Our Equipment over the years...

[stockie]

How the hell did you find five machines only 2 yrs old?

[jplawnmaint]

Originally Posted by stockie

How the hell did you find five machines only 2 yrs old?

A little bird told him. Lol
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[joef450snowplow]

Originally Posted by PR0 TURF

Hey there...I'll be back on sometime next week to update things etc. I haven't been able to concentrate on anything for the last 2 weeks with the Patriots in the Superbowl...yeehaaa!!

Here's a quick pic of 5 Turf Tracers we picked up this week...we've officially made the switch!!

Nice mowers, but to bad the GIANTS are going to kick there a$$ today

[scotts lawn care]

Since the packers lost, i dont really care which team wins the bowl. ^^^^ lol!

[Earthlinklandscaping]

Is thtt a hydro seeder bhind the dumo truck??

[syzer]

Originally Posted by PR0 TURF

We have always used the one or two wheeled sulkies on our w/b's over the years. I was unfamiliar with the ProSlides until we got to talking about them a few weeks ago...so now I'm curious. They sound like the way to go, or at least something worth trying.

We use pro-slides for all of our WB's and will never go back. They are expensive to keep up, but when you ride on one for the first time its like being on a cloud. They smooth out all the bumps and holes so its a lot easier on your guys knees. They also play a huge part in a nice stripe!

[dtriv89]

Originally Posted by PR0 TURF

I haven't been able to concentrate on anything for the last 2 weeks with the Patriots in the Superbowl...yeehaaa!!

About that.... lol

[A.T.T.]

Originally Posted by dtriv89

About that.... lol

Don't break it to him...

[PR0 TURF]

Originally Posted by jbell36

do you guys paint your stuff in-house?

Jbell...we prob 80% of our stuff in house. When we have something that needs sandblasting we always send that out because we're not equipped for that type of work. If it's just a piece of equipment or a trailer we will usually paint it ourselves, if it's something we want to be a bit more presentable for the long haul we will send it out.

[PR0 TURF]

Originally Posted by CriderLawn09

Pro Turf i have a question about the mini skid steers, I think i seen somewhere in your thread you have a bobcat, I'm looking at the MT52 i'm set up to do a demo this week if the rain ever stops, but how effeceint are they when doing landscaping, i have a small 453 bobcat that i use in the shop and in my salt bin loading trucks, its really small and will just about fit in the bed of a pickup lol, but it being small works great, but small tires no tracks and it gets stuck on wet blacktop and i always thought that the compact size would be great for landscape maint., how do they do as far as going on turf without damage? and i see guys all the time using them, my bobcat dealer says that it will replace most of our wheelbarrow use? Any truth in that? Also we dont do very much hardscaping at all maybe some pavers or something its mostly just maintenance, does the attachments work good like the augers and such we plant alot so that looks like it would be great, also any maintenance issues with yours? I'm a bobcat man but i have looked at toro and vemeer, but will probably stay white and orange. Thanks man!!

Crider...we had an MT50 for a few years. That was our first machine from the Bobcat/skid steer family. Prior to purchasing that machine we did all of our work by hand/wheelbarrow. The MT50 made things MUCH nicer & definitely cut down on labor compared to doing it all by hand. It is a tracked machine, so you can easily damage turf when making turns if you are not very careful. We used that for about a year then bought a Bobcat 873...then eventually our A300. Once we stepped up to a full sized machine we rarely used our MT50 anymore. We kept it around for a few years for the occasional job that it would come in handy with, but eventually sold it due to lack of use. We did not have any maintenance issues with it, but the machine we had only had about 500 hrs on it so it was barely even broken in. So to summarize...an MT50 will be a night & day difference from the old wheelbarrow method, but we found a full sized skid steer to be night & day to the MT50.

Good luck