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A time of development
The Model A (top) was Poulan’s first
Through the
a time of testing and learning for the company.
While the Model A unit was setting new sales records, an even more progressive model, the B100 Gear Drive unit was com- ing on line. The B100 was faster and more versatile than the Model A and put Poulan into the thick of the business.
In addition to establishing Poulan’s reputation for quality, the B100 led to dramatic growth in the company's
Poulan again influenced the market with the introduction of the F100 Reduction Drive chain saw. It was a highly efficient and very popular unit with professional loggers.
Poulan moved quickly in the develop- ment of a direct drive unit and in August 1957, the H100 was introduced. It was fol- lowed a year by the streamlined Model F200, a more powerful version of the
F100. The F200 pushed Poulan sales in the professional market to record levels. Its innovative design and dependability made it very popular with the professional, so popular in fact, that demands for the unit continued for four years after the F200 was discontinued.