PART FOUR - Assessment
These after-market quick-change products belong to a specific time in
vintage mower history. Small companies saw an inroad and took it! It is
not surprising that these companies were located in the spiritual home
of the Australian rotary revolution � Sydney.
The timing � early 1960s � was never a good one; given that rapid
developments were occurring in lawnmower designs. Specifically,
lawnmowers were now being designed as �cutters and catchers� � meaning
that flat blades were becoming obsolete.
The rest is history.
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Jack
NOTE:
This was not the end � by far � for quick blade changers.
Today a number of clever designs may be found on anything from trimmers
to ride-ons. For example, Husqvarna use their Rapid-Replace system for
the bar blades on their ride-ons.
