The Landscaper's Buddy makes manual lifting and hauling heavy and bulky loads, of many types, safe, easy and green, as no fossil fuel needed.  It is for hauling trees, boulders, rocks, bricks, pavers, tools, lumber, yard waste, liquids, cement, shingles, ceramic pots, sod and much more.  The patent runs through 2034.

 

90% of the landscape and construction industry experiences situations on a daily basis where they must move heavy objects by hand and into hard to access areas. The traditional means to do this is with a two wheeled dolly. When you use a two wheeled dolly, not only is there often limited space, but making it more difficult is that load must be balanced and that many times more than ½ of the weight has to be supported by the user. The labor market is in an unprecedented place right now, labor shortages, employee retention, workman’s comp costs etc., are now crippling the industry. We are in a time where any labor-saving solution is being closely assessed to determine if it in fact will reduce the need for employees, reduce injury, and increase employee retention. 

 

The Landscaper’s Buddy has proven to be a viable option for moving heavy loads with much less effort, much more safely and much quicker. The reason The Buddy is able to do this is it uses a clever, two-piece design that allows the user to pull down on a lever handle to easily lift the entire load up over four wheels onto a larger than traditional platform. Once lifted, it locks in place.  This eliminates the need for any balancing or weight bearing by the user.  Essentially, The Landscapers Buddy pulls maneuvers like an off-road capable pallet dolly.  It can be pushed or pulled and it turns on a dime with no turf damage.

 

Some customers of note include Augusta National Golf Club, The US Botanical Gardens, Chicago Botanical Garden, Sea World, Six Flags, The City of New York Parks & Recreation, The University of Notre Dame, Michigan State University and Brightview, the nation’s largest landscape service provider.  We currently have more than 1,000 active users in the landscape and construction industry today.  Yet, this barely scratches the surface of potential prospects.  Currently there are over 120,000 landscape operations in the United Sates. Many of our customers own multiple units.  We see the potential for 100,000 to be used nationwide by 2026.

 

This tool addresses labor, safety, fuel, time and site access issues.  It is extremely versatile and can go where other machines often cannot.   It leaves no landscape imprint and is also good for interior use.   I ask that you visit my web site to see the value of The Buddy.  

 

At this time, with an increase in operational and production costs, coupled with the need for more effective marketing and distribution we feel an influx of operating capital will be a key element in bringing this product and its accessories to scale.   I look forward to speaking with you.  Thank you.