I don't have a huge lot, only 10k sq ft, but still takes longer than I'd like to cut the grass. Is it worth it to upgrade from my 21" mower to a 30"? Seems like it should cut time roughly in half, right?
I don't have a huge lot, only 10k sq ft, but still takes longer than I'd like to cut the grass. Is it worth it to upgrade from my 21" mower to a 30"? Seems like it should cut time roughly in half, right?
I don't have a huge lot, only 10k sq ft, but still takes longer than I'd like to cut the grass. Is it worth it to upgrade from my 21" mower to a 30"? Seems like it should cut time roughly in half, right?
I can get a lawn service but that's ~$2k/year, if I buy a large mower for $1k it pays for itself in 6 months.
I was walking into town yesterday and passed by a guy mowing his lawn with a super quiet electric mower - We could barely hear the thing. How nice.
If I still cut my own lawn I'd get one of those.
I have an electric . I thought I would be courteous to my neighbors. Turns out they have the loudest gas , smoke throwing stinky mowers you can find. And they all mow on different days. At least when it snows around here everyone is at it at the same time.
I feel your pain BCG. I have an electric and cut my 6000 sq ft or so in about 45-50 minutes. Neighbor across the street has a noisy riding mower and takes about 2 hours to do the same size lawn. (Not kidding! One day we started within minutes of each other, about 3:00 PM. I was finished before 4 and he was still going at it when DW got off the bus at 6:10. I'm not sure what the hell he was doing, but the mower was running the whole time.) He then follows up with his loud gas edger and finishes with his gas leaf blower. I think he goes to the store and says, "What's the loudest device you've got?" He's retired, but he usually chooses to do his lawn work on Saturday evening about dinner time so, I guess, he can disturb all the neighbors who are out on their patios trying to grill.
Depends on what you feel your time is worth and what physical shape your in and wish to maintain.
I have a 13K sq ft flat lot
Use a 21" push mower (not old enough to need a self-propelled, the lot is flat)
If I take no breaks, takes under 2 hours to mow.
I'm 67.
But in Houston, it'd take 4 hours as I'd do the front, hour break, do the side, hour break, finish the back. A good sweaty exercise day! May break it into two days. so three hours total.
I've owned a Troy-Bilt wide-cut (33 inch) walk-behind mower for more than 20 years. It will indeed reduce your mowing time significantly. With swivel wheels up front it is surprisingly maneuverable but it's still much, much heavier than a 21-incher. You will get an upper-body workout tooling a mower like this one around your yard.