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       This past week The Toro Company hosted a training event for their commercial distributors in the USA and Canada know as Toro University. It was held at Barton Creek Resort in Austin, Texas. The week was split between two groups of a Monday-Wednesday and a Wednesday-Friday group. I was in the second group. I believe I have been an attendant at everyone of these events over the past 21 years....
       Some years there are more new products and changes and other years there may only be a few things that change. One thing you can see over the years is the rotation on the R&D money and which line will be having new products in the near future. So with the new restrictions coming with the Tier 4 emissions standards the biggest changes are in the 25-75 HP diesel traction units (large rotaries & fairway mowers). Now Toro has done a great job communicating with their distribution on how this transformation would take place but maybe it is just the way my mind works and seeing the new products in action helped to make me really grasp the change that is coming to our industry. With lots of cool new abilities like to be able to control speed, find intermittent faults and track real use hours, all electronically. It is going to be really amazing what you will be able to do! What was cool for me to see was Toro took the mandates caused by Tier 4 and used it as an opportunity to make some big improvements to products in other ways in the process and still meeting the new standards.

       Thanks to all the people at Toro for a first class training event!
      

 

Master Salesman Lou Bosco tests out one of the new Toro Reel Masters!


*Just a reminder that we will be hosting Jim Nedin Sprayer Calibration Seminars over the next 2 weeks in PA/NJ/DE/MD & VA! All will have each state's Department of Ag Pesticide License credits & .40 GCSAA continuing eductaion credits available too. Hope to see you at one of the locations!*
http://www.turf-equipment.com/xCourseSchedule2.htm





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