I can''t hate them with all my heart. Between my second birthday and my 16th, my main ambition was to drive a car, and the first thing I ever got to drive was a golf cart. I was 6 or 7. My father had won permission to spend the afternoon at the country club by offering to take me along. He kept me tractable by occasionally permitting me to place a trembling hand on the steering wheel. When I got bored and demanded to be taken home, he suggested, in desperation, that we switch seats.Thirty years later, I struck a similar bargain with my daughter, who was also 6 or 7. "I love golf!" she told my wife when we got home, and she asked if we could play again the next day. That evening, I confessed that, contrary to what I''d allowed her to believe on the course, "playing golf " did not consist of recklessly steering an electric cart around a field while Daddy nervously hopped in and out. I added that she would be welcome to join me in the morning, but this time we would be walking. And that was the end of that.

Now one person can do this alone. It''s especially important if you have a gooseneck hitch in the bed of the truck that you need to get to and likewise sometimes need the topper cover. The following is a look at many products that were introduced at or since the Outdoor Power Equipment Institute''s (OPEI) 20th annual International Lawn, Garden & Power Equipment Exposition in October 2003 and will be available in 2004.Hydraulic-driven trimmerDesigned to attach to any zero-turn mower, the H model hydraulic-driven trimmer tackles the toughest trimming jobs with ease. Its users can remain seated while trimming under fences: around poles, tombstones in cemeteries and guardrails on highways; and along driveways and sidewalks. The 3 hp., 8,500-rpm unit features foot controls for the on/off switch and for the lateral movement of the trimmer.

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