America's greatest crop
Saturday, July 3, 2010 at 12:03AM 
WSJ story on monster mowers that run consumers $3-10,000 per unit.
Part of it is love of technology and toys, part is monster lawns (common here, even as houses are modest), and part is just not giving a damn about CO2 emissions.
When we lived in RI, I used a John Deere rider for my 2/3rds of an acre and it was overkill.
Now, in Indy I have 4/5th of an acre, with much covered by tree groves (over 100 trees).
And I sport a monster, 18-inch cordless electric push mower, which I love.
Bottom line: nicer to environment, and I don't need more excuses to sit on my ass toodling around (my less, staring out my window, jealously watching somebody else cut my lawn).
My wife keeps pushing me to get son to mow, but I desist. I actually love doing it; it relaxes me immensely.
Reader Comments (3)
I have a half acre and outsourced the problem There is an outfit hear that does a fine job. The cost is $45 every other week.
Ack! You can come cut my lawn. Two acres or so of "combat mowing".
90 minutes (minimum) on a 25 hp John Deere w/ a 54" deck.
My father in law says the same thing..."It relaxes me"."
After many years he has yet to take up my offer to cut the grass.
I believe in keeping the Earth clean and using common sense about how we care for the environment. I don't buy the global warming thing at all (I could go on forever on that topic). I do, however, like the concept of electric lawn mowers.
What I like is that you have no carburetor to clean or stabil to mess with. No Gas to buy. Worst case you might have to take the battery out in the fall and bring it in the house. It is a cool concept and I also have a small yard so my next mower will probably be electric.