JUNE 2023
COVER STORY- 2023 Chain Saw Annual –
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EDITOR'S NOTE: A Clarification On Honda Power Equipment
In the recent issue of Power Equipment Trade I wrote an editorial touching on a variety of topics. However, it has been pointed out that I was perhaps misleading in my comments regarding Honda Power Equipment. My understanding comes from no inside knowledge—I know what y’all know. However, my wording could have been clearer. Honda will make small engines in the future. Honda will not make mowers in the future.
—Jessica Johnson, Managing Editor, PET
POWERLINES: Fare Thee Well Honda Power
Article by Jessica Johnson, Managing Editor, Power Equipment Trade
I was what one might say a “bad” driver in my younger years. One might also argue I am still not exactly particularly wonderful at that given task—and not to jinx myself, but it has been a notably long time since I was in a major accident or received a speeding ticket. However, there was a period of time, bless my heart, when I got a lot of tickets and totaled a lot of cars. One of those cars, a bright blue Volvo S40 box on wheels with incredibly high safety ratings, quite literally burst into flames on the side of Interstate 20 in Birmingham, Alabama while my best friend was driving.
I’ll spare everyone the photos and gory details. She and her dog, the car’s only passengers were/are totally fine! We’re still best friends to this day and she is my children’s godmother. This story has become somewhat of a legend in our families and is the go-to when we discuss our college days or my particularly bad luck with horrible driving. To this day, I am completely blacked out on making the call to my dad that not only did my car melt onto the shoulder, but like-a-second-daughter-to-him-Mallory was driving when the engine just straight up action movie style exploded.
Naturally, once the smoke cleared (see what I did there?) the topic of another car for Jessica came up. We settled on a white Honda Accord that drove like a Sherman tank. I had the Honda for quite a while, moving up to a Honda CR-V shortly before my boys were born. It was during the Accord/CR-V period that I first started working at PET—and I was excited to already have some knowledge of the Honda brand. Then came the one year (2015 I think?) Honda hosted their “Dream Garage” event for the media when they debuted both a new car and a new Miimo robotic mower. It was heavily-focused on the car—Jay Leno even showed up to preview it and shoot some stuff for his show. I, of course, knew nothing about the car but how to wreck it, so I gathered all the lawn and garden media and started calling us the “Small Engine Gang.” That event remains one of my most favorite ways I’ve experienced products. Honda really could put together an entire dream garage, from the mower to the boat, the plane and the car, they did it all.
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