World’s First Battery Powered Electric Wheel Loader
DFD Loaders is bringing to the US the first battery-powered electric wheel loader. The Schaffer 24E electric wheel loader is the first to be powered by Lithium-Ion battery packs. Two electric motors power the Schaeffer 24E loader. One 21 KW (28hp) motor powers the driving hydraulics, while the second 9.7 KW (13hp) motor provides muscle […]
New Hustler Products at GIE Expo
The GIE Expo never fails to bring out the crowds for the largest Green Industry show in the U.S. This year seemed to be bigger than ever, however, these are only our guestimations and not certified results. From under the Excel Industries corporation, we saw new Hustler products at GIE Expo, and it wasn’t just […]
PL2501 25-inch Billy Goat Lawn Aerator Preview
Aerating a lawn is not rocket surgery, hence it can be accomplished in a variety of means. Let’s face it though, nobody wants to be walking around in a pair of spiked shoes, or have their kids pulling a weighted drum, putting holes in a lawn. Thanks to the Billy Goat PLUGR, handling the lawn aerator […]
Craftsman Launch Event Video
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. Craftsman Launch Event OPE Highlights At the Craftsman Launch Event, we learned […]
Makita EM2650LH 4-Stroke String Trimmer Review
Having recently moved to a new home, the previous owners had let the landscape and lawn sort of return to the way that nature intended. What should have been trimmed grass in the back section near the drainage easement looked more like a jungle, and I could not even tell if there was a drainage ditch […]
Vanguard Engines – Hitting Honda Head-on
Vanguard Engines is now the commercial power side of the Briggs and Stratton brand. Vanguard engines build single and v-twin cylinder engines for OEM powerplants, and for repower as well. The new Vanguard single-cylinder engines include several new features, in an effort to be the class leader. It’s not too difficult to find many Vanguard […]
Carrier Systems’ 360° Trailers
Even the super-seasoned lawn pro with a ton of experience can get a little rattled when towing around a trailer. Inclement weather, balding tires, narrow streets, one-way traffic, unexpected dead ends…there could be a bunch of reasons why you might potentially jack-knife the dumb trailer. Well, Carrier Systems aims to make you look like less […]
Bush Hog Recall – Laceration Hazard
The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death associated with the use of thousands of types of consumer products under the agency’s jurisdiction. On November 15, 2017, the CPSC issued a recall on the Bush Hog HDE zero turn riding mower. The cause […]