Ep 363. The Future Is Here: Inside the ROPED × Kress Event!

I mean, and it wasn't just about... equipment.

It was really showing people.

We had, you know, some people from municipalities, some people from lawn care companies, big and small.

And it's really fun to finally see what came together.

So I went to dealer training back in June and, you know, they encouraged us to hold these events and they were going to send up leadership.

Uh, Todd Zimmerman, who you, you all know, probably, uh, who has been on the show before.

Um, he's the VP of North America came to the event, flew in for North Carolina.

And, uh, it was, um, uh, really great again.

So we had it at five 30 at night, sun was getting a little bit cooler.

It was coming down, coming down a little bit.

And, you know, you asked, why would we hold this thing? I mean, it was really to get tools in the hands of people, give them the chance to physically see, operate the equipment and introduce more, them to our dealership and explain what our company does.

And again, it brought together many people, landscapers, homeowners, customers, municipalities, and we can really talk about, you know, savings on gas and labor and efficiency and the future of the industry.

So I must say, I think people were genuinely interested, not just in the 60 inch, which is like unbelievable, And, um, not just in the 40 inch or the other robots, but seeing that equipment operate was, was great.

But I want to say that the handheld equipment probably is the easiest entryway into the landscapers into big organizations um but i think robotic uh equipment has a bigger long-term opportunity uh and how customers uh and companies can look at labor um People asked, I must say, very in-depth questions that I'm learning as just like as the new dealer.

And my team is me, Ryan, Eric, Larry.

We're all learning this stuff.

So.

I think what's coming true is that people need to see it.

So from this, if people want additional demos or people that couldn't make this demo, I want to set up demos with companies to... actually get them, get, bring the trailer to them and set them up.

So I think it's, you can explain it to them, but getting the key, getting, getting the keys in their hand, really getting the tools in their hand, getting everything, getting them looking at it.

Live demonstrations really build the confidence, helps people visualize them using it on their own properties.

And we're going to continue to be a demonstration of, driven company, the mobile showroom, will continue to be our strategy.