Happy December! Welcome back to our Potestio Brothers Equipment Newsletter! We are so glad you have joined us, Thank You!
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We appreciate all of the support and love from everyone throughout the year, we have had a great 2022!





Our lots are filling up with new equipment and there is more on the way! Hurry in today to any of our 4 locations to see our selection of in stock inventory!
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Discover the difference a John Deere battery can make

John Deere Batteries are built and tested for real conditions to meet the demanding machine specifications of your equipment. Our batteries extensive quality testing simulates rough, real-life situations including rigorous vibration and cold testing to ensure durability and reliability. Batteries are also tested to withstand full use and recharging at a sweltering 167 degrees F*. *Batteries are tested per SAE J2185 or J2801 standards. (Heat: 167 degrees F +/- 5 degrees F).

Batteries for all your equipment

Lawn and Garden Batteries
Power you can depend on start after start for engines up to 40 horsepower. With tough poly case and cover and advanced grid alloy to protect your battery from known causes of failure and maintenance-free design, our batteries are designed to keep you running season after season.

Automotive Batteries
High-performance starting power in all climates and conditions. Superior plate and grid design withstand high under-hood temperatures and the brutal cold — all while providing longlasting maintenance-free battery life.

Commercial Batteries
Ideal for ag, construction and off-road, these commercial-grade designs feature heavy-duty poly case and cover, plate anchoring and plate protection to prevent vibration damage and extend performance and life.
StrongBox™ Battery Comparison
John Deere batteries are more than just “good enough” for tough work – they were designed for tough work. From our StrongBox™ Original Equipment to our StrongBox™ Standard-Duty line, we have the battery for your lawn mower, ATV/UTV, SUV, agricultural and construction equipment and more.
StrongBox™ Original Equipment
Premium Battery
Heavy-Duty Equipment
John Deere Specifications
Higher Cold-Cranking Amps
Longer Warranty
StrongBox™ Standard-Duty
Economical Alternative Battery
Light-Duty/Older Equipment
Industry Standard Specifications & Warranty

Stop by any of our 4 locations today to pick up your batteries!
Proper Machine Maintenance
Have you had your equipment inspected and serviced for winter? Now is the time to get it scheduled by clicking HERE!

John Deere fun fact



GroundBreakers Austin event helps Deere tap into talent-rich startup community



Event judges (Left to Right) Heather Bishop,
Mark Fincham, and Michele Kaiser, all from
John Deere, congratulate Topher Haddad,
CEO/Co-founder of Albedo (Right).
Helping meet the world’s ever-growing need for food, fuel, and shelter requires great ideas. That’s why John Deere’s new Innovation Hub in Austin, Texas, recently held a first-of-its-kind GroundBreakers competition.
Select members of the global startup community were invited to the event in Austin to see whose idea would earn them an invitation to the 2023 cohort of John Deere’s Startup Collaborator program. The program, launched in 2019, finds those companies whose technology could add the most value for Deere customers. Over the course of the year-long program, Deere tests these technologies with customers and dealers.
“We continue to search for new and interesting ideas that will deliver value to our customers, even if we’re not sure yet of exactly how that might look,” said Michele Kaiser, a business development manager for John Deere’s Intelligent Solutions Group (ISG) who leads the Startup Collaborator. “We must be forward thinking in our innovation and not afraid to explore new territory.”
Kevin Friedenberg, a business development manager for ISG, said Austin was the ideal location for the event.
“We specifically chose Austin as the location for the first GroundBreakers because the city has rapidly emerged as a growing destination for entrepreneurs and innovators looking to help solve the challenges that we at Deere find so critical,” he said.
Destination Austin
Austin’s reputation for attracting some of the brightest minds in technology is why John Deere opened an Innovation Hub there earlier this year.
“Opening our office in Austin was a key strategic decision from both a talent diversification and ecosystem collaboration perspective,” Friedenberg said. “This new office enables Deere to further build its growing technology team with existing and new talent who consistently strive to help our customers be more productive, sustainable, and profitable.”
It also gives the company a chance to collaborate with startups like the winner of the GroundBreakers Austin event, who are looking to change the world.
“Our Austin location allows us to connect and collaborate with local universities and startups to promote and accelerate innovation in precision agriculture, automation, and autonomy in a geography that is very close to where our customers are using it in the field,” Friedenberg explained.
And the winner is
Imagine how high-quality images taken from space of a field or a job site might help farmers or people working in construction. That’s what John Deere employees will be doing as they start to work with Albedo, an Austin-based company, that specializes in producing high resolution satellite imagery. The company uses its very-low-earth-orbit (VLEO) satellites to create thermal imagery at the highest resolution commercially available.
Topher Haddad, co-founder and CEO of Albedo, said the company’s technology can play a variety of roles in helping decrease manual operations in precision agriculture and construction.
“The resolution of Albedo’s imagery will enable applications that have been limited by lower resolution satellites or operational limitations of imagery collected from planes,” Haddad explained. “The breadth of commercial applications for Albedo’s imagery spans markets, including precision agriculture, property insurance, utilities vegetation management, construction and real estate, pipeline monitoring, urban planning, and many others.” Kaiser said Deere is looking forward to working with companies like Albedo.
“We need to help farmers solve food production challenges in more efficient ways,” Kaiser said. “This requires a lot of great ideas, and we know we can’t solve them alone, which is why it makes sense to work with innovative and pioneering startup companies like Albedo.”

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