Rural Lifestyle Dealer editors encounter a variety of articles, social media posts, podcasts and videos that offer a unique look at various aspects of the rural lifestyle market. Here is our favorite content from the past week:

Best of the Web This Week is brought to you by ECHO.

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For five decades, ECHO has been a worldwide leader in the development and manufacturing of professional-grade, hand-held outdoor power equipment for both the commercial and homeowner markets. Today, the company sells its products in North America through eight distributors managing 6,600 independent dealers. 

Mowing in Luxury

John Deere dealer Pape Machinery recently shared this flash from the past on Facebook. Would your customers go for it if this air conditioned mower of the future existed today?

 

Kubota 2022 Hometown Proud Will's Playground

Meet one of our 2022 Kubota Hometown Proud finalists, Will's Playground from New Richmond, WI. Will's Playground will offer a safe, inclusive, universal playground for children of all abilities. New Richmond hopes to be a model for what other towns across America can be. New Richmond and Kubota are working together to build a new playground that will be inclusive for all. You can see videos from all the finalists on Kubota's YouTube channel.

When Only an Emoji Will Get the Right Message Across

In honor of World Emoji Day, Ariens is on a campaign to get a zero-turn and snow thrower emoji added. With texting becoming more and more how customers prefer to communicate with the dealership, perhaps this is the perfect way to talk with the Zennials who will soon be customers?

 

I Scream You Scream, We All Scream for Ice Cream!

In honor of National Ice Cream Day, USDA shared these delicious stats: U.S. residents consumed 12.7 pounds of regular ice cream and 6.9 pounds of low-fat or nonfat ice cream per person in 2020. That's nearly 20 pounds of ice cream for each American!

Product of the Week: BushHog Introduces Their BCSS Skid Steer Brush Cutters

The Bush Hog line of BCSS skid steer brush cutters makes clearing brush and saplings easy with a selection of models designed for durability and performance. Models share heavy duty design features including solid one piece ¼” steel decks, long-lasting high tempered steel blades, balanced stump jumpers and welded collars underneath to ensure years of solid performance. Complementing the heavy duty structural elements, BCSS brush cutters incorporate optimal hydraulic motors and right angle gear boxes to achieve peak production – characterized by the highest torque available and sustained blade tip speeds proven effective in brush cutting applications.

 

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Best of the Web This Week is brought to you by ECHO.

For five decades, ECHO has been a worldwide leader in the development and manufacturing of professional-grade, hand-held outdoor power equipment for both the commercial and homeowner markets. Today, the company sells its products in North America through eight distributors managing 6,600 independent dealers.

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