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OK for those of you who have followed the template offered here by Austin and Jacob, you have probably reached the "I can't juggle this much anymore" phase. What is the first step? Jobber or something similar? If so, exactly HOW has it helped take some of the day to day time consuming parts of this business away? Yesterday while in the skid 8 hours I responded to 7 leads. All within 30 seconds of getting them. The META algorithm is now clicking on all cylinders and most of my leads are actually GOOD leads, which leads to another problem; How to visit this many sites to give quotes? I really only have Saturdays to do quotes and so far I have 11 visits this Saturday with 3 more days of leads to come in. So far, nobody has fallen through the cracks but I'm at the point that it could (will) happen. None of these are $20k jobs, mostly $1k -$2k jobs. Do I start weeding them out waiting for larger jobs? I can only do so many. It's just me. BTW, I am in my second month of this adventure. I'm in Central Florida and it's supposed to be saturated with mulching people. What I've gathered is that most of them are just waiting for jobs to come to them. Any and all help is appreciated. Just don't know what trigger to pull next.
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If you haven’t already you can start vetting your customers over the phone based off of the answers you have on your quote form if you have one. Obviously closing in person is top priority that way you can walk the property and see the customers needs and wants but you can give them a rough ball park over the phone. I have not started up my business yet due to wanting 5 months of overhead covered before starting but from every video/ podcast/ book this is a good option if you start to get overwhelmed. Could also be that you’re not charging enough and you’re the cheapest guy. Have you filled out the crew day rate spreadsheet? Helped me out big time when figuring out pricing.
Hey fellas looking for some feedback
I will be launching a forestry mulching specific company with a new 275xe and a fecon head. I filed my LLC with the state and got my EIN. I created my Facebook page and also did my Google account. Soon I’ll be renting a skid steer from cat to take to my buddies property to mulch so I can make content and make videos for my pages. I have a 2022 Chevy 2500 dmax. It is paid off and I am looking for trailer ideas. I DON’T have a flat bed so I am worried about having space on a tandem 10k axle bumper pull trailer. I would like to have a job box for spare parts and maintenance items. Also store a grapple bucket. My truck is setup for a gooseneck as well I know the ride quality is better and I would have more space but is it really necessary? I have a class A CDL. Any input on what I should be doing from now until January when I start scheduling jobs for February would be appreciated and any input on the trailer setup I should go with would also help.
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I’ve been looking for a hydraulic gooseneck for ease of use and also helps mitigate stealing. Have you heard anything bad about using hydraulic jacks and hydraulic dove tail?
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@Ron Mattson thats a good deal however a 14k trailer with a full size skid steer and a forestry mulcher is over weight for those axles or right there at it. You have to factor in weight of the trailer into that 14k. 24ft is a good length for that setup. I was looking at 24ft bumper pull with tandem 10k axles or a gooseneck with tandem duals. They are both right around the same price just depends on what’s more convenient for your device area.
A little insight!
Good evening everyone. We have setup our Jobber and site. Here is the url: https://alphaforcefreedom.jobbersites.com/ We have been working on an ad but not ready to post it yet. In the meantime time we are running some with before and afters. We have gotten a ton of views and clicks to our site but no requests for quotes yet. If anyone has time to take a look and send some feedback back we would appreciate some insight. Thanks JMA AFF
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Website looks killer simple to navigate and hits all the key notes
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Cole Gaitten
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Full time crane operator and prior military looking to expand my business knowledge into a legacy

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