Current research about lawn tractor attachments produced insignificant information except for an article on the subject of “latent demand” with reference to add-ons such as garden and snow equipment (snow throwers, carts, wagons, dozer blades, rotary tillers, rotary mower decks). Latent demand is defined as a business environment wherein there is demand but supply is suppressed.
A closer examination of the articles containing lawn tractor attachment features will provide such information as;” last produced in 1999, 2 items remain unsold in 2000; this somehow gives credence to the fact that said features are now a thing of the past Demand for additional gadgets to be affixed in lawn care equipments decreased in small cities. Studies show that geographic location as well income earning capacity contributed to the suppression of supply since there was no real need for them. The study further maintains that plain economic principles were the basis for the analysis, mainly because fewer people who reside in these areas have no actual use for them; neither are they income generators. Simply speaking, latent demand for lawn tractor attachment is also balanced on the income generating capacity of a city.
Line trimmers, hedge trimmers, power broom (blowers), electric chainsaw, cutting blades and other accessories, innovators can think of, were all designed to make gardening, snow plowing and farming an easier task to handle. There is still a need but should be supplied in areas where there are practical uses for them. Present economy calls for conservation of energy which consequentially makes several of these extra attachments impractical to use particularly in urban sites; Residents are already content with the simple lawn vacuums whether compact or heavy duty types. Leaf mulches are collected and packed in bags, readied for pick-up by trash collection services; all accomplished with the use of minimal lawn care tools. Any other attachment will just end up looking frivolous and will serve as mere adornment.
Comparison then will be geared towards areas for farming and agriculture, where the use of attachments for lawn, garden, snow equipment, snow throwers, carts, wagons, dozer blades, rotary tillers and rotary mower decks has the capacity to contribute in the generation of more income. The nobility of farming and other agricultural occupation is best dignified with the use of these additional gadgets. These lawn tractor attachment features like spreaders, tillers, sprayers and snow blades when affixed to their tractors, enables farmers to spend less time and effort in attending to their vast agricultural turfs.
Products come and go, while some products stay for good. Lawn care products were initially designed to take the burden off the shoulders of the manual operators and somehow it worked. Lawn care equipments less the add-ons brought the desired results in terms of commerce and sense of practicality. They were interesting at first then later seemed a bit overboard for small cities where there is no real need for them.
What other products will manufacturers think of next time, then become another subject under scrutiny as “object of latent demand”?. Why can’t we just accept the fact that some products like lawn tractor attachments really didn’t prove its worth in terms of sensibleness and practicality?
