Landscape Management, May 2018

sponsored content Q A With former LCO Jake Wylie now of Quali Pro What got you into the green industry I come from an agricultural background My family were all ranchers and farmers just outside of Lubbock Texas So I learned about soil young You got your start in the business working with LCOs at the Texas Structural Pest Control Board Why did you end up forming your own lawn care company I was always proactive instead of reactive and thats where I learned that I really excelled on the lawn care side I wanted to work for myself I created a partnership with a friend and we went out on our own How does that experience inform the work you do today with your customers When its your company you look at every single expense Whats this product going to cost today A year from now The worst thing as a lawn care operator is when a distributor rep walks in to talk to you about products when the price point is completely out of your range What ultimately made you decide to leave your own business Youre doing something for seven or eight years where you have to manage it all seven days a week I was working evenings and weekends and reaching the point of burnout and still trying to capture enough business to cover benefits When the opportunity came around to move back home closer to my family I took it How can Quali Pro make owners lives easier If they can buy a product and get the same amount of control but cut their costs 5 10 sometimes 15 percent the lawn care industry is the first to make that change A single operator doing 150000 a year in production can save 15000 a year or more with Quali Pro Whats the most common misconception about Quali Pro Its that were just making me too products That perception is rapidly changing What attracted me the most to Quali Pro was the new combination products If theres one Quali Pro product that your customers arent currently using but should be what is it Taurus Trio G Fire ants are a huge issue in Jake Wylie is now Quali Pros Mid South Area Manager Wylie is one of three members of the Quali Pro sales team who previously owned his own landscape company my area Back when I had my own company I bought a 600 dual hopper spreader so I could spread fipronil but it takes two to six weeks to get control so then Id also spread bifenthrin to get quick control The spreader was a nightmare It never worked properly The rates were never accurate With Taurus Trio G you have fipronil bifenthrin and lambda cyhalothrin so youre essentially getting three applications in one product Where is Quali Pro going in the future We have such a broad portfolio that theres no one key product If you have a problem we have a product to solve it And the newer combination products are really giving us a lot of recognition and are going to open all kinds of new avenues for your business Mike Daugherty Northwest 618 513 5001 michael daugherty@ controlsolutionsinc com Todd Deitz Mid West Please contact Business Director for more information Jeremy Moore Southeast Key Accounts Manager 919 279 0510 jtmoore@ controlsolutionsinc com Jake Wylie Mid South 940 249 6239 jwylie@ controlsolutionsinc com Paul Blodorn Northeast 802 236 8863 paul blodorn@ controlsolutionsinc com Paul Fox Florida 727 423 9280 paul fox@ controlsolutionsinc com John Haguewood Gulf Coast Please contact Business Director for more information 7 For sales in the Mid Atlantic states please contact Business Director for more information Gary Custis Technical Svc Mgr Nicholas Strain Business Director 816 679 1563 gcustis@ controlsolutionsinc com 608 301 6407 nstrain@ controlsolutionsinc com For the most up to date contact info visit https bit ly 2HWfBMx