Woody wrote:
Keith Tanner wrote:
I grew up pushing a reel mower around, and when I bought a mower for my house in the US I picked up a u-push reel mower for it. They're great up to a certain point - if you skip a week, you're screwed.
That's the key to reel mowing right there.
When I was 18 and living in Australia, I used to mow lawns for some pocket money. I had a Victa Commando mower. It was truly Australian - if it works well, so double the power. It is not a country of subtlety. The thing could take out small trees. Skip a week? Pshaw. Skip a season if you'd like. I miss that thing.
A powered, self-propelled reel mower is what a couple friends and I built into a gocart when we were about 13. Neighbors never complained about us driving on their lawns.
Woody wrote:
DrBoost wrote:
What I really want is a flymo
http://www.husqvarna.com/us/products/lawn-mowers/hvt52/
I remember these as electric.
mw wrote:
I've got an electric flymo. It's really not that great unless you want really short lawn.
I wondered is there was a way to adjust the height. I figured change the pitch of the blade or rev it higher? I saw them being used to mow steep slopes, but how are they for doing, say, a 1/4 acre lawn? I think it would look need having it trim, but no lines in it.
In reply to DrBoost:
Could always get out the leaf blower and get it all going the same direction like some of my neighbors used to do.
mw
Dork
10/1/12 9:02 p.m.
In reply to DrBoost:
There's no way to adjust the height on mine. Mine may run low because I got it without an impeller. The only place I could find one was in England, so I'm not sure if it flies low because it was meant to run on 220v?
