Thanks guys.
To be fair, pole mounted hedgetrimmers existed well before this, and some of the nicer ones even articulate. But every unit I looked at suffered from an inherent design issue....they are meant to be used at chest height or above. They are after all, hedgetrimmers, not mowers. I envisioned one that would allow the operator to hold it in a normal fashion, while still rolling along cutting ground based vegetation.
I can already see where the boom handle will need alteration, and I'm liking the idea of two, larger wheels with the cutter bar in between, rather than the single roller located underneath.
I'm also half jokingly toying with the idea of an outboard pontoon for the cutter bar. During proof of concept it did a number on cattails.
