Using dirty ICE to cut small-moderate size residential lawns.... seems like the least logical thing going these days when it comes to machinery.
First off, aren't those manual reel mowers adequate for small lawns, when you cut them regularly?
I'm home visiting my mom. This is absolutely boggling my mind. We have TWO problems, they are:
- She can't figure out how to get more exercise, she already walks for about an 30-60 min most evenings.
- ICE lawnmowers are noisy as hell, make you vibrate, pollute like crazy.
Gee, how could we solve both of those problems? I suggest she get a reel mower, at least for the small front lawn. yes, you'd have to cut the lawn 2-3 times as often. But so what. She needs the exercise, and it's a lot more pleasant to cut a lawn when you aren't going deaf from the noise and breathing in the exhaust of an ICE.
What am I missing here? I'm about to go get a reel mower with my own money and try it out myself before I leave next week. I think my mom is just stubborn and against change. My grandpa use to have an old reel mower that worked fine, with my 8 yr old self pushing it.
I JUST DON"T GET IT. What is wrong with this society? Do you really need a gas mower to cut 1000 sq feet or less?
okay, let's say it's too much work.
ENTER the electric bike geared for 5mph. Simply pull a larger reel mower with your electric bike for large lawns.
This seems way too logical, I must be missing something.
Or even if you used a normal electric lawn mower, at 300 cycles of SLA, you could cut your lawn for 10 YEARS on those batteries!!! 30 cuts a year seems about right, or maybe 40 cuts a year to be safe - still over 7 years of battery life. No noise, pollution and maintenance problems, and for less cost since it'd only take 10 cents to cut your lawn on electricity vs $1 of gas or so.
First off, aren't those manual reel mowers adequate for small lawns, when you cut them regularly?
I'm home visiting my mom. This is absolutely boggling my mind. We have TWO problems, they are:
- She can't figure out how to get more exercise, she already walks for about an 30-60 min most evenings.
- ICE lawnmowers are noisy as hell, make you vibrate, pollute like crazy.
Gee, how could we solve both of those problems? I suggest she get a reel mower, at least for the small front lawn. yes, you'd have to cut the lawn 2-3 times as often. But so what. She needs the exercise, and it's a lot more pleasant to cut a lawn when you aren't going deaf from the noise and breathing in the exhaust of an ICE.
What am I missing here? I'm about to go get a reel mower with my own money and try it out myself before I leave next week. I think my mom is just stubborn and against change. My grandpa use to have an old reel mower that worked fine, with my 8 yr old self pushing it.
I JUST DON"T GET IT. What is wrong with this society? Do you really need a gas mower to cut 1000 sq feet or less?
okay, let's say it's too much work.
ENTER the electric bike geared for 5mph. Simply pull a larger reel mower with your electric bike for large lawns.
This seems way too logical, I must be missing something.
Or even if you used a normal electric lawn mower, at 300 cycles of SLA, you could cut your lawn for 10 YEARS on those batteries!!! 30 cuts a year seems about right, or maybe 40 cuts a year to be safe - still over 7 years of battery life. No noise, pollution and maintenance problems, and for less cost since it'd only take 10 cents to cut your lawn on electricity vs $1 of gas or so.