tejas241: First of all let me congradulate you for having the guts to tackle the world of being self employed. I've been self employed all my life as a farmer, furniture plant owner, and real small time landscaper. Others have given their advice on the equipment so as I called myself, a real small time landscaper they are much more knowedable on your equipment needs than I. I'll just pass along a few things learned from the self employed life. Whether you're building furniture, cutting grass, or whatever field you chose in working for the public I think good customer relations is probably the most important lesson I've learned. Make sure there happy, keep in touch with them to build your customer base. After 30 some years in the furniture busines my Son is still working for some of the clients I had 25 yrs. ago. I've allways told a customer, if there is a problem with something I built call me first, I'll come fix it, then call your neighbor not the other way around. And of course the non paying account can cause frustrations, I was real fortunate that in my time in the business I was only ever cheated out of a hundred dollars many years ago, so I just chalked that up to experience. So the best of luck to you in your new venture. Frank.

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