Walker Manufacturing welcomes two new European distributors to the marketing program. Horoszcoop Kft., Vecses, Hungary, reactivates the Walker market in Hungary after the original distributor become inactive several years ago. Similarly, the Sidan SRL company in Brescia, Italy, will be reintroducing the Walker to the Italian market after several years of minimal progress by the previous distributor.

Updated for the 2016 Walker product line, two newly designed catalogs are now available. The Product Line Catalog (P/N 5895-31) and the Add-Ons Catalog (P/N 6895-17) give a comprehensive look at all that is offered by Walker and presents the Walker “Out Front” Advantage. Both can be downloaded from our website, or you can request printed copies to be sent to you.

It is interesting to think of the different places you find the Walker Mower being used and the varied conditions they are operated in. With that thought in mind, it is important to be aware of how these different conditions will affect the maintenance procedures that your Walker will require. As an operator, you most likely will see changing conditions throughout the mowing season, and because of that, you may need to adjust your maintenance procedures accordingly; e.g., an item that needs to be cleaned on a daily interval in “normal” conditions may need to be cleaned every hour in adverse conditions.

Pickle ball? Ever heard of it? It’s a variation of tennis played indoors. Perry Atkinson is an avid player. In fact, when not overseeing his $1.6 million company, he likely can be found on court, honing his hand-eye coordination.

"I’m not ashamed to say I only work about 20 hours a week now," says the owner of 4-A Landscape & Irrigation in Bend, Oregon. "I’ve never been a workaholic."

Do you have a brand? We're not simply talking about having a creative logo, a catchy tagline, or trucks and uniforms all the same color. No, we're talking about something that truly identifies your company, sets it apart from competition, and hopefully attracts smart, hard-working people to be part of your team.

"There’s a reason you see so many Walker Mowers on trailers around here and why we have three of them," says Paul Isaacson, sexton for the Wendell, Idaho, cemetery. "They live a long life. In fact, we recently sold one of ours that had 8,000 hours on it to a homeowner for $1,500. He figured it would last him forever mowing once a week.