Mike Andes runs a $150K/year lawn-care business from a van equipped with a 21-inch push mower, 32-inch ProStance Gravely, edger, and blower. He pays $85 a month for a storage unit and installed caps and a vapor barrier to keep grass clippings out of the cab while driving.
I traveled across the country to build a million-dollar business using this van, and we're paying $85 per month to get one of these 10 by 10 storage units just for backup blades, fertilizer storage, and fuel. Now this is our very first van, and we got our weed whacker line, our blower. We don't use a cage, we just have a hook so that way if someone hits this, it's not a big deal, we're not breaking anything. We got bungee corded fuel tanks in the back. We're gonna get some more. This 21-inch push mower is wedged between the ProStance 32 and the back of the gate, the ramp here, so it stays wedged in here just fine. We have our edger and our weed whacker up here on the racks, the 21— 32-inch ProStance Gravely, and we use this ratchet strap just to keep it from ever going— just as precaution it doesn't go into the front cab. It's super tight. Now up top here we have plenty of space for tool bag, also some jumper cables and a first aid kit in In the event that anything happens. Also on this van, we went ahead and got these caps down here along the base so that way grass clippings and any debris or dust doesn't get caught in there. This vapor barrier prevents any sort of dust or clippings from getting into the cab, allowing it— the cab to be AC'd and just comfortable for the guys, and prevent fumes from getting into the cab.
