LAWN CARE
By Ryan Whisner
Riding on this Z-Spray Max, a worker maintains a constant pace throughout a day of work, versus walking all day and possibly changing pace by the end of a shift. Z Turf Equipment
VALUE, VERSATILITY, AND EASE-IN-OPERATION are Top Sellers in the Sprayer and Spreader Market F rom fertilizer to herbicide, the most efficient way to distribute liquid or granular material in the green industry is with increasingly sophisticated spray or spreader systems or machines. While productivity is critical to consider when purchasing a stand-on sprayer/spreader or truck-mounted unit to complete more jobs in a day, it doesn’t amount to much without ease of use to reduce operator training and error, comfort to retain employees and ensure their safety, and precision to cut wasted product and time. There’s no question, landscape and lawn care professionals are all about hard work. You’re not doing this unless, unless you’re up for hard work. However, there’s no reason that you need to make it harder than it is. “That’s our mantra, how do we help you grow your business profitably and that’s about being more productive,
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but also enjoying it,” says Scott Kinkead, executive vice president, Turfco. “Right now, a lot of landscaping companies have great opportunities for growth, and we hear more companies trying to figure out how to grow their business profitably and find the staff to run their equipment.” For lawn care operators, one of those key pieces of equipment is sprayers. There are several key features when looking at a sprayer and most of them come from how you plan on operating your lawn care business. The underlying issue within the green industry is labor. “We’re in this great position in our industry right now where it’s not, is there organic growth, it’s how do I grow my business and how do I grow it profitably?” Kinkead says, noting that he is excited to help contractors that are looking to figure out
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how to grow and what to invest in. “It’s no different than in our factory. We’re not doing everything just with wrenches, we’re using lasers and computer-controlled machining centers, it’s a natural progression,” he says. In a general sense, Kinkead says it’s important for contractors to consider how easy it will be to train the next employee on a new machine. Many have machines for small properties and another machine for larger properties and the operator is unable to move between the two so there is no or limited cross functionality. “We have two machines, one is the largest capacity applicator that will fit through a 36-inch gate and then I also have a unit on a similar platform which holds 60 gallons and 326 pounds of granular for larger proper-
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