When Anderson Goldmon started mowing lawns full-time in 2000, he had one goal in mind. The prison job he left was paying $35,000 annually and he was bringing home $28,000 mowing lawns part-time. Within the next year, he wanted to make as much money mowing lawns as he had been making in his job. His goal, then, was a modest $7,000 increase in sales.

 I have always enjoyed true stories more than fiction. You just cannot make up some of the real journeys that people go on in their lives. Now we know that a lawnmower is probably not the highlight of most people’s life, but for some, the Walker Mower has played an interesting part in their story.

In 2001, Damien Gouverneur of Auchy les mines, France was looking for a compact mower that could do more than just mow tight spaces.  He wanted a machine that could do both small and large areas and doing them beautifully.  What he found was the Walker Mower. 

Tom and Lori Couture started mowing lawns in a rather unusual way. After selling their 27-year-old commercial printing company, they purchased 40 mowing accounts on Craigslist. That was five years ago. Now, Pine Ridge Property Services in Naples, Florida maintains only a handful of those original properties. Yet its sales have grown, as has the owners’ knowledge of what it takes to be successful in the industry.

In this issue we get leaf cleanup done right and we meet our new User of the Month.

In the town of Someren Netherlands, you may run into a sleek green Land Rover with the name “Rudi Swinkels” on the side.  He will most likely be pulling a trailer with a Walker Model MD in it and some grass clippings.