Are you sorry you asked yet?

I don't know much, but since noone else has really answered, I will say that
my yard is about the same size with some obstacles, and the quote I received
was $45. That doesn't sound TOO ridiculous, but still adds up to about
$180/month. After they pay that a few times, they will probably do the math
and figure out that they could buy their own tractor, make payments, and be
ahead.

"Tim Fischer" wrote in message
news:YKYxa.634948$OV.599440@rwcrnsc54...
My neighbor is in a bind, since their lawn tractor is on the fritz. He
wants me to mow their yard until they make other arrangements. I'm not
real
keen on the idea as I have a bigger need for time (for all my own
projects)
than money. But, I want to be neighborly...

How much should I charge (he's definitely willing to pay) to mow about
8/10
acre of mostly treeless property with few obstacles? Also, I will not be
doing any trimming, edging, raking, etc-- pretty much just what my lawn
tractor can do.

I want to charge enough so that they want to find other arrangements
sooner
than later, but not so much as to be ridiculous. We just moved here last
July and don't really know these folks at all, so I'm surprised they asked
us (although we're their closest neighbor and have a brand new Deere so
they
know we can do it.

I'm in suburban Minneapolis, if that matters.

Thanks,
-Tim