PLANET the Professional Landcare Network is celebrating their 5 year anniversary.
See the timeline of the first 5 years of PLANET here.
The past 5 years have gone by quickly. PLANET has come a long way, and we could not have done it without our members!
PLANET, the Professional Landcare Network, is an international association serving lawn care professionals, landscape management contractors, design/build/installation professionals, and interior plantscapers. PLANET provides its members with a good business foundation to help them evaluate, plan, and better manage their companies. Member firms have direct access to marketing tools, industry specific business publications, updates on legislative issues, and networking opportunities that can assist them in becoming more profitable.
Introducing the new Snapper NXT mower line. Snapper asked thousands of everyday users what they were looking for and needed in a lawn mower. Snapper used those answers and suggestions to develop the blueprint for the NXT mower line.
The Lawnmower You Designed
Snapper started with a blank sheet of paper and a singular goal: To create new mowers that provide our best mowing experience ever.
To get there, Snapper asked you and thousands of other homeowners what you liked and didn’t like about your mowers. In collaboration with BMW Group DesignWorks U.S.A., Snapper conducted extensive and sophisticated consumer research that can be reduced to this question: Describe the ultimate lawnmower?
From The Snapper Research Center to Your Backyard
After countless hours of interviews and observations, Snapper engineers and designers spent three years incorporating what we learned from you into dozens of prototype mowers. We tested and re-tested them and then engineered key findings into the final product.
The results are nothing short of groundbreaking. These units start with the user and end with the user. Thanks to your input, every feature, every dimension and every control has been nuanced from the operator’s point of view.
Beginning with their revolutionary push button starting system, the Snapper NXT redefines the grass cutting experience. Never before has a lawn mower been so responsive, so intelligent, so comfortable and so powerful. The Snapper NXT is your lawn mower and the next generation of Snapper.
Snapper NXT Lawn Tractors
Push Button Starting System
Ultra-Tight Turning Radius
Electric Height of Cut Switch
Revolutionary Cutting System
Easy-to-Read Digital Interface
Adjustable Ergonomic, Breathable Seat
Bright LED Headlights
Advanced Briggs & Stratton Professional Series 23 or 27 HP Engines
The Snapper NXT riding mower delivers innovation that starts with the push of a button. From sleek, automotive-inspired styling to innovative control, display and cutting systems, the Snapper NXT riding mower makes your mowing experience second-to-none.
The Snapper NXT lawn tractor brings it all together and puts you on the cutting edge. It’s our easiest starting, best cutting tractor ever — for the ultimate mowing experience.
Snapper NXT Walk Behind Mower
Push Button Starting System
” REACT” Variable Speed Drive
Revolutionary Cutting System
3-in-1 Mower Capability
Electronic Maintenance Minder
Single Point Height of Cut Lever
Easy Change Handle Height
Briggs & Stratton Professional Series Engine
The Snapper NXT 22″ rear wheel drive walk-behind mower shares the same consumer-driven DNA as the NXT riding mower. From the push button starting system to the REACT™ Drive System, Professional Series™ engine, the NXT walk-behind has significant advantages over a traditional push mower. It delivers a seamless mowing experience second to none.
Don’t settle for a conventional push mower. The Snapper NXT walk-behind mower’s revolutionary new cutting system and redesigned, aerodynamic deck provide our most precise, most even cut ever — each time you mow.
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Featured on Backfilled:
Two of the most trusted sources in the landscaping business have combined forces to provide an online tool that gives busy landscapers and power equipment dealers more of the information they need to grow their businesses profitably—in a quick, easy, convenient format. PRO Magazine and Yard & Garden have launched http://www.greenindustrypros.com/, a new website delivering daily green industry news, product information, management tips and best practices.
GreenCare for Troops is dedicated to helping military families care for their lawns while their loved ones are deployed. Since 2006, the non-profit has helped nearly 10,000 military families with Cub Cadet as the major supporter.
Mike Rowe and the Dirty Jobs crew join Cub Cadet and GreenCare for Troops at the California home of Sgt. Peter Mavropoulos.
You don’t need to be an Olympic athlete to drive a zero turn mower, but it sure would be less painful if you were for most zero turn mowers. Operators that run zero turn mowers for cities, landscape companies, commercial cutters or acreage owners know what we are talking about. Running a fixed frame zero turn for 6 to 8 hours a day, everyday is very taxing on the body, especially the lower back. Anyone that has operated these units for that long has felt this in some way, shape, or form. Even mowing you own lawn for 2 to 3 hours once a week I am sure you have felt like you have gone a few rounds in a boxing ring when you get off.
Landscape companies, commercial cutters and acreage owners there is a way to remedy this problem, oh and not to mention INCREASE productivity. For company owners this means less time your guys are on each job, which translates to more jobs and a healthier bottom line. Acreage owners you can decrease the time you are spending on you lawns exponentially. I don’t know of any company or person that doesn’t look for more efficient ways to do business or get jobs done.
The solution for the pain and increased productivity is very simple; the Ferris Zero Turn Mower with its patented independent suspension system.
How much faster, more productive and more efficient would you or your employees be if you were operating a much smoother machine? There would be no more slowing down to compensate for all of the different terrain variations. You would mow over these same areas carrying the same ground speed at all times, unlike before when you would slow down to negotiate these obstacles. Operators would not feel like they have been beat with a sledge-hammer every time they get off the machine, which makes it that much easier for them to go to work each day.
FERRIS MOWERS WITH SUSPENSION SYSTEM
No matter if you’re a professional cutter, weekend warrior or discriminating buyer, Ferris zero-turn mowers with suspension will give you a measurable improvement in your mowing efficiency. The smooth ride will enable you to get more done in less time than conventional mowers. A Ferris mower can help you finish your job faster, boost your productivity and produce beautiful results.
Ferris zero-turn mowers are the only commercial mowers that feature a suspension system that was developed by engineers with landscape contractors’ needs in mind. We didn’t just mask operating vibration with a special seat. These mowers were built from the ground up to be the hardest working and smoothest riding in the industry. Operators experience less fatigue while tackling tough jobs. Our patented suspension technology provides exclusive benefits that maximize productivity for years to come.
BENIFETS
PRODUCTIVITY: The benefits of Ferris suspension add up to increased productivity for you. The more productive you can be the more time you will save and the more money you can make.
SPEED: Many operators are not aware that they slow down to compensate for uneven terrain – until they test-drive a Ferris with suspension. Insulated from these effects, the operator naturally increases speed, taking full advantage of available horsepower. The result: More acres per hour and more money in your pocket.
CONSISTENCY OF CUT: The mower deck follows the movement of the wheels and the flow of the terrain. The result is a beautiful, consistent cut.
EXTENDED MOWER LIFE: Suspension also benefits the chassis by reducing shock load. Our frame rails are made of much heavier material because we do not rely on frame flex to keep all four wheels on the ground. As a result, a mower with suspension will last longer and require fewer repairs than a similar non-suspension mower.
COMFORT: Ferris’ exclusive suspension system absorbs the shocks and vibrations that cause operator fatigue. The increased comfort translates to operator satisfaction and increased productivity.
So How Does It Work?
The Ferris patented suspension system allows each wheel to move up and down independently smoothing out uneven turf. The deck of the mower works in conjunction with the suspension system
to provide a consistent cut. This system virtually eliminates shock to the chassis, resulting in superior operator comfort, increased mowing speeds, stability and extended mower life.
Take a look at this video.
Like every commercial mowing innovation, the success of suspension depends on its value to the landscape contractor. But, get any five owners of Suspension mowers together and ask them what they find appealing, and you’ll get five different answers. Suspension offers multiple benefits to the landscaper. This, perhaps more than anything, has made the advent of Suspension, not just an innovation, but a revolution in commercial mowing.
There you have it, so anybody against less mowing time, increased jobs, or a healthier bottom line? Probably not, so get off your fixed frame unit and check out the Ferris mower line, which can make this happen for you.
Just the facts ma’am, all we want are the facts. [full story]
The Outdoor Power Equipment Institute (OPEI) says that Dr. Amy Townsend-Small of University of California – Irvine (UC – Irvine) has acknowledged a computation error of carbon used to maintain turf in the recently released UC-Irvine study published January 19, 2010, titled “Carbon Sequestration and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Urban Turf.” With the error corrected, ornamental grass is in fact shown to be a net sequester of carbon even when inputs are accounted for in grass maintenance. The correction has been submitted to the American Geophysical Union (AGU) who published the paper.
OPEI also noted that the UC-Irvine study did not acknowledge the dramatic reductions of emissions and fuel use profile for today’s gasoline and diesel equipment, nor did the study disclose what model equipment and corresponding fuel use numbers were used.
Save money. Save Time. Increase bottom line. Can it be true? [maybe]
Agrium Advanced Technologies has released Spread it & Forget it, a new controlled-release fertilizer that feeds lawns and professional turf for six months or more with just one application. Spread it & Forget it enables turf professionals to spread fertilizer once, instead of multiple times, and keeps turf lush, green and healthy for a full growing season, according to Agrium Advanced Technologies.
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