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If You Can’t Run With the Big Dogs …

Kuhns Power Equipment’s Power Dog 926 Weed & Brush Mower features hydro drive allowing variable speed on the go, as well as instant forward/reverse movement. It has a heavy-duty revolving deck that revolves on a ball bearing, an electronic clutch blade engagement, is powered by a 9 hp Robin Subaru engine and features a 26-inch cutting width.


Water Cannon Helps You Go Green

Water Cannon’s professional foam jet kit shoots over 20 feet of dense foam that sticks to surfaces, instantly conserving chemical use. The high-pressure foam injecting tool has a fully variable spray pattern and shoots a straight stream or can be adjusted up to 50 degrees. It works on any pressure washer, cold or hot.


Quick and Effective Reel Adjustment

Kesmac Transportable Reel Mowers are now available with single-point adjustment, which allows reel adjustment with one single knob. Along with reel fine adjustment, the reel can be kept adjusted professionally by anyone. The scissor-like cut of the reel mowers can be maintained quickly and cheaply.


Compact Sod Cutter

The Brouwer Sod Cutter Mark 2 folds up for easy transport and storage and is ideal for any job where turf needs to be removed, repaired, renovated or lifted. It is light, compact and easily handled and transported.


Master of the Grounds

Toro Groundsmaster 1200/7210 are zero-turn rotary mowers with Kubota 28 hp and 35 hp three-cylinder, liquid-cooled, diesel engines. Features heavy-duty seven-gauge welded deck construction. Use QAS attachments for tasks and convert from mow to snow removal with the POLAR TRAC system.


Small, But Mighty

The ANT Mini-Crane from DEL Hydraulics is lightweight and easy to install and remove for light vehicles, pickup truck boxes, trailers and more. Available with either manual or 12-volt electric operations, and there are also hydraulic versions. The ANT can lift 400 pounds at 8 feet 1 inch, and up to 1,100 pounds at 3 feet 2 inches.


A Backbone for Your Truck

BACKBONE Premium Aluminum Truck Racks from Accelerator Industries are fabricated from hand-polished aluminum and come with sliding tie-downs and integrated lighting. They also have the ability to be customized and expanded.


Compact Chipper for Small Jobs

The Bandit Model 990XP 12-inch drum chipper from Bandit Industries, Inc. is a compact, 12-inch-diameter capacity chipper. The feed system and components are comparable to the popular Model 1090XP, but with a smaller drum, a unique discharge transition and a compact design. Engine options are available from most major engine suppliers up to 86 hp.


Kioti’s New UTVs

Kioti’s new line of Utility Transport Vehicles, the Mechron, is powered by a fuel-efficient, 22 hp, three-cylinder Daedong diesel engine and features one of the widest tracks on the market, as well as four-wheel drive. It offers a 56-inch-wide dump bed for a 1,600-pound payload capacity, and 12 inches of ground clearance. Standard equipment includes a two-speed continuously variable transmission, four-wheel disk brakes, a rear hitch receiver for a trailer or three-point hitch, an operator station with a lot of storage compartments, halogen headlights and a design for easy servicing.


Dewatering Pumps for Skid Steers

Lowell Scott Enterprises, Inc., manufacturers of TrunkPumps, has added a new line of hydraulically powered dewatering pumps to their product line. The HYD-3D provides the same low-maintenance, one-person operation as other TrunkPump models, with the added benefit of being powered by skid steer remote hydraulics and other hydraulic power sources.


Track Employees in the Field

The PocketClock/GPS for BlackBerry software transforms a BlackBerry smartphone into a portable GPS time clock and management tool. Part of The JobClock System, PocketClock GPS lets mobile employees or crews clock in and out at dozens of locations each week. Manufactured by Exaktime, the software lets workers clock in or out or record what type of work they are doing, and managers can also set a virtual perimeter around each job site to highlight employees clocking in/out when not actually at the site. The system displays a map, pinpointing job sites and attendance data on the map.

Other tools for supervisors and foremen include clocking in an entire crew in one action, a camera to take photos of work sites, and voice recorder for audio field notes.


Easily Set Up a Drip Irrigation System

Strong Injectors’ Drip Irrigation System Header attaches directly to a hose bib/garden valve or .75-inch anti-siphon valve and comes complete with a vacuum breaker, pint capacity proportioning fertilizer injector, tee filter with 150 mesh stainless steel element, a 19 PSI preset pressure regulator and .75-inch PVC adaptor fittings. The fertilizer injector accepts any totally water-soluble fertilizer, and in addition a wetting agent can be dispensed to help break up compacted soils, compost tea, micronutrients and vitamins.


A Trailer Alternative

Bri-Mar’s DI-100 (64 by 101.75 inches) and DI-100-6 (64 by 76 inches) Dump Inserts are available for 8-foot and 6-foot beds and aid in the removal and transport of mulch, stone, dirt and debris. The dump insert fits easily and securely in the back of a pick-up truck, converting it into a dump truck. It uses a heavy-duty hydraulic scissors lift, powered by a Monarch electric/hydraulic system with a 20-foot remote, and offers a rated lift capacity of 6,000 pounds.


Clear Snow with Your Compact Tractor

Bobcat has released two new models of front-mounted snowblower implements for Bobcat compact tractor models CT120 to CT235, Model FCTSB49 with 49-inch cutting width and Model FCTSB62 with 62-inch cutting width, with a third model for the CT225 to CT450 available at a later date, Model FCTSB72 with 72-inch cutting width.

The discharge chute rotates hydraulically so the operator can easily redirect snow as needed, and the snowblower can be attached or removed from the tractor in minutes with two quick-release pins.