August 05, 2008
Fluff pumps up tires, local business
Firm adds foam injection to its products line
By AUDREY PARENTE Staff Writer
A new twist to a family-owned, lawnmower-parts distribution business is propelling Edgewater Power - Small Engine Service through hard economic times into a busy future.
In addition to selling 35,000 different blades, motor and garden tool parts worldwide, the local company is providing a new product at its 301 Mango Tree Drive plant.
The site is one of only a few worldwide offering 'flat-free' foam injection in tires for everything from lawn mowers, wheelbarrows and golf carts to airport shuttles, mobility scooters and other small vehicles.
The ultralightweight polyurethane foam injection is good for speeds up to 50 mph in 36-inch and smaller tires.
'Between lack of rain and the economy, it has been bumpy for the past 2 1 2 years, so we were looking at adding new products,' said Jim Poland, 66, who heads the Edgewater company. 'One problem lawn equipment has is tires breaking down, and this product maintains tires to last four times as long as regular tires.'
Poland said doing the foam injecting seemed like a good idea.
'The initial investment in the machine and chemicals was $40,000,' said Jim's son, Chad Poland, the third generation to work in the family company.
The foam injection operation uses a science-fiction looking machine that spews dangerously hot, expanding white foam that hardens as it cools
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