This is a transcript excerpt from Mike Andes' YouTube video "COME VISIT ME @ GIE+EXPO 2021 (Day 2)" capturing informal conversations at the expo. Mike discusses vehicle setup (ProMaster crew cab), equipment storage and bagging clippings, crew organization and training, personal anecdotes about family and learning landscaping skills, and a demo description of a large, stand-on autonomous-capable mower.
Yeah. So they took back their seats and assist. But then we went back the second time and they still wouldn't let us do it. Basically we said hey, we aren't going to catch the property anymore. We haven't done anything that's a little overgrown. But anyways.
Work. Yeah, work. Thank you.
This is inside the van, one of the promasters. This is actually a crew cab. In the back there you can still see your equipment. I would love to have these. I think what I would do though, instead of having this back seat.
We have to keep our clippings up here because we have to bag clippings and have debris and you just have like a tarp system that you can pull right off the edge here. So then you just have two crew members and then in the back here have all your equipment. Then you need a ramp system of some sort to get the mower in and out as well.
I've learned a lot from you.
Where you guys out? Alabama.
I know that.
That's great. So what do you charge those launch right now? Cuz most of the time the average Launch size is 4 just long. So you like your parents, they have a zero turn. Oh no. Right now we're looking for a X1 zero turn. That's 60 inches. Who has intent to buy to your website? That's the real. There you go. That's awesome. I home school too. That's when I started.
You think? So how old are your sons? My sons are 20, 30. Okay, 25, 16. Are you ready to take it over? No, I had him come out and help me a little bit and he was like terrible. He couldn't get it at all. And she jumped on there. She was a natural. She ran into one tree. And then.
He'S helped me out a lot and he covers me when you. Yeah, I don't cover you. The man. It's been awesome. And like I was going through a little bit of a landscape. Well, yeah. And then I saw your video of you doing that mulch installation on the border and like look good. And I was like, I finally know how to do mulch. I know how to do mulch. And I was like, why were they mad at him? I was going through mixed emotions. But then I was like, well, I'm getting back into landscaping. I'm going 10 times harder because you motivated me too. Good man. Awesome. Yeah. So how old are you? 14. Good for you.
So you guys work together then? Yeah. He's starting to come on board. I've been doing it for about 25 years. All right, so here we have the new right stand on mower. This thing is massive and wide. It can be autonomously controlled, so you can see a sweet controller on the back, just like a video game. Has cameras, sensors, everything. And what that's going to do is allow you to trim, weed, eat, work around the property while that thing mows and makes you money, right? This thing is sweet, yes, but this is my. This is my nighttime shirt. This is my new nighttime shirt.
He, like, had a truck. We, like, we had this to Seattle, Tacoma. And I was like, man, I can't. We got to go. We got north. We saw pickup trucks again, and fl. And I'm like, there's country people here. Yeah. Ryan and James are telling the stories. I'm like, I think so. I'm Ryan Payne. I'm with Augusta Lawn, care of Christie. Ah. How long have you been with Augusta? One year, almost. We love having you. I love being there. Hey, I heard if you don't click the subscribe button down below, your worst lawn care customer is going to give you a call today.
