As we prepare for the interior photo shoot for part two of our feature on the Roat family compound, our writers paid a surprise Sunday morning visit to gain an unadulterated view of life in the consummate sweathog household. A jubilant Rich Roat greeted us with a gasoline-soaked handshake, grateful to have someone besides a disinterested wife to share his enthusiasm over the discovery of his two-stroke trimmer’s hemispherical combustion chamber. Between referencing online parts fiche and figuring out why there were four post-assembly self-threading Torx-head screws left in the parts bin, Rich carefully “rebranded” the petite pachyderm to celebrate its shared lineage with Mopar’s renowned hemi powerplants.
