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In 1974, the Dixon company coined the term zero-turn radius on their entrance into the mower market. [1] In 2009, the Hustler Zeon became the first fully electric zero-turn mower, with four 12-volt lead acid batteries. As of 2023 most fully electric zero turn mowers use lithium ion batteries ranging from 40 to 80 volts. [2] [3]
In 1960, John Regier founded the lawn mower company Excel Industries. [9] The company manufactures outdoor equipment, primarily Hustler and Big Dog mowers. [39] The original Hustler was the world's first twin-lever, zero-turn mower. [18] In 2021, Stanley Black & Decker acquired Excel. [17] [18] [19]
Grasshopper was the first manufacturer to offer dual swing-out levers for their zero-turn mowers (1973) [2] and the first to offer a diesel-powered zero-turn mower (1983). [ 3 ] Grasshopper introduced the PowerFold Electric Deck Lift in 2004, to allow the operator to easily lift and rotate the mowing deck nearly 90 degrees for maintenance and ...
2021: On September 13, 2021, Stanley Black & Decker announced that it would be acquiring Excel Industries; who designs and manufactures commercial and residential turf-care equipment under the Hustler Turf Equipment and BigDog Mower Co. brands. The sale was completed November 12 of the same year.
This type of mower is used to produce consistently short and even grass on bowling greens, lawns, parks and sports grounds. When pulled by a tractor (or formerly by a horse), these mowers are often ganged into sets of three, five or more, to form a gang mower. A well-designed reel mower can cut quite tangled and thick tall grass, but this type ...
Dixie Chopper claims to build the world's fastest lawn mowers. The most famous example was the Jet Mower, custom built by Art Evans in 1991 using a 150 HP Solar T62 APU from a Chinook Helicopter. [7] This mower was featured in a 1993 episode of Home Improvement. Dixie Chopper's promotional video includes a brief clip from the episode. [8]
Snapper, Inc. is an American company, formerly based in McDonough, Georgia, that manufactures residential and professional lawn-care and snow-removal equipment.Snapper is known for their high-quality products, including rear-engine riding lawnmowers capable of standing on end for storage or repair, and for their invention of the first self-propelled rotary lawn mower.
Two archetypes of this type of mower are the Bush Hog which is made by Bush Hog, Inc. [1] of Selma, Alabama, and the Flex-Wing by RhinoAg of Gibson City, Illinois.The formal name for this type of implement is a rotary cutter or rotary mower, although it differs from mowers in that it does not cut with a sharp blade, but rather severs with an intentionally very dull wedge-like blade.