Pretty fly for a Friday thread

PeoplesChicken said:
Um you don't want to deal with putting gas in a mower but you are at peace with putting in a battery and charging it each time?
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I had a rechargeable, didn't mind it. Only maintenance was the blade, and remembering to plug in the mower the night before. Wound up swapping mowers with my dad, and took his gas mower off his hands. I had the last model before they started making the batteries like a drill and easy to change out, so I had to do the whole yard on one charge, and if the grass got too long, it wouldn't work. My parents' house has a lot less yard, so they could do the whole thing easy with the mower.

With a gas mower, I have to change the oil, add gas, get it to start, etc. With the battery one, I just flipped the switch and went. Will probably go with one of the multi-battery setups the next time I buy a mower.
 
Flavortown Tebow said:
its all cumbersome AF to me.

getting the mower out, putting the battery in the mower, recharging the battery
getting the hose house, rewinding the hose when done

dont even get me started on touching the dirt itself. peasant shit
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#BitchMade
 
Flavortown Tebow said:
Broad just dropped a few Gs on some planter boxes and all kinds of shit to plant tomatoes and stuff. definite marth stewart shit
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I'm behind on getting my garden planted this year. Hopefully this weekend, I can start getting stuff in the ground.
 
Guy Incognito said:
I had a rechargeable, didn't mind it. Only maintenance was the blade, and remembering to plug in the mower the night before. Wound up swapping mowers with my dad, and took his gas mower off his hands. I had the last model before they started making the batteries like a drill and easy to change out, so I had to do the whole yard on one charge, and if the grass got too long, it wouldn't work. My parents' house has a lot less yard, so they could do the whole thing easy with the mower.

With a gas mower, I have to change the oil, add gas, get it to start, etc. With the battery one, I just flipped the switch and went. Will probably go with one of the multi-battery setups the next time I buy a mower.
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In all honesty I can see the benefits for having a battery powered model. I don't think it will be practical for my needs
 
I have a gas powered mower I bought off Craigslist many years ago for $50(came with a free mattress).

I have kept it maintained and in good running order, sharpened the blade, etc. I need to get a new air filter for it.
 
PeoplesChicken said:
In all honesty I can see the benefits for having a battery powered model. I don't think it will be practical for my needs
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I have a small-ish yard (about 1/3 of an acre). When we first moved in, we got my in-laws' hand-me-down plug-in electric, which was a massive pain in the balls. Decided to give the battery powered one a whirl, and it worked pretty well the first couple of years, then as the battery began to degrade, I'd basically have to either mow every week or resign myself to doing the front yard one day and the back yard another. Since I couldn't just pop a battery in and out, it became more of a pain in the ass than it was worth. My parents have maybe about as much grass on their property as I have on my front lawn, so they don't have the same issue.
 
Guy Incognito said:
I have a small-ish yard (about 1/3 of an acre). When we first moved in, we got my in-laws' hand-me-down plug-in electric, which was a massive pain in the balls. Decided to give the battery powered one a whirl, and it worked pretty well the first couple of years, then as the battery began to degrade, I'd basically have to either mow every week or resign myself to doing the front yard one day and the back yard another. Since I couldn't just pop a battery in and out, it became more of a pain in the ass than it was worth. My parents have maybe about as much grass on their property as I have on my front lawn, so they don't have the same issue.
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I am in no way a mechanically inclined person but I like getting my mower ready for the season with changing the oil, filter, sharpening the blade etc
 
PeoplesChicken said:
I am in no way a mechanically inclined person but I like getting my mower ready for the season with changing the oil, filter, sharpening the blade etc
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I wouldn't mind doing it per se, but I got so used to not doing it. When my parents bought their house, the first mower we had was the old school total manual push mower, just blades, wheels, and a handle. Dad eventually bought a wired plug-in, and they used that for a real long time until he got sick of the cord and bought the gas mower. I'd been out of the house for a bit by then, and had the plug-in and the battery one. And this year, I'm just hiring out a guy to mow the lawn. This guy already cuts the neighbors' grass, and he'll do the whole shebang for me for $40. Saves me some time on the weekend, when I'm either going to be fixing up a swingset or wanting to go to a pool somewhere. Maybe next year, I'll get back to it.
 
maybe I will do my spark plugs on the truck this weekend...and give it a wash and wax.
 
Guy Incognito said:
I wouldn't mind doing it per se, but I got so used to not doing it. When my parents bought their house, the first mower we had was the old school total manual push mower, just blades, wheels, and a handle. Dad eventually bought a wired plug-in, and they used that for a real long time until he got sick of the cord and bought the gas mower. I'd been out of the house for a bit by then, and had the plug-in and the battery one. And this year, I'm just hiring out a guy to mow the lawn. This guy already cuts the neighbors' grass, and he'll do the whole shebang for me for $40. Saves me some time on the weekend, when I'm either going to be fixing up a swingset or wanting to go to a pool somewhere. Maybe next year, I'll get back to it.
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I thought about hiring a guy, but they want 80 to 100 a week for mine. Most people here don't have yards like mine, and these guys get 40 a week to basically run a leaf blower around
 
Flavortown Tebow said:
mine's attached.
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gravity falls debate GIF
 
ill said:
I have a gas powered mower I bought off Craigslist many years ago for $50(came with a free mattress).

I have kept it maintained and in good running order, sharpened the blade, etc. I need to get a new air filter for it.
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There is a story here...just not sure I want to know it
 
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