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Educate Clients on How to Keep Lawns Healthy
Helping a client understand the importance of maintaining a healthy lawn can potentially make your job easier. Here are few helpful hints from The Telegraph Herald to encourage your clients to maintain a healthy lawn and potentially make a worthwhile investment.
May 28, 2013
Business
Land & Coates Recognized for Top Sales
Land & Coates has earned the Prestigious President’s Elite Award for 2012 from the Toro Company. The Virginia-based company earned the award based on its selling above and beyond residential, lawn, landscape and contractor equipment.
May 23, 2013
Design-Build
How U.S. Can Think Big With Jobs
For landscapers and equipment manufacturers trying to find trained technicians, Germany offers a great example of how to do it right. The German Engineering Federation, VDMA, last month brought in more than 10,000 teens to participate in Bauma 2013 and a program they called Think Big. There, the teens got an up-close look at the […]
May 13, 2013
Business
Resurface rather than rebuild a worn wooden deck
Every wood deck has a limited lifetime; it’s just the nature of the material. However, if you’re considering rebuilding your deck, you may find there isn’t a need to tear it down completely. When the substructure of a wood deck is still in good shape, simply resurfacing the structure can give you the results you want at a fraction of the cost.
May 8, 2013
Business
Contractors Rescued After Cave-In
While installing concrete fillings in Hope Hull, Alabama, Wednesday, two contractors became trapped under dirt when the area caved in. Rescue crews were able to pull the men out alive, and they have both been airlifted to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
April 25, 2013
Landscaping equipment
Equipment matters: Sizing up compact track loaders
The vast selection of compact track loader models in recent years is providing landscape contractors a model tailored to each need. With an abundance of choices, how do you determine the size that’s right for you?
March 20, 2013
Business
New Cargo System for Vans, Box Trailers
Landscapers, home builders, HVAC specialists and contractors who use commercial cargo vans and box trailers for their work will have a lighter cargo management system to use by this fall, according to Masterack, a division of Leggett & Platt Commercial Vehicle Products.
March 7, 2013
Business
Finn Launches Bark & Mulch Blower
FINN Corporation has introduced the BB 5-Series Bark & Mulch Blower, a new model designed for the landscape and erosion control contractor. The first unit leaves the factory March 1 with others scheduled immediately thereafter, filling orders placed by FINN equipment dealers.
February 28, 2013
Business
How Tax Changes Will Affect You
Make sure you are prepared, and know ahead of time how these changes will affect you. You’ve probably heard of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 – the bill to avert the fiscal cliff passed Jan. 1 – but do you know and understand everything that is in it, other than the expiration of favorable tax exemption limits and the increase in the payroll tax? And as a small business owner, is there anything in the 157-page legislation that could be helpful to you?
February 27, 2013
Business
Bright Side of Blizzard
As an extensive snow storm left its mark on more than 20 states, with Kansas receiving 17 inches of snow, many residents are struggling with returning to their normal schedules.
February 26, 2013
Business
ValleyCrest Wins Industry Marketing Award for Promotion of Smart Irrigation
ValleyCrest Landscape Companies has announced its selection as the winner of the Irrigation Association’s third annual Smart Marketing Award in the contractor category.
December 4, 2012
Business
School Spirit
A Murray State University alum found a unique way to show his school spirit. Contractor Dennis Smith commissioned a special paint job for his company’s, Pinnacle Construction in Benton, Kentucky, new Case TR270 compact track loader. The machine displays Murray State Racers’ logos on the loader frame and bucket, as well as a multi-tone blue paint trimmed in yellow flames on the lift arms. Completing the design is the inscription “Hottest Team in Town” and autographs from the school’s head football and basketball coaches.
August 24, 2012
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