Re: Lawn Mowers anyone?

[Guest guest]

I got an electric one - the cord is something to contend with, but it is quiet.

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From: gfijig <gfijig@...>

Sent: Mon, November 1, 2010 10:39:09 PM

Subject: Lawn Mowers anyone?

 

Anyone mowing their lawn with a Hover lawn mower or Rotary lawn mower?

Now that my insides/fall housework/nutrition/diet/exercise regime works well and

I am trying to make everything eco-friendly, I am thinking about getting a push

mower and retiring the gas/noise hog.

Any experience you have is appreciated.

Gretchen

[Guest guest]

I mowed lawns professionally back in the '70s. When my commercial mower

finally died a couple years ago I bought an electric with a battery, so I

wouldn't have to deal with a cord. I'm pleased with the results. I really

like not having to pull that starter cord, or having a garage that smells of

gasoline.

Never used a hover mower, but if you do get one, get one with a metal blade

instead of the string trimmer types. The strings always break.

O

[Guest guest]

I have and use a corded lawn mower manufactured by Bolens which is light weight

and quite small with a bager.  The thing I like most is that it serves as a kind

of walker for me since I wear AFOs and have a balance problem.  It has plenty of

power and sucks up most all of the

clippings and leaves. I live on a large corner lot, so a 100 foot 12 gage

electric cord is required to reach all areas. It is best to purchase an

industrial grade heavy duty cord to prevent

tangling and wear problems.  In addition, never rap the cord when stored, always

leave it in large 3 to 4 foot coils to prevent

tangling. This mower has adjustable wheel height but you need to remove the

plastic " knobs " on the adjustment levers and make a a portable extension tool

from a piece of half inch thin wall metal conduit flattened on one end so it

justs fits over the levers.  Folks with CMT may have reduced hand and arm

strength so this may be a real necessity when trying to adjust mower height. I

hope this helps.

White

[Guest guest]

Electric lawnmowers are great, if your lawn is small enough.

The corded models are more " powerful " , but you have to contend with a long cord

and the power loss with extremely long extension cords.

The battery models are not quite as powerful. Also, they are far, far heavier.

I haven't been able to find an electric lawn mower of either persualion that is

self-propelled.

Agaim, YMMV.

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> Anyone mowing their lawn with a Hover lawn mower or Rotary lawn mower?

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> Now that my insides/fall housework/nutrition/diet/exercise regime works well

and I am trying to make everything eco-friendly, I am thinking about getting a

push mower and retiring the gas/noise hog.

>

> Any experience you have is appreciated.

>

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> Gretchen

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[Guest guest]

I used to have a push mower in college (couldn't afford a powered one at the

time). I hated that thing. It was always getting jammed up with clippings and

coming to an ubrupt and painful stop in the middle of a push. It took a lot of

energy from me and it always looked like the lawn had been masacred. I usually

lost the feeling in my hands for about a week after shoving and pushing that

contraption. My dad used to have an electric one, which I liked. The cord is

like vacuming -- though the consequences of running over it were always spine

tinglingly frightening to ponder. I really like the idea of an electically

charged battery pack. I didn't know they made those - will have to check that

out. (I have a gardner these days, but hate that he uses a leaf blower on

everything - noisy, stinky, polluting, battering and drying my plants and

coating my patio and windows with dirt. So have been thinking of paying one of

the kids - which means buying the equipment.)

Holli

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> Anyone mowing their lawn with a Hover lawn mower or Rotary lawn mower?

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> Now that my insides/fall housework/nutrition/diet/exercise regime works well

and I am trying to make everything eco-friendly, I am thinking about getting a

push mower and retiring the gas/noise hog.

>

> Any experience you have is appreciated.

>

>

> Gretchen

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[Guest guest]

I have to admit it, we use the fossil fuel, environmentally unfriendly methods,

but if I can " spin " it a bit - I gave up on the grass long ago. We have an acre

of property and there is just no way I can do all of that anymore. Ray the Grass

Guy comes each week in the growing season, does several houses on the street in

a fraction of the time it would take me to do just mine. I say by being quick

and efficient, this is my donation to the cause!

Mark

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> > Anyone mowing their lawn with a Hover lawn mower or Rotary lawn mower?

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> > Now that my insides/fall housework/nutrition/diet/exercise regime works well

and I am trying to make everything eco-friendly, I am thinking about getting a

push mower and retiring the gas/noise hog.

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> > Any experience you have is appreciated.

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> > Gretchen

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