Equip Expo 2025 Debrief Pt 1: Megan, Joey Coberly & Kevin's Debut

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• 0:31Speaker 01

  Hello and welcome to the Green Industry Podcast, your go-to guide for building a more profitable and thriving lawn care and landscaping business. Your host, Paul Jameson, is the author of five bestselling books, including Cut That Grass and Make That Cash and his latest, Level Up Your Money, all available on Amazon and Audible. Now get ready for more expert insights and practical strategies to boost your business and level up your life. Here's Paul Jamison.

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  Welcome, welcome, welcome. Super excited for today's program. I'm going to share a recap of how the Equip Expo went. My friend did not go as planned. Woo wee. It was a week of up and downs and I'm going to share about it on today's program. And joining us momentarily as well will be Megan and Joey Coberly and Kevin Salters. They were first time attendees this year's Equip Expo. So I'm going to get their opinion of how it went and looking forward to that. So if you're new to the show, hello, my name is Paul. I'm down here in Florida and I started a lawn care business all the way back in 2011. And around 2013, 2014 on YouTube, it started recommending to me other lawn care.

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  Business owners, there was a fellow named Johnny Moe, who I'd watch. He was up in Pennsylvania, and he talked about his lawn care business. There was a fella named Greg Chisholm, whose channel I think was called Geek to Freak Fitness and Lawn Care, something like that. He was my favorite. I mean, I would just binge watch his videos. Whenever a new one would come out, I'd get all fired up like, oh, let's go. And I'm watching him mow grass. Here I am, a grown man, watching another grown man grow grass, pardon me, mow grass, not grow grass, mow grass on YouTube. And it was awesome. Like, I was like, man, this guy is so cool.

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  And I just got a fresh new passion for my lawn care business, which was honestly in year, year three and four was still on the struggle bus. I didn't understand numbers and pricing, and therefore my prices were way too low. I wasn't dialed in with my route density. I was still traveling all across metro Atlanta from Lawrenceville over to Johns Creek, which was like a 45 minute drive, just to do one or two yards. Then I'd go over to Swanee, and then Duluth, and then back to Lawrenceville, Winder area. And maybe you don't know the names of those parts of Atlanta, but it was all over the place. Okay. My business was a mess.

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  But I started watching these guys, Keith Kalphus, and Tony's Lawn Care, and Stanley Dirt Monkey Genetic, and the list goes on and on, Lawn Care Rookie. And I was like, man, there's a community out there. This was all the way back to 2013, 2014, 2015. And I'm like, man, these guys are cool. And one of the videos, Greg Chisholm, who was my favorite lawn care YouTuber back in the day, just The connection I had with him of a viewer, I was like, man, this guy makes lawn care look so much fun. And up to that point, it was kind of like a grind for me. But then I kind of got a

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  fresh revitalization about my business. And he was in this video and he's like, hey, you know, we should all get together. He's like, I was at this fitness event in Columbus, Ohio, and the guys who kind of followed each other in the fitness industry, they all kind of met up in Columbus, Ohio. He's like, so why don't we do that for us lawn care bros? And let's let's meet up in Louisville at this trade show called the Equip Expo. And so a handful of guys met up in the parking lot that that first year, it used to be called GIE, Green Industry Expo. But then recently, they changed the name to the Equip Expo, same event in Louisville, Kentucky, in

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  third week of October. They've been doing this for over 40 years. So they met up. And and then that evening, they had dinner at the infamous Pleasure Ridge Pizza, which I don't even think exists anymore. But the few of these guys made YouTube videos, this I believe was 2015. And I, as soon as the videos started coming out, I started watching them. I was like, I'd watch Keith Calvis's video from how it went. Then I'd watch Greg's video from how it went. And I was just like, man, this, this is so much fun. I want to go next year. And the next year came. And I had

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  a predicament, because I was working at a radio station with Mr. Producer. And they had a, it's called a remote broadcast. So we went out, there was this big event. And we'd go out and do our radio show from the event. And you had to go to it. And so I couldn't, it's like, the one week out of the year, I couldn't request vacation time. And so I missed the GIE, which is now Equip Expo, for a second year in a row. And I watched the same folks make these same epic videos like, hey, we're here at GIE, like, it's Geek the Freak, hey, it's Tony's Lawn Care, hey, it's Keith Calvis, hey, it's Naylor, hey, it's Blake, it's Stanley, and they're all hanging out and having

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  fun. And I'm like, I feel like I know all these guys. But they don't know who I am. They've never met me. A few of them saw me comment in the comments because I'd watch most of their videos and I'd leave like the long care rookie a comment and he'd be like, "Hey, thanks." You know, and after you see like five or 10 comments from the same guy, you're like, you know, you're kind of like, "I kind of seen that commenter, YouTube commenter around." And I was like, "Man, I want to meet, I want to meet these folks. These are my friends. I never met them in real life, but I felt like I knew them because I watch your YouTube videos." So I told my boss, boss man, I said, "Hey." So I did this remote broadcast in Duluth,

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  Georgia, two years in a row. I said, "Listen, I can't come next year." I gave him a year, literally a year heads up. I was like, "I'm not coming next year to this event. I got to go to this thing in Louisville." He's like, "Okay." So anyway, finally, 2017, I got to go to my very first ever Equip Expo, which again, the name back then was GIE, but it's the same event, Equip Expo. It's better now, but anyway, my first year I go, Greg Chisholm didn't go because he got so famous on YouTube for his other content and he had busy stuff going on for that. Anyway, he wasn't able to make it that year. So I didn't get to meet him that year,

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  but I met Naylor, I met Keith Kalfis, I think I met Stanley Dirt Monkey Genetic, maybe. But anyway, I had a wonderful time and I've been, I've been hooked ever since. I just keep going back every year and meeting new people and connecting with old friends and it's been awesome. So since then, I started this podcast the next year in 2018. So 2017, I just went as a regular attendee. Nobody knew who I was. I mean, John Payjack and Naylor, they knew me a little bit.

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  And that was about it. So, so, so my first year going and, and I kind of just walked around. Nobody talked to me other than Payjack and, and Naylor a little bit, but I mean, nobody, you know, I didn't have a podcast. My social media was, was very small and I just walked around the, the place and saw all the lawn mowers and, and, you know, talked to people who I knew who they were, but they didn't know who I was, but I just had a wonderful time. So then the next year, 2018, I actually started my podcast around the time of equip. So still when I went to equip, nobody really knew who I was, but I, you know, I saw Payjack again. It's like, hey, John, you know, if you know John Payjack, he's a big hugger. He'll give me a big hug. Hey, Paul,

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  you know, give me a hug and, and see Naylor again. And now I start, you know, I start meeting new people, Tony Rudolph and, and other folks and Keith Kalfis and, and, and, and, you know, they don't know me that well. I don't know them that well, but I'm like, I, I feel like I know them so much better because I've watched their videos for so long, for, for years now. So I'm like, you know, I know, I know them, but they still don't really know me. But anyway, I started my podcast in 2018 and then that helped because then the next year when I went, which was my third year, 2019, more people started like, hey, man, think I've, I've, I've seen some of them, or I've watched, I've listened to some of them podcast episodes, man, keep up the good work. And, you know, you know, this is starting to get to know people a little bit better.

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  And then I kept making more podcasts and, and of course I didn't have the show in 2020 because of, um, they didn't have it that year, but then by time 2021 came around, 2022, 2023, 2024, now this year, 2025, it's, it's a whole nother animal. Um, cause now, now when I go, it's like the opposite where I would go and talk to those YouTubers. Cause like, man, I watch your YouTube videos and you know, they're like staring at me like, you know, I have no idea who I am, but I'm like, I watch your videos. So anyway, now it's a lot of fun because when we go now, people come up to me like, hey, I listen to your podcast every day. So it gets me all fired up. So, um, thank you to everybody who, who swung by and said, hi. And, um, if I didn't get a chance to

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  say hi to you, I apologize. I, I was, um, there all week and, and Lord willing, um, next year. I can meet you. It's a crazy big show and I know afterwards, some people DM me and like, man, I didn't get a chance to meet you and I'm sorry. I just, the place is absolutely massive. And I think we'll figure that out for next year. I think, um, but anyway, we'll, we'll, we'll, we'll cross that bridge when we get there next year. But I had a wonderful time at this year's Equip Expo and I'm very thankful for everyone who encouraged me, who say you listen to the podcast, you find value from the podcast, you're motivated by the podcast, you're encouraged

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  by the podcast. When you say all that stuff to me in person, it really helps me stay motivated to keep showing back up and giving you my best effort in this studio to help you take your life to the next level as I'm on that journey in my life of trying to get to the next level. So anyway, I'm thankful to everybody who took time out of your trade show to encourage me and leave those kind words, you know, share those kind words with me. It's definitely motivational. So what happened was, what's that, Mr. Producer? Well, I want to share a story of, of, yeah.

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  Okay, we got Joey and we have Joey and Megan Coberly and Kevin Salters joining the program here. So what we're going to do, because I have stories to tell about Equip Expo, I'm going to do a part two episode and I'm going to share with you some of the crazy challenges I had at this year's Equip Expo. I got a lot of stories to tell. So we'll, we'll make that a whole nother episode, part two, because we do have Joey, Joey Coberly and Megan Coberly and Kevin Salters, who went to the trade show for their first time. So I want to get their fresh perspective of what their experience was like at Equip Expos. They attended for the first time while we got them here. And then on the next episode, I'll do a part two where I'll tell you some of my challenges

• 12:10Speaker 00

  that I went through of getting to Louisville and things that happened there and how we overcame those and how, how the trade show went for me. And Mr. Producer, who went with me as well and was a huge blessing, having him go for his second year on the show, on the, at the show. So without further ado, we're going to hear a quick word from today's show sponsor and then we're going to get Megan and Joey Cobrely's and Kevin Salters' hot take on how their first Equip Expo went.

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  Hey Joey.

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  Yeah, what's up?

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  I was curious how equip went. I know I hopefully persuaded you guys to go, talking about it all year, but I was curious what you and Kevin thought about Old Louisville.

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  Man, I had such a good time. The whole team did. We had a great experience. Honestly, like, it was better than a lot of vacations I've had. I'm serious. I'm definitely going every year. Man, yeah, if you haven't been, guys, like, definitely gotta check it out. It's really is just a, it's very, very much feels like a family, even though there's so many people there. They do a terrific job. There wasn't a lot of glitches or anything that went on. Everything flows really good. Terrific experience. Kevin, I think, said the same thing. I talked to him about it afterwards, but, man, good stuff.

• 14:37Speaker 04

  It was awesome. I've been to a million shows, nothing to that magnitude. You can't even explain how big it is. You can't, you really can't say how big it is.

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  It's 1,200,000 square feet, which is the third-largest trade show in the United States. But it, I mean, you can't measure it. It's 1,200,000 square feet.

• 14:59Speaker 03

  Kevin, that's how much square footage you did that one day, basically?

• 15:03Speaker 04

  Correct fertilizer. That was easier because I was on a machine. So, so Paul, it was Tuesday evening or Monday evening because Megan and Joey weren't in town yet. And we stayed in the RV right outside the West Wing. I walked from, I went and found our booth and then I walked the perimeter and then walked outside in between the building and the outside demo yard and then cut back in because we had to get to an event that evening and it took me an hour and 15 minutes without any spectators there or visitors. It was that, it was that big. Taking my time, just walking the perimeter and going around it. When I say, guys, it's big, it's big. It's wild.

• 15:44Speaker 03

  And I was trying to make my rounds as best I could, but then I felt, you know, I was like, well, we got a booth too. So I'd have to run back to the booth and interact there. And it was just like, I was trying to meet everybody. But, uh, next year, now that we know the layout, we'll, we'll have a little better system, I think, for everything that we do. But it was very productive. So everybody, everybody did a great job that came with us and it's a good time.

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  Did anybody recognize you?

• 16:07Speaker 03

  Oh, yeah.

• 16:07Speaker 00

  Joey Coberly show?

• 16:09Speaker 03

  A lot of people, well, probably from, uh, from your podcast, honestly, Paul, um, a lot of people didn't know my face from being on your show, but then when they heard, you know, it was Joey with landscaping bookkeeper, a lot of people, uh, we got that a ton. And then we had a bunch of people come up and tell us they were enjoying the podcast too. So that, that was pretty cool. But, uh, yeah.

• 16:29Speaker 05

  Thanks for the shout out Travis. I see the podcast comment. You're liking the grass series?

• 16:37Speaker 05

  Is that the one you've been listening to lately?

• 16:40Speaker 05

  Cool.

• 16:41Speaker 03

  We're about to do one on, uh,

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  Self-development.

• 16:44Speaker 03

  Self-development. So that's the next series we're going to be doing it on because I asked the guy at the, uh, at a quip, what his biggest problem was, and he said, myself. And so I was like, I think it's a pretty big thing. It's just like, you know, the self-development side of, of, um, getting ready to, to, to scale your company or achieve your goals and stuff. And so we're really going to try and fit that in. We just did one on discipline. Um, Kevin's much more disciplined than myself. So he was talking about that quite a bit. That'll post tomorrow. It was a pretty good episode. So pretty excited about that. And then I'll have a

• 17:19Speaker 03

  I don't know if y'all have heard me talk about Pastor Mikey, but we're gonna have Pastor Mikey on the podcast. He's the king of time management. So we'll have that one next. That'll be a good one.

• 17:25Speaker 05

  That is Stephanie, who runs our marketing department. She's one of the owners. That's her husband. It'd be fun to loop him in. He was at Equip. He started on, enjoyed shaking many of your-

• 17:35Speaker 03

  Yeah, he went to Equip. He's been coaching me and Megan on some time management. So I was like, man, we gotta get you on the pod, because that's half the problem in this industry's time management. So-

• 17:43Speaker 05

  Now, one concept y'all, you do need to know about him is that he doesn't have children.

• 17:47Speaker 03

  That's true. That's true. So I'm like-

• 17:49Speaker 05

  There's some different time management pieces-

• 17:50Speaker 03

  I'm like, just wait, man. Just wait.

• 17:52Speaker 04

  And one more shout out, Paul. Naylor did an awesome job. I didn't know how busy he was that whole week there. And with the YouTube rally, his summit itself, and then the morning show, and you doing the morning show, you guys put in some serious time and hours. It was a lot to do.

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  Yeah. And we planned this all year. I mean, I can't tell you how many conversations Naylor and Payjack and the staff at Equip, and we're just like 51 weeks out of the year. We're planning this one week, specifically that one day, Thursday, we have the morning show in the morning, which I'm not sure if any of you guys went to it, but I thought it was good from, um-

• 18:31Speaker 05

  Y'all did.

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  Okay. I couldn't see because the light, they have these funky lights there. So you can't actually see when you're looking out there. But, um, you know, we had planned that all year. And then Naylor did his rally in the evening. So it was, that Thursday's a busy day for him. And then he had his own event, the LCR Summit on Monday and Tuesday. So yeah, he, he serves the community. So, I mean, he just, I don't know anyone else in our industry that cares about the community more than him. And his decisions are based off of what's best for the community, what's best for the community-

• 19:03Speaker 05

  Is my rally shirt?

• 19:04Speaker 00

  For the community. Yeah. So that, that whole rally is just, he's just been trying to give a time and a space for us to be able to all get together and-

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  You know, fellowship and hang out and whatnot. And thankfully, Equip's got behind it the last couple few years. So, so we've kind of had a partnership with them over it. But it's, yeah, it's, that's a fun event just to kind of relax Thursday night and hang out with everyone.

• 19:29Speaker 03

  That was a terrific morning show you guys did. We didn't get to stay for the whole time, but it was good. And, uh, yeah, we liked that. The YouTube rally was pretty, pretty awesome, too. But man, yeah, Naylor and you, man, you guys killed Payjack. Payjack was everywhere, man. I saw him. I was like, how are you making rounds like this, man?

• 19:45Speaker 00

  You guys could probably talk to Naylor about sponsoring the YouTube rally next year and having like a booth there. Um, I'm not sure if you saw the other companies that had booths. I'm not sure if it'd be worth it for you or not, but there's, there's 400 people there and they're all like our community. It's not just like the Equip attendees. It's, if you know about the YouTube rally, you're, you're, you're pretty in with the community. So.

• 20:07Speaker 03

  Um, and Matt, Cornell Mack, your buddy Cornell Mack, I've been hanging out with him quite a bit, or recently. And, uh, that event was fire. So on, uh, When in Life, awesome event.

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  Yeah, that's what everyone says. I haven't gone the last two years because my, one of my sponsors, I have dinner with the decision makers. I, it's a big meeting for me every year to make sure, you know, my customer's happy. So I tell Cornell ahead of time, I was like, hey, I can't make it unless you're going to pay me as much as this company's going to pay me. He's, I ain't paying you that, Paul. Go to the meeting. So, so I'm excused from it. But everyone says it's awesome. So.

• 20:41Speaker 03

  Yeah. Yeah. He was telling me the problems they were having because they pretty much maxed it out and they can't grow anymore unless they move events. But, you know, and, and have the, that's such a cool area to hang out in where you're, you go underneath the bowling alley and you're kind of hanging out down where he did his live show and there's bowling over the top of your head. So you can hear it going down the lanes. It's just, he said he can't really get it any bigger than it currently is, um, unless, unless they move. So.

• 21:04Speaker 00

  Old Vernon Lanes?

• 21:06Speaker 03

  Yeah, yes.

• 21:06Speaker 00

  Was it in the ghetto or something? Cause I? I've never been there, but

• 21:11Speaker 03

  It's not in the nicest section and it is a, um, let's say a rustic building, Paul.

• 21:17Speaker 00

  Okay. Cause last year, I, again, I'm not gone, but, but last year, um, someone's podcast equipment got stolen out in the parking lot at the event.

• 21:26Speaker 05

  Oh.

• 21:26Speaker 00

  Um, which he shouldn't have taken it there, but still it was sad for him. He had podcasted all day, had all this fire footage. And he left it in his car and then he went into Vernon Lanes. And when he came out, he's like, where's all my podcast stuff? And

• 21:41Speaker 05

  Oh, wow.

• 21:42Speaker 00

  It was gone. And then all of the fire episodes were gone because he didn't back them up.

• 21:47Speaker 03

  Ah.

• 21:48Speaker 00

  Um.

• 21:49Speaker 05

  Yeah, it's not the best.

• 21:51Speaker 03

  That's terrible, man. I, that almost losing the footage would be worse than the equipment. Maybe, I don't know. That's rough.

• 21:56Speaker 00

  Both, both rough. But it was awesome. See, it was awesome seeing you guys there. So.

• 22:02Speaker 05

  Did you get to try any of your gift basket foods?

• 22:04Speaker 00

  Yeah. So I, I just finished the trail mix today. I ate the, uh, I ate the sausage and the cheese. And then those brownie, there, there's two like cookie brownie things. I ate those. So very delicious. Thank you.

• 22:16Speaker 03

  Nice, nice.

• 22:17Speaker 00

  The crackers with the sausage and the cheese. It was all, all good. But I literally finished the, like, there was like a trail mix type thing. And, um, I finished that today. So.

• 22:27Speaker 05

  Nice. Good.

• 22:28Speaker 00

  Thank you.

• 22:29Speaker 06

  All you keep eating them brownies, you're going to have to get back in the gym.

• 22:32Speaker 00

  Yeah.

• 22:32Speaker 03

  Hey, get back on the bike.

• 22:35Speaker 00

  Yeah, I, I know. I, um, Rory, I live in Tampa now, so I, there's a walk path along the bay. So I, um, I've been walking pretty much every day, but I've still, my, my diet's been absolutely pathetic.

• 22:50Speaker 06

  You're exercising. It's okay.

• 22:52Speaker 05

  Sorry Rory, go ahead.

• 22:53Speaker 06

  No, I'm just saying him, him exercising that, that's how I balance my brownies out. I just got to make sure I get to walk in.

• 23:00Speaker 03

  It's a math equation.

• 23:01Speaker 05

  A balanced diet, a brownie in both hands while walking.

• 23:07Speaker 00

  You were going to say something, Megan?

• 23:09Speaker 05

  Yeah, I didn't know about your move to Tampa.

• 23:12Speaker 00

  What? You didn't know about that?

• 23:14Speaker 05

  Yeah, I hadn't heard. I, I heard, I think maybe at a quit.

• 23:17Speaker 03

  Yeah, I've been doing the meetings with you. So.

• 23:19Speaker 05

  Yeah.

• 23:19Speaker 00

  Yeah. So I was living in Sarasota and my, my lease was due to renew.

• 23:26Speaker 00

  And my friend Myron, he lives up in Tampa and I was golfing a lot with him, Myron Golden. And he said, Hey, why don't you move up here? We can, we can play golf more frequently. And, and he's introduced me to a bunch of his friends and everything. So I was like, okay. So I just, I moved up to downtown Tampa and then the golf course that he plays at is very close to here. And the Tampa airport's bigger here and I got, I got a really good church I'm going to on Sunday evenings here. The one I was going to in Sarasota was, was not as good as this one. We'll put it that. So this one's been really good for me. So yeah, it's been, it's been a good move and Sarasota is still only 52 miles away if I want to go down.

• 24:11Speaker 00

  And I do go down there sometimes, but I'm loving life in Tampa. So.

• 24:16Speaker 03

  Nice.

• 24:17Speaker 05

  I'm glad to hear.

• 24:20Speaker 03

  It's 50 miles in Florida is like going to the grocery store.

• 24:23Speaker 00

  52 miles?

• 24:25Speaker 03

  Everything's far distance there.

• 24:27Speaker 00

  Well, the snowbirds are coming down now. I don't know if it's the same in Pensacola, but the, the people from like New Jersey and Pennsylvania and all these northern states, the old rich people come down for the winter, the snowbirds.

• 24:40Speaker 05

  They, they go more south than us.

• 24:42Speaker 00

  That's what I figured.

• 24:43Speaker 05

  All things considered, we, we get our summer rush, but.

• 24:47Speaker 03

  Yeah, we're a beach town. So we get all the crazy spring breakers and stuff.

• 24:54Speaker 03

  Yeah. Yeah. Kevin, I spent half my life in a car, man. I was just, everything's just 30 minutes away. 30 minutes away. Just nickel and dime me to death. Now I'm kind of more in the, in the more city area. So that's nice, but man, it was rough.

• 25:08Speaker 05

  Y'all don't have anything compared to Rory.

• 25:12Speaker 03

  Yeah. Yeah. Rory's just like, hold my beer.

• 25:16Speaker 05

  Your route density is, route density is not a thing, correct Rory?

• 25:21Speaker 06

  Uh, it, it can be. I was gonna say, but I think I was telling somebody that I mapped out around my town is eight miles before you have 20 minutes to another town. So, so the, we, we, uh, we tell somebody how far something away is in minutes and that's usually equates to the miles.

• 25:39Speaker 03

  Wow.

• 25:46Speaker 05

  All right. Sounds pretty quiet. I think I'm gonna hop off.

• 25:51Speaker 05

  Thanks for joining y'all.

• 25:52Speaker 03

  That's real, guys. Good seeing everybody.

• 25:54Speaker 00

  See y'all.

• 25:55Speaker 03

  Have a good night.

• 25:57Speaker 00

  Well, the summary is equip is epic. Equip is epic. That's a tongue twister there. Equip is epic. Equip is epic. And they've announced the dates for the 2026 show. That would be October 20th through 23rd. Year 2026, every machine, every pro, every October. So if you work with outdoor power equipment, you want to be a part of the community, I would encourage you to join us at this trade show in Louisville, Kentucky. Again, the next one's coming up October 20th through 23rd, year 2026. Tickets are now available.

• 26:38Speaker 00

  That is right. And the good old promo code PAUL will save you 50% off your registration. So when you go to the registration site, it says contractor or landscape professional, you hit get tickets. You fill out your information.

• 26:57Speaker 00

  And when it asks, let's see here, it asks for a promotional code, type in my name, Paul, and that will get your ticket half off. So I think that tickets are like $12.50 now, if you get them this far in advance for Equip Expo 2026, baby. Equip Expo 2026, let's go. October 20th through 23rd, 2026, back at the Kentucky Exposition Center. For at least next year. Well, that's a whole nother story for another day because I do have some renovations coming up beyond that. So I don't know where we'll be 2027, but in 2026, it's scheduled for the Kentucky Exposition Center, October 20th through 23rd. Your 2026 Equip Expo, you can save 50% off your ticket with the promo code PAUL.

• 27:42Speaker 00

  Alrighty, we'll have a part two follow up to this. So much to talk about equip. I got a bunch of stories to share with you. So stay tuned for that. Thanks for listening. Hope to catch you on the next one.

• 28:06Speaker 01

  Hey, it's Marty, producer of the Green Industry Podcast. This episode is over, but check the episode notes for links to products and services that you heard about during the episode. And thanks for listening.