When Jan Abrahams was ten years old, he suffered from a hip ailment that threatened to deprive him of any type of active future. “My mom asked a specialist if I would at least be able to be a gardener,” recalls Abrahams, “and the specialist said ‘yes’, so I decided that is what I wanted to be.” And that is exactly what the 54-year-old from Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands has done.

When Ray Amundson purchased his first Walker Mower in 2006, it came with a Hi-Dump. Four years later, he replaced that one with two more, each with that important selling point for him.

“I injured my left bicep in a parachute accident while in the Army and I couldn’t lift bags full of clippings,” the owner of Ray’s Lawn Service in Moorhead, Minnesota, explains. “The Hi-Dump was the ideal solution for me.”

In February 2014, brothers Seth and Schuyler Binion were featured in their local newspaper. Pictured with only a wheelbarrow, shovel and rake, they had just launched their new company, Okaw Prairie Landscaping and Lawn Care located in Tuscola, Illinois.

This month's Walker User of the Month is David Bartlett. He owns and operates Bartlett Lawnworks in Bottineau North Dakota, which he started in 2013 at the age of 13 years. David says, "We weren’t looking to start a business, but we realized there was a need for quality lawn services in the Lake Metigoshe area. We wanted to create a service so when people come up to their cabins, or have work off for the weekends, they don't have to think about mowing their lawns."

Back in 2008, Walker Talk volume 33 ran a story on Ralph Anderson, the owner of Anderson Lawn Care in Wyanet, Illinois. The title of the story was “Age is No Barrier for This Mowing Contractor”, and it still isn’t. Anderson is 83 years old and going strong.