shall I mow my lawn today or kill myself with a shotgun
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Maybe mix it up for giggles. Mow the law with a shotgun or kys with the lawn mower 🤷
Maybe mix it up for giggles. Mow the law with a shotgun or kys with the lawn mower 🤷
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btw do you or anyone else have advice / warning about lawn mowers to get / avoid? I'm looking at push-mowers
heard electric absolutely sucks. most advice i've got so far
heard electric absolutely sucks. most advice i've got so far
Husqavarna (?) is good
I bought the cheapest piece of junk off amazon and learned a couple of things from it:
1. If it's designed to push grass into a catch bag, it's gonna clog all of the time. You really need a side-shoot - I actually cut one in the side of mine to make it more usable
2. If you're gonna be out there wasting YOUR time, go with a gas engine because you want as much power as possible and gas usage in one of these is basically nothing
3. Ideally the deck should be metal, cheap ones are plastic
1. If it's designed to push grass into a catch bag, it's gonna clog all of the time. You really need a side-shoot - I actually cut one in the side of mine to make it more usable
2. If you're gonna be out there wasting YOUR time, go with a gas engine because you want as much power as possible and gas usage in one of these is basically nothing
3. Ideally the deck should be metal, cheap ones are plastic
All good points. Don’t bag your clippings put them back into the lawn. Metal deck is nice just scrape that wet grass out from underneath the deck every on e in a while and it will cut better and last longer.
My husqy weedeater is pretty nice.
I bought the cheapest gas powered push mower they had at Lowes and it works okay. Depending on the application a self-propelled one might be preferrable.
It's just just under an acre, so not bad--push is good. I'm also considering just weedeating the whole thing, depending on the price difference between weedeaters and mowers--and since I'd need to get a weedeater along with getting a mower regardless. So might just go without the mower, only weedeat the lawn
Unless anyone has words of wisdom against that
Unless anyone has words of wisdom against that
Generally you can find used mowers in allmost new shape for little to nothing because most people anymore if it quits for any reason just get another one. Usually it's something simple
@Ash_Kvetchum @matty my lawn mower cost me $200 on Amazon and it works fine. Gas, no features, just a 4 stroke motor attached to a spinning blade
I've had a Honda push mower for years and it's nice. Self propelled yet otherwise pretty basic.
I also have an Echo weed whacker and it made me wish it worked better just so I could turn it against my jugular for having to deal with it.
Any gas mower at your local big box store will work fine for a couple years. Better brands will hold up better and last longer, etc. It's a little hard to keep up with brands because good brands of the past fall victim to getting purchased by a conglomerate and enshitification.
All of the gas engines are likely to have carburator issues, problems starting, etc, after a year or two unless you are careful not to leave old gas in them.
Plug in electric sucks, low power and the cord is always in the way.
Good, not cheap, battery powered mowers work pretty well. Less maintenance and quieter if that's important to you. They will cost more than an equivalent gas mower. The cheaper ones are trash.
Mulching/ bagging/side discharge depends on how you manage your yard. If you mow frequently and don't allow the grass to grow much in between, I prefer the mulching as you don't have to handle the clippings and there's not a side chute sticking out and spraying clippings. Bagging works if you want to compost and don't let the grass get too tall, otherwise your bag is filling up constantly. Side discharge is best otherwise, and you just have to rake if your grass is so tall you're leaving rows of clippings.
All of the gas engines are likely to have carburator issues, problems starting, etc, after a year or two unless you are careful not to leave old gas in them.
Plug in electric sucks, low power and the cord is always in the way.
Good, not cheap, battery powered mowers work pretty well. Less maintenance and quieter if that's important to you. They will cost more than an equivalent gas mower. The cheaper ones are trash.
Mulching/ bagging/side discharge depends on how you manage your yard. If you mow frequently and don't allow the grass to grow much in between, I prefer the mulching as you don't have to handle the clippings and there's not a side chute sticking out and spraying clippings. Bagging works if you want to compost and don't let the grass get too tall, otherwise your bag is filling up constantly. Side discharge is best otherwise, and you just have to rake if your grass is so tall you're leaving rows of clippings.