FEATURE STORY
Equipment Trends 2013
Last article in a two-part series
E
arlier this summer, Outdoor Power
Equipment's sister publication Landscape
and Irrigation asked a wide range of
equipment manufacturers and suppliers to
share their insights about the equipment
market, and how the trends they are seeing
will impact your equipment decisions.
Their observations were as follows:
What trends are you seeing with regard
to equipment for the professional
landscape and lawn care markets?
The lingering effects of a challenging
economy have left professional landscapers
looking for cost-effective ways to continue
to expand their businesses and their
profit margins. There has been a push to
get equipment that is cost effective, yet
powerful, flexible and versatile to tackle a
variety of jobs. The Little Beaver earth drills
make it easy to be productive and profitable
without the cost and hassle of larger
equipment. And a variety of attachments
like the dry and wet boring kits, the soil
sampling tools and our anchoring systems
allow professional landscapers to branch out
in new service areas without buying a new
fleet of equipment.
— Mike Hale
sales manager
Little Beaver
How has this year's weather
impacted equipment sales?
Slow start to the season, but spring has
arrived and mowers are selling.
— Brad Unruh
senior product manager
Excel Industries
Weather is a factor that nobody can
plan for, and this year, to a certain extent,
I think you could say almost everyone has
had to deal with the weather as a factor
in one way or another. But we're working
hard to consistently deliver innovations that
give contractors reasons to upgrade their
equipment.
— Daryn Walters
director of marketing
Exmark
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The colder temperatures and longerthan-normal spring have helped us increase
the sales of Power Edgers.
— James R. Day
managing partner
Turf Teq
