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CPEC to offer Altec chippers at Home Depot

Altec Industries partnered with Compact Power Equipment Centers (CPEC) to offer Altec chippers in Home Depot Tool Rental stores in the United States and Canada. Since 2008, CPEC has provided customers with towable rental equipment for a variety of projects, which now includes Altec’s DC610 chipper. Altec’s DC610 will be available in approximately 50 locations […]

January 30, 2012

Business

Case names Triple Threat Rodeo champion

Case Construction Equipment crowned the champion of its Triple Threat Rodeo series, following a day-long competition among 59 of the United States and Canada’s most talented equipment operators at the 2012 World of Concrete show in Las Vegas. Case awarded $140,000 in prizes. Octavio Miranda, of Ancaster, Ontario, was named the Case Triple Threat Rodeo […]

January 27, 2012

Business

How to protect frost-sensitive plants

In the midst of cold winter weather, keeping frost-sensitive plants alive can be a challenge. Here are tips on how to protect your clients’ plants until the spring from FloraTerra Landscape Management in San Jose, California.

January 26, 2012

Business

Kobelco displays wrapped excavator at World of Concrete

To launch the Kobelco SK485 Mark 9 full-size, high-performance excavator, Kobelco Construction Machinery America is displaying a custom-wrapped version of the new model at the company’s exhibit at the 2012 World of Concrete show in Las Vegas. Painted black, the Tier 4 excavator features a striking patriotic theme that includes the American flag on the […]

January 26, 2012

Business

New Holland unveils loader backhoe series

New Holland Construction introduced the C Series loader backhoes, featuring Tier 4 Interim engines and optional auto ride control. The lineup includes the B95C, B95C TC, B95C LR and B110C. For more information, visit newholland.com.

January 25, 2012

Business

Boston Business Boot Camp adds speakers to roster

The Boston Business Boot Camp, a three-day conference designed specifically to help green professionals grow their respective businesses, added Carissa St. Laurent of Constant Contact and Jeffrey Scott of Jeffrey Scott Inc. to its roster of speakers. St. Laurent’s segment, entitled “Growing your Business Using E-mail & Social Marketing” will focus on how business owners […]

January 24, 2012

Business

Horizon distributes Club Car golf cars, vehicles

Horizon Distributors became a distributor of Club Car golf cars and golf utility vehicles across the mid-Atlantic, including Maryland, Virginia and Delaware. The Club Car and Horizon distributor partnership is the result of Horizon’s expansion with the acquisition of the G.L. Cornell Company. Horizon Distributors sells a variety of products and services to the green […]

January 23, 2012

Business

Speakers Bureau to Serve Green Industry

The Green Industry Speakers Bureau was created a website for turf associations, landscape contractor associations, green industry expos and tradeshow event planners to find and book speakers.

January 20, 2012

Business

Paladin Names VP of Marketing, Business Development

Paladin Construction Group appointed John (JT) Thomas as the vice president of marketing and business development. He will be responsible for the marketing and business development for Paladin and its Bradco, CP, Custom Works, FFC, Harley, JRB, McMillen and Sweepster brand companies on a global basis. For more information, visit paladinconstructiongroup.com.

January 19, 2012

Business

Cat to announce full-year, Q4 2011 results

Caterpillar will release 2011 full-year and fourth-quarter financial results at 6:30 a.m. Central Time on Jan. 26. Teleconference and webcast access:A real-time, listen-only teleconference of the results call that Caterpillar conducts with security analysts and institutional investors will begin at 10 a.m. Central Time on Jan. 26. The one-hour conference call can be accessed by telephone […]

January 18, 2012

Business

Bandit launches beltless stump grinder

Forget downtime adjusting belts with Bandit’s Model 2250XP self-propelled stump grinder with a hydrostatic motor, which powers its 20-inch-diameter cutter wheel. The grinder has a 27-horsepower gas engine driving two hydraulic pumps and features a 50-inch swing arc with a 14-inch cutting depth. It weighs 1,500 pounds and has a maximum width of 35 inches.

January 17, 2012

Business

IES appoints chief executive officer

International Equipment Solutions (IES) named Stephen Andrews as its chief executive officer. Andrews was previously president and chief executive officer of Pettibone. IES, through its Paladin and Crenlo business units, is a global engineered equipment company serving the construction, agriculture, landscaping, infrastructure, recycling, demolition, mining and energy markets. IES is owned by KPS Capital Partners, […]

January 12, 2012

Business

Partnership Perfected

Late in their careers, Bill Henkel and Gordon Denmark took a leap of faith to found a new business. Their successes led them to be named the 2012 Landscaper of the Year. When Bill Henkel and Gordon Denmark arrived at work in the first days of their partnership in 1999, they hung their coats on metal IV holders serving as coat racks and walked into dark narrow offices adapted from an old storage building in Lexington, Kentucky. The offices were sparse for the two 47-year-old men who were risking their homes and retirement to found a company.

January 6, 2012

Business

Favorite Foliage

Foliage, earthworms, bacteria in soil, a vertical garden and lights for deck posts are among the landscaping topics featured.

January 5, 2012

Business

Business best practices: Lighten up

If you operate even a small landscape business, you may be surprised how adding low-voltage lighting design and installation is such a natural fit.

January 5, 2012

Business

Lancaster Tractor joins Messick’s Equipment

After 33-years of business, Lancaster Tractor – the oldest Ford Tractor dealer now a New Holland Construction dealer known as the “Lancaster County Reliables” in Pennsylvania – becomes part of the Messick’s Equipment dealerships. The dealership began in 1939 as a Ford Tractor dealer and has served the construction and professional landscapers markets. They will […]

January 5, 2012

Business

Create landscape designs on your iPad

Would you like to create landscape designs on the jobsite? There’s an app for that. Drafix Software’s Pro Landscape Companion for the iPad allows users to show customers complete proposals, 3D movies and other design options using the app. Landscapers can also create a design from scratch on the iPad using a photo they’ve taken […]

January 4, 2012

Business

NorAm appoints dealers

NorAm has partnered with Atlantic Cat, which now represents the NorAm 65E compact motor grader at their eight locations in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. Cervus Contractors Equipment markets the NorAm 65E grader throughout the province of Alberta, Canada, with their six locations.

January 4, 2012

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Echo demonstrates new battery-powered landscaping equipment at 2026 Power-On-Athon outdoor event

Total Landscape Care's coverage moving to EquipmentWorld.com

On Oct. 1, Fusable will cease production of Total Landscape Care as a stand-alone website and newsletter and will migrate the brand’s existing coverage of the landscaping industry to sister brand Equipment World.

Man operating green and yellow John Deere lawn mower on residential property with brick house and trees

John Deere refines Z700 ZTrak Mower lineup

Red and white zero-turn radius lawn mower displayed on green grass field with trees in background

Kress expands autonomous mowing lineup with new 60-inch Voyager

Two people in purple shirts holding a black and white dog at an equip 2025 event

The TurfMutt Foundation’s signature events set for Equip Expo 2026

Blue tracked skid steer loader clearing brush in autumn forest

Vanquish vegetation: Brush cutters for skid steers and compact track loaders

The Attachments Idea Book

Landscapers use a variety of attachments for doing everything from snow removal to jobsite cleanup, and regardless of how often they are used, every landscaper has a favorite attachment.

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