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[–] [email protected] 40 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Look at Mr rich pants here, needing a ride on petrol mower. Most people round my way have small push along electric mowers.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Petrol lawnmowers come in push along models too. Before they had electric, that was the only type. It's not fancy.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 6 months ago (2 children)

And before the petrol mower there was the mechanical reel mower. My grandfather had one of these beauties. They take a bit of extra care and maintenance (sharpening, cleaning, oiling) but they do a great job and are much easier to push around than you’d think! Super lightweight and much safer around kids and pets too. Plus they’re basically silent compared to those extremely loud engine varieties (petrol and electric)!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

My grandfather had one of these! I really enjoyed mowing my grandparents' lawn with it as a child.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

They're so difficult to mow a lawn with. I don't envy the people that need(ed) to utilize these.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

They’re terrible if they’re poorly maintained. A well maintained and sharpened one is very easy to mow with. The blades cut the grass like scissors!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Mine was brand new and didn't cut shit. Any sources on how to maintain one?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

YouTube! Search for reel mowers.

Even brand new they can be bad if they’re not properly made or adjusted at the factory. Think of a pair of scissors where the blades don’t make good contact. Couldn’t cut newspaper with that!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (2 children)

The post says you "you drive it" while you could say that for a push along it seems odd wording.

Before they had electric, that was the only type. It's not fancy.

True that they did exist in the past, however unless you've got an old one they're around twice the price of electric and more expensive to run. But, more than that, it points to you having enough garden to need petrol.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Definitely not more expensive here. We just had to replace ours on a budget and the affordable ones were all gas, over $150 less than the electric ones. Would've loved an electric one instead but it was a no go this time.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

How odd, here an electric will be £100-£150 and petrol you're looking £250+

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

Ahh, that's fair. I didn't read that properly. It does say drive.