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Business

Case CE wants to plant a tree for your landscaping company

Case Construction Equipment is honoring landscaping & nursery companies by planting a tree in their honor leading up to Earth Day. A Facebook page is all you need.

March 2, 2016

Design-Build

Landscaper counts time with family as key to success

PROSCAPE Inc. has been in business since 2003 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and owner Austin Marcum is always looking for new ways to grow his landscaping company.

March 1, 2016

Business

Toro reports record Q1 earnings, hopes for early spring

Landscape contractors have done their part to help shares of the Bloomington, Minnesota-based Toro equipment rise about 10 percent in the past 12 months.

February 19, 2016

Business

Tulsa landscaper offers homeowners the complete package

Tom Butchko started his landscaping business in Tulsa, Oklahoma and has grown it to $1.5 million in annual revenue. He did that by focusing on the client.

January 19, 2016

Business

Landscaper’s building destroyed when grinder sparks blaze

An accidental fire started at Lake State Lawn, Landscaping & Snow Removal in Eaton Rapids Township, Michigan burned the business -- and equipment -- to the ground.

January 6, 2016

Business

Omnibus bill, now law, extends tax break for equipment purchases

Under the Omnibus bill, bonus depreciation is extends through 2019 -- allowing contractors a 50 percent bonus depreciation to equipment bought during a fiscal year.

December 21, 2015

Business

Landscapers’ truck, trailer, equipment stolen from driveway

A thief or thieves stole a truck and trailer filled with $30,000 worth of equipment, a landscaping company in Forest Acres, South Carolina, reported. On Friday morning, Superior Southern Landscaping workers realized the Dodge Ram and the attached trailer were missing. The trailer was parked at a home rented by the owners of Superior Southern […]

September 28, 2015

Business

Landscapers have front-row seat as ethanol fight rages on

Landscaping companies may not have a direct stake in the fight over the ethanol content in gasoline, but equipment manufacturers are right in the middle of it.

June 11, 2015

Business

JCB adds Utah, Tennessee dealers

Peak JCB, an new JCB dealer in West Valley City, Utah, will offer a range of equipment including backhoe, track and wheel loaders, rough terrain forklifts, compactors, hydraulic excavators and skid steers. Founded as Thermo King Intermountain in 1944, Peak JCB also offers financing and servicing. JCB also welcomed Briggs Equipment to the company’s dealer […]

May 29, 2015

Business

Confidence in the equipment financing market declines slightly; execs rate economy as “fair”

Confidence in the equipment finance market declined slightly from April to May, according to the Equipment Leasing and Finance Foundation’s Monthly Confidence Index. The foundation, a non-profit that conducts research on the equipment leasing and finance industry, reported a 67.5 index, which is slightly lower than the April index of 70.7. The index is determined […]

May 25, 2015

Business

JCB sends more machines after second quake in Nepal

JCB has donated an additional $250,000 worth of equipment to Nepal as the small South Asian country continues to clean up the devastation from two earthquakes. Nepal was hit by a 7.8-magnitude quake on April 25; then on May 12, another earthquake rocked the country, this one measuring 7.3. After responding to the first earthquake, […]

May 20, 2015

Design-Build

Thieves steal landscaping equipment, leave cash behind

Equipment is a tempting target for thieves, and landscaping equipment is no exception. Mowers alone make up nearly half of all stolen equipment, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau, a non-profit that targets insurance fraud and tracks equipment theft. However, when burglars target your equipment yard, they don’t usually leave anything behind for the business owner. That’s […]

May 7, 2015