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About Weed Eater |
| Houston businessman,
George Ballas, invented the Weed Eater lawn trimmer in 1972, while
looking for a solution to his personal grass clipping chores.
The idea came to him as he drove through an automatic car wash and
watched the spinning nylon bristles clean his car without damaging
it. He wondered if he could the apply same principle to trim the
grass around his trees' trunks without damaging the bark.
Rushing home, he dug through the trash and found a tin popcorn can. He punched holes in it and inserted short lengths of knotted nylon fishing line to simulate the car wash bristles. He attached the can to the rotary on his lawn edger and within seconds the spinning nylon lines neatly sliced through the grass adjacent to a tree. He knew he had found the answer to his prayers and those of millions of other people. Mr. Ballas began the slow process of gearing up marketing, engineering and production of his innovative trimmer. Within four years, sales skyrocketed and Weed Eater became a household name. He sold the booming business to Emerson which merged it with Beaird/Poulan to form Beaird-Poulan/Weed Eater. With the combined resources, the company began venturing into other lawn and garden product categories. Poulan/Weed Eater was then Purchased by AB Electronics and operated as a division of White Consolidated Industries Outdoor Products, Inc. until becoming a part of Frigidare Home Products. Poulan/Weed Eater Today Today, Poulan/ Weed Eater is the leading North American manufacturer of gas, electric and battery powered, handheld outdoor power equipment. It makes more lawn trimmers, blowers and chainsaws than any other manufacturer in the world - producing over a million unit annually. This company is also a leader in hedge trimmers, edgers, mowers, tractors and tillers. |
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