Contents
APRIL 2011 VOLUME 35 NUMBER 4 Cover photo courtesy of Dodge Truck Corp.
Departments
Viewpoint. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Marketplace. . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Ad Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Staying Current . . . . . . . . . . 26
Products
Irrigation and Water Management Drip Irrigation. . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Mower Focus Mower Attachments and Accessories. . . . . . . . . .19
Features Irrigation and Water Management 8 A Step-by-Step Guide
to Maintaining a Drip Irrigation System Fleet Management
10 Clearing the Air Full-service leasing offers answers to fleets facing two engine emission control choices
12 Work Trucks
14 Building a Propane-fueled Mower Fleet Easy refueling — along with an emphasis on appropriate training and safety measures — is building ongoing success
16 First Things First
Landscape and Turf Maintenance Preseason spreader maintenance promotes longevity, efficiency
18 New Herbicides for 2011 4 Landscape and Irrigation April 2011
Product Round-up Hedge Trimmers. . . . . . . . . . 22
Volume 35, Number 4, APRIL 2011 Landscape and Irrigation (ISSN 0745-3795) (USPS 0394-090) (Reg. U.S. Pat. & T.M. Off.) is published monthly except May/June, July/Aug and Nov/Dec by M2MEDIA360, a Bev-Al Com- munications, Inc. company, 1033 W. Higgins Road, suite 230, Park Ridge, IL 60068. Peri- odicals postage paid at Park Ridge, IL and ad- ditional mailing offices. POSTMASTER Please send change of address to: Landscape and Ir- rigation, P.O. Box 2120, Skokie, IL 60076-7820. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year $40, Two Years $65, One Year Foreign Surface Mail $65, One Year Foreign Airmail $130. Two Years Foreign Sur- face Mail $110, Two Years Foreign Airmail $220, Single Copy $8. Send payments and address changes to Landscape and Irrigation: PO Box 2120, Skokie, IL 60076-7820. Customer Serv- ice Phone: (847) 763-9565 Fax: (847) 763-9569. COPYRIGHT ® 2011, Landscape and Irriga- tion. Material may not be reproduced or photo- copied in any form without the written permission of the publisher. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING: Clas- sified Rates: $80 per inch, one-inch minimum. Payable in advance. Classified ads are non-com- missionable. Ads using special cuts or special bor- ders will be billed at display rates. Landscape and Irrigation is a publication of M2MEDIA360.
www.landscapeirrigation.com
