hess has two, three-man crews each, but the way the jobs fall they are working together most of the time on HOAs because they are so big.
The delays in being able to service yards
He’s got bids on two developments that are almost $100,000 each and he’s sold two new residential accounts, one small commercial account and is in the running to get another HOA, which would be another $20,000 to end the year on.
We didn't get anywhere close to our goals this year,” Hess says. “But if I get some of the bids that I'm doing right now, we should be in great shape for next year. That's