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very interesting to see if from that side, running a small business

Great podcast. Very informative for everyone in the industry. - Also great ad for you course Luke!

Thanks for the video. Loving the battery revolution. I’m a golf greens keeper in BC Canada, we had greenworks out twice this year to demo their equipment for our members and also for a greenskeepers tournament, they left various equipment with us for two weeks to demo. Love everything and it depends on your specific use case but most areas have some amount of hills and a 60” deck is the MAX I’d ever use for quality of cut without an articulated deck. Mean green mowers has solved this and now has a 72” and 96” battery ride on. This is a non negotiable for golf courses. We are currently ordering greenworks handheld tools to replace our gas equipment. I’ll never go back to gas and have been in the green industry for 30+ years and the switch has nothing to do with the environment it’s strictly cost benefit ratio. I’m undercutting competing lawn care companies by 10% and my staff are getting raises to best in industry in my area all this AND I make more too, everyone wins. Anyone not getting on this train will be out of business in 5-7 years. Buying gas/petrol equipment is a complete waste of money, time and energy in 2025.

what an eye opening video. This was great!

Awesome idea for vid content. Nice work Luke.

Growing stuff isn't a problem, how do they sell them?

Awesome interview. Great boss.

Love this. Compost is so cool. To be honest found it a little difficult to follow Greg sometimes. Would have preferred it we went stage 1 stage 2 etc sequentially. But maybe just me!

Hi Luke and Barry . . . I use the 5300sp on acreage. I bought it because as a Makita 40v Max user I could no longer work effectively with this great mower that is completely hamstrung by inferior batteries and a really poor battery management system. So I parted with $3600 to buy into a platform that has the best batteries/chargers and battery management system out there. That well deserved compliment is however the only good thing I have to say about the Ego 5300sp. In fact I have no hesitation in admitting I have made a great mistake. This is without doubt the worst mower I have ever owned. I have no intention of returning it for a refund as Barry says. It is too late for that as I have had it for over 30 days. Lucky Ego! I have used it a lot and this is why I know just how bad a mower it is. Fair dinkum, this is by far the worst mower I have ever owned. I'm talking about mowing here not the battery system. First up the mower will fill the ample 85l grass catcher but . . . look back and you will see scattered grass clippings in a nice little line necessitating a double or even treble cut and this is with a half-filled catcher. This is not an isolated incident it is all the time. I, like most Australians, like to cut low. But this is on height 2 or even three. Please don't suggest that the single bar blade may be blunt. This has happened from new and I always keep the blade sharp! In really long grass I use the $80 rear discharge chute accessory. I can only go 50m before the chute clogs. The reason is the expelled grass has to pass over three uncovered obstacles before leaving the cutting deck. The rear axle, the rear height adjustment axle and the mower's rear frame. So every 50 m I have to clear the build-up of clogged grass from the chute. When I mow a lawn, it is not uncommon to have to push/pull the mower forward and back when mowing under shrubs or other obstacles. The mower will free wheel forward. But the mower will not free wheel backwards. Even without a battery in the mower the motor is always engaged and you have to drag the mower against the motor to move backward. Try it once . . . it is obvious but not a problem. Start mowing and do it a hundred times and it is a huge problem! Back to the drawing board Ego! The dual lever height adjustment system. I don't want to be insulting but really, come on . . . anyone who has the misfortune to buy this mower and uses this rediculous dual heigtht adjustment arrangement is going to be scratching their head wondering what was, in heaven's name, Ego thinking? To go from the single lever four wheel height adjustment system to this rubbish defies all logic. I'll say no more on this subject. I could go on and on but won't. I'm really disappointed. Having owned multiple Ego mowers and other equipment I expected more . . . but I didn't get it. Really good looking piece of kit. Best batteries, chargers and run time . . . but a really poor mower.

Happy new year Luke! love the video's mate been watching heaps of them and gained ALOT of valuable information. I'm looking to start a fully eco 100% battery powered operation in the northern rivers of NSW. I believe it would really set me apart from the other boys. 0 emissions, lower noise and no petrol fumes. im not a greenie or against petrol. Whats your thoughts mate? reckon they're up to the test and would last in a subtropics climate or would i just be wasting my time and should wait a few more years for them to release some more gear?

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Could an extra 2 nozzles be added to the 35litre to make the boom a bit wider

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26:59 is there a subtitle for that application ?

I don't work in this industry but if I was going to charge to be minimum 120 this one other types of businesses I run in the past

Fake it till u make it

Another company that does not list a price, your loss

Put me down for the baby unit - when will it be ready for sale??

I've been growing my own, on & off, for 50 years, aviidly for the past two decades, & I absolutely endorse what this clever man says. There is a microbial miracle whuch goes on in the gut pf worms, feed them, they will produce half their own body-weight, daily, in excellent fertiliser. I do use more than that; I took some comfrey cuttings a few years ago & that now provides an excellent fertiliser to line my potato trenches, & living by the sea, where there are no restrictions on seaweed harvesting, that too feeds my spuds. I also use both in a bin of water & feed all my greenhouse plants with the extract. It is also said, if you;re struggling to get enough, that there is all you need for your garden in woodash & urine.

Do you have a link for the farm that did the testing? Did they write up their results with data including costs, etc? Also where does the compost come from and how much land does it require to make it? Are we looking at 1 acre of land to make compost and 1 acre of land to grow food? What's the ratio? Also, I would guess the results of that farm you mentioned included higher prices you can get for organic food, since with healthier compost-fed plants you don't need the insecticides that prevent organic certification. Is that right? If so how can we say that this compost-led revolution can truly feed the world at the prices that the world can currently afford for food?

Pay the farmer now or the doctor later. Have heard bits and pieces of this before but this is the most comprehensive discussion I have heard on the soil food web along with its link to weather. Besides my garden beds, I have some plants in pots/grow bags which I populate with worms. Periodically, I top up the pots/bags with homemade compost or chop and drop. Have been amazed at the life in those things. Move the leaf mulch and the surface is scurrying with all sorts of activity. The worms provide vermicast in situ. Found this out by accident when I dumped a grow bag after growing some seasonal veg and it was full of big worms that got in there from my regular compost or my worm compost. Now when I refresh the soil mixture I make sure a few worms get back into the bags. The pots are sitting on the ground so worms have access through the bottom as well. Also, I have some perennial pollinator-attracting plants in pots. During winter after they have gone to seed, I plant pansies in the pots to help keep the soil mixture activity going. As things heat up again in spring the pansies die back and the perennials come back to life. Win, win. 😊

You are my new inspiration

is that toro in Adelaide

"only 8% of our dna is switched on" bruh, people in regen need to stop mixing fantasy and reality... you just loose all credability when you throw out nonsense like that even if its surrounded by really insightful infomation

Scag has has this belt setup for 20 years

Fantastic vid. Really enjoyed seeing the full range. Looking forward to buying some Felco secateurs. I think Felco should sponsor me a set of the 6m pruners for all my palms.

when is the lbpx1100 coming out

Great brand of tools. we have their weedeater and enjoy useing it.

Had one for a couple of months now so much better especially with overgrown edgers

I really like this guy he makes so much sense and has explained why I have so much issues talking about my business most people just aren't made to run a successful business.

it's cool they are thinking ahead of the game it would be a shame to see all those old lawn equipment tools sent to the dump when petrol engines become more and more restricted

I bought one 4 years ago on Amazon. I still use the tool all the time. I don't trust the sensor so I very careful with it or I will use a metal chain glove. It is a great tool for pruning trees and bushes.

So if it's someone eLsEs..?

So this is actually a good reason not to wear a condom right?

What about green wood?

Bro put that sausage finger in there come on ! Show the people

The only real way to test it is to unzip😮

the "secret sauce" he keeps mentioning is graphene. Kress and a few other use graphene to help keep their batteries cooler during use/charging. the down side is weight. their batteries are huge and weigh significantly more than others to get that super fast charging.

A lot of Mexican cartels aren’t going to be happy about this😂

If you dont trust it 100% its pointless😂

jim is always thinking about the fall of rome

Their maintenance (Fleet Services) app sounds like a great innovation for contractors

Try it with a gloved finger.

New LMX is an awesome bit of kit, and great feedback. But yeah, not quite there for scalping. Honda HRU216 cuts down to 16mm out of the box… and obviously still available. And being swing-back it’s quite easy to drop the blade tips even lower. I’d still*love* to see a swing back kit for the Ego LMX

Is there a segment with Makita coming up? Loving the content 👍

Really stoked you did this ya legend, so happy to have an aussie bloke gardening podcast/youtube Keep up tye great work very much appreciated aye bless you

Have someone else put their finger in there not holding the tool. ;)

Never would have believed it if it hadn't appeared on this programme! What an incredible range.