Who built the first zero turn lawn mower?
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Who built the first commercially available zero turn lawn mower? Who was the company built the first zero turn lawn mower?
Max Roper
Hesston Corporation Excel Industries
Zero-turn mower
Who built the first zero turn lawn mower?
Zero-turn mower Lawn mower The Grasshopper Company Ariens Gravely Tractor Simplicity Manufacturing Company Cub Cadet Lawn-Boy Dixie Chopper Snapper Inc.
A <b>zero</b>-<b>turn</b> riding <b>lawn mower</b> (colloquially, a z-turn) is a standard riding <b>lawn</b> 
<b>mower</b> with a ... &quot;We were the <b>first</b> company to offer mowers with <b>zero</b>-<b>turn</b> 
technology,&quot; says Paul Mullet, president of Excel Industries. ... for a new steering 
control he had <b>invented</b> for a <b>zero turn</b> radius mower, based on eight previous 
patents. A <b>lawn mower</b> is a machine utilizing one or more revolving blades to cut a grass 
surface to an ... In the United States, gasoline-powered <b>lawn mowers</b> were <b>first</b> 
<b>manufactured</b> in 1914 by Ideal Power Mower Co. of ... <b>Commercial lawn</b>-<b>mowing</b> 
companies have also enthusiastically adopted types such as the <b>zero</b>-<b>turn</b> mower
&nbsp;... The Grasshopper Company is headquartered in Moundridge, Kansas, United 
States. The company manufactures <b>zero</b>-<b>turn</b> mowers and <b>lawn mower</b> 
implements. ... The company has <b>developed</b> their products to serve the needs of 
government ... the <b>first</b> manufacturer to offer dual swing-out levers for their <b>zero</b>-
<b>turn</b> mowers&nbsp;... Ariens Company, stylized as AriensCo, is a Brillion, Wisconsin-based equipment 
company which has a long <b>history</b> manufacturing snow blowers, lawn tractors, 
and <b>zero</b>-<b>turn lawn mowers</b> for <b>commercial</b> and high-end consumer markets. 
Ariens touts itself as being the &quot;mower of the White House lawn,&quot; &quot;official ... <b>Early</b> 
Ariens units used a heavy gauge steel blower and rake (auger) design. Gravely, of Brillion, Wisconsin, is a manufacturer of powered <b>lawn</b> and garden 
implements which it describes as &quot;walk-behind, <b>zero turn</b> and outfront <b>mowers</b>&quot;. ... 
It was there that Gravely <b>designed</b> the engine and <b>built</b> six or seven of the <b>first</b>&nbsp;... Simplicity Manufacturing Company is an American company based in Port 
Washington, Wisconsin that <b>builds lawn</b> and garden equipment under various 
brands. The company was <b>founded</b> by William J. Niederkorn in 1922, and started 
... Simplicity <b>built</b> is <b>first riding</b> tractor in 1957 which was the model Wonderboy. Cub Cadet is an American company that produces and globally markets outdoor 
power ... The <b>first</b> Cub Cadet model <b>made</b> was the International Cub Cadet 
Tractor, better known as the Original. ... industry <b>first</b> – 2007: Cub Cadet <b>zero</b>-<b>turn</b> 
<b>riding mowers</b> offer industry&#39;s tightest turning radius – 2009: Most advanced <b>zero</b>-
<b>turn</b>&nbsp;... In 1946, Joel G. (Jack) Doyle <b>built</b> the <b>first</b> rotary <b>lawnmower</b> for the Rotary Power 
... of walk-behind <b>mowers</b> and an entirely new category of <b>Zero</b> Radius <b>Turning</b>&nbsp;... Dixie Chopper is a brand of industrial <b>zero</b>-<b>turning lawn mower</b> formerly 
<b>manufactured</b> in ... 104 days after the company was acquired, the <b>first</b> Dixie 
Chopper mower has rolled off the assembly line.&quot; However, their Facebook post 
on the same&nbsp;... Snapper, Inc. was a United States company, formerly based in McDonough, 
Georgia, that <b>manufactured</b> residential and professional lawn-care and snow-
removal equipment. Snapper was known for its high-quality red &quot;rear-engine&quot; 
<b>riding lawnmowers</b> ... or repairs, and for its <b>invention</b> of the <b>first</b> self-propelled 
rotary <b>lawn mower</b>.
Max Swisher
Zero-turn mower