Aug 11, 2026 · 17 min · 9 segments
In this episode, I sit down to talk about what we're building with ROPED and why our upcoming live event is about a lot more than just demonstrating equipment. We're bringing together landscapers…
Mike GarveyHost
We are hosting a live event next week on Wednesday the 19th at 5:30, uh, here in Toms River, New Jersey, and I don't want this episode to just be, "Hey, we have an event.
Come check it out." I wanna talk about why we're doing it and how it came together and what we're trying to do and build with ROPED.
And I think, again, this is where the industry is going, and that's why we started ROPED to, to fulfill a void, uh, that there was no battery-powered or robotic equipment dealers, um, in our area, sp- specifically Cress and what-- which is the company we, we believe in, that we support.
And we want to talk with contractors, landscape contractors, um, in the area, um, about where the industry is going and how they can implement this technology into their business.
Um, I went down to dealer training in Orlando, Florida, with, uh, Cress and Todd Zimmerman and, uh, DJ Johnson and all of, uh, who are the, um, number one and number two of North America.
Um, and we spent the day talking about having this disruptor strategy of having, um, lawn and landscape contractors come to the forefront and adopt this technology.
So when we approached Cress about a year ago at Equip Expo to become, um, a dealer for them, we believe in the product.
Um, we use it, um, in our businesses in coastal fertilization and in amazing creations landscaping.
And, um, you know, we really, now that we're a dealer, gotta-- are getting a hands-on look at implementing these robots, um, on, uh, a college, on some sports fields.
We just upfitted our trailer, um, 24-foot enclosed mobile showroom, um, that we are bringing around the state and hopefully around the country to show people the equipment and to bring the-- bring it to them, and that's what Cress liked about our model, is that we're a mobile showroom.
We're gonna be bringing some pretty heavy hitters, um, from the New Jersey market, um, big multimillion-dollar companies, and hopefully bring some, um, people together.
Maybe there's 20 people there, uh, 20, 20 business owners and their support staff.
But why aren't we doing anything more here in New Jersey? Um, we have a-- we, again, we have massive landscape companies.
We have a lot of municipalities, colleges, universities, um, schools, um, and we have organizations that are all dealing with the same problems.
We are hosting a live event next week on Wednesday the 19th at 5:30, uh, here in Toms River, New Jersey, and I don't want this episode to just be, "Hey, we have an event.
Come check it out." I wanna talk about why we're doing it and how it came together and what we're trying to do and build with ROPED.
And I think, again, this is where the industry is going, and that's why we started ROPED to, to fulfill a void, uh, that there was no battery-powered or robotic equipment dealers, um, in our area, sp- specifically Cress and what-- which is the company we, we believe in, that we support.
And we want to talk with contractors, landscape contractors, um, in the area, um, about where the industry is going and how they can implement this technology into their business.
Um, I went down to dealer training in Orlando, Florida, with, uh, Cress and Todd Zimmerman and, uh, DJ Johnson and all of, uh, who are the, um, number one and number two of North America.
Um, and we spent the day talking about having this disruptor strategy of having, um, lawn and landscape contractors come to the forefront and adopt this technology.
So when we approached Cress about a year ago at Equip Expo to become, um, a dealer for them, we believe in the product.
Um, we use it, um, in our businesses in coastal fertilization and in amazing creations landscaping.
And, um, you know, we really, now that we're a dealer, gotta-- are getting a hands-on look at implementing these robots, um, on, uh, a college, on some sports fields.
We just upfitted our trailer, um, 24-foot enclosed mobile showroom, um, that we are bringing around the state and hopefully around the country to show people the equipment and to bring the-- bring it to them, and that's what Cress liked about our model, is that we're a mobile showroom.
We're gonna be bringing some pretty heavy hitters, um, from the New Jersey market, um, big multimillion-dollar companies, and hopefully bring some, um, people together.
Maybe there's 20 people there, uh, 20, 20 business owners and their support staff.
But why aren't we doing anything more here in New Jersey? Um, we have a-- we, again, we have massive landscape companies.
We have a lot of municipalities, colleges, universities, um, schools, um, and we have organizations that are all dealing with the same problems.
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