| Arien Mowers, should you have one in your shed? | | | | of new developments |
| Man there are alot of mowers out there. Which one | | | | - 2007 |
| is right for you is a tricky choice. Heck they all do the | | | | - Introduction of ZOOM® HD |
| same thing - reduce the size of your grass and they | | | | - Introduction of ZOOM® XL |
| have different prices and there are lots of different | | | | - Introduction of Track Drive Sno-Thro® Series |
| brands with all these different attachments. All the | | | | 2004 |
| different brands have their ranges of mowers to suit | | | | - Introduction of New Mini Zoom® Mowers |
| your size lawn so in the end it all comes down to a | | | | - Introduction of LM21 Walk-Behind Mower |
| brand that you can trust to build mowers that will | | | | - Introduction of New Zoom® XL |
| last a long time, have little to no problems and will | | | | And best of all they are about to come out with a |
| stand by you if there are any. And of course do it | | | | ride on electric mower with as much power as a |
| within your budget.So lets have a look at Ariens, | | | | conventional petrol mower, with only half the noise. |
| Ariens started in 1933. Henry Ariens and his three | | | | Itcan be charged in 16 hours which will run the |
| sons, Mando, Leon and Francis lost their foundry but | | | | mower for 1.5 hours. This is the first electric ride on |
| with plently of ideas and a sturdy garage they turned | | | | mower on the market and plans to be sold for |
| their plans into reality. With a $1,500 loan borrowed | | | | $3,299 at Home Depot stores and Ariens dealerships |
| against Henry's life insurance policy and another | | | | beginning in May 2009. Ariens' market research |
| $1,500 raised by selling shares of stock to a family | | | | showed that consumers wanted an all-electric riding |
| member, the four men got to work to develop the | | | | mower, for environmental reasons, and they also |
| first American-made rotary tiller. It took the Ariens | | | | wanted a mower that was quieter and produced less |
| family many years of experimentation, education and | | | | vibration, said Dan Ariens, company president. |
| perseverance before rotary tilling became accepted | | | | "Those consumers are everywhere. I don't think that |
| as a proven in the US. In 1958 they came out with | | | | regulations have to drive the choices that people |
| their first Riding Mower and things went from there | | | | make," he said. |
| adding in Snow Thro'ers and Zero Turn Mowers. | | | | All in all Ariens is a great old company that is looking |
| The last three years have come up with a number | | | | towards the future and will serve you well. |