The hot news coming down the pipe today revolves around the announcement that Stanley Black and Decker has bought 20 percent of MTD shares for $234 million in cash. Under the terms of the new agreement, SBD has the option to purchase the remaining 80 percent on July 1, 2021. [adsenseyu1] Stanley Black and Decker, […]
I can still hear the loud rumble of my father’s old, rusty pressure washer. He still uses it today. Now that I think about it, he might have built the thing! An exposed belt cranked the pump and pushed out some dangerous level of PSI. Watch your toes! As a kid, I learned to dread what […]
Back in 2017, we reported that Stanley Black and Decker had purchased the Craftsman name from Sears . Although the Craftsman brand has traditionally had a ton of name recognition in the world of hand tools, you might be surprised to find out that the bulk of the brand’s revenue streams have, more recently, come […]
The average yard in Florida gets cut about 40 times per year. Depending upon weather effects, like El Nino, this can vary by a couple cuts. Regardless, pretty much between April and October lawns in Central Florida are visited weekly. Add this cutting volume with our sandy soil and you’re sharpening blades, a lot! Well, […]
Have you ever wanted to take your TV out to the woods for a relaxing weekend in a hot, sweaty tent? Camping is not my idea of a good time either, but I’ll admit that being able to plug in a 42″ LCD TV would go a long way to mitigating the annoyance of having to […]
High Torque from a line trimmer, who needs it? Let’s answer this with another question: who doesn’t? We’ve all been there, as a professional landscaper or even homeowner, when Spring has sprung and the new growth exceeded expectations. Or, you get the call to clean up that Bank Repo home that has been sitting untouched […]
If you missed my recent review of the Simpson 3600 PSI Surface Cleaner, do yourself, your aching back, and your driveway a favor and read it in a moment. In that article, I teased a review of the machine to which I had the surface cleaner attached, the Simpson Megashot 3200 PSI Pressure Washer. Well, today […]
We recently attended the Craftsman Launch Event in Baltimore, Maryland. For those of you who don’t know, they now operate under Stanley Black & Decker, and they plan to roll out a variety of new tools over the course of the coming year. [adsenseyu1] Craftsman Launch Event OPE Highlights At the Craftsman Launch Event, we […]
