starting a mulching business
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Eric H
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Grants lol,lol are you kidding.? Get ready to eat peanut butter and work long hours just to pay the nut on the machine.... In all seriousness line up some work first. get a contract signed. Then call Chuck Hussey at supertrack and find out about available machines and fiancing. Good luck
rox
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Hmmmm I've never heard of a grant to start a business...
groundcover
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I forget who had it as a by-line on here but gave me a good chuckle. "fastest way to a small fortune- start with a large fortune and get a mulcher!"
Jimmy Joe
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Sounds like the millionaire, said he owed it all to his wife. When asked what he was before he became a millionaire he replied "a billionaire!"
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Our biggest local guy with mulch business obtained a contract with the city to have the leaves that the city picks up brought to him. He also receives some other stuff from other sources. Don't think he has to go looking for feedstock. He has a big machine or two that mulches and then windrows the stuff, adding the right amount of water, etc. He sells mulch, compost and soil.
Without this sort of deal, I'd think you'd forever be searching for sources.
Check out Panorama Pay Dirt or something similar.
Ralph
Without this sort of deal, I'd think you'd forever be searching for sources.
Check out Panorama Pay Dirt or something similar.
Ralph
Did the OP want to learn about turning leaves and stuff into mulch, or about the equipment that turns trees and brush into mulch in the process of clearing the land?
(Your link is pretty informative, buy the way.)
Conservation
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There are two places in this area that have mulch making businesses. Both can dye the much. they are both pallet recovery businesses. I think they both do pretty well.
KennyV
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"if there are any grants or help out there to get you up and going"
Hey that is pretty funny...
I think you are maybe looking for venture capital, and there is little or none of that available today. KennyV
Hey that is pretty funny...
I think you are maybe looking for venture capital, and there is little or none of that available today. KennyV
Any luck with your business? I'm a land clearing contractor in NW NC and have been researching alternative methods to recycling wood waste for quite some time. I would love to find a rental company in or around NC that rents forestry mulching equipment. If anyone knows of a rental company or even a private mulching contractor that has a machine sitting around pm me some info. I would love to get my hands on an ASV or something similar to see what they are really capable of...
