Abstract: A cutting assembly usable in combination with a primary drive power source such as an internal combustion engine on a lawn mower, tractor or like assembly or alternately, an electrically powered hand tool or like element whereby a plurality of cutting elements defining a cutting head are remotely extendable from the power source by means of a drive cable element drivingly interconnected, through a power take-off, to the drive power source. A gear adjustment assembly is disposed in power transmitting relation between the power drive source and the plurality of cutting elements so as to regulate the rotational speed of the cutting elements during operation.