“Everything actually lasts a lot longer and works great…it’s incredible,” Rick Burgess, Murin Landscaping

Freeland, Mich. — He headed into it with a little skepticism, but Murin Landscaping’s head mechanic is now a customer and even an advocate of cryogenic treatment on wear-parts and more.

“At first, we thought ‘oh yeah right,’ but it ended up being true that they can really do it,” Rick Burgess said of ICE Cryogenics’ process. “Everything actually lasts a lot longer and works great.”

A custom landscaping company with “a lot of equipment,” the Murin shop first treated boom tractor sweeps, brake rotors, lawnmower blades and more.

“Those sweeps, they would normally last half a year. We’re heading into year two right now,” Burgess said. “It’s awesome.”

Labor and parts costs have decreased as Murin treats more items; things like lawn mower blades aren’t in need of sharpening as often and large trucks used to haul equipment have brakes that last far beyond their lives before cryogenic treatment, Burgess said.

As more parts wear out, the head mechanic continues to find ways to use the ICE process to extend the life of his equipment, and he’s telling others, as well.

“I already have told other mechanics and shop owners,” He said. “I showed them how long it lasted and then then other people try it,” Burgess said. “It’s incredible.”