During Equip Expo 2024, Vanguard Commercial Power showcased a wide range of its commercial engine and battery pack technologies to its turf and landscape professionals customer base. Company representatives focused on ways the product lineup addressed pain points they hear from peers across the landscape market.
“By truly understanding the needs of landscaping crews, business owners and manufacturers of turf equipment, we're able to deliver power solutions that allow them to work more efficiently and achieve success on the jobsite," says Chris Davison, Senior Director of Product and Brand Management – Utility and Electrification at Briggs & Stratton.
Noting the turf market has been an eager and early adopter of electric power, the company has generated attention with development of a full line of commercial lithium-ion battery packs which were showcased during the event. An announcement noted that these packs are available in both fixed and swappable configurations and feature a range of power options: 1.5kWh, 3.5kWh, 5kWh, and 7kWh. In addition to offering reliable power sources, Vanguard says it also provides application engineering expertise and consultation to its original equipment manufacturer (OEM) customers as they begin to incorporate electric equipment into their product lineups.
The 1.5kWh Commercial Battery Pack (Si1.5) has a standard charge time of 75 minutes and the ability to swap in freshly charged batteries; landscape professionals can avoid the range anxiety often associated with battery-powered equipment.
Vanguard also featured several of its Fixed Series batteries at the show, including the 3.5kWh Battery (Fi3.5) is a total solution, available in both 24V and 48V configurations. It noted that the Fi3.5 is designed to keep out debris and dirt and withstand harsh conditions, including extreme temperatures, impact and vibration. The 7kWh Commercial Battery Pack, available in long and tall configurations, delivers more power in a compact footprint. The long configuration is ideal for golf and recreation applications, while the tall configuration opens up new opportunities for turf applications.
Vanguard reports that it offers motors and motor controllers which provide landscape equipment manufacturers a complete system package. Its MVG Series of motors and MC Series of motor controllers include different power options to meet voltage needs across equipment sizes. Vanguard had its new MVG1500, MVG2200, MVG3000 and MVG4000 motors and MC2000, MC4000 and MC8000 motor controllers on display at the Equip Expo in its Briggs & Stratton booth.
Briggs & Stratton had a selection of its commercial engine technologies on display, which included the 27.0 Gross HP engine from the CXi Series V-Twin engine lineup, which it noted is engineered for high-debris applications. Oil Xtend offers maintenance intervals 2.5 times longer than the industry standard, allowing the operator to work up to 250 hours between maintenance intervals for oil changes and replacing oil filters, spark plugs, fuel filters and air filters.
