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M emphis, Tennessee-area landscape professionals Fain and Sandra Dalton, owners of The Grounds Guys® of Germantown, are at the top of their game. They were named The Grounds Guys’ 2016 Franchisees of the Year at the 2016 Dwyer Group® Reunion. The Daltons are in their seventh year of business where their teams perform a wide variety of services, including lawn and landscape maintenance, tree care, and weed/pest control, as well as irrigation and landscape installation, outdoor lighting and power washing, among others. According to Fain Dalton, The Grounds Guys of Germantown began offering chemical application services to clients in early 2016, primarily relying on a 250-gallon tank and spray hose setup for application. Granular fertilizer and chemical application have been handled to-date with walk-behind spreaders. This year, the Daltons will use a new Exmark stand-on Spreader-Sprayer and will share the experience with The Grounds Guys’ system. Fain Dalton said he’s looking forward to letting chemical expert, Spencer Smith, put the new Exmark Spreader-Sprayer to work. With more than 30 years of chemical application experience, Smith’s perspective will be valuable in evaluating the
performance and productivity gains of the stand-on machine relative to the company’s other equipment. “I’m especially interested to see how the Exmark machine does on the larger properties we often maintain,” Dalton said. The Daltons were just the fifth Grounds Guys franchisee, and since opening in 2010, business has grown steadily, averaging 20-percent annual growth. Approximately 80 percent of The Grounds Guys of Germantown’s business is serving commercial clients, with the remainder focused on residential clients in the Memphis area. Fain Dalton said he initially plans to use the Exmark Spreader- Sprayer to spread lime on the properties he maintains. The large 175-pound hopper capacity and maneuverable lean-to-steer controls should give him the ability to cover more ground with unmatched application precision. The self-propelled stand-on design of the Exmark machine should also decrease worker fatigue. Employees will stay fresh and remain more productive each day, particularly on their large commercial properties. Stay tuned for an update on the Dalton’s experience with the Exmark Spreader-Sprayer in upcoming e-newsletters and the next edition of Top Seed, due out in June 2017.
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