Sprinkler Market Programs from Toro

It's Thanksgiving Week & a great time for everyone to take a breather from work & relax with family. Before taking off at the end of the week, I wanted to get out another post with some important information about the marketing programs I can offer through Toro. Many of you are probably familiar with the Buy 4-Get 1 Free Sprinkler program that has been offered in the past. Starting this year & available immediately will be a Buy 3-Get 1 Free Sprinkler Program. Most importantly, the Toro Infinity Sprinklers will be included in this deal along with the Flex Series Sprinklers. I know many of you have already tried a few Infinity Sprinklers & many more would like to try them, so this deal makes the perfect opportunity to install the new Infinity Sprinklers. For more information on the Infinity CLICK HERE.


Toro Infinity Sprinklers

In addition to the program involving complete sprinkler heads, Toro is also offering a Buy 4-Get 1 Free Conversion Assembly Program. In the past, this has been Buy 5-Get 1 Free that many of you have taken advantage of, so I hope everyone will continue to use this program. One thing to keep in mind with this deal is that it will only include adjustable/part circle assemblies, not full circle assemblies.

I will continue to remind everyone about both of these deals throughout the year, but I wanted to make sure to let everyone know about them as early as possible. If you have any questions about either of these programs or need clarification as to what is or isn't included, please give me a call.


I would also like to thank everyone who came down to the Carolinas GCSA Trade Show in Myrtle Beach this past week. It was a great turnout & we enjoyed seeing several of you that made the trip down there. We will look forward to seeing more of you in Fredericksburg at the VTC Trade Show in a few months.


STI booth at Carolinas GCSA Trade Show in Myrtle Beach

I want to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving & I hope to be talking or meeting with all of you soon!



Updates from Toro

Well it looks like the cold weather is officially here, and probably here to stay. I know many of you are shutting down your irrigation systems for the year & blowing them out in anticipation of the cold. I wanted to take the opportunity today to let everyone know about some of the updates & changes from Toro as far as irrigation products go:

• Toro has combined the 800 Series Sprinklers & DT Series Sprinklers into one family of sprinklers called the FLEX Series. The thought behind this was to simplify the catalog of products by now offering two families of sprinklers (Infinity & Flex) as opposed to three. As far as what it means for all of you...not much. The sprinklers themselves have not changed, only the part numbers. More than anything I just wanted to make all of you aware of the change so when you order an 855 and a FLX55 shows up, you'll know why.
• Toro has also decided to stop producing complete sprinkler heads with NPT inlets and use ACME thread only. Toro will still be producing Riserless Bodies with NPT inlets, which you can then insert a conversion assembly into to get the complete head. I know many of you still use the NPT, so you will have several options when ordering new sprinklers:
1. Order the standard ACME heads along with an adapter to fit on your swing joint to go from NPT to ACME (#G302-015 or TOA39-015 for 1.5", G102-010 or TOA39-010 for 1")
2. Order riserless bodies (FLX50-06-2 or FLX30-06-2) along with the conversion assemblies (ex. FLX55-6-5154). This will end up being the same price as a complete head.
3. Replace the swing joints to have ACME outlets
• As with the NPT sprinklers being discontinued, Toro has discontinued the production of Normally Open Hydraulic & Check-O-Matic Sprinklers. You can still order the riserless bodies (FLX50-01 or FLX30-01 for NO, FLX50-02 or FLX30-02 for COM) and add the conversion assembly.

CLICK HERE for the link to Toro's website to see all the sprinkler options. And as always, you can get in touch with me for any clarification on any of this.

One final note for the day is that we will be hosting a Golf Irrigation Service School in Richmond on February 11. There will also be sessions in Charlotte (February 4) and Nashville (February 18). This is a great opportunity to learn about troubleshooting issues ask any questions you may have. The Richmond class will be run by Brandon Proctor & Brad Petersen. You can click on the link below the flyer to register on STI's website.

                                

                                      CLICK TO GO TO THE CALENDAR & REGISTER

 

We are on our way to Myrtle Beach for the Carolinas GCSA Conference & Trade Show. If you are down there be sure to come by the STI booth & see us. Have a great week!

Introduction

Welcome,

I want to first thank everyone for taking the time to visit my new blog, and I hope that it won't be your last visit. I decided to start this blog simply as another avenue for communicating with all of you, my customers. I plan on using this page to help keep everyone up to date on all the happenings with Smith Turf & Irrigation and Toro's irrigation products. I will be posting on current projects, new product information, changes & updates, troubleshooting tips, and marketing programs everyone should be aware of. My goal is to make one new post per week, so you can get into a habit of checking the blog every Monday or Tuesday for any new information I may have up. In addition to the information posted each week, I will be putting special deals that will only be available through this blog (to give everyone some extra incentive to read what I have to say).

I don't plan on using this as a substitute for visiting any of you, but more as a supplement to my visits & meetings. I feel that this is a great way to get important information out to everyone at one time, and I hope that you will all take advantage of this. I welcome your feedback and I want to be sure to be posting on what y'all find relevant or helpful so feel free to comment, tweet, text, or email me your thoughts or ideas. I hope this will be a useful tool for everyone & I look forward to working with all of you!