Har, You right! I did a little research and the first electric powered weed eater with string line was invented in the 70's. Turns out is was a popcorn can with holes drilled in it with heavy fishing line placed through the holes
hooked up to a hedge trimmer, if I got the story right?
OK, moving into the 40's lawn mowers. From what research I've done this is the decade of
the trimmed down powered reel mowers and the rise of the Briggs and Stratton Engine. When I
say trimmed down I mean in comparison to the 20's and 30's reel mowers. Of course there
were exceptions from the reel blade and Briggs engines but reel/Briggs kind of ruled the roost.More to come!