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The Business of Mowing: Case Studies

In years past, Landscapes USA had to hire several employees to handle all the steep-slope work the company had – if they could even get the labor. He said finding the labor has always been difficult but, now, they can send one employee with the remote-operated robotic mower to get all their slope jobs done instead of an entire crew.

For Lanracorp, a leader in pipeline and utility maintenance, taking care of the steep terrain that makes up the grounds of their refinery customers was an arduous job that required up to seven employees putting in hours of hard work to manually cut 30-degree slopes with weed trimmers.

So, when Lanracorp Operations Supervisor Brent Hoerig began searching for a solution, he was thrilled to find a mower that would allow him to cut the number of employees needed for one job from seven to two and a half.

The City of Midland's road department is primarily using the RC Mowers TK-52XP to mow steep inclines and other hard to reach places. He said, ”I wouldn’t want my team to use tractors on these steep areas as the tractors could tip over. It just wasn’t safe to use tractors or other tools there and safety is a big deal.”
The City of Portland is committed to addressing safety. In the past, they were worried about significant consequences and/or liability if there was any flooding due to lack of maintenance or an injury due to unsafe equipment or methods.

RC Mowers has enabled us to save tens of thousands of dollars in labor costs, added Jeremy Comer. “It also gives us more opportunity to do the longer-term work.”  “In the past, when we had to tell our employees that they would be using string trimmers for two weeks, or that they would have to run mowers on hillsides for two weeks straight, they would dread it,” said Jeremy. “The RC Mowers remote-operated robotic mower makes it so much more fun for them. They just stand there and operate the remote.”

Tim Cowder, CEO of Mighty Mouse Services, says one of his biggest challenges is finding good employees because “the days of people wanting to do manual labor are ending.” About a year ago, he saw a successful tree removal company that had all kinds of remote-operated tools.
Ryan Aldridge of Servant Specialty Mowing wanted to make a living out of cutting grass, but quickly saw that the residential mowing market is saturated. Then he discovered specialty mowing. He came across a YouTube video on RC Mowers and finally decided to establish a business around mowing steep slopes and wet areas. After being wowed by the RC Mowers tracked slope mowers during the company’s Great American Road Show, he decided to purchase one.
Apex Unlimited Services, headquartered in Washington, Pennsylvania, provides a wide range of vegetation management services to their customers.  They built their company on solid values, pride in their work, and on building long-term, lasting relationships with their clients and community.  With a perfect safety record, Apex is always on the lookout for new and innovative ways to improve working conditions.
Fighting – and losing – the battle againstphragmites that were overtaking their landscape, Oneida Nation's Environmental Health & Safety Division needed an effective tool for taming the invasive species. RC Mowers' tracked TK-52XP remote-operated slope mower empowers them to safely and easily navigate wet, boggy, and sloped areas while providing a natural and environmentally friendly way to control the invasive reed.
Home to various beautiful terrain and vegetation types, Maui County, HI, was desperately seeking a better solution to its slope mowing challenges. After partnering with RC Mowers and utilizing our TK-52XP remote-operated slope mower, Maui County has not only been able to optimize slope mowing time and staff, but they have also shared the slope mower with other municipal facilities in the area and have found new, unanticipated uses.
Before partnering with RC Mowers, LeHigh Acres Municipal Services Improvement District (LA-MSID) struggled to maintain over 300 miles of canals without sacrificing the time and safety of its employees. Since purchasing our TK-52XP remote-operated slope mower, canal maintenance has gone from a struggle to a breeze, freeing up the LA-MSID’s team to accomplish more, with the same resources.

Though Pro Cutter Lawnscapers of Georgia was well-equipped to handle large-scale lawn care and mowing contracts, their contract for the maintenance and beautification of over 900 GA retention ponds pushed them beyond the capacity of their existing fleet of machines. After purchasing RC Mowers’ remote-operated TK-52XP tracked slope mower, they have reduced their slope-mowing crews by half, and now utilize that time and those team members to complete other mowing jobs.

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