Mike AndesFounder, Augusta Lawn Care and Homeworks · Founder of Homeworks and Augusta Lawn Care

$70K Electric Truck for Lawn Care

21 May 2025 · 1 min

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Short video monologue (owner/operator Mike Andes) explaining the decision to buy an electric truck (~$70,000) for lawn-care business use. Speaker notes this is their first electric truck, bought partly to solve charging and fleet needs and partly for customer-facing signaling (120V outlets, showing commitment to electrification). The speaker is uncertain whether the truck is strictly necessary or partly for show; performance over the coming season will determine its value.

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This is the first electric truck. This is the first and only electric truck. This is probably the first and only, you know, new truck that I'll ever buy. I never thought in a million years, personally or for the business purposes I would, but when we started having charging issues with the smaller batteries plus needed one more vehicle, I said, if you can kill two birds with one stone for 70 grand, that's a little different than just having a mode of transportation because it's got the 120 volt outlets out the back. This season will really tell whether it's really necessary or if it's just to walk the walk and, you know, to show off for the customers that we really, really do want to be fully electric to the extent possible.