Gregg Wartgow

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Gregg Wartgow is editor in chief of Green Industry Pros magazine, SnowPRO, Dealer Success Guide, greenindustrypros.com, and related print and digital products.

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If you're one of the tens of thousands of contractors who has to not only work on your business but also in it, how do you determine what your salary should be?

How Much Should a Landscape Company Owner Make?

If you're one of the tens of thousands of contractors who has to not only work on your business but also in it, how do you determine what your salary should be?

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How to Safely Use Stand-on Mowers on Slopes

Stand-on mowers are popular, in part, for their hillside stability; but there are limitations to safe mowing on slopes

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We Predicted: Taryl Fixes is the Next YouTube Sensation

"Taryl Dactal" makes how-to YouTube videos both educational and side-splittingly entertaining.

Compact tractors can help landscape contractors generate revenue all year round, be it mowing and maintenance, site prep, hardscaping, aerating, spraying or snowplowing, among other common tasks. Pictured is Kioti’s CS2510.

How to Decide if a Compact Tractor is Best for a Landscape Business

Landscape contractors looking for maximum versatility across a range of services could benefit from adding a compact utility tractor to their fleets

Kioti’s Mechron UTV provides more than 55 inches of cargo bed space and 1,100 pounds of bed capacity, making it an ideal match for hauling a variety of landscaping materials and tools on smaller to mid-size projects.

Why Utility Vehicles Make Sense in Landscaping

Today’s utility vehicles can handle a variety of terrain, quickly transport employees, haul heavy loads and power attachments. Plus, they are less expensive to operate than a pickup truck.

SnowEx ---- The SnowEx Adjustable-Wing Power Plow is offered in two models: 8 or 10-foot width, and 8’6” or 11-foot width.

Why a Contractor Might Want a Wing Plow

For contractors that need to plow big, open spaces while also maintaining a certain degree of versatility, a wing plow can be a great addition to the snow removal fleet.

Toro’s TXL 2000 features a unique telescoping arm. When fully telescoped and raised, it can reach 123 inches high—plenty of clearance to dump materials over a standard dump truck.

What’s So Hard About Hardscaping?

Not much if you’re using a compact track loader, which can be a hardscape contractor’s best friend before, during and after a project.

Have experience with either the Exmark Commercial 30 or Toro TurfMaster 30-inch Walk Mower?

Comparing the Exmark and Toro 30-inch Walk Mowers

A look at key features and specs of the Exmark Commercial 30 and Toro TurfMaster 30-inch walk mowers.

Go iLawn’s high-resolution aerial imagery is available in five views: vertical, North, South, East (shown) and West.

Faster Bidding with Far Less Hassle

Web-based tools can help speed up the estimating and proposal-building process for landscape contractors, resulting in less cost, happier customers and more time to focus on other areas of the business.

Pictured is an example of what a customer service agent sees when using Quiq. The left-hand column is the message queue, prioritized by how quickly a given customer is responding back. In the middle is the conversation in progress. The right-hand column shows integration with third-party customer relationship management software.

Deliver Better Customer Service by Texting

Quiq allows businesses to corral their multi-channel, text-based conversations with customers, helping employees save time while customers enjoy a better experience.

While Grasshopper offers an assortment of both MidMount and FrontMount zero-turn mowers, the company says a FrontMount offers many productivity-enhancing benefits.

Half a Century of Groundskeeping Innovations

On the eve of its 50th year in the manufacturing business, The Grasshopper Company continues to focus on versatility, productivity and options—helping end-users get more done faster and at less cost.

Budget-friendly compact wheel loaders can be a great solution for a variety of landscaping and snow removal applications, especially if you have a nursery or materials yard where a lot of loading and hauling takes place on a regular basis.

The Right Tool for the Right Job at the Right Price

SDLG North America offers compact wheel loaders at skid steer prices and sees landscaping as a key market that will benefit.

A Bobcat E42 compact excavator makes for easy work of a retaining wall.

Why Excavators Are Indispensable in Hardscaping

When it comes to digging, reaching, grabbing and placing, a compact excavator remains a hardscape contractor's best friend.

Pictured is an example of a product listing on LandscapeHub.

Streamlining Plant Procurement

LandscapeHub seeks to make buying and selling landscaping materials easier, and its founders can make it happen.

An articulated compact loader consists of two separate front and rear halves joined in the middle.

Pound for Pound

As Avant Tecno expands its dealer network across the U.S., more landscape contractors are finding out how a compact articulating loader could prove to be the toughest workhorse they could add to their fleets.

Joe Conrad, president of Mean Green Products, says that more and more professional users are becoming open to the concept of electric riding mowers.

Secrets of a Highly Productive Mower

As landscaping labor shortages continue, new zero-turn mower designs place extra emphasis on productivity.

The showroom at American Pride Power Equipment in Zanesville, OH, one of Cub Cadet's top dealers.

Follow-up Marketing Tips for Dealers

Equipment dealers can increase sales across the board by implementing a consistent cadence of follow-up marketing – WITH the help of their suppliers.

Left to right: Ernie B, old Ernie, Jacob and Nick.

Flood of Opportunity

Last fall’s dreadful flooding in Louisiana has helped to accelerate the growth wave K&D Rent All & Hardware had already been riding for several years.

Erik Sides, executive director of the EETC (right), talks with a conference attendee about some of the association’s new training aids for educators.

EETC On a High

Equipment & Engine Training Council reaches all-time high for OEM support – while continuing to grow high school and college membership.

High Voltage

Editor’s Commentary – Battery technology has come a long way, but landscapers need to be given a better reason to migrate to it.

A service technician at American Pride Power Equipment in Zanesville, OH.

Keystone State Develops Keys to a Great Career

Dealers, educators and state agriculture department work together to reinforce training and help guide people toward careers in agriculture, landscaping and equipment repair.

Demian Trudeau, owner of Kick Gas Lawn Care

Cookin’ with(out) Gas

Ontario contractor is all battery, all the time – and both his customers and bottom line are thanking him for it.

Jeff Anconetani, Rental Country’s vice president of operations.

Stand-on Mower Country

Rental Country’s four locations across South Jersey have helped arm landscape contractors with everything they need to make quick work of both mowing and hardscaping projects.

Yamaha's new MX825V-EFI is part of a three-model lineup representing the company's first offering for lawn and garden.

Engine Innovations Put Consumers at Ease

How leading engine manufacturers are helping end-users get more done in less time – and at less cost.