Plan Before You Buy: Equipment Planning for 2027

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Episode #187: In this bonus episode of The GROW! Show Marty Grunder breaks down how landscape professionals should be planning their equipment needs for 2027, and why that plan should always start with the business plan.

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Key Learnings

Equipment Plan Follows Business Plan. Don't start with what equipment you want. Start with the work you're going to do next year and back into what you need.

Start With the 2027 Sales Plan. Revenue target, service mix, crews added or cut. Everything downstream depends on it.

Inventory Everything You Own. Trucks, trailers, mowers, skid steers, snow equipment. Age, hours, reliability, cost to maintain. Decide what stays and what goes.