Since the closing of our retail location many have been asking what's next ?

After 13 years of serving our community with a retail location it's time we made some personal changes.  As the industry and our economy changes it effects our suppliers.  And as a "for profit" business it was getting harder to make an income.

After 9 years in our current location our landlord had canceled our lease in favor for other tenants. This made it next to impossible to continue the search for a buyer for our business so we were forced to close our retail location.

Taking the 27+ years of industry experience working for dedicated small engine and power equipment shops, it's pretty much all we know. And we still enjoy the work regardless of how disposable the products are become and how entitled the average consumer is getting.

Personally I am continuing to run the business, however it has gone through many changes.  Our retail for parts and whole goods does not exist for walk in traffic, however for clients looking for specialty products we are more than happy to continue to order and supply professional quality equipment and parts. Minimum order values or quantities may be required.

We have closed our repair shop, however to continue to generate income we have moved to a mobile service solution.   The lack of affordable shop space that is properly zoned makes it very unlikely we will ever operate a "shop" again, unlike those who are operating out of residential areas we tried to work with the town on zoning but could not meet proper business zoning or come to an understanding as "Small Engine" does not have a specific enough designation for the zoning department to confirm what areas would be abatable to us. For our current size and the application of our work it's not close to being a home business, regardless of how many others are doing is as a side hustle.

We will continue to offer mobile service to select customers, and select equipment.  Again this has to be a profitable business model and working on chainsaws and low-end mowers at your house is not profitable based on our level of service.  Please feel free to contact us for a consultation or estimate on fleet services. Or when in doubt contact your Equipment manufacturer for a skilled dealer for after-sales support and parts supply.

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Now to the most important part

ASPEN FUEL !

Aspen Fuel has been a rock start of a product line and in the last few years grew to be our #1 line and generated more income than any other product line or service we provided.

Barr's Small Engines was the FIRST dealer in Ontario to offer Aspen Fuel and yearly our growth in this market is unbelievable. We quickly rose to the LARGEST selling dealer by volume and have no plans to stop any time soon.

We have been continuing to work with our large fleet clients offering bulk and volume orders while we sorted out a solution for our retail clients.

I am happy to announce that we will be partnering with R.J.s Muffler Shop at

225 Main St S, Georgetown. 905-877-1100

In the coming weeks we will have a display set up and product in their font office, pricing our our website will be adjusted, they have asked for clients to bring cash when possible to reduce their expense of credit/debit processing, however credit/debit processing will be available with an additional fee.