us products professional and residential lawn care and snow removal equipment website www.ariens.com ariens company is a brillion wisconsin based equipment company which has a long history manufacturing snow blowers and lawn tractors for commercial and high end consumer markets . 1 ariens touts itself as being the mower of the white house lawn official snow blower of lambeau field and the king of snow . ariens company has branched into many product development projects over the course of its history . one of the most enduring and successful products has been the ariens sno thro . factory in brillion 1961 ariens sno thro ariens company entered the snow thrower market at the urging of an ariens distributor in the northeast who wanted a two stage snow thrower for home snow removal . product design began on december 15 1959 and by march 1960 a prototype was complete . test models were demonstrated to distributors throughout the snow belt with widespread approval . it was july 1960 when the company started production and 1 865 units were produced in the introductory season . older ariens units used a very heavy gauge steel blower and rake auger design and many of their older units remain in service after more than 30 years . by the late 1970s ariens produced more than 100 000 sno thro machines each season . in november 2005 the company produced its milestone 2 millionth sno thro machine . ariens lawn tractors are generally characterized by independent left and right wheel drives making steering a simple issue of traction and providing far smaller turning radii than most of its competition . ariens released an electric lawn mower in april 2009 through its dealer network and at home depot . 1 the mower runs for 75 minutes on a single charge . 1 ariens company museum edit the ariens company museum is located at its original manufacturing plant in brillion . opened in 2003 the museum s displays highlight the company s history and the evolution of the company s products including tillers tractors riding mowers and snow blowers . references edit a b c avila larry april 8 2009 . wisconsin made . the post crescent . external links edit ariens corporate website ariens products website ariens company museum media related to ariens at wikimedia commons this wisconsin related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ariens & oldid 716115988 categories manufacturing companies based in wisconsinlawn and garden tractorscalumet county wisconsincompanies established in 1933agricultural machinery manufacturersamerican brandswisconsin stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 20 april 2016 at 00 21 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view