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The Poulan brand name is used primarily for outdoor power equipment, such as chainsaws, lawn mowers, and leaf blowers, aimed at the mid-level consumer market.Since Poulan is owned by Husqvarna, the two brands often share technologies.
In 1958 MTD entered the lawn and garden power equipment industry with the production of an 18-inch (46 cm) power rotary mower. In 1959 MTD began manufacturing self-propelled lawn mowers, garden tractors and other power equipment. In 1962 MTD purchased Sehl Engineering Ltd. of Canada which would later become MTD Products, Ltd. and then MTD Canada.
Robotic lawn mowers are increasingly sophisticated, are self-docking and some contain rain sensors if necessary, nearly eliminating human interaction. Robotic lawn mowers represented the second largest category of domestic robots used by the end of 2005. In 2012, the growth of robotic lawn mower sales was 15 times that of the traditional styles ...
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His company was eventually bought by Emerson Electric and merged with Poulan. Poulan/Weed Eater was later purchased by Electrolux, which spun off the outdoors division as Husqvarna AB in 2006. [1] Inventor Ballas was the father of champion ballroom dancer Corky Ballas and the grandfather of Dancing with the Stars dancer Mark Ballas. [2]
IH Cub Cadet was a premium line of small tractors, established in 1960 as part of International Harvester. The IH Cub Cadet was a new line of heavy-duty small tractors using components from the previous Cub series tractors. [1] Cub Cadet loader. During the 1960s, IH Cub Cadet was marketed to the owners of rural homes with large lawns and ...
Husqvarna, Weed Eater, Poulan, McCulloch, others [15] Outdoor power equipment Ideal Industries: Sycamore, Illinois, US: Western Forge, [16] Pratt-Read, [17] SK Hand Tools. [18] [19] Hand Tools Illinois Tool Works: Paslode, Ramset, Redhead, others [20] Fastening Tools [21] Ingersoll-Rand: Swords, Dublin, Ireland: Ingersoll-Rand, others [22] Air ...
The GE Elec-Trak was the first commercially produced all-electric garden tractor, made mostly between 1969 and 1975 at GE's Outdoor Power Equipment Operation under Bruce R. Laumeister. [1]