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Now that I think about it, it was probably before the pandemic. πŸ€”

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[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 83 points 2 months ago (7 children)

If you buy an electric mower, you never have to change the oil again. Or the spark plug. Or buy gas. Or clean the carburetor.

[–] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 33 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

And they're quieter! God I wish my neighbors all had electric mowers. Sometimes it seems like they're invited to all the zoom meetings I attend.

[–] Jimbo@yiffit.net 7 points 2 months ago

And when they're being used the engine doesn't have to spin all. the. time.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

The mowers are fine, it's the weedwackers that are the problem.

[–] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Electric weedwackers are also quieter.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Leafblowers. Fucking 2 cycle leafblowers.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago
[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (3 children)

If you never mow and grow insect friendly lawns...you wont ever have to buy a mower...fuck lawns.

[–] shasta@lemm.ee 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

The HOA won't let me have goats to keep the grass low though

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

The point is not having non native grass. Use local plants and let your garden be a humming bird and bee haven.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

I did this for years. I even got into the HOA board just to keep them off my back. It was so freeing to not have to mow.

[–] solidgrue@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

My next mower will probably be a lawn service

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

After spending several hours on Saturdays doing yardwork I didn't enjoy doing for years on end, I finally hired a gardener. Now I get to spend that time doing yardwork I do enjoy, like making landscaping improvements, or gardening.

IDK if it's the inner hispanic in me. But man do I love mowing lawns.

[–] HappycamperNZ@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Jokes on you, I never did most of that anyway.

Also still got the gas can from pre covid.

[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I expect they do need lubrication from time to time. I just bought an electric mower this year and it's pretty low power, so I predict that any amount of additional friction in the system is going to be too much.

[–] Cornpop@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Wish they made an affordable electric zero turn that could handle mowing 7 acres of field 3-4 times a month in the summer. I need commercial grade sadly and there’s nothing in the homeowner space that comes close to my needs. The commercial ones are like 30k to compare with what I got for 6k