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It is time to spruce up your lawn equipment for spring. At Royal Creations Architectural Landscaping, we spend a lot of time in the winter and all year maintaining our equipment, so it is ready when we build your landscape or maintain it.
Here is some of the lawn equipment you might have and how to maintain it.
If you have gas-operated hedge trimmers, remove any fuel left over from the fall. Check your spark plug and replace it if the plug is fouled. Be sure to put the correct fuel in your hedge trimmers. They typically use a 50 to 1 ratio of gasoline to oil mix. You buy the mix for the size gas can you have and pour it in. Fill up the can with gasoline and mix the two substances well. Put this into your fuel tank. Using just gasoline will ruin the engine.
Fortunately, a lot of newer hedge trimmers are self-sharpening, so you don’t have to worry about dull blades. However, oil the blades before each use with a spray lubricant to keep the sap from the shrubs from gumming things up. Use your hedge trimmers to trim hedges, not for trimming anything else. Electric hedge trimmers are becoming more widely used and do not require much maintenance. Keep the batteries charged and you may want a spare if you use it often. Then spray down the hedge trimmer blades with lubricant, and you are ready to go.
Gasoline-powered leaf blowers need much the same maintenance as hedge trimmers. They use the same fuel mix, too. Make sure you store your leaf blowers in dry conditions. The wiring around the starter and the choke can corrode in wet conditions. Check spark plugs and air filters before the season starts, and you should be good to go.
We at Royal Creations Architectural Landscaping don’t do mowing. However, your push mowers need annual maintenance. If there is any gasoline or oil in the mower, drain it out and dispose of it responsibly at an oil change place or mechanics. Power wash off any grass or other plant material stuck to the mower. Once the mower is clean, replace the mower blade and spark plug. Many lawn and garden departments sell kits with a new blade and spark plug for each make of mower. Finally, refill the oil and gas tanks. Now your mower is ready to run this spring.
Our equipment maintenance routine is a little more complicated. We take care of our equipment, so it doesn’t break down and delay your construction project or maintenance of your landscape.
We have trucks, bobcats, excavators, trenchers, and hydraulic dump trailers that we keep in top condition. Each month, we check the oil, grease, electrical systems, oil blades, and change the oil if needed. We keep machines greased at least every 8 hours of use.
Before the equipment leaves the shop, we make sure it works, is greased, and has all the oil and hydraulic fluid it requires. We also fill the fuel tank. We also check trucks and trailers for safety to make sure all lights, trailer breaks, wheels, and tires are safe for the road as well as double-checking that our load is secured.
We at Royal Creations Architectural Landscaping keep our machines in tip-top condition to make them last longer. We also keep them well maintained so they do not break and delay our projects. While no amount of maintenance can prevent all breakdowns, we minimize them with our regular maintenance program. Better maintenance allows us to build hardscapes and landscapes faster with less waiting. If you want a superior product with less delay, schedule a consultation with us today. Our spring schedule is filling up, so don’t delay.
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