{"id":43936,"date":"2019-11-15T13:02:29","date_gmt":"2019-11-15T18:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=43936"},"modified":"2019-11-21T10:02:54","modified_gmt":"2019-11-21T15:02:54","slug":"facilities-equipment-gets-hustler-upgrade-thanks-to-excel-industries-donation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2019\/facilities-equipment-gets-hustler-upgrade-thanks-to-excel-industries-donation\/","title":{"rendered":"Facilities equipment gets Hustler upgrade, thanks to Excel Industries donation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"New Riding Mowers\" width=\"848\" height=\"477\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Kq77SbibyfA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Three new pieces of equipment have arrived on the Eastern Mennonite University campus, much to the delight of the employees who will use them most.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hopping onto the new Hustler zero-turn mowers, <strong>Henry Bowser <\/strong>couldn\u2019t resist popping a small wheelie before racing off with <strong>Kendall Wenger<\/strong> for some exhibition mowing on Bomberger Field. And later <strong>John Dudley<\/strong>, a senior working with EMU Facilities Management, was given the honor of taking the Hustler MDV all-purpose vehicle for a little spin around the parking lot.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The equipment, all produced by Excel Industries in Hesston, Kansas, arrived from local dealer Rockingham New Holland, as part of a beneficial deal with Excel principles <strong>Bob Mullet<\/strong> and <strong>Cal Redekop<\/strong>. Mullet is chairman of Excel\u2019s board and former COO of the family-owned business (his son <strong>Luke Roth-Mullet \u201801<\/strong> is the company\u2019s former director of manufacturing). Redekop, a former Hesston College professor, helped to found Excel. Both men live in Harrisonburg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"749\" src=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/11\/Zero-Turn-Mowers-Donation-6-1000px-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43940\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/11\/Zero-Turn-Mowers-Donation-6-1000px-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/11\/Zero-Turn-Mowers-Donation-6-1000px-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/11\/Zero-Turn-Mowers-Donation-6-1000px-1-768x575.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption>The arrival of new Hustler equipment brought a crowd out to Bomberger Field at Eastern Mennonite University for demonstrations and celebration. From left: Braydon Hoover, director of development and annual giving; Kendall Wenger,  EMU facilities management; Cal Redekop and Bob Mullet, principles of Excel Industries; Henry Bowser, facilities management; Melissa Parkinson, Russ Parkinson, Derrick Parkinson, Loretta Parkinson, all of Rockingham New Holland, the local Hustler dealer; and President Susan Schultz Huxman.  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hustler products are a favorite of EMU Facilities Management, though Wenger, a Hesston native, admits his proclivities may be partially due to geographic loyalties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve really tried all the major brands,\u201d he said, \u201cand Hustler just stripes the best and runs cleanest.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the growing season, Wenger and other employees contribute some of the 30 hours it takes to keep 30 acres of campus lawn and athletic fields trimmed neatly. The new mowers will help minimize those hours, said<strong> Ed Lehman<\/strong>, director of facilities management.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Redekop was especially pleased to make a contribution to broadening EMU\u2019s color palette. &#8220;I affirm EMU&#8217;s wisdom in increasing yellow color on campus,\u201d he said, with a grin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lehman says the new MDV will be especially useful, considering that EMU\u2019s equivalent vehicles for all-purpose maintenance duties until then was a small fleet of \u201cheavy-duty golf carts.\u201d The new four-wheel-drive MDV is a precision-built utility vehicle with a specially engineered drop-down dump bed called a LeveLift.&nbsp;<br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThat bed is really helpful when there\u2019s only one person to do the job,\u201d said <strong>Loretta Parkinson<\/strong>, youthful salesperson and daughter of <strong>Russ Parkinson<\/strong>, manager of Rockingham New Holland, who stepped in to answer questions from a bystander.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her brother <strong>Derrick<\/strong> had earlier helped to move machinery in the proper line-up for a small thank-you reception that included university president <strong>Susan Schultz Huxman<\/strong>, Director of Development and Annual Giving <strong>Braydon Hoover \u201811<\/strong>, and nearly the entire facilities management staff. The pumpkin bars and the cider were a treat, but it was the exhibition synchronized mowing, with accompanying drone action to capture the event, that drew the entire crowd out into the fall sunshine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWow, these are fast,\u201d Bowser said, as he zoomed past, perhaps thinking of all the time next spring, when mowing resumes, that he might save for other projects (and there are always other projects). \u201cThis is great!\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And then he popped one more wheelie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three new pieces of equipment have arrived on the Eastern Mennonite University campus, much to the delight of the employees who will use them most. 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