Landscape Contractor / Design Build Maintain

AUG 2015

LC/DBM provides landscape contractors with Educational, Imaginative and Practical information about their business, their employees, their machines and their projects.

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46 LC DBM I n f o r m a t i o n R e q u e s t # 4 6 4 I n f o r m a t i o n R e q u e s t # 4 3 4 I n f o r m a t i o n R e q u e s t # 1 7 7 The Toolbox Digital Equipping Landscape Professionals for Success Digital Owner's Manual John Deere's TractorPlus provides equipment owners with easy access to machine information about the 3E, 3R, 4M, and 4R compact utility tractors. This includes a step-by-step guide for set up of the engine, hitch assist, etc., an icon glossary to help get familiar with the instrument panel, an error code lookup, and a notebook for recording the machine's performance. The app is available for free download on iTunes®, Google Play™ and the John Deere App Center. New Mobile Apps Cost & Bidding Calculator The Construction Dual Rate Overhead Allocation Calculator helps contractors bid and cost projects, and assign costs to various divisions within a company. The $19.99 app, available for Apple and Android devices, also produces a labor/equipment rate and a material/subcontract rate. Linking wirelessly to the hour meter in Cub Cadet mowers, Cub Connect tracks scheduled maintenance tasks, and also provides step-by-step instructions (sometimes with videos) and parts lists for the tasks, helps with online ordering, fnding dealers and scheduling appointments. For iOS and Android phones, the app will log completed tasks so the monitoring period can start over. Latista for Construction Management, a free tool for iPads and iPhones, lets you view and alter project drawings in the feld, track progress by area or by equipment, visually record progress, organize photos, generate work orders, fll out inspection forms, identify and monitor issues, and create reports for subcontractors and customers. Web Site Upgrades

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