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News roundup: Bobcat renovates Gwinner engineering plant
Over 150,000 votes were cast in the 2016 Independent We Stand contest. Click to read more on the Stihl prize, along with news from Bobcat and Irrigation Association.
May 2, 2016
Rich Goldsbury, middle, president of Bobcat and Doosan North America and Oceania, was joined recently by Gwinner Mayor Dan McKeever, at left, and members of the Gwinner City Council for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the engineering facility. Photo: Bobcat
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Product roundup: York Rakes’ Model SSF made for skid steers
From York Rakes to BioPro and BioSafe, new products are hitting the market. TLC rounds up the latest, even one that's environmentally friendly. Click for more.
May 2, 2016
The Model SSF landscape rake can be equipped with optional caster wheels, grader blade, end boots and hydraulic angle, the manufacturer says. Photo: York Rakes
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Fresno will tap recycled water for city’s open spaces
The Fresno, California City Council voted unanimously to install a new pipeline system to provide recycled water to irrigate golf courses and parks. Click to read more.
May 2, 2016
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You know trees, but do you know roots of Arbor Day?
Davey Tree Expert Co. will donate to the Arbor Day Foundation to plant trees for every picture of a tree shared on social media. Click to learn how you can join in.
April 29, 2016
Forested watersheds provide quality drinking water to more than 180 million Americans. Photo: Joshua Mayer/Flickr
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Take safety to heart; keep your company committed
Ensuring that managers and foremen are serious about safety creates the role models you need to ensure safety on the job when it comes to power tools. Click for more.
April 29, 2016
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A.R.E. Accessories launches new truck cap lighting options
A.R.E. Accessories, a manufacturer of truck caps, is now offering additional lighting options for the interior and exterior of truck caps and tonneau covers.
April 29, 2016
A.R.E. Accessories’ LED options are rated for 100,000 hours. Photo: A.R.E. Accessories
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Landscape paths lead to wealth of choices for designers, clients
The function of a path is travel but there are many elements that go into its design. Click to learn how to narrow down the creative possibilities.
April 28, 2016
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DeWalt introduces rugged phone, going head-to-head with Cat
Cat has released a new smartphone nearly every six months through its partnership with UK design group Bullitt, and Dewalt is adding an Android device of its own.
April 28, 2016
DeWalt’s MD501 smartphone, which the company is launching in the United Kingdom, will become available in the United States later this year. Photo: DeWalt
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Little Wonder’s BRC-26 cuts growth up to 2 inches thick
Little Wonder says its BRC-26 Hydro Brush Cutter was designed to handle dense vegetation, including trees up to 2 inches thick and 5 feet high. Click to read more.
April 28, 2016
The BRC-26 Hydro Brush Cutter features a hydrostatic drive with clutchless variable operating speeds. Photo: Little Wonder
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Installation, ongoing management are keys to drip irrigation
Most sizable landscaping companies’ services include irrigation work, and many of them have installed a so-called “drip,” irrigation system too. Click to read more.
April 27, 2016
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Landscapers benefit from nurturing customer connections
Marketo Inc. provides marketing automation software and explains how landscapers can use engagement marketing to connect with current and potential clients.
April 27, 2016
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Landscaper mows down Trump sign; homeowner unamused
A landscaper has been prohibited from working by a Florida homeowners association after he was recorded the mowing over a Donald Trump sign in a resident’s yard.
April 27, 2016
A screenshot of the video showing the landscaper mow down the Trump campaign sign. Photo: News 6
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Contractors invited on 2-day ‘field trip’ to Mariani Landscape
The NALP has partnered with Marty Grunder of Grunder Landscaping Co., to offer an educational “field trip” to Mariani Landscape in Chicago. Click to read more.
April 27, 2016
This Mariani project illustrates why the company has grown to be the nation’s largest privately owned residential landscape contractor. Photo: Mariani Landscape
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Nurseries, large growers prepare for new pesticide rules
It's not too early to begin preparing for compliance with new Pesticide Worker Protection Standards (WPS) approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
April 26, 2016
According to Senior Vice President of AmericanHort Craig Regelbrugge, “virtually every nursery and greenhouse operation that hires labor beyond the family, and uses pesticides in the production of plants, will be affected.”
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Gravely creates website to celebrate its 100th anniversary
To mark its 100th anniversary, Gravely has built a website enabling visitors to explore the company’s founder, who owned 65 patents -- including the motor plow.
April 26, 2016
The second generation of the Model D with a four-cycle, two-horsepower engine was manufactured in 1928. Photo: Ariens Company
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Stihl names manufacturing veteran its new VP of operations
Stihl Inc. has named Stephen Ballenger vice president of operations in the U.S., at the more than 1 million-square-foot corporate headquarters in Virginia.
April 26, 2016
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Recent headlines may boost demand for mosquito control
Landscaping clients’ concern about mosquitos isn't just simple annoyance and offering an effective mosquito-control service may help your company leap beyond the competition.
April 25, 2016
The tiger mosquito is known for serving as a vector for diseases like yellow fever and the Zika virus. Photo: Pixabay
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Settlement of workers’ H-2B lawsuit awaits final approval
A lawsuit involving 94 H-2B workers against a Pennsylvania landscaping company has reached conditional certification of the settlement class and a settlement.
April 25, 2016
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