Benning Distributing, Inc.

05/29/2026

Kawasaki engines are here for Grasshopper OutStander models! In both the 34.5hp and the 27hp sizes.

Contact your local dealer, or reach out to us to learn more!

05/29/2026

This month for our Committed to the Community Campaign, in partnership with Grasshopper Mowers, we donated $500 to the Steeleville Police Department for their Christmas gift fund for kids! We hope to do another donation to them later this year! The police Department currently participates in the Shop with a Cop program and hopes to do much more for the community in the coming months/years! Thank you to Grasshopper Mowers for supporting Coleman Lawn and Thank you to Steeleville Police Department for supporting out community!

(thanks to Toby for adding the logo to our photo for me)

05/29/2026

Tere's the thing nobody tells new business owners. The mower isn't the bill. The mower's the tool that pays the bill. Financing a Grasshopper through Sheffield is around $283 a month with current rates. That's less than most folks' phone plan. For a brand new commercial machine that pays itself back in saved hours and added services.

If you're starting a lawn crew, this is how it usually goes: finance the machine, run a tight route, the route pays the payment, and by year two you're free and clear with capital equipment that's still got 15 plus years of work in it.

We’ll link you directly to a servicing dealer in bio, purchase and financing are handled through that dealer.

DM FINANCE for the full numbers. (Financing through Sheffield Financial. Approval and rate based on credit. Terms vary.)

05/28/2026

Eric's father started working with Grasshopper mowers years before Benning Distributing was even an official distributor. Eric grew up around these machines. He learned them the way you learn anything that's been in your family. Then he carried it forward, building Benning into the official Grasshopper distributor for central Illinois and the St Louis metro. Nobody knows these mowers better. Eric runs the trainings, knows every dealer in the network by name, and still answers the phone himself most days. That's not a sales pitch. That's just how this place runs.

05/27/2026

05/26/2026

Got 20, 40, 80 acres of hunting ground? Food plots, shooting lanes, access trails, maybe a cabin or a lodge? You're either maintaining all that with a $30,000 tractor or you're letting it go. There's a third option. A Grasshopper FrontMount with the right Attachments handles food plots, brush clears overgrown trails, throws snow off the cabin driveway in winter. Half the price of a tractor, and if you're in a hunting club it splits even better. Tag your hunting buddies.

05/24/2026

Most mowers sit in a shed five months out of the year. Not this one. Spring you're aerating. Summer you're mowing and edging. Fall you're collecting leaves. Winter you're throwing snow off the driveway. Same machine, swap the attachment, four seasons of work. That's the math nobody runs when they're comparing prices. Comment which season surprised you.

05/23/2026

First off, congratulations. Second, hear us out before you head to the big box store this weekend. The cheap residential zero turn looks like a deal. It isn't. Three to five years and you'll be replacing it. Better play: you just got approved for a mortgage, your credit's solid, you're already in investment mode. Financing on a real Grasshopper runs around $283 a month with current rates. That's less than your phone bill. And when you sell the house someday, the lawn still looks sharp because a real mower doesn't rut your turf. Drop a 🏡 in the comments and we'll DM you the closest dealer.

05/22/2026

Most lawn crews edge twice. Once with the mower, once with a walk behind. That's 10 to 20 extra minutes per property. The Edge-EZE attaches right to your mower and edges in the same pass you're already making. One pass, done. Add up that time across a route and it's another two or three properties you can take on. DM EDGE if you run commercial.