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:


Hlavinka Equipment Celebrates 85 Years

Congrats to our friends at Hlavinka Equipment who celebrated 85 years in business with employees, customers and the community last week. 


Remote-Controlled Gravely to Hit the U.S.

The folks at Gravley are showing off a new remote-controlled mower called the Otis that they'll soon be bringing to the U.S. market for the first time.


What a Leaf Blower 'Silencer' Looks Like

A team of engineering students at Johns Hopkins University has invented a kind of silencer attachment to radically reduce noise, which could be on shelves in a few years from Black & Decker. Read more in this article from News Atlas.

Black & Decker leaf-blower silencer

The new leaf blower silencer (orange) is an attachment that drastically reduces the most annoying frequencies blasted out.

Photo by: Will Kirk/Johns Hopkins University


Examining John Deere's Military Gator: the M274 Mule

Check out a little history on military vehicles and how John Deere fits into the mix.

John Deere M-Gator

John Deere M-Gator, Photo by: © RideApart.com


The Benefit of Getting 1% Better Every Day

In this LinkedIn post, shared by Brain Expansion Group, Priyanka Ranthee writes about the magic having a growth mindset, “Like rolling a snowball, it starts small but keeps growing bigger and bigger.”

Brain Expansion Group and Priyanka Rathee LinkedIn post

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