​Intro to the trades daily work:

Landscape contractors handle a wide range of outdoor work including lawn maintenance, hardscaping, planting, irrigation, grading, and seasonal cleanup. A typical day often involves hauling crews, equipment, plants, soil, and materials between multiple job sites while keeping tools accessible and debris contained.

Because landscaping work is physically demanding and highly equipment-driven, contractors rely on trucks that can handle heavy loads, dirty conditions, and frequent loading and unloading—without slowing the crew down.

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Common Truck Types Used by Landscapers:

Landscape contractors use several truck configurations depending on crew size and services offered:

• Pickup Trucks – Common for light maintenance, supervision, and towing - Also used for snow plowing!

• Dump Trucks – Essential for hauling mulch, soil, debris, and bulk materials - Also used for snow plowing!

• Flatbed Trucks – Ideal for transporting mowers, skid steers, and pallets

• Stake Bed / Landscape Body Trucks – Designed for equipment, tools, and loose materials

• Truck & Trailer Combinations – Widely used for mower and equipment transport

Truck selection is driven by payload capacity, durability, and ease of loading.

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Typical Tools & Inventory Needs

Landscape crews carry a mix of hand tools, power equipment, and bulk materials:

• Lawn mowers, trimmers, blowers, and edgers

• Hand tools (shovels, rakes, pruners, saws)

• Hardscape tools and compaction equipment

• Irrigation parts and piping

• Plants, mulch, soil, and stone

• Fuel cans, safety gear, and PPE

Well-planned truck layouts help crews work faster, reduce damage to equipment, and keep materials secure in transit.​​​​​

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Landscapers Blog Posts/ Videos: (Click Here):

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​Links to layouts, bodies and drawings:

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