Staff Report (TLC)BusinessCase event raises $10,000 for Wounded Warrior ProjectCase Construction Equipment’s inaugural “Labor of Love Music Festival,” which was held on Labor Day in Racine, Wisconsin, raised $10,000 for Wounded Warrior Project. The money came from ticket sales, a silent auction and a percentage of on-site beverage sales donated by the Racine Civic Centre. Case employees also donated five barrels of food to […]September 22, 2015BusinessLandscapers prepare for Pope’s visit at D.C. churchFor more than two decades, the crews of Maryland-based Chapel Valley Landscape have taken special care in managing the grounds of the nation’s largest Roman Catholic church. On Wednesday, Sept. 23, Pope Francis is scheduled to say an outdoor mass at the Washington church, the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. Not […]September 21, 2015BusinessHyundai introduces 9A series compact excavators in U.S.Hyundai Construction Equipment Americas recently began delivering its new 9A series of Tier 4 Final-compliant compact excavators throughout the United States and Canada. The machines range from 1.7 to 8.2 metric tons and include the mini R17Z-9A, R25Z-9A, R35Z-9A, R55-9A and R60CR-9A models and the midi R80CR-9A model. “The new Hyundai 9A series compact excavators […]September 21, 2015BusinessExpand landscape irrigation with hybrid plan, Novo converterUnderhill’s Novo 2Wire Converter is a new solution for expanding or renovating multi-wire irrigation systems. Compatible with all major controllers, Novo installs alongside the host multi-wire controller as part of a hybrid system and can manage up to 32 new two-wire stations. In a hybrid plan the host controller continues to activate the original, multi-wire […]September 21, 2015BusinessHispanic landscape group’s president joins DenisonThe National Hispanic Landscape Alliance announced that its president, Juan Torres, has joined Denison Landscaping as its chief operating officer. Torres, who has more than 25 years of tree-care and landscape industry experience, most recently had been working as an operations consultant through Next Step Solutions, an East Haven, Connecticut, firm he founded. “The strides […]September 18, 2015BusinessHustler taps new engine for commercial mowersHustler Turf Equipment announced this week its Super Z HyperDrive and Super 104 mowers will soon be powered by Briggs and Stratton’s Vanguard “Big Block” V-Twin engines. “The outstanding reputation of Vanguard in the commercial and industrial markets make this engine a perfect fit for our industry-leading machines …,” said Brad […]September 17, 2015Business2016 gas prices expected to keep trending lowerThe federal Energy Information Administration (EIA) expects U.S. demand for gasoline to slow next year, helping to keep retail prices on a downward trend in 2016. Americans drove a record 1.54 trillion miles during the first half of 2015, according to the Federal Highway Administration, compared with the previous high of 1.50 trillion miles in […]September 17, 2015BusinessIntelligro targets lawn-care market with new herbicideIntelligro, a subsidiary of Suncor Energy, has introduced a hybrid selective herbicide for lawn-care and landscape professionals called Civitas WeedFree. While the product should not be applied to Bentgrass or Floratam, a variety of St. Augustine grass, its patent-pending formula kills more than 60 broadleaf weeds, has no offensive odor and boasts a fast response […]September 16, 2015BusinessFelling Trailers ready to customize for landscapersFelling Trailers’ custom-designed FT-20 IT-I trailer resulted from the company’s relationship with one of its dealers, who asked his Felling contact to meet with him and one of the dealer’s customers. The end-user customer’s main concerns were operator safety, capacity, tongue weight, equipment placement and rear overhang. Landscape contractors, of course, typically share those concerns, […]September 16, 2015BusinessSurvey: Landscaping customers prefer contact via emailA survey of consumer opinions on local businesses by online marketing firm Yodle breaks out results for customers of landscaping companies. Here’s a few highlights: The three biggest reasons customers use their landscaper are quality of work (40 percent), reliability (34 percent) and competitive pricing (29 percent). The top three reasons that would cause customers […]September 15, 2015Previous PagePage 42 of 59Next PageTop StoriesHomeJCB unleashes its most powerful teleskid & compact track loader: The 4TS and 400TThe 4TS Teleskid, with 15-foot telescopic boom, and 400T CTL get 109 horsepower, 41 gallons per minute of flow and 380 foot-pounds of torque.HomeThe newest innovation in drip irrigation prevents cloggingHome“A handy, light machine” – Test run of Kubota’s SCL1000 Stand-On Mini LoaderHomeJohn Deere launches Operations Center PRO ServiceHomeBobcat donates $150,000 to local parks
