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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.
Grasshopper was the first manufacturer to offer dual swing-out levers for their zero-turn mowers (1973) [1] and the first to offer a diesel-powered zero-turn mower (1983). [2] 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 ...
The Toro Company was established as the "Toro Motor Company" in 1914 to build tractor engines for The Bull Tractor Company. [4] It built steam engines to support war efforts during World War I, and changed its name to Toro Manufacturing Company in 1920 when it began to refocus on manufacturing farm equipment. [5]
Ariens Company, stylized as AriensCo, is an American equipment company based in Wisconsin which has a long history manufacturing snow blowers, lawn tractors, and zero-turn lawn mowers for commercial and high-end consumer markets. [1]
A lawn mower (also known as a grass cutter or simply mower, also often spelled lawnmower) is a device utilizing one or more revolving blades (or a reel) to cut a grass surface to an even height. The height of the cut grass may be fixed by the mower's design but generally is adjustable by the operator, typically by a single master lever or by a ...
Link-Belt Cranes is an American industrial company that develops and manufactures heavy construction equipment, specializing in telescopic and lattice boom cranes. [1] [2] Link-Belt is headquartered in Lexington, Kentucky, and is a subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate, Sumitomo Heavy Industries. [3]