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Recommender: What accessory in your truck/van fleets could you not live without?

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Extra storage goes a long way, especially for larger items like rakes or a spool of trimmer line. (Photo: Signature Landscape)
Extra storage goes a long way, especially for larger items like rakes or a spool of trimmer line. (Photo: Signature Landscape)
Matt Schott
Matt Schott

Matt Schott
Fleet manager, Signature Landscape

All of our Isuzus come prebuilt with landscape beds from Economy Manufacturing that provide ample storage, including overhead tool storage for hand tools and our two-cycle powered equipment. These cages allow our stand-on mowers to fit perfectly underneath. They provide side storage for long-handle tools, fuel can storage underneath the bed in an enclosed compartment and a shaft to secure our cones for transport.

Nolan Gore
Nolan Gore

Nolan Gore
General manager and owner, Top Choice Lawn Care

I drive a Chevy Silverado 1500. This is nonnegotiable for me moving forward: Every vehicle I drive has to have (Apple) CarPlay. I just crush audiobooks and podcasts and almost listen to zero music. I’m probably listening to 50, 60, 70 books a year, as fast as I can figure out how to make my brain work. The integration of CarPlay is the most important thing about my truck. I don’t care how big, small, fast or slow it is, as long as I can listen to something while I get there.

Dave Waskey
Dave Waskey

David Waskey
General manager, Weed Man

Truck, tank, hoses and a spreader are certainly key items needed to deliver good lawn care, but utilizing modern devices such as tablets for routing and camera systems helps any growing business go from good to great. Live camera systems installed throughout our fleet assist the head office in performing quality control, documenting work done for the client and opening the door for training opportunities where both seasoned and new technicians can learn by watching those in the field from the convenience of a training room.

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